St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-11-15
What Kind Of u Man Is Attrnc-
tire to WOmen,
From the Cleveland Leader.

nave no sell'reSpect, desire to be attract
i've to women, and use various means to
accomplish it. One swings cane, wears
fancy neck ties, buys the latest style of
hat, whether able Or not, puts his feet
INTO thin, shiny, tight boots, and fancies
4 III \. Z. Willis that he is wipnipo
hearts.
Another talks largely about business,
nS plans, his speculstions, his travels
and his common sense, thinking that af-
ter he has impressed women with a sense
OF hls greatness and their littleness that
half the victory is won.
Another raises his hat about foot
from the head on windy days, and bows
his body about three feet toward the
earth; lushe- to pick up handkerchief
as though the fair owner was drowning
and he was about to save her; never
speaks Of any matter but what he sup
poses will please her, and he almost in
Varlably snpposes wrongly; puts COM
pilment here and there; ignores the fact
that there are vital interests to both as
regards society, city and country, and
talks OF the last concert, theatre. opera.
marriage. Neither sex ever mentions
babies. 1t is questionable to speak cf
them, questionable to have them. I'M
fashionable to be seen showing any in
tcrest IN them and by and by, the
Whole thing Is becoming SO questionable,
we shall not have any American chill
dren, except a few born in the extreme
country or in back alleys, whose moth
ers did not learn the fashion in time.
Nearly the whole baby population will
be Dutch and Irish.
Another works hard all the week.
boards IN cheap place that he may save
five or eight dollars spends two for Il
concert, three for ride, and three more
Tor supper, using that dollar he took
from his employers drawer 50 as to have
a surplus IN case OF an emergency, pay
lng all this for girl who, accustomed to
1t for a halt dozen years from a half doz-
en- sources, never expresses nor feels any
gratitude. He keeps his pockets full of
coniccuonarles to be generous, and this
young lady and that ssay, Isn't it fun
to ride with Smith, but never say,
Nv oudn't it be fun to GET Smith for a
husband = They say, rather, 81 don't
believe he will support wife very we'll
he spends too much :" There is much
sentimental talk and sentimental atfec-
ton, and really much pure love, but
young women, Tor the most part, have,
and rightly too a ''brcad and butter,
side OF the question, and are always ask
lHg, Can he support me -
Some men, III the above way, and
some III better and higher, are doing these
things with one aim, VIZ; the admira-
ton OF society, which is to say the admi-
ration of women. That women like
some Of these things is not for moment
disputed. They like a neatly kept neck
Il we'll combed head, a good fitting boot
They like 10 have man talk Just enough
S about himself to show that he has some
>cn-e and some business power. They
like Il hat raised slightly. and u bow a;
) though men honored the sex because they
had mothers sisters or wives. They lik,
to have men occasionally give them ar
inexpensive ride. or take them to con
= cert or supper, il they, by so doing, ar,
o not going beyond their means; but they
never respect him for doing that. In
decd, they think men really foolish, lack
ing sense and jud dgmcnt, in spending St
- much upon them when it should hay,
been saved Tor a family in the future, tn
head OF which every man living expect
some time to be. They like a man wh'
talks to them as though they We're intel
igent human beings, OF as though he de
- sired TO make them such, who introduce
science. art, or travel What if they ar
not convcrsant with such matters, yo
t. cannot afford to dwarf your mind t.
= make it companionabe with them.
An erroneous idea has crept into soci
ETY. that it is not polite to speak upon an
: subject with which the other Is not ia
- milIar 1t may he thus between me
men. and women and women, but nevc
" between the sexes. Every man of obsel
= walton knows that women are like chi
dren in this respect glad to learn, prou
70 be made the recipients OF knowledge
, proud that sensible, educated men tax
time and pains to talk with them sens
bly,. Men might Gear that women woul
.ecl sense OF shame at their ignorance
, on the contrary, they pacity themselv'
~ by saying, "We are women, and, ther,
fore, not expected to know such things
.. was at Il tea-table w here an educate
or or young man happened to mention Cicer
The hostess, a lovely woman and an e:
Il ccllent house-kceper, presided with re-
grace at the neatest of tables, inquire
Nv ho p rs though the name was strans
to her, He, with a manly kindness,
a way that never intlmated that she W;
- ignorant, spoke OF the great orator and
the exciting times in which he lived al
- acted and thus Roman history w
" made a delightful topic Of conversation
,ry Women hate man WHO drinks into
,.l... lcating liquors, whether in the shape
.5,i ,ai choice wine in dainty cut glasses, orpo
I5{ M" brandy in carthen jugs. You will 81
her that the scenes enacted at Saratoga IL
u. summer have given the lie to this til
drunken women We're almost as comm,
a,I. ..,i. as drunken men. 1t is sadly true til
some women with desire to he brillia
hey before men, to be genial and fricnll
"ns 11.; and with little respect for themselves a
''v still less for men, with tight dresses al
;, IN loose morals. make themselves beastlE
AMI ami Much has been said about women bel
en-, end examples in this respect, but II men ;
'en, the head and women are to look up
+. them for protection and knowledge, til
,l.s, I they must expect that women will co
l.'' y their doings, When, in thus imitatil