Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-04-06

| M2 WfI[/I v pleases and what
| VoHI/- Ndispleases men, and
| WH N\ what qualities In a
| w Ea@ \woman will inspire
~ r/AN their respect, ad
| IN ~" miration and love.
" W All men worth
III having ad dmiIe
gentleness and refinement in
women. In all ages the position
occupied by woman has given
the key to civilization. The higher
that position the more the influence
Of her gentieness has been felt by the
opposite sex. The word gentleman
did not originate until women were
admitted to society on par with men.
A ''gentle man" was one whose man.
ners were sufficiently gentle to make
him suitable companion for ladies'
Prior to this elevation of woman the
wife of country gentleman in En-
| gland was seldom more than good
| housewife dispensing rough hospi-
tality to the male guests of her hus-
band. who, in her presence, drank
hard, swore harder, talked freely. and
| pleased her most with the broadest
possible compliment to her fair form.
There are few things that man
worth winning would appreciate more
in a woman than intelligence. / mean
that quick, bright, natural intelli-
| gence which learns from everything
| il sees or hears or reads. Education
may be made powerful help in the
winning of good husband. do not
mean the education that is acquired
| in boarding schools or ''flnishing es-
adjustments for young ladies. By
! education / mean the cultivation and
development Of the mental powers
! above all those Of observation and
! comprehension. These may be de-
veloped to the highest possible de-
gree by any one who has never learned
| anything in school save how to read
and write. The young woman who
has thus cultivated nd developed
these two great mental powers has
made perception intuitiye and gen
eraliZation electrical She learns in
simultaneously from everything she
sees and hears and mentally photo
! graphs everything within the range
of her vision. She learns a fact
whether she sees it, hears it or reads
| it-and generalizes from it as quickly
and naturally as colt runs at play,
and her conclusions are as unerring as
bloodhound's scent.
To be attractive to intelligent men
a woman should be able to readily
comprehend anything that is said.
Though she knows nothing of science
she need not stare and be silent when
a man does understand it is explain
! ing to her new discovery or theory,
| for she should be able to mentally
grasp his explanation of it. Though
| she has never looked inside a law
| book her power of comprehension has
been so developed that she readily
understands the statement of a re-
cent case made to her by young law
yer at an evening party and she shows
him that she does, greatly to his
! qualification. The society Of such a
woman is instructive and amusing
| and therefore attractive-to any man
| of intelligence, and after having
| spent an evening with her he feels no
| disgust or remorse, as he would had
the time been spent in simpering
platitudes and vapid small-talk. Ifa
woman does not quickly catch his
| ideas an intellectual man feels that
she is not fit companion for him.
All men like to have woman listen
| when they talk to her. Close atten-
tion to what they say is an implied
J compliment that all men highly ap-
preciate. Young girls wonder why
widows so often win second hus-
band, while their younger, prettier
unmarried female friends still re-
main single. 1t is because the widows
are accustomed to the society of a
husband. and the effort to be a COM
| panion to his mind has caused them
| to form the habit of close attention
and ready reply. Z
Nodesty is another quality that all
! good men admire in women, and the
| exercise of which, together with that
Of other admirable qualities, will con-
/ tribute to the winning of husband.
Even shyness is infinitely preferable in
young woman to forwardness. The
young woman entering society with
view to winning husband should
be careful to avoid all approach to
! fippancy, coarseness and familiarity.
Avoid pretension and display. They
are immodest and vulgar, whether in
dress or anything else. / once dined
at the house of a well-known iron
master of great wealth. Though
! there were only two or three guests,
yet the dinner was served on gold
plate. Such display is vulgar. Just
so with woman's dress. The girl who
wears on the street a snowy dress, ap-
| propriate only to fete; who appears
at small social gathering with a
profusion of rich and costly jewelry:
who startles quiet, country village
with the fashionable attire of Rotten
row; who, in short, is overdressed for
any occasion, is lmmodest and vulgar.
So likewise is she who, being a scholar,
overwhelms you with Schleiermacher,
Or quotes to you Homer in the orig
inal Greek: or, having lively wit,
pours forth continuous stream of
her own funny sayings and laughs at
them herself; or who. being good
singer, sits at the piano for an entire
evening"; or who, in short, being par
ticularly clever in anything, makes
herself prominent, condescends, talks
loud or asserts her privileges.
Be careful to avoid all these mis-
takes, dear girls, if you would win
good husband.
woman's Greatest Charm