El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07

: gay, laughing woman who has a mock
ing devil in her dancing eyes. This
fact IS worthy OF the serious consider
alton OF any maiden whosis ever tempt
ed 10 put on the cap and bells, for
thereby, in so doing. she Is apt to lose
cut on the wedding ring
AS for wit, II is a razor on which a
woman cuts her own throat A gift for
repartee. the ability TO make a quick
and swift retort. or 10 tell you an apt
story that puts your opponent subtlyJ
IN the wrong Or IN an absurd light. n
highly esteemed in men; but when a
woman possesses this talent. and uses
1t. she is sent to coventry for IT
People may call her witty. but they
/ couple with II a few remarks about
her being sour, and disgruntIed. and.
instead OF being sought after, she IS
shelyed- So far as getting along IN the
world IS concerned, a woman had bet
ter be born dumb than with a sharp
tongue She may have the reputation
OF being a brilliant conversationalist.
but observation shows that she is gen.
orally left TO cOrruscate on the family
electrolier
GiEgIinE Capital Offense.
As for the giggler-anathema be her
name; her incessant and meaningless
"te-he-te-hef but proc1ains the emptt-
ness Of her head and heart. I'd to
IL, giggling may be classed among the
gaucherfes OF youth and so condoned-
After Is, It should be a capital offense.
with instant beheading OF the guilty
party.
AS a matter Of fact the funny wo-
man, no matter what the brand OF her
humor. never gets the glad hand in real
life; and gayety and high spirits. how
ever innocent. in a woman invariably
70 -rfff of~
be as funny as you like is as exclu-
sively a masculine perQuisite as the
privilege OF smoking IN public OF
course, g woman can do 1t. II she's got
the nerve TO, but the gossips will get
her IL she does.
Hence I call attention again to lord
Chesterfield's warning against being a
eut-up, which applies far more to WON
en- than it does to men "HorsepIay
romping, frequent and loud fits OF
laughter. jokes. waggery and indfs-
criminate familiarity Will sink bobth
merit and knowledge into a degree OF
times abused But they do not com
plain, as they follow the march OF the
soldiers as pack animals. They carry
the utensils in which they cook. Some
of them carry their infants. while
children trudge beside them Some Of
the soldiers women are young Some
are very old. almost too old to follow
the trail
The Mexican soldier is not such q
bad fellow after all He is ignorant.
true. but he does not exactly know
what 1t Is all about But over in Gu
dad Juarez you will see him weeping
Just little because some OF the wom-
en-, his women. are lying on cots IN
the hospital. and suffering from the
bullets meant for him. And the women
weep. too, because their soldiers were
killed or wounded.
Lack Many Things, but Are Brave.
OF the so odd women who came with
the command of Robago, six are
wounded. one is dead. The woman who
was killed received the bullet as she
was fleeing from the scene Of battle 4
She was a young woman and her
mother, also one Of the soldiers wou-
en-. saw the daughter fall The mother
stands in front Of the bull ring. where
the new arriving soldiery is housed 7
She weeps, blessing her daughter, and \
the war.
The woman said TO me: They killed (
my daughter. who was young. very
young. and I live. who ar ole. very
old Why?''
The women OF the Mexican army may
be minus many virtues as women go.
But they are womanly 20 a sublime
degree in this: They are not construct
I'd Of the rag and the bone and the
hank OF hair which does not care.