The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-07
WHAT THEY HEAR OUT OF TOWN.
On Fat Men.
From the Temple Bar.

Why is it that us a rule fat men are so
much more amorous than thin men? Is
it, that they grow fat on the pleasant pas
time of making love, while more intel
lectual pursuits run to skin and bonel
Many fat men are simply rather stupid,
good-natured and inordinately vain; they
are generally the last, and it may be that
the pleasant sensation Of vanity is good
nourishmeat. But it is surprising how
often, given the opportunity, the talk of
fat men runs to Irritation or to food. OF
course don't mean to say that fat man
lways 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 chary of his proposals
than are his leaner brethren; by the same
token he does not openly discourse on
food, but he will amble off gently in its
direction
He will tell you of the best dining places
In every continental city he has visited, or
remark on the wretched cooking here, the
insutiiciercy of service there Perhaps he
will tell you of his grapes or the size of his Gu
cumbers, though grapes and and cucumbers
are not much in his way. He sometimes
prides himself on his cellar, but he will
oftener know the ingredients of an out of the
way curry, or have at his finger ends the
names Of places where you can get choice
and curious dishes.
So in talking to women his conversation
runs to little compliments, and SEM
blance of love-making; he talks Of mar
rage, helges round il, and smiles and looks
up to see if 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 to hurry on and catch up adj
vanced ideas. A woman, he thinks. should
be pretty, irreverent, saucy, and given to
smiling and blushing. 1t is by blush or a
smile that men of his type are caught She
has no business to know anything about
books, except in superficial manner that
will enable her to talk for five minutes
only Of poetry and novels. She should es-
pecially know nothing of politics. He does
not like women with ideas of their own
they ought to take them distilled and d.
iuted from men in general and their hus-
bands i'll particular.
When woman is married she should
concern herself with her home and her
children quite true), and as for intellectual
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.! No man wants to
talk seriously with 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 poll
tics for men. At dinner party or in COM
pany women should no more presume to ex-
press opinions on questions of the day than
nHOulu men ABOUT DOflueuS, anu IL CIley at
tempt to do it, it is the duty of all sensible
men to snub them.
have frequently noticed another curious
trait; it is that after the first few indulgent
minutes he diverts his conversation to his
own sex, and will almost ignore mine, even
In party of half dozen, for as a rule good
breeding is not his strong point. There are
exceptions, of courses and have known
some charming ones. | am only speaking
Of the majority. II were girl would
pray heaven to save me from fat man.
Well it has
Many fat men have made love, or tried to
make love to me, but comparatively few
nave come to the point. Your fat man is
CAUTIOUS, and does not commit himself to
ulrect offer unless he is certain that he
mean it, and is equally certain that he will
He accepted. As a rule he is certain Of the
,,atteT, for nodesty is not his besetting vir-
vue; besides, he is of the type that thinks all
t cothen are signing for matrimony, long ng
.Or II as the one grand treat of their lives,
b ig OF refusal it is difficult ito make him
OeileVe the reality