The Washington times., 1904-08-05

Poets are born, not made. but you
may be born into the proven Dial clergy
mans family Of fifteen and yet not be
a success as a sister, for good sister Is
essentially a thing which cannot be
found ready made.
II is true that the clergyman family
OF fifteen provides a better school than
the family OF two or three. but the best
opportunities are thrown away on some
people II is easy enough 20 be a sister
10 sisters. Women have an esprit de
corps, IN spite of their supposed rivalry.
which holds them strongly together.
a woman, nine times out OF ten, will
side with another woman against man
as a common enemy Women mostly
understand their own SEX fairly well,
and prefer to so with 1t on the Prin-
ciple that it is better to stick to the
evil that you understand than TO fly TO
others that you know not of. and II they
do not understand their sex. as many of
them do not. they stand by IL all the
more because they believe it 20 be so
much better than 1t really is.
A Delightful Relation.
sister can be, and very often is. the
most delightful Of relations. She sell
dom gives the anxiety the brothers do,
and. like them, she shares her child
hood with you. She has not occupied
the pinnacle OF the elder generation,
and. therefore. has never fallen with a
crash. as they did when you grew old
enough to discover that they were NOR
tails and not gods Several unmarried
sisters over twenty may find their home
too small for them and tumble over
peration. bur later in life. when they
are all married. the old affection returns.
and experience in common knits the
bond closer than ever. Two sisters fire.
quently do not get on" with each
other as well as a greater number. but
IN any case they are always easter 10
deal with than any other relations.
But the whole al OF being a sister lies
in a wOman's attitude to her brothers.
To be a success in this ffe d needs a
very intimate knowledge OF human ma
ture. and. il this is lacking. an exceed
ingly delicate perception OF the thoughts
and feelings of others. Many sisters
regard their brothers as a sort of er-
rand boy given them by nature They
expect their brothers to fetch and carry
for them, TO chaperon them TO balls and
parties. TO wait patiently on their SOW
ereign VIII and pleasure. and never ex-
pect a word OF thanks. The idea Of
putting themselves on one side on be-
half OF their brothers never enters their
heads
Some sisters even carry this 10 the
length OF a sort OF resentment against
the very existence OF their brothers.
which they regard as defrauding them
OF pleasure OF profit. This sounds in
credibly sOrdid. but il Is absolutely true.
While this is the attitude Of many sis
tiers. that OF ali brothers Is invariably
the same. To a brother his sister Is
the last OF women on earth.> II she is
strong-minded he looks upon her as a
sort or VaIkyrie. not 10 be Judged as
other women are. because she has no
feelings Ike them" II she is weak
minded he considers her a species Of
idiot. II she IS devoted 70 him he ac-
cepts the fact as his due. II not. he IS
perfectly Indifferent. But in the former
case he viii tolerate no rival near the
throne.
Other GiTls First.
Sisters would do well not to be sur
prised that though their brothers place
all other women before them and ridi-
Guile the idea OF the sister being Jealous
they do not by any means relish any
other man being put before themselves
81 the estimation OF the said sisters.
! do not mean for a moment 10 infer
that brothers are never fond Of their