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Show Iill EZZZZI It always is a mistake, sometimes a tu fatal one, for a woman too plainly to show Wnmsvn 'lcr ovc 'or an man however much ho ,f may profess his love for her. Tho gravity k' Hide ' of tho error, of course, is measured by tho N rril manner of man whom the woman loves; all Jl -Diy men are not alike, and some few can stand p- T gYrgx tho test of utter security in the possession of that tender thing a woman's heart. ' i ' But such men are as scarce as blue dia- lli . ,.., monds, and no woman is wise who adores It By HELEN OLDFIELD. ' , .... T . . . m, 1, a man and, still worse, tells him so. The I. IZZSZ telling is the major part of the mistake. wk Hearts arc willful things, and sometimes n unbeknownst arc lost, but at least the woman need not advertise the fact. Ife There is much worldly wisdom in the saying tiiat with impunity one may break all tho "ten commandments" if one only obeys the precept: "Thou ft shall not be found out." It Undeniably there are times when, if hypocrisy merely bo tho powei 1.2 to dissemble tho concealment of her real feelings, the wisest women are they ' who can play tho role of thoroughbred hypocrites. It is one of tho axioms of polite society that while a woman may have tho same desires as a man, I she has not the same right to express them. I She may b,c much to be pitied for the excesa of her afTcction, but her I misfortune is the less if she is strong enough to hide it; strong feelings Ij, of any kind frequently arc the occasion of discomfort, both to those who It ' possess them and to others, and violent emotion has a tendency to degenCr-f degenCr-f ate into hysterics, which Bometimes are profitable to tho hysterical one but I always unplmisant to those who endure them. I i But an occasional taste to show how good is the object withheld, stim- uliitcs. the desire. "To give much, to give more, but not to give all," has been said to bo woman's most precious secret for retaining a man's lovb I"' indefinitely, if not forever. |
