The Lexington intelligencer., 1917-06-22

en- Have More Strength In Their
Looks Thar We Have In Our Laws.
Men AlIuds to Them as Weaker Yes
sells.
lCopyrighted, 1914, by Thomas j. sulivan.l
Women have more strength in their
looks than we have In our laws and
more power by their tears than we
have by our arguments. Women are
quick to recognize genius and to listen
when wisdom speaks. They may chat
ter in the presence OF fools, but know
and appreciate the value of earnest,
sensible men.
1t Is assumed that the Almighty
made man as his masterpiece, and,
conceited being that he is. man accept
ed this statement as a piece of truth.
That the earth and all it contains
were made for his special benefit, that
woman was created solely for bis com
fort, that the sun was made to give
him light by day and the moon to en-
able him to find his way home at night.
that the heavens were hung with a re-
splendent curtain OF stars and the plan.
cts sent whirling through space in a
majestic dance about the god Of day
simply to afford him matter for won
der and amusement-ideas of this sort
evlnce an egotism that can only be ac-
credited to man.
Masterpieces indeed. Why, God
made man and. finding that be could
not take care of himself. made wo-
man to care of him, and she Is dis
charging her heaven ordained duty in
an artistic and capable manner
Are Women the Weaker Vesssls2
Men are fond Of alluding to women
as "the weaker vessels" and Pope calls
man the great lord Of things" Men
rule with a rod of iron the creatures
of the earth, the sea and the air They
hur defiance in the face Of kings and
presidents They tread the oceans
foam beneath their feet, they harness
the imperial thunderbolts to the jaunt-
ing electric car and even succeed In
mounting the storm and flying upon
the wind, but the brayest OF them
trembe and lie like Cretans when call
ed upon by their wives to explain some
of their extravagant purchases, and for
this reason many men delegate their
wives as the official family shoppers
and thereby shift the responsibility "a
them
More Good Sense Than Men.
Women have more good sense than
men. They have fewer pretensions,
are less implicated in theories and
judge Of values more from their i'm
mediate and Involuntary impressions on
the mind and therefore more truly
and naturally. 1t is said "men have
sight. women insight" For these and
many more reasons women make bet
ter shoppers than men.
Women regulate their purchases al.
gether by the amount they have ia
spend. men by the amount Of credit
they can get Women like to put their
money where 1t will do the most good,
men where 1t will make the greatest
show. Men are usually broke wo-
men very seldom. All OF which goes
| TO show that women are the stronger
vessels" after all.
Women Are sySue to Eargains.
Woman's weakness as a purchaser
lies in her pronounced susceptibility
to bargains No man ever followed
freedoms flag for patriotism with
half the enthusiasm that woman will
trail the red, white and blue that con
stitute the banner Of the bargain coun-
ter And therein lies her temptation.
This trait Of woman's nature is
recognized by the mail order and retail
catalogue houses to the extent that
nearly all of their misleading circulars
and pictorial catalogues are addressed
to the women. And the women, true
to their natures. respond with many
orders.
Their Spirit Of Loyalty.
But II women are prone to bargains
they are also possessed with the sense
and spirit Of loyalty to their own town
and community when once they come
to a full realization Of the injury they
are working both to themselves and
their home merchants by sending their
money away to some large corpora-
tion In big city for goods that they
can buy as cheaply and Of much better
grade at home and without the inIon-
yenience necessiated by long delays
when ordering from ont Of town mer-
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