The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-06
Fashions
ID ears.

Fashions change even in spiritual
matters, and it has been decreed that
ii is no longer subject OF pathetic In
terest for women TO weep.
Those tender lines OF Kingsley,
For men must work.
And women must weep.
And there's little 70 do,
But many to keep.
Though the harbor bar De moaning.
are still true enough when applied to
the men who go down to the sea IN
ships and to the wives, daughters aad
sweethearts who wait and watch for
them. But to the women in town and
country the edict has gone forth.
Weep no more" The day has pal sSd
when the big. sad eyes. ready to send
forth food Of tears on the slightest
provocation, can prove an effective
weapon against refractory man. He
knows too much about it, II IS useful
to woman rs 8 relief 70 her nervous
systenl-any physician can tell her that
it has its physiological be asfits-but
Insecurity cannot be subdued by these
moist methods. When she begins to
show the old fashioned signs OF dis
tress, man cruelty interferes: Now.
don't cry II makes your nose red and
your eyes ugly. 1t won't change me" or
II he is especially coarse he will shout:
For heavens sake. stop that CRYING
game unless you want TO set rid OF me!
won't stand it,"
A woman enjoys CRYING. The wise
man is aware Of this and is never
heartless enough TO attempt stopping a
source Of pleasure. But Il is one more
reason why he Is not affected by her
tears. II they arise from bodily pain or
intense mental suffering, he is all SYM
pathy but the hysterical overflow that
can be produced on an instant's no.
tice, that seems TO be on tap-because
her dress doesn't fit I'm one particular
or she lacks a dime 10 complete one
especial purchase-does not now excite
his interest
When man cries. 70 Is from the
diaphragm. and the sobs give him ac-
tual physical pain. His sex fellows know
this and can sympathize with him But
women cry from the chest or throat
without the slightest effort and men
know that too. The old German prov
erb, Nothing dries sooner than a tear"
must have been written by a man who
had had experience with the wileS OF
weeping women. There is a quaint old
English poem that gives a list OF the
various evil spirits that infest this
world and inhict injury upon mere or
less undeserving mortsls. and concludes
with the startling statement that "A
weeping woman with two black eyes IS
the wickedest devil OF them all"
The principal point for the considera-
ton OF woman is that when she must
have her good. comfortable cry" she
SHOULD take her consolation privately.
When not in the presence Of unsympa-
ulizing man. she may even forget TO
cry; and. II she remembers. there r.
possibility she viii forget the cause %
her lachrymose desires and smiles may
soon chase away the tears as they cd
in childish years. II the sex has re-
formed in this respect. man need not
claim the credit. IL is a busy bustllng
age. in the cities at least. and there
women have learned TO be wise. earnest
and strong. az factors In the daily life
of world that demands the best efforts
from them. They are responding brave
ly and intelligently. and there IL no
time left for crying
ALBERT P. SoUTHwICK.