Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-03
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Grin and Go On"
Tender SEX !aay Borow Some .Stoi-
cisn, From Mon.
by Ada Patterson.

'Thrc arc proverbs, old. respected
and In some measure true. that have
guided humanity Tor generations: bu,
new conditions create new needs and
new needs new adaGcs. would suS
gest Grin and go on.
One can Griu without going on and
70 on without cyinning. but the best
results are secured by 4 union OF tho
WAYS The average man IL more of
an adept at the double art than is the
average woman. You remember that
it was II woman whG when departing
in haste from :, city, was turned to
a pillar VI sal, Toy looking back. Her
fate Was warming and u prophecy.
II is q peculiarly feminine art Ia
took back Women look back throuS II
a mist OF tears and see persons and
objects as they arc not and move!
were. They arc idca,lsts who idenlize
not tn, persons and the present. but
of tho past. Men arc far more in
clncd to march with their eyes for
ward. II is ono Of the Lessons which
Mrs. Everyday Woman can learn from
Mr. everyday Mall.
Just $40 On."
know a man who looks common
place as he looked uutil learned that
Will" he was working hard 10 cStab-
lish himself in his profession, his wife
became insane. Moreover. She remain
cd insane until. ten wears later. She
died.
The grim need OF putting his cncr-
'gies into his work To pay for food
and shelter for the demcn,cd woman
faced him. Yet III" TRAGEDY ~ his
daily life with hcr was Il big leak for
those rccdcd energies.
How did YOU do it," asked him
about this horror crowdcd In his life
80. just kept on" he said simply.
That is what every one must do at
such time. Jus; 20 on"
In that sense We OF the tender" rs
opposed to tn" tough sex arc rcIniSS
We are what tho world crudclv calls
cutters. some women there are who
20 hravely on without word or sigh.
but they are rare. aren't they sister?
Isn't II true that il when We obey
our impulses wc are cutters" Don't
we run under IRE. IN" majority Of us?
let us he candid We do. And when
circumstances prod us onward we 20
on weeping. Now, don't We We do.
Men Expect Thorns.
When things 20 wrong women weep.
Men grin. When situation becomes
nearly intolcrablc women turn b:tlky.
Men go on. Women are born strikers.
Men arc more adaptable. Women .x-
pect their paths to be strcwn with
rose leaves. Men expect tho thorns.
Women cry ont when they encounter
'Ht tHoi HS Men, HaNlhs taken tNcn
Tor granted. make no ado about them.
In the hiS tests o. lie women show
themselves heroic. They watch s.ccp-
less and foudless beside tho sick he'd OF
child. They sec their husbands
through financial crises and failure.
Many Of them have DEED with :, smile
But the lesser things of life STAN
pcde them. When difficulties accumu-
late they, want to stop midway OF their
tasks. Don't YOU remember how many
times YOU have proposed breaking up
houschcepinS and boarding out he
cause to you the chain OF incompetent
girls seemed endless? Shame, sisters.
What man ever thought O! quitting
midcareer because most clerks were
careless and some OF them dishonest.
and ninc-tcnths of them incompetent ?
Come. let us allow our brothers teach
us something. We have taught them
many uplift!nu lessons. l; Is high
time We made 4 return % our profit
able instruction. Let US borrow some
of their stole stuff. Let US learn &"
grin ana 20 ON.