| Show i I Sayings of Mrs Solomon Hun I 1 I I Being the Confessions of the Seven Hundredth Hundredth Hun Hun- Wife i TRANSLATED BY HELEN ROWLAND J 1 f H TT V O lon long my 10 Daughter wilt thou continue to waste WORDS upon men How hoc long hong wilt thou seek seck to convince them with FRANKNESS Verily verily thou art as one that of or reason unto a babe babet and pre cheth ethics unto a Kitten n For not one among them shall Believe thee I charge thee think not riot to gladden the tho heart of ot a a. youth b by openly singing singings x his praises neither b by honestly declaring that thou him t For he lie shall crawl within his shell like hiko unto a P. frightened turtle crying cring Go tol tot Doth she speak to mako GA GAME CAME IE of ot me or 01 only to flatter me that that she may WORK me Yet Vet thou frankl rankly frankly tell him that he ho Is i isan an abomination in th thy sight he shall Khall expand with vanity saying Aha Ahn She Sho Is Js piqued She t to lure me on with indifference For unto a l than man n LANGUAGE In lit th the mouth of oC a woman woman is but the Ule In Instrument In- In Ini i strument with which she her thoughts tho the veil ell which her real meaning s Lo Io should thine husband question thee sti saying Darling how earnest camest thou to marr marry me and antI sho thou answer him liim trul truly saying Baying Because thou mine O ONLY IY K chancel chance would he lie believe o thee Nay verU verily He would 1 but laugh and kiss thee tenderly And his home would be bo filled with visions of ot his vanquished rivals Yet alas if IC thou seek to flatter him sa saying B Beloved many men have I known and been loved lo b by them yet out of the BUNCH I 1 chose chole thee hee ho he would chuckle lo t. t derisively wondering at thy guilelessness In thinking to dazzle him with such fairy airy cales t When th thy Beloved saith unto thee Am tm I the FIRST by whom thou hast over been kh kissed ed 7 charge thee answer anser him tia saying Xa Nay na nay Not ono one of or mine acquaintances do I allow 1110 to escape Behold I have hac kissed them ALL And ho he shall be satisfied believing thee theo not But lint If Ir thou t cr cry Yea yea ea Thou art th the one and he would suddenly be filled with doubts Go Gu to el 1 Every woman is like unto an actress that must paint herself with fRI false e colors color In order that she may appear natural In the tho eyes Ces of man Verily verily I say la unto thee the tho one way in all tho the world to deceive an any man tuna Is hJ to tell him the tho HONEST ST TRUTH Fa Pot For 1 since this Is UI the Uie last thing which a man a woman n it Is the thc last thin timing thins which he lie to hear henr front frum her Behold Dlo Diogenes himself did not se lIf seek le lc to find an HONEST WOMA OL WOMAN f ter he ic believed belle that there thelO was no such audi animal Selah |