The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-23
WHY DOES WOMAN CRYr
Facts That Indicate That Tears May
Really he n Sort OF Luxury.

A husband Of New York asked a friend,
why does a woman cry?"
The friend did not know. or pretended
ignorance. Being unmarried. maybe he
did not know. So he did what the inter-
locutor Of a minstrel show does when Bones
| or Tambo fires a conundrum-repeated il
for information, emphasizing the first
word.
The husband did not make a direct reply.
! He became discursive
Did you ever hear, " he asked, why the
! Greek warriors Of early times cried with
so much easey'
The friend was more AT home on this
than the other topic.
Il don't believe as much Greek as | did, "
he replied. But now that you plough
| up my recollection | believe that Homer's
heroes were tear gusherr, regular geyserS.
on the slightest provocation, so we read
But | don't see what that has to do with
vour couuudrum. Why does a
cry?'"
Still sparring for time the husband said
Il have heard somewhere, maybe az school,
that the Greek warriors whimpered and
whined because they did not know how
TO swear"
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| lighters replied the friend, "and oven old
Stonewall jackson refused to argue about
the assertion of one Of his stan who told
him that a soldier who wouldn't sw ear
| wouldn't fight
Il think "A woman cries because she can't
swear said the husband at last in a blunt
manner
Il have read somewhere" replied the
friend. that Queen Anne commended her
! soldiers for swearing, The inference is
| that she preferred that sort Of thing from
| them TO tearr. But il your answer that a
woman cries because she can't swear,
final? Does It cover the case?"
There you have me-" confessed the
husband. But maybe If | tell you the
| story you can help Inc out,
Il took my wife TO the opera the other
night. Before | old her we were going
she had said that she felt like CRYING. So
| far as knew there was no reason for her
| agitating her lachrynIatory glands. and |
said 20.
aShe admitted that there had been no
discordant iangling Of bells during the
dav. Perfect harmony e~verywhcrp. Even
the servants had been anticipatory. She
confessed all had gone well, but still claimed
her right to spot her face II she wished.
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act until after the opera. Good wife that
she Is, she complaccntly acquioSced; but
woman that she IL. sheyinscrtcd the proviso
that If she were inclined, after the enter
ainmen to sob on her pillow she was
moi to bo molcsted. ! agreed to this, for
| thought the opera and a supper and some
I old time g~allantry on the sid would either
divert her from her watery programme
or would cause her TO postpone Il until after
had left the house on the following day
at was the usual New York hour when
We GOT home. Her maid took her ia hand
and / took care If myself; | did not tarry;
thanks to unimpaired digestion and serene
conscience / was soon asleep, | had an
carly business engagement and was called
nm hour ahead Of schedule time in the
morning.
Il went out quietly: before I got ten feet
away I heard a familiar voice calling to me.
= iSav, my dear. I'm going TO have that
cry ont now. You won't care II do not
ioin YOU nj breakfast''
sWoll what was the usep | might have
said that wis a nice sort Of recollection 10
carry around all day in my business But il
would have done no good. She had planned
The sob and sho was determined 20 have
IL, just like Mr.. Jingle's servant, Job
Trofter. In pickwick.
aBut why did she want TO cryp Why de-
liberately lay out "A programme 10 that
n a She assured me she Wac not un-
happv. know she was not. She IL not
stubborn or subject TO moods. Can YOU
think Of anv reason why she did itfs
sJust one" said his friend ar he filled
two glasses. shes q woman.'