San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-08-24
The Women Men Like.
The Queen.

The Queen.
If the popular woman be not IL very
high type OF woman, her virtues ant
her faults, it must be admitted, are OF
an amiable sort. She is, OF all Deings
the most social; delighting in her KIND
and dependent upon it for her pleas
ures. Society is absolutely necessary
TO her. We do not mean by society
that which isrepresented by the highest
circles only in rank, wealth or intellect
but simply the constant friction with
her fellow beings. Solitude to her
means desolation; in it her spirits Ian
guish, her temper sours. The dread
concentrated natures experience OF en-
larging the number of their acquaintan'
ces, lest they be distracted from their
purpose in life; the shrinking within
themselves OF the shy before strangers;
the depression of the over'sensitlve
weighed down by sense of incomplete
ness in the presence of varied interests
and aims-these sensations are unknown
to the popular woman.
The popular woman is seldom do
nestle; the narrow circle ofhome duties
seems to be too limited to absorb that
superintendent energy, and its routine
is distasteful to her. Those sudden
calls that upset the even tenor OF exist
ence, audsprove go flurrying and dis
tracing to groove-looking individuals,
have an celebrating effect upon her
spirits. The home circle may suffer
from this wide extention of herself and
feel the lack of that concentrated SYM
pathy of a woman's heart which makes
the atmosphere benign; but it, ON the
other hand, shares her sense of zest in
life; there is contagion in her incom-
parable enjoyment of the business or
pleasure of the present.
The popular woman is very easy
going and largely tolerant. Next TO her
animal spirits this indulgent temper is
her greatest charm. We feel at ease in
her presence; there is no necessity to
put ones best foot forward; intellectual
ly and morally we can keep on our slip
pers and relax the backbone of our
principles. Her indulgence does not
spring from the charity that knoweth
no evil," nor from the cynicism that
believes in evil only, but from her
knowledge of man and womankind. it
is knowledge not profound or subtitle,
but such as it is it is varied and true.
It has the advantage of being taken
from nature; it is not second hand, not
derived from books or hearsay. This
of human nature, skin-deep
though it may be, gives her the ines
Unable talent of fattery. She does not
contribute any flashes of wit to the con-
versation, and any number of facts to
the share of learning; but there is a
crispness of originality in her remarks,
a certain raciness of expression, that
gives piquancy to her phrases. A gift
peculiar to her is rapid appreciation
of the wit of others; power of Selling
it end throwing CLEAN upon it that
makes it evident to duller brains. She
s rot sarcastic, and never on the
heights. Slow-witted and commonplace
folks do not fear to hear. She will not
soar above the level Of their comprehen-
sion, and she will not dart those shafts
of irony they have such an uncomfort-
able feeling their clever sisters occasion
ally level at them. intellectual folks
take in companionship that is
easy and not dull. 1t is an incortesti,
bic fact that people of intellect find re-
taxation in those who do not require
them to be always pumping their brains.
They like gossip and the popular wo-
man is fond of gossip.