The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-10

saytnG = ! derivation from IN
- old Oytenta: legend which tets o.
the death Of q woekman Who hso
0tumbsed. and falling from height haa
broken his neck. King Solomon csseo'
ssFfnd the womae" She was sought TOT
ana the fact brought to light that woman
had been bathing upon a roof garden near
.ae SPOT where the Iahorer had met nfs
death. In turning to look Al her the WORK
mar had missed his footing and had fallen
20 rise no more Always q woman IN the
case" In the cry. and very often thsrs =
onA-and sometimes more than . single
feminine to be found. Ike truth. - ths
bottom Of the well.
In the celebrated case. the Dfeyfus
scandal the cry Of Find the woman" has
been raised with great violence and vo.cs-
Up and down through the vineyards Of
sunny France. where song and dance and
merry hearts were beating under the moon
lights pale and somber sheen. In the hails
Of opulence. In the treliised cottage Of tbs
peasant . woman. some woman. any
woman. has been sought TO enter into the
Dreyfus case. TO be made = pivotal point
10 Be- thrown on . mysterious c:rsun-
stance.
woman II usually to b found ready
waiting to turn up and be discovered de-
ing something or other by which some
modern Adam eats too much apple. II
does not usually take more than twenty
four hours to hnd petticoat. either cet-
tor or satin. under which some tOmcat
has found shelter. or on the hem Of which
some stray dog has lain q muddy paw.
Women % frequently get themselves mix
cd up--.nnocentiy often. sometimes crtmi-
nally-.n the affairs Of men, good or bad.
that. In the manner Of the old proverb. No
look for the woman--and ind her.
A woman makes too good . catspaw 70
be forgotten or overlooked when men ere
ssskinx for rtvet which they can uss 20
Z bring into connection two difficult links OF
the chain Of circumstances. Ever since
that master Of politics. the upright and
Astute serpent. used Mrr. Eve ~ the In
tcrmediary in his approach 70 Adam. the
female has been found In the Garden cf
Eden. In the lobby Of the capitol. In the
ante-room Of the potentate-aye. even In
the cabinet Of the priest-waAting 10 hear.
or overhear. 10 be- told or TO listen 70. In
tragedy or comedy. the fall Of man.
Eavesdropper means ''1istener under
windows" and the word n presumably
derived from cave: but Eves-dropper II the
way most people apply It. You never hear
OF Adams dropping II II always the fem
thine half Of the arst combination which
gets the credit Of listening through . key
hole.
Women are too insuit.ve. and some Of
them too sagacious. not 10 be more than
valuable TO the d.piorsat, The fair sex
have always been found excellent allies to
men of affairs
Women are loyal to those whom they
serve: therefore they make . success OF
al secret undertakings.
In the great wars which have shaken
the hcmes and hearts OF Europe and Amer
lea, the woman spy has played no un!m-
portant or cowzrdiy part.
She does what she starts 10 achieve with
"a much hness~ rs a man. and often a
courage which amounts To r.ckisssnsss. In
almost ali celebrated cases the seekers
for truth nave found the woman.
In this Drcyfus scandal there was
Giimmer of pett,cost when Ia Dame
Blanehe.'' the lady in white. was talked
about. The savants tried tn bring this
white lady into prominence but as yet M
smirch has hcen attached 10 the white
robe Of the far wearer, Because wam-
IN dressed In white attended the sittInxs
Of the court OF justice, II does not mean
that she knew anything that would ec
more luminous than the rift Of sunlight
falling on her white dress
Swedenhorgtann always mourn their
dead Ia white instead OF the dismal black
crepe of the Christian. The lady In white
might have been swedenaorgian mourn.
Ing the death Of some relattv. and seek
ing tn the excitement Of the prsyfus ;rial
some abatement Of her woe.
II was through no love of any Aliens ira,
Capt. prcyfus met his Waterloo No
wofnsn have been found tucked aside I'm
out-of-the-way corners 10 give unireamea
of testimony Tor enc side OF the ether Ne
one SCENE TO ~ wearing Diamonds p,ir.
chased by gold paid by the German gov
eminent fer the description az sorn. fer,i-
acatien or the location ~ some taterui fy-
nasno. Whom Tire French novelist writes
his romance which hinges on this sras,
interesting subject today n France. as.
must do oae II t.o things II. can write
an Innovation Us the tine - romance an
exciting. interesting solunse with mn worn
an among iee aramatss r~rxernae, 90 Ne
car introduce into the pages ~ his book de.
scr pstens ~ goad ans pure omen sel,,nn,
seen "a h.rolnss % ;he modern French
novel
Not tetns- gnonsiatns. rot 4 srs~este not
an ol'sfa anger ~ alis De iog. "a. ap-
pesred in this IeveYfas trial to lend TIE
swish az s.ikcn skirt a. AID iss whisper N
the mystery 81 It'd so IT. IT,
Eus there s. a ''SessH ~ the cs1e sAs
IS net found hiains ln he dsrs shs q
net discovered folded ta TIE tApss,rse, y.
crosehed behind tse rcrsteFe~ NTH rolls
~ German geld la her hands er TIRE rrses