The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-02-20
MEMS WOMEN.
Who and What They Are-Their
Charms and FascinatlOns.

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We often hear the expression, a
s.man,s woman Let it denoted that
the words are usually uttered by n
of the gentle sex, and prefaced by an
ejaculation savoring slightly Of disap-
provai. an "Ohr' accompanied by a
meaning smile, a slight elevation oil
the eyebrows, a shrug OF the shoui-
ders.
'.Oh. yes.n they say, with n or
more OF these mystic signals. ION,
YES, she is a mans woman"
Now. do they mean by this to i'm
pute or to excuse vagary? And what
Is a mans woman? Most of us under
stand pretty accurately what is in
tended by this epithet, yet 1t is hard
to define, and the direct question is a
battling one.
Most women are, have been or in
tend to become, the possession OF some
especial man; yet it may be certified
that the greater number OF them T
not. never were and never Will be
mems women" How, then, r we
to distinguish the subtle difference
which so clearly marks out certain
women among their sistersf !,
First of all. let us succinetly and
definitely explain that a mans wo-
mani is a short-handed phrase IL
means to express tersely what it
would take too long to express IN de-
tail.
A .man's woman" is one whose So
ciety is sought with avidity by
opposite sex, whose most arden cnam-
pions are men, at whose bidding men
are prompt to respond, and in whose
companionship men seem TO u Pc
culiar happiness. She Is II VINO
''makes conquests," and n VINO Is
ever winning lovers.
With closed doors, and in low whis-
pers, other women, who are not
s.men's women ask each other, what
is it? What is this inward grace OF
which the outward evidences are so
marked-this atmosphere which en-
virons some women and gives Them
sueh i~ncontestible power? Women
who cannot see it, or women who are
blind and will not, ask each other,
What IS it ~
A mans woman NAV be beautiful,
clever. ACCOMPLISHED; she may have in
addition luxurious surroundings and
INDECENT ease, yet these things are not
HEGtHSdlN " Il AAAdlAA CAAAe'
Perhaps of them all the gift OF
beauty is the one with which she can
most easily dispense. The mans
woman is seldom really plain (al-
though such cases have eXisted), but
She is often not beautiful.
None the less she casts such a
glamour over her admirers-"throw
dust in their eyes" as her detractors
say-that men will sometimes insist
of such a one that she is beautiful; and
this in the very face of all the art
schools and all the canons OF correct
proportions.
As to her cleverness, while she
generally displays the subtlety OF
thought, the quick adaptiveness, the
fine discernment, which betray know
ledge of the human heart, she may be
more or less lazy intellectually; her
learning may be superficial and her
accomplishments few. | say they
may be; because If she possesses wit,
| culture and talent these are undoubt-
eddy an added charm, particularly II
she employs them in increasing heI
personal attractions.
But they are not necessary to the
sway she exerts. In fact, they are
valueless if they walk not in hand
with suppleness and tact. Men in
s~tinctiuely dislike superior" women,
and many women who are beautiful,
we'll educated and elegant have never
received the bliss-conferring brevet OF
fascination.
There must be then, some force out
side of all other attributes, indepen-
dent of them, and as vague in its
sources as it is evident and powerful
in its effects. The beauty of a mans
woman may consist in a mysterious
smile, a trick of the hair upon the
brow, a dainty slipper-nothing more.
yet the magic perfume of her presence
is enough.
Men feel that the more would be toe
much. Women, who always give large
credence to the power of mere beauty,
will forever look oil and marvel. II
it were only a certain exterior config-
uration of form and color it would be
no wonder. But there is another, a
subtler charm, which lies deeper ano
eludes analysis.
1t matters little whether her eyes be
large or light, or small or dark, hel
features classic or irregular, whether
her tongue be eloquent or she be given
to silence, il she hides within herself
that which attracts. enchants and re-
tains.-JulieR Gordon in February
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