The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06
WOMAN'S
WORLD.

bx- the majority Oh iHSHs Ss@SS
OPAL in the New York Journal that
,1,oroen do not posses the sense OF hui
~ All I can say is that l have
pnown a quantity of women who were
able to appreciate the most delicate
I'D subtle pieces of humor, and most
charming women they were.
"Of course, if humor is the outcome
- simplicity and philosophy in the
obaracter (and 1 think it isl, we shall
no+ expect to find humor in either the
,,oin or the selfish woman.
put for that matter, no more should
- expect to find it in either the vain
or the selfish man.
15unor is incompatible with vanity
~ seldshness. The conceited person has
N humor-not a particle of it-and
.ornot see it in others. The conceited
nan does not enjoy the humorous
stories that are told him; he only en-
lows the dull one he tells.
# Won could prove to me that women
.rA more vain and more selfish than
men I should conclude from this that
u,onen cannot possess the sense of hui
NOR as keenIy as men do; but, except
in antiquity, when, according to the
writer's and philosophers of the time,
women did not possess one virtue worth
mentioning, nobody has ever attempted
n prove such an assertion.
Good. cheerful women, who always
Gee the bright side of things of life,
bove hunor-a kind, amiable sort of
humor, never biting; women who VIII
indulge in little jokes on the foibles
and failings of their sex without ever
nassing an unkind remark on friend
or an acquaintance. These women are.
delightful to meet.
Snch is not always the brilliant,
witty woman, who, at the dinner table,
is greatly entertaining, but who makes
hostess and guests wonder what she
will say of them at the next dinner
marty she will attend.
The wit of woman is too often unkind
and biting. The witty woman, as a
rule. is a smart woman; that is to say
a woman who has no hesitation in
making people smart.
She is witty at the expense of her
best friends. The fact IS that 1t IS
easy to be humorous and kind (the two
generally go together). but it is much
more difficult to be witty without ever
giving offense.
Voltaire was the wittiest man who
ever lived, and one of the most I'M
kind. The wittiest Frenchman alive is
probably M. Henri Rochefort but his
wit has never achieved anything eX-
cept sowing hatred and discord. When
YOU say of woman "She is so witty"
YOU may generally add, But such a
tongue"
once asked a witty American So
cety woman who was a certain lady
of whom 1 was constantly hearing:
Nobody knows" she said, "a woman
sans pere ct sans proches."
have no hesitation in calling this
remark one of the wittiest 1 ever
heard, quite worthy of Voltaire. but
decidedly unkind and biting.
WHO is this woman?" asked lady
on seeing the photograph of a very
pretty woman taken in a decollete
dress somewhat exaggerated. 81 do
not know her from Eve" replied her
friend NO" she said, you would
not from the way she is dressed"
The humorous woman appeals to the
best men, who proclaim her charming;
but all men are afraid of witty women,
who, in conversation, often put them
in the shade. The witty woman. be-
sides, is generally assertive, and one
of the pet dislikes of men is the as
sertive women.
And woe to the woman who shows
her wit early in life! The smart, witty
married woman may be acceptable; the
smart, witty young girl will often be
invited to dinner to entertain the men;
but seldom will one of them invite her
to accompany him to the altar.
A Song of Trust
cannot always see the way that
leads to heights above;
sometimes quite forget He leads me
on with hand of love;
But yet [ know the path must lead me
to lmmanuel's land
And when ! reach life's summit /
shall know and understand.
I cannot always trace the onward
course my ship must take;
But looking backward, 1 behold afar
it's shining wake,
Illumined with Gods light of love; and
SO 1 onward go,
In perfect trust that He who holds the
helm the course must know.
cannot always see the plan on which
he builds my life;
For oft the sound of hammers, blow on
blow, the noise of strife,
Confuse me till 1 quite forget He
knows and oversees,
And that in all details with His good
plan my life agrees.
l cannot always know and understand
the Masters rule;
l cannot always do the tasks He gives
in life's hard school;
But l am learning with His help to
solve them one by one;
And when / cannot understand to say,
"Thy will be done!"
Gertrude Benedict Curtis, in Chicago
Standard.
Every woman knows, says Dorothy
Dix in the New Orleans Picayune,
what 1t is to put away, every year,
gowns that have lost their freshness
and are a bit old-fashioned; hats that
are as good as new, but that are out
OF season; gloves and shoes that she
thinks maybe she will wear sometime,
out she never does. Nine times out
Oh ten these things simply hang in
the garnet and accumulate mold and
ulrt, and get moth eaten, and nobody
On earth is the better for them. How
niuch wiser, how much better in every
way 1t would be if, while these gar
Inehts were still good and serviceable,
tney We're sent to some one who would
use them?
One of the prettiest stories 1 ever
neard was of very great lady who
was porn and raised in little South
ell town, and who married a man
VINO became a millionaire and leader
Ia New York. His wife, of course, as
became her position, dressed magnifi-
OeHlly, but Instead of tossing her fine