The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-06-28
HOW TO WIN A WIFE,
Personal Neatness, a Stout Heart, and
Some Brain Will Captivate the
Famala Heart.

II men only knew how easy q thing
it is to win woman there would be
no hearts locked up against them. In
other words, any man who loves girl
can get her if he only goes about it in
scientific way. Wooing is an art.
Impressions, no matter how favorable,
must be strengthened by artful culti-
yation, for there is no such thing as
love at first sight. Admiration may
possess two persons, but immediate af-
fection is out of the question. Let the
man find out, if he can, wherein lies
his charm. and the game is his; or, fas-
cinated by pair of pretty feet or
twinkling eyes, dilate on these organs.
and as sure as he has a tongue i'll his
mouth and brains enough to operate it
she is his More women are won by
judicious flattery than by any other
means, for every woman is more or
less vain and she is irresistibly drawn
!. to the man who finds her weaknesses
and handles them with skill. Let
woman once know that her hand is
matchless, her eyebrows exquisitely
penciled, or her voice melodious, and
If man will constantly remind her,
and communicate the fact to third
party who will in turn carry the COM
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have a fondness for him which may
be famed with now and then bunch
of flowers or a sachet of bonbOns into
ardent love. Make a girls hair the
talk of the club, get the set to admire
the way she carries her head, have
them try to count her teeth when she
laughs because they are SO pretty, and
you can win her as easily as you can
pull boat down stream If she hasn't
a charm in the world, work on the alb
stract 1t won't do to make fun of her,
for no one knows better than she that
a crooked nose like hers can't be beau
tiful; that her big ears are not she'll
like. nor her parchment skin deserving
of the adjective lovely. Women are
not foolish, and girls are even less so,
therefore have care how you trit1e
with tender points. But the occult.
She has the air of refinement; the at
mosphere is raretied by her presence;
she has an honest face; though she
squints there may be heavens true blue
in her eyes, or ssa well of deep, un-
fathomable truths" in the snaky gray
orbs. Nothing makes a woman wilt
quicker than talk of this sort, for there
is the satisfaction that comes from
knowing showever latent beauty to
the searcher is it is still self-evident-"
In protesting to despise presuming,
Jealous men and women belle them
selves most extravagantly. All wo-
men are more or less sentimental. and
sentiment has nothing to do with COM
placency. A man may do violence to
his cause by evincing security, but let
him hedge in a girl, intercept another
fellow, waylay his favors, and he goes
up several degrees in her estimation.
She wants to be striven for, fought for
if you like, and bled for if there is no
other alternative Talk about jealousy
being repugnant, no woman ever loved
man violently whom she was not able
to fire with sting of the green-eyed
monster. 1t is true that there is de-
mand for complacent, quiet, impas-
sionate, easy-going, polite men. They
are nice to have about dry-goOds
counter or Sabbath-schoolr room; they
make good conductors and ushers, but
very poor lovers. 1t is the hot-headed,
audacious, impulsive fellows who drive
women to distraction and make havoc
of hearts. The man who wouldn't kiss
a woman when her eyes tell him to,
who wouldn't squeeze her hand when
she gives him chance, is an idiot who
is not likely to be bothered with Sec
ond opportunity.
While the modern girl is not on the
hunt for heroes she will not put up
with the milk-and-water men who go
about with girl ways and girl wisdom.
Love must be bold and-ciean. Let q
man keep himself in clean linen, keep
nice hands, his breath sweet, wear good
shoes and neat neckties, and, with an
average amount of intelligence, and q
iudicious combination of fattery aud
devotion, he can win any woman in
the world, who doesn't hate him for
cause in the start Men make great
mistake in their love-making when
they attempt to meet a girl on her own
ground. Such plan rarely wins, for
the reason that the sexes are drawn to
and by the opposite. Proportionate to
the aversion of man for the hoyden
and the strong g-minded woman in wo-
mans antipathy to the womanish lover
or the Miss Nancy who never does any
thing rude. The refl woman has too
much mercury in her nature to wed a
man who won't squeeze her hand in q
lovable way when she gives him the
chance, or who can't reel off a string
of oaths or deal a knock-down blow to
the loafer on the car or the sidewalk,
who falls against her. Women love
manly men and idolize cleanliness. A
parting word to the faint heart-keep
your mouth in good shape. Keep your
teeth clean, your breath free from on
ions, liquor, and tobacco, and don't
wear beard. A chin clad in long,
crisp, wiry, rust-colored hair may be
well enough at As to amuse the chill
dren, lessen the expense for neckwear,
and take the place of a ehest-protector,
but to sweet, pretty girl who is just
beginning ..loye's young dreams" there
isn't the least bit of romance about it.
1t has a disagreeable, scratehy look
about it, and, like the back-alley cat,
moults in way that is unpleasant.
Ask your sister and the girls in her set
about it; ask your mother how she re-
garded the matter at 1S. and you will
hear nothing but objections to the wiry
thing.
Good looks cut small figure in love-
making, and luere plays no part at all
in youth. People have to get old be-
fore they become sordid, and then love
has taken wings. A man may have
voice like an unhinged barn door,
nose like cucumber, foot like
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. step-ladder, eyes like a jays. and a
mouth like cellar-door, and if he sues
judiciously no arrows of misfortune
can keep the wreath from his brow,
provided he keeps clean-shaven, clean
linen, and clean mouth. He may be
attenuated to the very verge of enact
alton, or be elephantine in movements
and dimensions, but perfumed with the
scent of fresh linen and possessed of
wit enough to use his tongue, he may
win any woman whom he studies with
care.
By way of caution, don't let a girl
get the upper hand of you. 1t is time
enough to let her rule when you are
married, but if you want to succeed
with your suit keep the reins in your
own hands; be tenacious, stubborn if
you like, and she will value you just a
hundred per cent above par. Women
have an intense admiration for power
and authority. They like to feel that
there is iron under the velvet glove.
Bad managers themselves, and worse