Telegram-herald., 1890-07-14
COQUETRY AND BEAUTY.
Susceptibility OF Men 70 Frivoity
and Simplicity.
coausstes seem co Cemmzoa - Premium
WhiIe BrsfDy Wonen are At . Dss-
essst-The Masculine Mind Tired
ef fedsntic Lectures

A born coquetts Is moro dangerous
than q beauty, Asserts writer IN the
New York World. She inherits bet
ter legacy than wealth. for while money
gives life It's cushion beauty gives it
color and coqnetry makes it sparkle.
The ooquetce Will go on with her con-
quests while there Is . man left in the
world with a heart IN his bosom. There
is a woman In New York who keeps a
big boarding g-school for the educa
tion OF coQuottes, and instead
OF walking on rose leaves she treads on
golden eagles. Seats at her perform
ances are secured two years in advance,
and 20 make the application you pay a
handsome deposit. There are no graded
courses of study, no exhaustive examina-
tions, no tedious memory lessons and
no incessant, eternal and intolerable
smashing of piano-keys. Aspirants for
degrees can go TO tho Harvard annex.
Would-be grenadiers are directed 10
Holyoke and Columbia, and blue stock
ings arc advised 20 enter local high
schools and universities for intellectual
force. Hero coquetry is fostorcd
and no secret made about il, either.
Square shoulders are rounded into De
Milo grace; fat soles arc raised by ju-
dicious foot coverings; high forekeads
sheltered By kiss curls; harsh voices
lowered . whole tone; angular elbows
turned in; stiff joints loosened and
every symptom of strong mind rigiGly
suppressed. The pupil Is sweetencd,
Il nj - III
instructed TO know nothing and TO do
nothing that will rob grace or mar a
smile.
And docs sho payP
Doesn't she.
Drop her in tho village lane or quiet
promenade of her native city and see if
she is not gobbled up by the most prom
ising young lawyer or most prominent
/ bachelor in tho town.
This is a serious, angular old world.
Men are sick and tired OF shrcwdness,
/ logic, argument and brains. They want
] to be amused, distracted, diverted.
f. Good sense is tedious after the market
! closes, and the woman who talks profit
and loss, supply and demand, premium
and discount in evening dress, In the
moonlight or at a dinner party, is a
nightmare in petticoats, to be eluded at
/ the first turn in the lane. Change is
/ rest, and, while we hate giggling, VIC
{ love gabble. There is where the CO.
quetry of woman wins.
, I remember riding in an elevated
train beside grizzly man of fifty and a
breezy, chatty giri enveloped in futter-
ing ribbons, dreamy lace and the scent
of wild olives, who was pouring society
chat into her companions ear. When a
lull came in her recital do you think he
sighed rcstfully? Not bit of it. His
only remark was: Tell me some more. "
Coquetry is to tho vino OF life what
the sparkle is to champagne, and there
arc women who can no more help being
coquettish than that delicious draughi
can help bubbling.
A pretty lot Of nonsense, too, brothers
preach against rice powder, curl papers,
lip rouge and sweet scent. 1t is mat
ter of comment that these dear protect
ed sisters receive more than liberal al
lowance of home, while the veries-
Dolly Warden in the set has her fill o.
the play, the dance and the tenni:
court.
The coquette is helped over dangerou:
crossings, her packages are picked "
and brushed when she drops thom. The
first place at bank window and the
first consideration in the shops are hers
The coquettc gets the loveliest flowers
the most delicious candies, tho newes
books and the latest prints in the mar
ket. The coquettes receive the idolatr.
Of mea. Their hearts. their hands