Wichita eagle., 1889-08-17
MEN WITH FORCE.
THEY ARE THE KIND THAT ALL SEN
SIBLE WOMEN ADMIRE.

| Dancing Man Resembles Trained Bear.
Negative and Positive Definitions Of .
Dude-The "Chappy' Who Props His
| Head Up. and the Hero at the Fire.
"What do women like most in nnenr'
asked an old gentleman Of me the other day
! "Sir. they like force" answered 1; .sthey
| despise mollycoddles and dudes-that Is, real
| women do. know nothing about the tastes
of featherheadsl A woman likes strength
| and certain amount of masterfulness in q
man, with lots Of reserved power and both
| physical and mental muscle. Courtesy and
| polish without manliness Is like collar with
out starch-it won't wear. A man may
| smoke tobacco and drink whisky, measure
six feet in bis socks and have the girth of a
water tank, but all that won't make a man
of him if he has not the backbone of force
Women tire Of dancing men, and musical
| men, and ultra refined men if they are lack
ing in the strength to face disagreeabls
duty or shoulder q musket, or even help tack
down carpet if necessary"
Don't you like to see q man dancer
queried my questioner
"Oh, yes, If that isn't his greatest accom-
plishment, but I would rather see him driving
q strong bitted horse or shoveling snow. A
dancing man always makes me think of a
trained bear"
"But you like to see him well dressed, do
you not9"
''Yes, if his clothes are paid for, and If he
earned the money to buy them; but good
clothes don't make a man popular with
women, nor do small feet and white hands.
Any fool can get measured for a suit of
clothes, but it takes a man of force to do
without them rather than run in debt to
buy them. Men and bears were meant to be
masters, not to be led around by a chain.
and debt is the most unwieldly chain you can
fetter to a man. When either men or bears
fail of their destiny they become caricatures
for women to laugh at
"What is your definition of dudeT' asked
my friend
swell, said !, "a man who Is scrupulously
careful as to bis linen, manicures his nails,
wears a silk hat, and avoids making boor of
himself in public places by that deplorable
habit Of expectoration which has marked the
American citizen as type set apart, is not
necessarily dude. On the same principle
that a steam engine can do quite as good
work if clean and polished a if neglected and
of the word If he is regardful of the niceties
of the toilet Neither is man who has poetic
impulses which crop out in enthusiasts and
finds delight in all charming sights and sounds
a dude, although there is certain class of
Gradgrind leatherheads in the world who are
ready to decry the existence of ANYTHING ro-
mantle and sentimental in mans nature as
incompatible with force. For my part I
Of
principle that l would choose Geneva watch
with a musical attachment rather than a
Waterbury,"
''But that" said my friend, els negative
presentation Of dude If asked you for
the definition of peach / should never gain
the knowledge required by your telling me
that peach was neither stepladder, a buck
wheat cake, an oil stove nor fire alarm"
THE TWO KINDS.
~ will try and give you the dudes picture
as it is photographed freshly on my mind,n
said l, "for l rode down town with the origi-
nal Of all the dudes this morning. He has
more bangs than forehead His head is
propped up with stiff collar as clothes line
Is kept from dragging by pole Should
you suddenly burst upon him with the an
nouncement, Sir, your legs are on frer he
could not look down to witness his own con-
fagration. He wears a shoulder cape and
says little. That stiff collar interferes with
thoracic play. But even without the collar
he would be unable to materialize thought,
on the principle that one can't make bricks
without clay.
when the impulse steals over you, like a
sad, sad dream, to fatten newspaper and
bang him as one does fly, you are prevented
by the thought that perhaps God meant him
for man. It is the only time the suggestion
occurs to you. Look at him through old Tit
bottoms magic glance and you will see his
similitude In q hollow tube, with nothing but
air passing through it Idealess, purposeless
useless as handle without trunk to attach
1t to or key without lock, his type is on the
increase, and his specific is secret with the
immortal gods Strolhng through the streets
not so long ago, stopped for moment at
the still smoking ruins Of fire where a man
lost his life In the discharge of his duty What
was it that made the fireman a hero and my
car companion a dudet Simply the presence
of force in the one and the lack Of it in the /,
other. 1t was something mora than mere |
animal disregard Of creature discomforts or a |
stoicai Indifference to danger that made the |
one court death in discharge of duty, the !
thought of which would have sent the other /
into Mysteries.
There was a something within the brawny |
breast Of the fireman that was left out in the |
make up Of the dude, and made as much dis |
tinction in the resultant man as spice makes !
In broth or temper in steel. Firenen are no
doubt quito Indifferent dancers, not ready |
with French or up in Browning, but l tell |
you when the wild alarm sounds, when the 1
horses spring to their places and the thunder
Of the engine wheels crashes through the
streets; when little children and helpless
women are to be saved from death and borne
10 places Of safety, does not that something
In the heroic fremans make up thrill us to a
more splendid enthusiasm and awaken In our
hearts hvelier admiration than an eternity
of the airs and graces of the forced and writ
ten exquisites OF societyr'-"Amber" In Chi
,ago Tribune.