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Show MISTAKES OF WOMHN. Mrs, Augusta Ilnyiuoipl Kthler Discusses Dis-cusses Her Sex. "Tho Mistakes of Women" was the title of n lecturo delivered hy Mrs, Auuusta Raymond Kidder last evening at thu homo of Mrs. William Curtis Demurest, C.8 West Sixty sixth street. Mis. Kidder palled her tads a "lootur-elte." "lootur-elte." l'rohihly this was because It seumed out of proportion lo thu size of ur tiihjoet. One man remarked con-descendiugly con-descendiugly at tho end of the lecture that she had iniirlu a uoed beginning, which ho would IIK'o lo llulsh tip bomo tune. Jlu wus not encouraged by the women picsunt. Accordlpg to Mrs, JviJdor, the first mistake a woman ever uudu was rer sponslblu for the loiroiltiutlou of the cradle, S.nuo of thu littler ones, hnw-evur, hnw-evur, have not turned out so well. One oi these latter-day ones Is thu way they go to work to dpiiionstralo their equality wltu man. "Women seem to think that Hie wuy to g iu their own ground Is to pull ihe ground out from under muii and topple him over. Still, it must he admitted, that women are not fairly treated. There's looking bank vard. for Insiitoc". Ilitllaiiry did It. IIo was ii man, and got fitiuu and fortune for lt. Lot's wife ditl It, Shu was a woman, nml wo all know what she got for It, It seems as If It was adding Insult to Injury lo iinu her Into tho cheapest commodity In thu market. If Ii had been sugar, wo cnuld have appreciated the obv.ous compliment lu the sex. St'll, It is bomo en i)i T irt that, even In h- r disgrace, she was something iiidlspeusihiu. Another mistake of woman Is loving too much. Of course, love Is beautiful, divine and all that, when Ills deserved, Dm our sex is not prone lo Investigate, it is another or our mUtukcs ih.it wu trust lo uiich- Tliero is plenty of counterfeit coun-terfeit money uuat In the kingdom of lov, an way, even If the coin wore gottrjlue, and it is a feminine mistake to give teti dollars In change for a one-doliar one-doliar hill, According to Commerson, I one of the women's in bin ken Is that they distrust men too much lu general and not enough In particular, "A f'ltal mistake- of woman Is her tendency to tulf-etl'iicenieni. Did 1 hear any gentleman smllu?" asked the speaker, qfter the derisive laughter which foilowul her yimiurlc had died away, ' lie need not; for It Is tmu ihut for ages woutiui liavo been content to Inspire. They have been mere, than WHlttig to brtag In tne rellocied g'ory of tltose they ipved. I'd like to paraphrase para-phrase one of Lougfelluvv's versos; '"Wives nf great meti oft remind us Tiittt they make those men, sfiidinici That, f husbands couldn't, lml ia, They'd bo failures half iho tiiu,' "Anotlior mistake of women Is that they du poi allow IheuiselYea to rest, What women do not know admit eutr pg and rusting has built 10,000 hos ptlaU Another of wotiieu's uilstakos is not koowlog how to pat. Consider the wavt of .oien In this rfspept atid bu wise. Another mUmkc is woriylng. Somu woiiien remind me of children Who plant needs In thu garden uml dig tlietn up Ihe next ilaj to see how tiny tie prospering. We all tvmemher the d rTPPJup wllfcHW? 'ytdinrif'Yu HiKMBIHai lijid an qtvful lot of irnuole iu my life, and mosi of It never Imnpened. "Is ono of our mistakes talking too much? I fear it Is. And another Is not having enough fun. Nearly eyory woman wo-man Is a nlsr of Jollity. Men are wl'iing to catch pleitoro as it Ulea, Hut wi men must have overythlpa just so before they cm abandon themselves to ciijoymenr, and ihen they mo u-m-nby 'o- tired to lake II. This goes beyond being n mianike It's ti iltxi'ase, hut fortunately not ti. urnole. Women say lt)-.eay lo talk this wuV, Uit that, our can't he laughing when ono Is hnr iPd mid won led. AH I ''an 8.y is iliot you might he as hurried, run, joi wouldn't he as w'otricd If ynit did hiliitll. 1 happened otieo in speak of my husband to a little girl, and she said: '"Why, 1 didn't think j'Oti. were married. 1 " Why?" I nuked. " 'Oh, 'cuise' ' " "Cuiisu Why" ""Cmiim' you latiuh so much.' "Wusm'i that a mnmeiiliiry on miilrl-mony? miilrl-mony? And now a word about mar rlago.whlcli Is never a mistake, tlmilli weddings often are, fur every wedding is not a man lime, Iu this emmec Ion tot me sp.-ak about J-aloit wtui.en. 1 1 Is a large siihec , hlH n few words . alicut it Are as gmid us many, for people peo-ple with that diseae seldom lUteu to advice. The conclusion I come to I i liul. jealousy under any clrcum'slnncc- Is useless. Thu only thing to be done when one thlnKs one has grounds fot the feeling, Is the Inst thing they are likely to do; that Is. to be so ehartuiiur and altogether lovely that the rival will be roun d as an entirely Inferior person. Some woinuo, however, think they are Jealous when tluy aro really only sultish. Willi a c.is whoro there Is real cause for this mental anguish 1 should, of cotirso, bu unable to cope. Martyrdom or a clergyman and the family lawyer elmtilil bu the remedy, 1 suppose. Ilit I recommend n llttlo wholesome Introspection In lln'd out whether, after nil, It may bo only number nu-mber mistake. "Tho last inlstnku is that wo am too prone to take offense at little things. Wu Indulge In ton many putty misunderstandings misun-derstandings a mom; otiiselves, Muii dimt do this. Le us emulate them in It. Wu appreciate men's merits, and we can't do hoitcrthau to imitate thosu we discern. As a rule, women admire men as much as men admire themselves, them-selves, Human admiration cuu go no further." Notv York Sun. |