Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-20
CLARA BELLIES CHAT.
Advice to Young Ladies on How to
Entertain Their Escorts.
HOW TO MAKE A SILENT MAN TALK
Women Who Worship Diamonds, Laces and
Aprons.
MRS, CLETELAND'S LOVE FOR C0RALS
HOW TO MAKE A SILENT MAN TALK
MRS. CLEVELAND'S LOVE FOR CORALS

tcoRREsPoNDENCE OF THE DIsPATcH.1
NEW YORK, October 19.-Beauty un-
adorned NAV be adorned the most, Dut
beauty unbacked by brains will not get the
best admiration of men. As intricate and
problematic as a game of chess is girls
play to win masculine interest, and some
times, when few minutes ago Isaw MEM
Der of each sex seated in public restaur-
ant, engaged in conversation, 1 could i'm
agiue a chess board on the stand between
them, so wary and adroit was every move by
the maiden.
Have YOU ever observed how hard the
average girl works to entertain her male es-
cort? She is anxiously radiant; fighting
down pauses for dear life; feeling that she
scores one point every time she laughs, and
four whenever she makes him laugh. Her
ewes are bright and almost frightened look
ing. Every nerve is braced. She has been that
way all the evening, too. 1t is enough to
kill her. to be sure. If they have been to
the theater she has racked her brain all
through the acts for bright comments to
make. Between the acts she has literally
scintillated with endeavor to keep him
from going out If she succeeds she feels
that she has escaped a catastrophe. If she
doesn't she is ready to cry with vexation.
She makes up her mind the evening is
failure, that he has been bored, and that he
won't ever ask her again.
THE POWER OF SILENCE.
Now watch girl who knows her bust
ness. She takes it for granted that the
fellow has called, or taken her for drive,
or to the theater, or what not, to please him.
self as well as to please her. She wears, If
he is rather dashing and successful chap,
an air slightly bored, and SAYS nothing at
all. A suspicion soon begins to permeate
him that he is stupid. He has always been
regarded as brilliant. The result is a
desperate effort on his part to entertain her,
to which she responds bv being interested
not violently or enthusiastically, but gen.
tly. He soon drops upon his pet conceit he
thinks he knows all about horses or racing,
or clothes or women. All she need do nov
is to evince desire to be enlightened, and
q certain degree of stupidity in grasping
the points he is most able to explain. He
is now safe to entertain himself. No man
can be diverted so successfully as by being
allowed to talk up his pet subject to some
one who is curious and ignorant. 1t is a
good rule to keep as silent as possible till
you get hint at the mental tendencies of
the man with you. Shy men need only to
fancy they are not going to be required to
talk or be brilliant and their tongues
promptly loosen.
EASY TO ENTERTAIN.
A word about the weariness of society, the
shallowness of society men, the relief that
little quiet is sets him going. All you
need do then is to keep your eyes earnestly
attentive. 1t isn't even necessary to COM
prehend what he is saying. The man who
is always inclined to be complimentary and
iirtatious is rather more difficult. He
won't be entertained unless he has an op-
portunlty to display his pet accomplish
ments, and a Irritation needs two clever
persons. Even Mr.. Frivolity, however,
viii talk by the hour about his last con-
guest, and how he did it; so you may escape
being made the object of his next. Let the
silent man be silent. If you can accomplish
this without letting him feel you are ex-
pecting him to talk, you will entertain him
completely. Never appear to exert your
self Have big cargo of silent interest on
hand. Be adroit at gathering up the
opinions a man lets fall, and returning
them to him in your own words. Nothing
original will please him half so well. Be
ignorant on the subjects he likes to ex-
pound, and never permit yourself to seem
bored. Following these rules will save you
trouble and make people find you brilliant,
sympathetic and charming.
WEALTHY woMEN'S HOBBIES.
Nearly every woman who studies the