The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-18
A Woman Forsives;;
Can She Forget?
BY w1N1rRED BLACK.

a thousand to one. And nary a nickel
n thousand to one.-Assd nary
nickers worth Of 'sneaking fondness.
or any other kind Of fondness, for
the demanding" woman!
The woman who forgives puts her
man on parole. There Is something
Fundamental. primevai, deeply pris-
oned In the midriff Of every man
worth while who. when forgiven by
woman. and put on parole BY ner.
keeps his parole. Some Ettie inner
voice informs him that the woman
who forgives him Is a bigger human
being than he is; and the moment he
realizes that fact. then he wants ner.
I've been through the mill. good
Madame Black. The "other woman
was the demanding" woman; and the
God knows l was glad to get back TO
the side of the real woman tthe wffe).
who forgave as she always had Tor
given, and I've played the game fah
with her ever since, and always Wit.
A REPENTANT AND HAPPIER
MAN
Wen. wen. here is some good news
for the wife who forg1ves. I'm glad
of It, she needs good news. poor wo-
man, and lots OF It to make her for
get the duh ache that she Will carry
in her heart ia the grave.
"He deceived me once. wonder n
How many times do you suppose.
MI Gay Husband. iNat the wife who
forsave you SO easily goes over and
over that wrt Z rod formula In her
poor. puzzled, shocked, frightened
mind?
Have you the least iaea that she Is
happy now. that wife OF yours! She
fe-eave you, yes. but have you the
faintest sort of notion that she can
ever forget what you did?
Never speak OF IL? or course, mott
Never let's you think she even family
remembers II. She must have some
remnant OF pride somewhere. saved
sorr chow from the wreck.
Forgotten. that wound? Never unti'
she foreets the day her first baby was
bern will she forget the awful hour
when she found YOU out You. who
| allowed another woman 10 make fun
| RI ner for a poor. deceived dupe. you
| who promised to love. cherish and
| protect her, and you threw her hear,
| to the dogs to feed upon-the heart
| you pretend to cherish 20 mighty now
| Perhaps you do. perhaps you do,
bu do you think the woman you
/ made light Of once will ever believe
! you again, no matter how much she
| pi etends?
Would you believe her AGAIN II you
discovered that she had lived a lie TO
YOU for months. kissed you with an
other mans letters in her bosom. gone
straight from you to him with some
lying excuse to befool you into stupid
la cquiescence? You wouldn't forget
you couldn't. Well, then what ground
have you for suppesiHs that woman
/ can be greater broader minded. finer
in every way than you?
She's human. too. you know: she
lent made OF marble: there Is no
ichor In her blood: she'll bleed II you
stab her lust as you will.
How did you ever get the idea into
your heads that women could forget
so much easier than you can?
Some OF them do?
Never never so long as the world
goes around. Trey pretend to fol-
iva rious reasons. some Of them noble
and unsel1sh, and some Of them mean
land mercenary.
! Some pretend to forget In order to
keen the family together Some Of
them pretend to forget SO as to help
ne they know Is rood man In most
things to- come to his best self again
Bless the hearts Of such women they
are fine nros hers OF all that ID best in
human nature.
!, And Some pretend to forret becanse
shey want the money their husta nds
s'-te them or tire social posifion Trey
gain as tn, wife Of $50 AMI So" the
well known "scmeshing or other
And some pretend to forget because
thew never really cared q ran about
IL. These are the women who don't
/ care turp nee for envy man livin~ or
anv one above ground but themselves
So long as they are we'll shod. well
i housed, well grnomed, their husbands
/, rrpy mike jcke Of them from one
end OF the town to the other--it Is
no.tin~ to ttem-
| No. gentlemen. don't make yonr-
eeives believe any more fairy tales
Women forgive. poor things. lots Of