St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-11

1 suppose there was never woman
among us, from Eve down, who hadn't
her ideal. At sixteen ones ideal man
is apt to be somebody dark, and tall and
mysteriouSly wicked, with a look OF
settled melancholy and an air Of un-
penetrable woe. BY and by one finds
ones ideal in an adorable creature who
loves and suffers and dies 4 heroic
death beyond the footlIghts. The
woman dreams of her ideal, invests
him with all admirable attributes and
tnen-well, she marries somebody who
isn't at all ideal or drealn-like, but who
is, nevertheless, very much alive man.
with a strong arm TO lean on and not
entirely angelic temper. The ideal man
is Off in the Enchanted isles, honey
incoming With the ideal woman and the
man who struck Billy Patterson. We
are very well content. most of us. with
ordinary, everyday mem; but we do
have our ideals. The clever editor Of
Womankind has sounded the depths of
WOmen'S hearts on the subject, and
they have described their ideals for her.
Lucy Stone says: IAN ideal man
should believe in equal human rights,
as well for women as for men. He
should also have all the virtues which
are required of and found with the best
women"
Clara Bewick Colby. who has. by the
way, one of the handsomest men in
Washington for husband, puts in one
shake for the cause and two for her pa
per when she says:
My ideal man is one that is so far
developedzin justice that the rights of
his wife are as dear to him as his own;
and one OF he hest evidences he can
give of this is to subscribe for paper
devoted to the legal, industrial and po-
1itical interests Of wOmel!-or, better
still. make her SO royalty welcome to a
share of the purse that she feels able to
subscribe FOR herself. When ideal men
are numerous. tie Wuman's Tribune
will have a good circulation.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher says: If
/ were to attempt description of my
ideal man-his life's work-or public
service. should but repeat that which
has been known and read by all for
nany years, and therefore l must beg
to be excused.
Annie Payne Adler cIeverly puts her
ideal in words. Sh. says:
The best Of health. of morals and of
breeding, Il & cd dispositions, an educat-
Ell intellect and wealth. These are tire
attributes of tfy ideal man. In addition,
he n.usl possess. a sympathy for human
ity III ell its types. he must believe in
tie majesty. rights and privileges Of the
Individual, whether male OF female.
In brief, a man with the health OF an
Englishman, tie manners of the French,
the beauty and coiltentment of the Ital-
ians, the American spirit, intellect. gen
erosly and wealth. and ali perlueated
and controlled by the teachings OF the
only perfect man that ever lived. Such
is my ideal. Too lofty for the contem-
p!atiQn of the nineteenth century man?
Yes, l believe my idea is slightly superb
or to the average man today, but wait
until the grandson of the superior young
woman of today controls the earth-and
then you will sect is to be hoped, a
superior type Of manhood.
Louise Long Christie is a trifle senti-
mental. but doubtless i'll earnest when
she says: 81 care not whether he be
fair or dark, possesses black eyes or
blue, so that when the eyes look into
mine | cali feel there is a congenial
spirit back Of them, SO that know the
eyes speak truth. 1 should rather he
lived his principles than speak of them.
Whatever his religion OF whether II be
only high morality, that it should make
his home peaceful, and in his unspoken
love | might find rest. Above all, |
should want him 10 be a man for whom
should never have to apologize to my
friemds,'
And just to end UP with, Ella Marble
writes:
Morally would have him as clean
as he would keep his daughter. Men
tally-clear, keen and inquring. Phys