The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-25
LONG on SNORT WUHEN.
Question of SIZE In The Preferences Of the
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Question of SIZE In The Preferences of the
SeKr-
"Come over here and I'll introduce you
10 Miss Blank said man to his friend.
as they were longing on the veranda
OF the biz summer hotel
NO, am much obliged said he, but
"Wny. are you afraid Of her? She is
quite harmlt ss.'
That isn't it," said the other, "she is
too tall.
What the matter with her being tan
"Wcll. 1 tell You 1 don like Till women,
that's all there is about II, and l suppose
there Is no use IN trying 10 account LOT
And it is a fact that this man never
meets IL tall woman il he can he.p H.
never walks with one or taiks VIVA oie,
and sWedIs positively That he Will never
marry one. Iuasmucn as he Is Dag heIoI
close on % nifty years old. IL Is hlshiy
probable that be- Will Keep this PROMISE
ana may exceed his contract by lot mar
1t is IL strange thing about the size Of
women. Mankind may be said generaly
% Dc divided into TWO classes those that
Ike short women and those th3t IKE IAN
women. There is another small faction
that don't Ike any women, but II neel
not De taken into account. because there
are So few people belonging 60 IT,
II you are bachelor you VIII proDaoy
find that the different women YOU nave
been I'm love With ana have proposed 10
have been Of moderately uniform heieht'
There have been d FEW inches OF dlIeI-
cuce between them, but not Il IOgl. Iney
were tail women or they were snort W.
men. They We're not tan women and sHott
women. Now, that ia a general RUE DuI
there are exceptions To 10, ana tHe ~
ceptiOns rather prove H. You Iiid5 -
member your love affairs thus. / pc Hl0b
gfrI rrrf. 4
the second was a short brunette, t.e
third. fourth and NilA were eH vi, 81
Whom are You IN love with no" ~
another tall girl. Which one OF me bliIS
yrn1 rejected You did you care for the
least2 why the short brunette ana YOU
NAV Doe able To tell }olrSell tlit1 yoN
proposed 70 her by accident or because
circumstances SD placed you thAt y1I
conceived 10 10 Doe proper that you 7,Iou'u
propose and We're very happy AZ Oe'"b
~ 7, Won ,11 doubt the rule sti. stop and re-
fleet upon the various men or yo"I q"
quaintluce who have marrct t"ice. -
wife 80. ( WIS short depend upon IL lNdl
wife No. is short, too.
IL has always been said That smaIl lutn
1.-Two bip women. and vice versa. ana IN"
Ill eb,,,,.,,.n I'm Dickens story, 'Chufs,
the Dwarf" saw 20 as his experience li,.'
d,yurts always fell in love win inc giant
esses in museum. ana thdl ull7 va
good for the trade, since Al 'F'l'I" ~
PROPAGATION OF lo' lllAttg 49, '-
kept them the c1rloslucS ual t"'5 49,"
Nevertheless there have been ~"
many marriages between dWdil7' u,''
and Mrs Tom Thumb were nom uN"i ~
General Tot married L"'it |''""' ".' a..
neither Of them was a yard hlsN. NIuli'I
instances could be multiplied, Dul iN''e
marriages. like good many oihcF mar
RACES among larger people are io' 49, 49,,
purposes. and the dwarf Hu7nt"" I2 tu'.'
certain % bee flirting with women WHO az
.rNn %
adorar as though be were a capsule
Giants also are likely - marry FhiaH
women. but they DO not yum 10 lue haIN'
extremes as the dwarfs d. ~ l.e" tof
affairs. II * not recorded lH'l lNy 80.
bratrI Nova Scotia gidntess hhl "H9
husband nor are museum i1t women
haupy in having many adorers' tA,c.t'
n.i6aps. among professional living she'e-
tons. when the ludlcrous slde OF l"' 49,,
makes II impossible that the pt9-''"
T0w mis- general rule about tan women
AMI short women can boz said - apply ODD
a modified degree with respect 10 t"r
feelings that women ehtettau tO".-N
men. but with "a difference t'r tne W.
men must wait for what men may CONF
a. rhauu whereas the men can 20 oul t't
search Of the women anu 1yIifN i.'U''e'y
they have q wider field Of choict. -
course this is all Wfoht. "t"l lte l'H.lci-
Of our prcseut civilization may tFtAtudNS
wine il out and We SHAH theh Aaf
women proposing % men ahh i'suId'iy
laying siege To- their hcdtt7 "heh'Not ,
suits them IL do $50. As sloH as ti'i9
state OF affairs arrives Ut Nh "' '"'i 49,
mon or vice versa. IL Is probable tndl
the big men viii have the larger LdHih'l
of stitors for women, as bcHtfdI lIlHs.
ii they like man, Ike Il great uedl VI
him. ,,
men. there Is no use in your endeaForlhs
10 place your position on any OASIS OF
reason. II you say you IKE them pc
cause they are cleyerer or more beautiful
than big women. you are not taking
SENSE. Size has nothing 20 DO with brains,
and as for beauty, II you Judge IL ~
the greatest productions OF art you VIII
find the preponderance Is rather IN fayor
If the larger women. The Venus or MILO
is q big woman, so is the Medlci, SO are
tn. seven virgins surrounding the car
i'm the painting Of the Aurora; most Ma
donnas are OF medium size, not small.
AS for brains, they have no reference 10
size. George Eliot was big, and so was
Queen Elizabeth, but Charlotte Bronte
was almost n dwarf. Harriet Martincau
was small, and 50 was Dolly Madison.
As for heroic deeds. they appear 70 have
been performed by women OF medium
size. Grace Darling IS represented as be-
ing OF medium proportions, with a ten
dency rather 10 be large. Florence Night
ingaie was u ordinary size. with Il ten
dency 70 be small. So with Madame Ro-
land and others that could be named.
Women who have been famous because
mon loved them franticaiy. and braved a
great deal for them. have usually been
large Cleopatra was above the medium
height; so was Lady Hamilton, whom
Tord Nelson loved 80 gulluly. 50 Wa4
the wicked Aspasia; so was Mary Shelley.
For terms OF endearmeut, however, wo-
man Is little. The sense Of protective de-
vOtiOn OF men seems TO require this.
Whoever heard Of n man addressing his
wife. MY dear, big wife,
OF course size has little 10 do with dis
position. There is "A prevailing tendency.
however. among large people to be rather