The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-08-09
On Fat Men.

Why Is It that as 3 rule fat men are 30
much more anOrous than thin men? Is
It that they grow fat on the pleasant past
time Of making loye, while more intel
lectual pursuits run to skin and bore
/ Many fat men are simply rather stupid,
( good natured and inordinary vain they
are generally the last, and It may be that
7 the pleasant sensation Of vanity IS good
nourishmeut. But it IS surprising how
often, given the opportunity, the talk of
fat men runs 10 filtration or 70 food. OF
/ course don't mean 10 say that fat man
! always talks Of various dishes any more
than that his conversation with woman
usually includes an offer Of marriage. on
the contrary. perhaps, knowing his own
weakness, he Is more ehary Of his propos-
ais than are his leaner brethern; by the
same token he does not openly discourse
on food, but he will amble or gently in
its direction
He will tell you of the dining places in
every continental city he has visited, or
remarks, on the w-etched cooking here,
the insuiHciency Of service there. Per
haps he viii tell you Of his grapes or the
size Of his cucumbers, though grapes and
cucumbers are not much in his way. He
sometimes prides himself on his cellar.
but he will oftener know the ingredients
Of an ont Of the way curry, or have at his
fingers ends the names Of places where
you can get choice and curious dishes.
80 in talking to women his converse
ton runs to little compliments. and a
semblance Of love making he talks of
marriage, hedges round it, and smiles and
looks up to see il they are pleased. When
he speaks Of women it IS from the old
fashioned point Of view that he considers
them, for he is too fat, hurry on and catch
up advanced ideas \ woman, he thinks.
should be pretty, irTcyerent, sauey, and
given to smiling and blushing. 1t is by
a blush or a smile that men Of his type
are caught She has no business 70 know
anything about books, except in a super
fetal manner that will enable her TO talk
for five minutes only Of poetry and novels
She should especially know nothing Of
politics. He does not like women with
ideas Of their own; they ought to take
them distilled and diluted from men in
general and their husbands in particular.
When a woman is married she should
concern herself with her home and chill
dron quite true, and as for intellectual
interests-nonsenset No man wants 10
talk seriously with a woman. She should
know her place and keep in IT, Home is
for women, and the world for men
clothes and children for women, books
and politics for men. At a dinner party
or N company women should no more
presume TO express opinions on questions
Of the day than should men about bon
ne,s, and if they attempt to do so it is
the duty Of all sensible men to snub
them.
have frequently noticed another Curl
Gus trait it Is that after the first few
indulgent minutes he diyerts his conyer-
sation to his own sex, and will almost
ignore mine, even in party of half
dozen, for as a rule good breedingis not
his strong point. There are exceptions,
of course, and have known some charm
ing ones. l am only speaking Of the ma
jority If I were a girl | would pray
Heaven to save me from fat man. Well
il has.
Many fat men have made love, or tried
to make love to me, but comparatively
few have come to the point. Your fat
man Is cautious, and does not commit /
himself to a direct offer unless he is Ger
tain that he means it, and is equally GER
tain that he viii be accepted. As rule {
he is certain Of the latter, for modesty is I
not his besetting virtues; besides, he IS I
oftype the that thinksalf women are sigh I
ing for matrimony, longing for it ~ the I
one grand treat Of their lives, and Of I
refusal it is difficult to make him believe Z
the reality. Lady Lindsey, iH Ttmpie Bar. /