, 1891-04-21
WHICH ARE BEST LIKED?
ARE MEN MOST ATTRACTED BY
DEMoNsTRATVE WOMEN

SELF II Missile l. Right.
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Twas extremely amused one day, when
sitting with a mother and daughter
whom l rank among my dear friends, at
q little bit Of cyuicism that came from
the fresh young lips Of the girl. Her
mother, whose ideas and practice are
largely based upon the innocence Of
Eden, was ~reproving her daughter for
having been, as she tancied, a little too
forward in accepting a young mans at
tentons and Al invitation to ride with
him, and finally, with a tremendous as
sumption Of worldly wisdom, she said
1T IS a grestmistaEe girls are making
nowadays in being So accessible. Mel
don't value them half SO much, or try
half SO hard to please them, for they see
that they can please without trying, so
why should they trouble themselves: If
a girl is cold and reserved and draws
back, the men Will be pique2 into pur-
suit and ezertiou."
Bravo, little mamma cried the
saucy daughter, ~clApping her hands
and glauciuE at me, while, am ashamed
10 say, / Joined in her merument,
You have at last asserted yuur position
rs the cruel PARENT and administered a
crushing rebuke 20 v0Ir roboll0us Child!
Bread and water, a locked cell, and per
haps salgtary chastisement must soo
follow unless / reform. But, darling
little mother, while y0u havo been con-
cocting all that worldly wisdom the
world has moved on. and nous drOHs
change tout csla"-
Who's 'nousr" interrupted my
friend. The man or the woman
THE man hrst-on the lead. as it
were-
'slangi"
"Ys, dear, just a Httle one You
know But IL the lords Of creation take
the lead what can we docile and sub
missive inferior creatures do but follow?
I'm sure that's good orthodox doctrine"
We'll, but over what curse are they
on the leady i%nterposed 1 anxious TO get
at the girls theory.
why. they don't like the delicate re-
serve and chilly dignity which mamm
says was the f~avorite bait in her young
days"
'"My daughtcrr'
"Oh. you didn't say bait, did you. lite
mdmmdHg Well, the men don't pursue
and seek and all the rest Of 1T worth n
cent in these days, and q girl who under
takes those tactics Is just left to enjoy
her own chilly dignity in her own cold
In fact shes left out IN tho cold
altogether.
''Then the men like demoustrutiv.
women better than modest maideus. do
theyT' asked my friend "A little tartly.
for few mothers like 70 be laughed at a.
old fashioned by their own daughters.
The girl, too, was just q little touched,
and replied moro seriously:
''Oh, If you say modest. that's quite
another thing! / fancy we'ro quite as
modest "a the 'pruncs, prsms aud pro
prety' maiiGHS, As yuu call them. Of the
last generation, but We're a heap jol-
her"-
"Oh. childr7
'Yes. mamma, but what l want to
convince you Of is that men nave grown
at once lazier and more requiring than
they were in your young days. They
expect the girls 20 come quite half way
70 meet them, and if we don't they just
turn TO some one who viii.
In fact. they lie under the tree and
open their mouths Whiting for the pluins
~ NA"F tAf HA--fHN'A l. AAA lily Alllt
friend replied with "a sagucious nod
Exactly 80, although 81 good many Of
them won't take the trouble 20 open
their mouths; they expect the plum TO
come and bump them Opeu,"
And the plums are willing to accept
the situation. ARE they demanded her
mother sc0rnfully.
well, they don't want tD wirher on
the tree HiHly replied MI,sir with a
gleeful glance at me.
Driving home / revulvpd the question
in my own mind, Was Missile right. OF
was her mother And / think /. con
cluded that the girl was correct as to
facts and the mother as 10 theory.
Certainly the ideal relation Of man aud
maid is for her 10 smile sweetly from a
balcony, and he to risk his neck in
climbing up to her-'thc dear idea
whore she flies pursucs"-the knight.
after making humble protestations Of
his fealty. is put upon probation, and
travels the world around to prove him
self worthy, never turning SO much as
the tail of his eye" upon M other
beauty, and coming back after seven
year. or 30 TO receive his reward. Jacob
served fourteen years for Rachel, and. az
the Good Book tells US, thought it "a
mere trihe compared with his love for
her.
But Jacobs are scarce in these days,
and knights are generally more errant
than faithful. \ Penelope who sent her
Ulysses away to seek fame and wealth
in these days might knit and ravel a
great many tides before she would vel
come him back, and no would never re-
sist Gree.
L don't know why IL Is, but IT is a
painful truth that women are not wooed
In these days SO earnestly as they used
TO be, and are won much more easily.
Is il because there arr So many more
of them in proportion to the men. or be-
cause they expect so much more when 1t
comes TO a question Of marri8grs
Or is it that as our country grows older
we are falling into the customs Of those
more mature civilizations where mar
uage is a business affair, and the parents
Of a young lady offer % bonus TO the
bridegroom who will assume her main
teuances If that is the ease, perhaps
1t Will be better TO copy the whole
process and allow the parents on both
sides to arrange the httlr affair before
the principals come iuto.the field. I'm
der the present system-that is. If Mis-
Eie's jests bad any foundation ~ truth
Chained to the Rock.
Prometheus was chained to the rock
while vultures kuawed his ientrails. Sc
ura man na,rl. rh.TraN D., tka r,.k Z,