The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-10
Woman as q Humorist.


Woman Humorist.
The question has often been pro-
pounded, "Has woman as thorough
sense of humor as man-does she enjoy
the ludicrous as fully:" This question
is never asked by man who has fallen
down on the ice in close proximity to a
party of ladies. It is more generally
asked by crusty old bachelor or a per-
son who wants to fill up page of man
uscript for as far as depth Of enjoy
ment is concerned daily observation
must convince any impartial observer
that woman does enjoy fine point or
a whimsical image quite as much as
man.
Laughter, except that growing out of
exuberance of pure joy, is apt to be
iconoclastiL in its nature. 1t is often
prompted entirely by agents of destruc-
ton instead of the quieter forces of har
mony. A great deal of the merriment of
the world is produced by satire. Some
of this which is the most amusing, Is
the most abusive and hardest to bear for
the individual or society at which it is
aimed. The clubbing of man or
number of individuals with name
which sadly detracts from their dignity
or credit may for the moment force a
laugh, but when we think of this name
sticking to its recipient throughout life
it should certainly give us pain. With
| the pleasurable emotions arising from
such methods of provoking laughter it
| may be acknowledged woman is not as
| highly affected as man. But this is not
| because of her failure to see the ludi-
| of
| Guilty she finds in taking pleasure in
| what she knows gives pain to others.
Her Discrimination to this species of hu-
NOR is not accidental. 1t is not the char
| acteristic of any one woman. 1t is par
| taken of to very great extent by the
| whole sex. Her actions prove this. She
| has shone in every other kind of writ
ing, but there never was a great woman
satirist.
The Status of Woman IN France.
For so years woman in this country
has owned her own property, SO that
now there is no American probably who
| ever thinks of a woman as human be-
| ing who parts with all her possessions
| at her marriage 1t is true that she may
often surrender her spiritual possessions,
and in some parts of the country, where
certain unwritten law has been re-
Gently declared, she may herself be SO
| far considered as mere personally that
her consent, otherwise her free will,
plays no part in the issue which her
husband settles summarily, but her
| visible possessions are her own, the
moneys and lands that she brings and
all that she earns belong to her, and
the law gives her all the protection
against the wrongs of husband, as OF
others, of which human crudiSy is Ca
pable.
In England married woman's prop
erty act was passed in 1882. The Dan
ish woman mas had the right to collect
and to dispose Of the product of her toll
since 1880 The Swedish woman since
1874 and the Norwegian since 1885
have had the same property rights
Even the woman who is the subject OF
the car is the mistress of her own
But in France the woman of the hum
bier class who is married works for the
man, keeps her money only if he viii
and must give it to him if there is thu
best of reasons why she should be per
mitted to withhold it, as. for example
if he be an idle drunkard, spending fo
|
and mother that are needed for th
household. Among the shopkeeplL!
bourgeoisie, the woman works aIs'
alongside of the husband, is often tn
real head of the establishment, espe
cially in the little businesses who's
prosperity depends upon good taste, pa
tience tact and unfailing courtesy. Ant
for the toll which knows little rest tin
possible maker of the family's prosper
ity receives what is granted by the hea
of the house, whose temper and awk
ward mindedness may possibly proven
the wife's achievement of still great
, er prosperity. involving a large dot
and therefore more shining marriag
Tor the daughter. -Harper' Weekly.
Not Afraid OF q Excuse.
| Paris contains a woman who follow
, hn occupation which probably enjoy
the distinction of being the only one Q
| | it's kind in the world. Her livelihood
gained by breeding mice and sellin
/ them to physicians and medical college
| for the purposes of vivisection. Mime
Alexandra is her name, and she has bee
in this business nearly ! 5 years. He
8 clients include all the leading specialist
of Europe, Richet and Cantonese c
the gay metropolis among them. Sh
1 insists on each of her customers maxim
= contract to take so many or the HUI
] animals each year before she will
q any business with them.
g. Madame is never short of mice. a
4 present she has about 1000 on hant
: She feeds her mice exclusively ON brea
. and milk. Her clients insist that tt
( animals must be white and plump, an
= she finds this diet the best for then
8 When they are months old, they al
It ready for the doctors, and she seldol
has any on hand after that age. She di
poses of these hapless victims not onl
TO her regular clients in Paris, but ali
4 to several persons in London and GEN
/ va. The mice are well able to stand
i long journey, and they are as fres
Is when they arrive in London as the
i were when they left Paris -Philade
/ mia Inuuirar