Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-04-15
: 7'.Do Men Like Wo,nen2"
A QUESTION TO WHICH THERE CAN BE
ONLY. ONE -AEWsER.

/ ONLY: ONE AEwsER.G
Some time ago an article. appear
ed io-ose of the paper entitled $50
Ecial Affiniiies." 1t was received
with much unthinking appreciation
and the great question. 'sDees Ma,
Like WomaD?" seemed umphant
Ily settled in the negative. Again
Tin the n. 7. Times Ct January 81
1880, it presents its warped anc
one-sided views upon question
Of more importance than at first
appears, fer suspicion once dis
semminated that the sexes really
are antagonistic will engender the
very evil imagined. 4 "a
/. The average American is too ap,
Ito accept what is printed in his ia.
svorite journal as law ard gospel
not because he lacks Judgment but
from habit or indolence. Never
having lived among the savages,
am obliged to con6De my observa-
tions to the civilized portions of
mankind ,and, from having cousins,
brothers and friends, feel fully
capable Of dealing with the sub
ject, and am prepared to affirm
that, SO far from hating the op-
posite sex, she is never-I repeat
it-never entirely ont OF his
thoughts" Gain the confidence Of
any man. young or old, and a. NO.
man is ut the bottom of l. She is
the aim and end Of his existence.
She is his whole. dream of happi-
ness and pleasure Woman is not
more the heaven of the Masufma q
than of the Christian. What "she
Said and what ''she did" is the
burden Of club conversation, and
the only subject which never. pals
on their taste. The most popular
gentleman in one of our great clubs
is the one who backs "womanon.ex.
clnslve!y. When he cutters, ,droop-
ing spirits revive, ennui takes its
hight, circle is formed, expecta-.
ton is on tip-toe-for what? Atb>
letic sports? Half of them could
not lift an oar. For the latest elec>
ton tidings? !? They ATE too indif-
ferent to vote or do their duty.
News of the winnings OF last night,
or the race? No, my fliends; be is
simply relating a good thing of
Que OF the queens of The stage,to be
followed By recital of one Of his
own b03aaes o2uentures :!
Women, as rule, do not make
love. Iudeed, I have met many
women who have never loved at
all ,hut never a man! He may not
like the society Of his wife or sister,
but-that does not prove ire will not
sue for the privilege of tying the
shce-sttlngs OF a pretty woman.
Constancy is not one of his virtues,
L ADM: but be loves the sex. When
. noted lawyer retired from bis
profession I asked him what he in
tended to do with himself? lie
replied, "Spend the rest of my lie
among the women OF Paris and
Vienna" Was his an exceptional
resolved A distinguished diplomat
had been driven to the Verge of
suicide at the thought of never
more being able to enjoy female
society. Households are being
broken up daily by the infatuation
OF middle aged men for a p. city
feminine face. Women are the
cause of two>thirds Of the duels
fought Ia all ages woman has
been the incentive of the noblest
actions, the grandest poems, as
well as the most devilish plots and
hendish fortunes ever perpetrated
by man. The old Russian Gar
was So convinced of the attraction
Of the sexes that he heavily fined,
and in some instances, imprisoned,
such Of his courtiers as tailed to
bring their wives and daughters
with them to his leyees. Solom on
the Wise surrounded himself with
800 feminine. Have we 20 Solo
mop among US? King David, the
greatest of poets, defed God for q
and I suppose | need hard
" to remind you that Adam lost
Paradise for the sake Of woman.
Ii any one doubts boys at
tractien towards a girl, just le, kin
reside in a town where boarding
schools of the opposite sexes are
'establised; the amount of letters
surreptltiousIy conveyed into that
female seminary would astoni>h a
postman.. The Punishment in ru-
raj schools Of placing q boy among
the gitls consists. In lowering him
In their estimation, and not, as nv
learned cotemporary implies, of a
hatred sof the sexs lshave known
boys to steal their dead sisters
TREASURES to present to their little
sweethearts-. / do cot write ex-
ceptions, but examples of what is
passing daily, hoarly in our midst.
l have been careful not to.exa gse,-
ate, as any man who will speak
btruthfuIly y will acknowled. Map d daes