The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-09
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
: HER POINT OF VIEW ::
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| w men Sne becomes lndlncrent ana tne
champion Of no cause, no friend, no
dream or no ambition, she is either
bound fast by the apathy Of parNyzing
grief or the stiff wrappngs of the
| grave. 1t is said that woman does not
possess a judicial mind; that she al
| ways argues from a personal stand
| point and in the main these accusa-
tions are true If her heart is stirred
by a sorrowful tale, she is apt to fly to
the extreme of sympathy and to feel
that no matter how many other i'm
| posters have wrought humiliation for
her. this case is truly worthy. If a
wrong has been done to relative or
a friend she takes up the gauntlet and
Is willing to fight for the injured and
to rout the aggressor.
Men have their political differences,
and yet in private life grasp hands
and smile at each other. The woman
does nothing of the sort. If anyone
has ever interfered with her husband
in his ambitions for office. down he
| goes on her black books and ten to one
that she doesn't snub his family even
unto the third generation. If a politi-
cal organ says something unkind of
her hero, she proceeds to institute
/ @'s N''h Oli tii' ilt" SldDtI anu
attaches blame even to the wives and
daughters of the printer. If a small
boy strikes her own little son in a
| childish disagreement she is more or
less wrathful at his entire clan. If
she doesn't like some other woman she
is reasonably sure to listen most COM
placently to anything derogatory to
the object of her displeasure. oh a
| woman is a D1rtiCoO pnrtoip1,- 1,
only on rare occasions that she has
tact enough to rise above the preju-
| dices. This is the great difficulty
In the way of her career as a politician,
or "stateswoman" possibly would be
the preferred term. Her regard for
| details would tend to discourage her
very ardent support Of another woman
who wore frumpy bonnets and weird
hanging skirts and to the ignoring of
really praiscworthy traits in a rival
one of the few who can he said 70
| submerge preiudice in a soft nleasont
| sunny haze of fact is the wife of penn
| sylvania's governor William A stone
| She doesn't see whv she sbouId al
| low party differences to stand i'm her
| sunshine and throw their grim sim
| lister shadows over the gIancipg yoors
| of her prime She is NOT co yonno
| and unsophisticated as to allow tho
| trivial things of life IN rasn and frat
her soul. and she is inst volnp enouqb
to have a thorough zest of everything.
| for the pleasant tbings that como 70
| her through the courtesias attendant
| upon her official nosition and for tho
| unendinp fascination of heiro, ol1o g.,
| stand with her fingars inst drou,iro
aside the curtain which allows bor to
peep smilingly behind the scenes and
watch the intricate sprinrs which cot
| I'm motion the great wheels of national
MrSs stone mab exceedingly good
health' She sleeps great deal takes
eNceiieh' care Oh herset ana is thor
| oughy up 10 date and alive. She is
musician ana reads much. She is
| so cIeNer with her pen that II ever the
governor gets out ol business and the
tamlly eNchequer is low she can earn
coInlortaple income with her literary
talents. 1t is pleasure to see one
| VINO Is huch III the llSht or publlc
| criticism and must do many prefunc-
tory tasks who must laugh some times
| when she would weep and look desol-
|
| with half hysterical amusement man
age to preserve that continual inter-
| est III everything I" pe always sweet
tempered, always gracious and never
| WhlmSlcal or ready To take the nat
ural advantages OF her position and
INSIST upon her superior claims. 1t
| Is such luxury AT tlmes To sulk and
| look bored when one feels like sulk-
| ing ana is bored. statesman-they
say we haven I anything but politicians
| any more-Dut ne Is a real statesman
| SAID OF the governors wife not long
| ago: she never IS poreu.
| II is q oraat thing IN enioy. tho davs
| as they slim mast or roursa If one
| is tho GOVERNORS wife and con have
an infinite series of dinner gowns if
| does seem thai life might hold com
siderable pleasure, but sometimes there
come annoyances To the feminine
heart that even the consultations OF
an executive mansion done up i'm Louis
Ky brocade ana gilt frames. or the
| charms of a new Paris bodice are
powerless TO banish 1t takes genius
| to face some of these little PIN -pricks
without visible shrinking. Mrs.
| Stone has that faculty, She goes smil-
| ing through the administration and
Gha Soas,,'t na,.'',. tho ractioral ,yors
80 Hi i,to bor sooiaI Iifa M
" ,a, a., pi...l,,,,c, aaIa,,rotina
% tha Tantb ragin,ant,s return snn
v,os The reciniant of endless courtas,o,
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