The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-09-13

EEE=3 OWADAYS life is so highly spced that the idle
woman needs a fresh sensation every passing
hour; otherwise, she takes to good works, and IS
aggressively unpleasant over them. Perhaps
she gets most amusement out of making.
other women jealous; it is so easy. When a
woman regards one man as her exclusive prop
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81 &NHM erty, she does not like to see him even mo-
NSNA mentarily appropriated by another woman: it
INK seems grasping. The professional jealousy
81 AaIEONE monger knows this by intuition, and has be-
b S)HWSH come so dat at plying her art that in FIVE min
M ~ ~ utes she can establish the appearance OF lntl-
V&p mate understanding with an engaged man, and
ESS%A lure him momentariy away from his hancee.
RM ~ A pretty woman very often has the same
&I effect on a man as a white flag has on a par
&xED ticular kind Of antelope; the antelope comes up
TO look at this pleasing object, and does not realize until too late
that there is always something deadly behind it.
Sometimes, the man is temporarily grateful The jealous wom-
an subtlv breathes into his ear that his choice, though admirable IN
itself, was made somewhat preGptatey; that a schoolgirl in her nrst
season cannot properly appreciate a man OF the world, who prefers
olives and caviare to bread and butter. She, OF course, has had ex-
perience, and has been misunderstood. H Misunderstood
WOMAN AND THE CROCODILE ARE EQUALLY TEAK
FUI. Then she further compromises the man until he begins to
think himself ilused. His fancee meets him with reproaches, ana
the jealousy-monger scores. BUT HER AMUSEMENT DOEo
NOT LAST. Like the Indian brave, her great object in lie is TO
secure heap plenty scalp" to hang up in what Mrs. MalaProp Woulu
call her "wampum."
OF course, this type Of woman is an ignoble one; that there are
no ignoble women in the world is only a dream Of youth. II all won,
en- we're perfect, mans task Of alluring them to brighter worlds and
leading the way would be gone. He would have nothing to DO DuI
to go on improving himself, and that would become monotonous.
But the worst kind of jealous woman is the fancee who is only
happy when she makes herself and the object OF her affections mis-
cradle. She begins by being jealous Of him, and matrmony confirms
the habit. She is jealous of her husbands friends, his clubs, his amuse-
ments; must share in everything that he does, no matter how inap-
propriate; and it, as will sometimes happen even to the best OF hus-
bands, he takes day off" from this perpetual conJugalty, she assans
him with the tyranny of tears. If her husband does not yield, she
says that he does not love her; that he loves some other woman
that he never had loved her; if he goes to his club she will go home
to mamma" Mamma scods her daughter, sends down a little
note to the club. and the repentant but iI-used husband eats humble
pie, and is reconcied. This cat and dog kind of existence continues
until the whole scene is gone over again. The wife c%ondescends to
espionage, opens her husbands letters and kilograms, constantly up
braids him if he looks at another woman. If she were wiser, she
would know that it is always the other woman who is meant to be
looked at, the wife who is meant to be loved. Hate takes the place
of love on his side; he begins to think that he may as well do some
thing to deserve her constant repFoaches; and the story ends by the
jea,ous woman w~recking his life as well as her own.
Society is full Of these jealous wrecks who drift together, occupy
the same anchorage, and frequently get into very deep waters.