The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-12-31
SAID ABOUT WOMEN
REMARKS MORE on LESS IN
COMPLIMENTARY.
One Wonders In Reading These
Whether Men a. the Past Were
Fair IN Their Trsatrnsnt
a. the centis Sex.


Proverbs regard the fair sex almost I
exclusively from the point Of view 81
man Of the old school--a maa. that
g Who believes Ia the absolute IN. 1
teTiortty Of woman and Ia the stsrn
heeessiiy 81 making her know aud
ke"p her place There Is one with
quite Spanish air 81 jealous jaller 7
ship which says thar a woman should
come but thrice ahruad-so be hap I
uzed. married and buried. Burton
quotes q Ia his Anatomy az Melan.
ehoiy, bat is Obliged 70 admit that the
philosopher Who said Il was too
stfaitlaced ~suaitlacede is hardly
The adjective that the modern SUI.
ffaglst would use. Another OF these
masteftul proprietary proverbs Is the
well-known-
4 spaniel a wife ana a walnut tree.
Flie mere yoa beat 'uEn, the better they
be,
One talking prnverh OF undoubted
truth Is that which says. a woman
may knit knot with her tongue she
cannot un,ie with all her teeth raIs
was tamliar more than three centuries
ago, and may still often be heard Ia
ihe north. especially in scotland, with
reference "a an nnwise or lnadviSahle
marriage Il Is also used quite rightly
81 men In the same eonneeslas. With
regard 20 abuse IN general Il Is quite
certain, and men may as well freely
admit the charge which can hardly
be denied that many Of the lords o.
creation are as arrant gossips az any
wearer Of pettienats Matrimonial
proverbs, as a whole. bear marks OF
masculine authorship and press rather
hardly Oh The weaker sex Sayings
In praise Of marriage and Of the good
wife are comparatively rare How.
/ ever, Cupid may be depended upon 20
set the proverbs OF ~ omen AZ de.
/ fiance. as well as the mA1ims Of prn.
dence and foreshoueht thar are 80
freely quoted BY those who have es.
+ capped the little gods shafts. FOR Love
Is as warm among eottagers as oour-
tiers and a. IN italian saying has
u, Love can neither be bought nor
sold lbs only price Is love-
Another old aaying. stiil often heard
10 country places where old modes Of
thought as weil az old forms Of speech
stlll linEer. exhibits a most unfeeline
iisregnrd for womans tears Tbs
tears ~ beauty ia distress are usually
supposed 70 b. among the most power
full weapana In the arsenal o. feminine
charms. bnt tie hearts Of our farefa
theirs Cor some 81 Iheml must have
been steeled against iachrymai assault
when they were able 10 say that II !,
: AZ great a pity % see woman weeI
as Il S. 10 see q Rooae 80 barefoot.
or, ~ one seventeenth century write
phrascd e. There IA no more pitt
10 b. taken ~ her han 10 see a gnosi
zoe baFce9ota" This might have beer
reserved for the sheaders Of crocodgli
tears or for taesc curiouaiy endowe'
folk who are ablo 20 make their eye
overflow by mere effort Of will, sucl
az the beautiful young lady namei
. Sonhy Stretched. who was one u III
circle fhaG gathered round the Thrale
aud Or Ipnaon 20 Stfeatham "Weef
sophy" Mira Thrale would say. an
'hereupon. without the movement of
muscle or The slightest dlsturbanc
! Of tho cain repohe Of her lovely cour
: tensace. Sophy's beautiful eyes wogl
: slowly 90 With tears. and IN a few se'
onds the round drops u "pearie
? dew" we're chasing one another dow
her Finootn cheehs sophys weepln
was certainly no more distressing tha
lhe barefootod progress o. a goose
e