The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-13
MISTAKES OF WOMEN.
(From the New York SUM-


1.-The Mistakes of Women was
fse MT te G Of k sstHgs ae kder
Curtis Demorest,6 IS West Sixty-sixth street:
Mrs. Kidder. called her talk ''lecturette
of proportion to the size of her subject.
One man remarked condescendingly at the
good beginning. which he would like to
finish up some time. He was not encour-
According to Mrs. kidder. the first mis-
for the introduction of the cradle. Some
of the later ones, however, have not turn
onstrate their equality with men
ground out from Under man and toppie
Women are not fairly treate tenn There
Looking Backward for instance. Bel
and fortune by it. 1t seems as If it was
adding insult to injury to turn her into
it had been sugar we could have appreci-
ated the obvious compliment to the sex
disgrace, she was something indispensable.
Another mistake of women is loving too
much. OF course, love is beautiful, di-
vine. and all that, when it is deserved.
is another of our mistakes that we trust
too much There is plenty of counterfeit
money affoat in the kingdom of love, and,
anyway, even if the coin were genuine, it
Is 1ei inn inst 6ei to gITn ten d9aT IN
to Commercson. one Of woman's mistakes
eral and not enough in particular.
"a fatal mistake of woman is her ten
dency to seize ffaeement; Did hear any
gentleman smile?'' asked the speaker, a fter
her remark had died away HE need not,
for it is true that for ages women have
more than wiling to bask in the r EFF
glory of those they loved I'd like to par
aphrase one of Longfellow's 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 half the time.
Another mistake of women is that they
women do not know that eating and rest
ing has built 10000 hospitals. Another of
women's mistakes is not knowing how to
eat. Consider the ways of men in this re-
spect and be wise. Another mistake is
children who plant seeds in the garden
and dig them up the next day to see how
the old woman who said; Yes, dearie, I've
most OF it never happened
'Is one of our mistakes talking too
having enough fun Nearly every wo-
to catch pleasure as it flies. But women
must have everything just so before they
then they are usually too tired to take it.
This goes. beyond being. mistake. It's a
Women say it it is easy to talk this way.
but that one can't be laughing when one
is hurried and worried All 1 can say is
wouldn't be worried if you did laugh.
1 happened once to speak of my husband
to a little girl and she said:
. Why, 1 didn't think you were mar
=. .Why?' I asked.
IS oh, cause
''"Cause why?
""Cause you laugh so much
wasn't that a commentary on rnatri
monyi And now, word about marriage,
which is never a mistake, though we'd
dings often are, for every wedding is not
a marriage. In this connection let me
speak about Jealous woman 1t is a large
subject, but few words about it are as
good as many, for people with that disease
seldom listen to advice. The conclusion I
come to is that jealousy under any cir
cumstances is useless The only thing to
be done, when one thinks one has grounds
for the feeling. is the last thing they are
likely to do-that is. to be charming
and altogether lovely that the rival will
be routed as an entirely inferior person.
Some women, however. think they are
Jealous when they are really only selfish.
With a case where there is real cause for
this mental anguish [ should. of course, be
unable to cope Martyrdom or a clergy
man and the family lawyer would be the
remedy, / suppose But | recommend a
little wholesome introspection to find out
whether, after all, it may be only another
mistake