Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-24
FASHIONS IN TEARS.
gtrunce as 1t May Seem, There Are MooeS
Even In Weeping.

, EVen IN "ctl'hs
Fashions change even in spiritual
matters. and it has been de9reed that 1t
is no longer a subject Of pathetic inter-
est for women to weep
Those tender lines of kingsley,
For men must work
And women must weep,
And there's little to do,
But many to keep
Though the harbor bar be moaning
IRE still true enough when applied to
the men who 90 down to the sea II
ships and to the wives, daughters and
sweotheurts who walt and watch Tor
them. But to the women i'll town ana
country the edict has gone forth, "Weep
no more" The day has pas@sd vixen
the big, sad eyes, ready to seli forth a
flood of tears on tho slightest proyoca-
ton, can prove an effective weapon
against refractory man. He LnOWs too
much about it. 1t is useful to Il woman
as a relief to her nervous systom--any
physician can tell her that it has its
physiological bonofits-but masoululity
cannot be subdued b. these moist meth
DDS. When she begins to show the old
fashioned signs of distress, man cruelty
intcrferes: "Now, don't cry. 1t makes
your nose red and your eyes ugly. 1t
won't change me-" Or if he is esp9-ia l
ly coarse he will shout: "For heavens
sake, stop that crying game unless you
want to get rid of me! J. won't stand
it,"
I-nr,nn pn1nyC nry-ihp Tl,n >riCn !
man is aware of this and is nevcr heart
less enough to attempt stopping a source
of pleasure. But it is one more reason
why he is not affected by her tears. If
they arise from bodily pain or intense
mental suffering, he is all sympathy,
but the hysterical overflow that can be
produced on an instant's notice, that
seems to be III tap-because her dress
doesn't fit in L particular or she lacks
a dino to complete one especial pur-
not now excite his interest.
When a man cries, it is from the
diaphragm, and the sobs give him &C.
physical pain. His sex fellows
this and can sympathize with !
aim. But women cry from the chest CT
throat without the slightest effort, and
men know that too. The old German
oroverb, "Nothing dries sooner than a
ear, must have been written by Il man
Who had had experience with the wiles
# weeping m There is q quaint
'ld English poem that gives a list Of
he various evil spirits that infest this
World and ln1llct injury upon more or v
ess undeservlng mortals, and concludes y
With the startling statement that "a "
Weeping woman with two black eyes is
he wlckedest devil of them ALL" al
The principal point for the c~onsidera- II
ION OF woman is that when she must eS
ave her good, comfortable cry'' She
1ould take her consolation privately. m
men not IN the presence of unsympa. cr
llz1n8 man, she ma even forget to W
y, and If she remembers there is q Ell
that she will forget the cause
her l%achrymoso desires, and smiles -
ay soon chase away the tears as they n
d IN childish years. If the sex has re-. bs
rmed in this respect, man need net I
ann the credit. 1t is IL busy, bustliup
e. IN the cities at least, and there vo-
en- have learned to be wise, earnest
IL strong, as factors in the daily life A
Il world that demands tho best otrorts "a
I'M them. They are responding lrayo- y
anu lntelligently, and there is no "a
ne left for crying. - pliIadeInhia ID
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