But let us thank that Eastern poet. Zuleika, if he found her, perhaps he convinced. For us he has put into words, with some prolixity and awkwardness no doubt, what in a vague way we all feel about the beauty of women. For in truth there is no such abstraction as Womanly Beauty. Instead, there is the beauty of women.
Every man can pick and choose.
There are as many kinds of women as there are of flowers, and all are beautiful for some quality or by association. It is well to admire every type. There are men who, in this way, are chronic invalids. Women are very patient with them. I do not agree with an acquaintance of mine who avers that his predilections are climatic in their nature.