El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-04
66T F YOU viii stop and consider the ,
subject dispassionateIy and


honestly you Will find only Z
1 handful Of married women Of your ac.
| quaintance past % wao are not miser-
/ able because OF their jeaIousies-
Every time the husband Of the
] average middle-aged " oman looks at a
] younger woman, every time he pays a
! meaningless compliment, or shows a
/ gallant impulse, she is devOured by
/ Jealousy II is the law of the sex and
the age. Only women who have some
object or occupation to widen their
I norIzon- or women who have gallan-
lFIeS OF their own, or women who have
settled into a piggish tendency TO eat
and sleep life away and have lost an
sentiment, are exempt from jea lousy
II was brilliant man Of wide ex-
perlence and large outlook on life who
spoke thus ami the woman TO whom
he spoke was not able TO dispute his
sweeping statement Yet the state
meut can be modified. and this can be
said with truth Of the subject that
where there were ten women miser-
Is but one now.
Because wOman's narrow boundaries
nave enlarged and her view extended
and her occupations have grown more
numerous and her education has ad-
Yanced into new fields Of thought
Long ago, when a WOman's life was
pound Dy four walls and when her
most eNcltlnS occupation during an ob-
5~4l~S u me- husband was 10 lean over
an embroidery frame and dream OF
MS return, and when her mental recre-
alton was in perusing a romance OF a
deceived woman who died of a broken
heart, Jealousy was much more ram
pant IN the feminine nature than il is
today
Perhaps when divorce was more diff
IlcuIt Jealousy was more acute. The
knoWIedge that escape is possible
When situation becomes intOlerable
acts as a salve to the jealousy wound
ed hearts Of some types Of women
ana there can be no question that
mental development and varied Occu-
pations for the mind are aids to the
cure OF jealousy.
Jealousy Caused by Self Depreciation.
Jealousy is often caused by self de-
preclallon, Induced bv unthinking par
eL-IS VINO destroy the peace Of mind OF
a daughter in a crude effort to prevent
her from becoming vain. If a young
woman is continually made to think
HeLselI unattractive and to regard
oJhers as her superiOrs in charm, jeal-
ouSy Is natural sequence.
Use parents, teachers and guardians
o. the young will endeavOr TO give a
young girl pOise by assuring her OF and
aiding her TO the possession Of grace
youthful attractiveness, reposeful man
hers and lOTea bleness. and then direct
her mind toward the attainment Of
all the mental and moral qualities
winch complete winsOme wOmanhoOd
with her appearance and who regards
herself as plain. undressing and
without magnetism. is sure to be mis-
cradle. and sure to Overestimate the
attractions of others. When she mar
rleS II requires small occasion for her
10 be torn with unreasoninE jealousy.
A little happy vanity is a wholesome
Iralt for any woman to possess The
puritan precepts which exalted stern
virtues and excluded beauty as an
unnecessary and dangerous asset for
WomanhOod made excellent fertilizer
for the soil of jealousy
Women reared with these ideals are
to cultivate beauty. ashamed
TO make anv effort TO keep young and
attractive as youth slips away and
middle age approaches. and so thew
grow settled and sallOw and stolid and
1ninterestiug. and when they see the
men whose names they bear and whose
hearts they cOvet admiring youth and
le1uty-as it is mans nature to do .
while spark Of life exists in his NOR z
t. frame-they suffer untold agonies
It is fortunate for women that an |
IRA has dawncd where il is deemed I
% the credit of the whole sex when 1
my woman keeps herself young in