Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-08-14
TYPES OF WOMEN.
The Quiet and Serious One and the
Amiable One.

Most women are neither angels noI
nends, but something about half way
between, though there are some who
incline good deal from the perpen-
dlcular TO one side or the other Well,
| without this variety life would be tame
indeed. They are mysteries 10 some
people, and sometimes to themselves,
surprises, too. And as for their char
acter being formed at any age; as peo-
pie will tell you, it is all a mistake.
Character Is changing every day; FORM
ing, perhaps, but certainly changing,
as every thinking woman will tell you
New experiences develop hidden quail
| ties that were hitherto unknown and
entirely unsuspected. The quiet, seri-
Gus woman, when thoroughly aroused
will astonish every one by her actions,
as much as the calmness of an irrita-
bic person in time of great danger.
How can a woman know how she
will feel, or what she shall do, in GER
tain circumstancesP They may say that
| they would do this or that, but there
are ten chances to one that when the
/ hour comes they Will do Just the re-
verse. There is not much that is new
| in the way of experiences, sensations,
passions, thoughts or feelings, except
as they are new to the individual.
| The amiable. sweet little women,
pass through life without being per-
ceptibly affected by any internal temp
ests, but it may be because they have
great self-control. There are hidden
possibilities that may not always be
read III the face. nor guessed at until
the hour arrives that brings them forth
The most angelic face l ever saw be-
longed to girl of 10, and, to look at
| har
she was a miSchievous romp. Sweet
ness of disposition she had, and just
one month after l saw her she met her
tragic death by fire with wonderful
( heroism.
The women who always say and do
just what you feel sure they are going
To say and do, are not brilliant COM
panions; novelties and surprises startle
and please. | know a woman who said
or certain young girl that she ell
| Joyed her because she never knew what
she was going to say next The girl Was
neither coarse nor vicious in her CON-
yersation; she was original. 1t is easy
enough to cultivate certain kind of
| hlppant repar ee that passes for wit,
but originality must be born in one; it
cannot be cultivated. Women who are
not original know this, and they freely
steal the original idea of other women
in dress and household decorations, as
we'll as those concerning other matters,
and pass them off as their own
This Is so frequently done in society
that a woman often forgetS and eX-
hibits to another woman as her own
the very idea that she has taken from
this same woman. Such an instance is
of common occurrence, as l can testify
| from II
social life such things are of small con-
sequence. 1t is only in the ''eve last
ing war for bread'' that the stealing OF
ideas counts, and women who depend
upon their ideas for living are learn
ing not TO give them away 1t may
seem selfish To keep 4 money-making
idea all TO ones self, when SO many wo-
men need money. but it is no more self
ish than n copyright know several
women who make comfortable incomes
10y the manufacture OF some specially,
some dainty article OF fancy work, or
some delicacy for the table, but they
tell no one what il is.
And speaking of originality, there is
| TO be an attempt made to revive the art
of conversation and the saying of
original things. Some fashionable
| ladies-prObably those whose beauty is
| beginning to fade, AMI who realize that
they must bring the powers of their
minds TO the rescue or they will be left
out in the cold-are to organize a So
ciety among themselves for the promo
ton of the noble art of conversation.
After years of idle gossip L hope they
do not expect TO acquire brilliancy and
wit at once; but their attempt is a
laubale one. To start subject, touch
it in all sides, skillfully drawing out
the opinions of the person to whom you
are talking. and then drop it at the
proper moment and take up another, is
indeed an art, and one well worth cul-
tiva.ing. 1t IS also one that a man ap-
preciates in a woman, especially at a
d nner party. To go from one subject
10 another before either has been prop
erly discussed shows an ill-regulated
mind, and is not conversation. But do
not forget that with the art of CONVEX
sation must also be cultivated the art
OF listening, for the one cannot be car
ried on without the other. The woman
1 who listens well is quite as much
! sought by some as the woman who con-
verses well is sought by 9th rs. To
| listen with absorbing interest Is the most
| fiattering attention a woman can pay
man, and judicious question or ex-
preston of sympathy or interest, as the
case may require adds an additional
charm to the listener in the eyes of the
speaker.
| In speaking of talents once TO
very young man he told me, that he
did not care for the "small talents, :"
such as a talent for music or for paint
ing; he cared only to possess the big
talents, among which he mentioned
OratOry. lie was a descendant of a
distinguished lawyer, and was studying
law, but as | have never heard of him
as public speaker, and as he shortly
after our conversation married the
daughter of a wealthy man, L conclude
/ that he has become indifferent to the
big talents as well as the little ones. a
genius can afford to sneer at small
things, but as few of us have genius,
we must cultivate the small talents and
the small arts.
And one of the neglected small arts
is the art of being graceful. If you are
observing you will be able to count on
the fingers of one hand, and have a
finger or two left over, the really grace
ful women whom you know Girls are
taught to dance, to ride, TO bowl, to
play tennis, and other active accom-
plishments; but how many of them can
enter or leave a room gracefully One
would suppose that 50 much exercise
would make girl graceful, but it does
not. Tight lacing has something to do
with this lack of grace, for a woman
cannot move gracefully when tightly
cased in bone and steel OF course,
some girls are naturally more graceful
than Others; but the art can be cultiva-
ted. Many a fashionable mother la
ments the awkward movements OF her