The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-14
MISTAKES OF WOMEN.
Sn Intc'ratirR Lecture on m IntSreatint
Subject by u woman.

lecture delivered by Mrs. Augusta
Raymond Kidder last evening at the
homo of Mrs. William Curtis Demo,
rcst, GS Wost Six;y.six,h street.
Mrs. Kidder called her talk "lec-
ture." Probably this was because it
seemed out Of proportion to tho size
of her subject. Ono man remarked
condescondingly at tho end of the
lecture that she had made good be.
ginning, which he would like to fin
ish up some time He was not en-
couruged by the women present.
According to Mrs. Kidtcr, tho first
mistake n woman ever made was re-
sponsible for the introduction of the
cradlo. Some Of the later ones, how
ever, havo not turned out so we'll
One Of these latter day ones is the
way they go to work to demonstrate
their equality with men.
"Women seem to think that the
way to gain their own ground is to
pull the ground out from under man
and topple him over Still it must
be admitted that women are not fairly
treated. There's Looking Back
ward for instance. Bellamy did it
II" was man and got fame and for
tuno for it. Lots wife did it, She
was woman, and wo all know what
she got for it. 1t socms as il it was
adding insult to injury to turn her
into the cheapest commodity in tho
market. If it had been sugar We
could have appreciated tho obvious
compliment to tho SEX Still it is
some comfort that even in her dis
grace, she was something indispensa-
BILE.
"Another mistake of women is
loving too much. OF course, love is
beautiful, divine, and all that, when
it is deserved. But our sex is promo
to investigate. 1t is another of our
mistakes that wo trusJ too much
There is plenty of counterfeit money
afoRt in tho kingdom Of love, and,
anyway, even if the coin were gonn-
inc, it is feminine mistake to give
$50 in change for u ST. bill. Accord
ing to Commcroson ono of womun's
mistakes is that they distrust men
too much in general and not enough
III particular
"A fatal mistake Of woman ia her
tendency to self eilucomcnt. Did |
hear amy gentleman smiloT asked
the speaker, after the dcrisivc laugh,
tor which followed after her remark
had died away. "EIo mood not, fcl
it liz true that for agos women have
been content to inspire. They have
been more than willing to bask il
tho r"fl"cted glory Of thosethey loved
I'd like to paraphrase ono of Long
fellows verses:
Wives Of great men Oft remind US
That they make those men sublime
That, If husbands couldn't find us,
. They'd be failures all the time.
"Anothrr mistake Of women is tha
} they do not allow thcms elves to r, st
What women do not knew about eat
ing and resting has built 10000 hos
I pitfalls. Another Of womrn's mistakes
is ! OF TO know how 10 cat. COnside
. the ways Of men in this respect ant
be wise. Another mistake is worry
} ing. Some women remind mo o
8 children who plant seeds IN the gar
7 den and dug them up tho next day t,
l SEQ how they aro prospcring w
t all remember tho old woman wh
Y said: Yes, dcaric, I've had IN aw
0 ful lot of trouble in my life, an
= most of it never happened
. "ls ono Of orr mistakes talking to
o muchp fear it 49, And another
n not having enough ''.n. Nearly ever
woman is miser Of joIity. Men ar
! willing to catch pleasure as it file.
il But women must have evorythin
r just so before they can abando
n themselves to enjoyment, and the
n they are usually too tired to take i
o This goes beyond being n mistake
II It's a disease, but fortunately not il
y curablo. Women sny it is easy
'r talk this way, but that one can't |
q, laughing when ono is hurried ar