Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-08
FASHIONS IN TEARS,
Arrange as It May Seem, There Are Modes
 Even In Weeping.

Arrange as It May Seem, There Are Modes
 Even In Weeping.
 Fashions change even in spiritual matters and it has been deereed that it is no longer subject of pathetic inter. est for women to weep.
 Those tender lines of Kingsley,
 For men must work
 And women must woep,
 And there's little to do.
 But many to keep
 Though the harhor bar be moaning, arc still true enough when applied to the men who go down to the sea in ships and to the wives, daughters anu sweethearts who wait and watch for them. But to the women in town and country the edict has gone forth, Weep no more.o The day has passed when the big, sad eyes, ready to send forth flood of tears on the slightest proYoea. tion, can provo an effective weapon against refractory man. Ho knows too much about it. It is useful to a woman as q relief to her nervous system-any physician can tell her that 1t has it's physiological benefits-but maseulinity cannot be subdued by these moist meth. ods. When she begins to show the old fashioned signs of distress, man cruelty interferes: Now, don't cry. It makea your nose red and your eyes ugly. It won't change me. :" Or if he is especial. ly coarse he will shout: For heaven 3 sake, stop that crying game unless yoD want to get rid of mel I won't stand it. .
 A woman enjoys crying. The wise man Is aware of this and is never heart. less enough to attempt stopping I 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 hysterieal overflow that can be produced on an instant's notice, that seems to be on tap-beoause her dress doesn' t fit in one particular or she lacks dime to complete one especial pur- chase-does not now excite his interest.
 When man cries, 1t is from the diaphragm, and the sobs give him ac- tual physical pain. His sex follows 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 proyerb, Nothing dries sooner than tear, must have been written by man who had had experience with the wiIes of weeping women. There is a quaint old English poem that gives list of the various evil spirits that infest this world and intliot injury upon more or tess undeserving mertals, 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- tion 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. thizing man, she may even forget to cry, and if she remembers there is possibility that she will forget the cause of her laohrymose desires, and smiles may soon chase away the tears as they did ill childish years. If the sex has re- formed in this respect, man need not claim the credit It is busy, bustling age, in the cities at least, and there wo- men have learned to be wise, earnest and strong, as factors in the daily life of q world that demands the best efforts from them. They are responding brave ly and intelligensly, and there is no time left for crying. .-- Philadelphia Times.