The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-22
FASHIONS IN TEARS.
Strange ms II May Seem, There Are Modes
Even In Weeping.

Even In Weeping.
Fashions change even in spiritual
matters, and it has been decreed that il
is no longer subject of pathetic inter
est or women 10 weep.
Those tender lines of Kingsley,
| For men must work
| And women must weep,
And there's little 10 do.
But many 10 keep
Though the harbOr bar be moaning,
are still true enough when applied 70
the men who go down to . sea in
ships and to the wives. daughters and
sweethearts who walt and watch for
them. But to the women in town and
country the edict has gone forth, weep
no more. '" The day has passed when
the big, sad eyes. ready TO send forth
flood of tears on the slightest provoca-
tion, can prove an effective weapon
against refractory man. He knows too
much about it. 1t is useful to a woman
as relief to her nervous system-any
physician can tell her that it has it's
physiological benefits-but masculinity
cannot be subdued by these moist meth.
DDS. When she begins to show the old
fashioned signs of distress, man cruelty
interferes: "Now, don't cry. 1t makes
your nose red and your eyes ugly. 1t
won't change me-" Or if he is especial.
ly coarse he will shout: "For heaven s
sake, stop that crying game unless you
want to get rid of mel won't stand
it."
A woman enjoys crying. The wise
man is aware of this and is never heart.
less enough TO attempt stopping a source
OF pleasure. But it 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 sympathy.
but the hysterical overflow that can be
produced on an instant's notice, that
seems to be on tap-because her dress |
doesn't fit in one particular or she lacks |
a dime to complete one especial pur-
chase-does not now excite his interest. |
When a man cries, it is from the |
and the sobs give him &C. |
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
proverb, 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 q quaint
old English poem that gives list of
the various evil spirits that infest this
world and infiict injury upon more or
less undeserving mortals, 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-
ION OF woman is that when she must
nave her good, comfortable cry' she
should take her consolation privately.
When not in the presence of unsympa.
hizing man, she may even forget to
'ry, and If she remembers there is q
possibility that she will forget the cause
II her lachrymose desires, and smiles
nay soon chase away the tears as they
I'D In childish years. If the sex has re-
ormed In this respect, man need not
lain the credit. 1t is busy, bustling
zee, in the cities at least, and there wo-
nen have learned to be wise, earnest
nd strong, as factors in the daily life
world that demands the best efforts
rom them. They are responding brave
and intelligently, and there is no
lme left for crying. - Philadelphia
lines