Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-11
IHEWOMEN MENlIKE
! Mada q 4 Question Interesting to
Both Sexes
! WEEK IN RICHMOND SOCIETY.
nesss Lectures-Promised Easter
Anfertainments-nits Of News and Cos
SIP Among Fashionable People.

struse conundrums Imagine the abject
ho'plessncss one mus, feel at being Obliged
70 make reply 10 the question. what
KIND OF women do men like besty' II
should answer. "only perfect women
please men," I am sure IT would be a
mistake, because men like human women.
They Ike the kind OF woman who likes
to get of IN o corner and enjoy innocent
gossip with other women about new.
gowns new books, weddings, teas. and
lunches. that men are not interested in
women, In short who like other women,
and arc liked by them.
There IS something radically wrong TO
the mind OF man in the woman who
doesn't like other women. and who isn't
loyal enough to try TO conceal the weak
nesses and foibles OF her kind. even as
men defend and support one another; who
doesn't know times and seasons when
she finds the companionship of her own
sex better than the fiattery of men. The
woman, therefore, who is too intellectual
and clever TO like women ought TO be
clever enough TO keep 1t TO herself. Tor
men are less attracted by the smart wo-
mans smartness than by the gentle wo-
mans winsomeness.
The assertion that women are hard upon
each other, however, Is almost without
foundation
There are two classes of women VINO
ore prone 20 be severe in their judgments
Of their sex. TO tho first belong those
who. owing IN part to temperament anu
peculiarly sheltered surroundings. nave
never como face to face with genuine
temptation. and hence find 1t Impossible
10 understand how another can De
tempted. To the second class belong those
who. goaded by a consciousness OF their
own shortcomings. are always on inc
alert TO detect in others evidence OF SINH
lar weaknesses. But in spite OF these
exceptions the world IS full OF true ana
good women. whom men may. ana 40
administrator and plying ones VINO are
always mindful OF the sisterhood or "o-
men. and who at all times stand reaay
20 rebuke the slanderer and TO plead tho
cause OF the Oppressed Everywhere In
her per1ls and her needs woman is reach
ing out a helping hand 70 woman Never
before in the history OF the human race
has this been SO universally the case.
"a now. Men are ever observant Of these
facts. and the women who stand shoulder
20 shoulder in lfe's battle are the KIND
that men like TO secure for their own
life partners.
Marriage is not all billing and cooling,
as many brides-expectant suppose 1t TO
b..
A Russian admon;ion which is fre-
quently quoted on this subject. IS wise:
when you go 10 sea. pray once; Wheh
YOU go to war. pray twice: when YOU
marry pray three times" So should a
man look long and we'll before choosing
the one who viii make or mar his future.
The woman who can make herself use
full and her home comfortable and bright,
Is one OF tie kind of women that men
like.
Edwin. before marriage Is ready 10 30
through fire and water FOR his beloved
Angelina: but after marriage should the
dinner be quarter OF an hour late. or
the joint be under-done, or any OF the
domestic Wheels drag. Edwin will lay all
the blame ON Angelina. Let Angelina
learn well before marriage to keep all
the wheels properly oiled.
Oliver Wendell Holmes said: "The
brain-women never interest us like the
heart-women." But though no man may
love a woman better for her understand
Ing It is not the less necessary TO culti'
vate IL on that account. She needs II fol-
her own protection. and for the guidance
OF her affairs. Men do not like idle wo'
men.
Work elevates. idleness degrades. "No
wonder" says Carlyle, THAT the women
OF fashion take to opium and scandal
their lives ara so empty and hopel'ts
These idle ones who make pleasure the
business OF their lives are incapable oil
true happiness.
They cannot bring content TO the!l
homes, nor to their friends. nor to them
selves, and somewhat answer the descrip'
tion given by the Irish orator OF his own
discontepted countrymen, "They Gon't
know what they want, and they wont
be satisfied until they get it,
One thing all men believe is, that 'slan'
Der expires at good woIndns door.
Nothing is more repelllng to them thar
the woman who INDUCES in scandal-tha'
least excusable of all conversational vul
Carit,es-enyy alone can prompt that beas
of prey. and an envious woman Is mos
unIoyable. There are pathetic passages IL
the diary OF Benjamin Franklin, wh'
blent humor oft-times With his rathe'
deprecating comments upon lis wiie
sharp tongue. In one. he writes, MARY
mouth costs her nothing. for she neve
opens It but at others expense. VIVA
a bsppy man must Edmund Burke hav
besn' when he could say OF his home
EVERY care banishes. the moment
enter under my own roof" the hlghes
tribute ne could have paid 10 the com
oanion OF his life. We invest her
once with every charm and virtue. see
ING that THE heart OF her husband dot
safely trust in her.
A wounan who does nothing to attrac
admiration, who does not fawn or fiattel
nor study her methods 20 attract by art
chat are without the scale OF merit,
ADMIRED By men. A woman who lives ne
i,fe meeting the daily issues with cali
and cheerful courage, and VINO strives
an the measure Of her sex as given D
the wisest Of men:
s.Her price Is Ear above rubies. 81
etretcheth out her hand to the poor ye'
she reacheth forth her hand to the heeo.
"sba openeth her mouth with VISION
ond IN her tongue IL the law OF kindness.
"she looked well 10 the ways OF M
tousehold. and eateth not the bread
id,euess. Her children rise up ana ca
her blessed: her husband. also. he praise'
her. . ., ..o
"Ifer husband Is known In the gaze
when he stitch among the elders VI u
land. . e. ,,o,
"FQyOr IL Qtttitlui oa'N '-Ns
INT a woman that feareth the Loru' 81
shall be praised.
Or. Furpess's reading from Shakespea
~s,h Illustrated comments out OF y
Abundant learning. proved moss
s,ructiye and enjoyable. His large al
attentive audiences. limited only by I
s,,,nos, capacity of the College Hall. ha
hecn fulIy repaid for the interest IN,
have shown In these delightful recital
Next In pleasure to Shakespeare W.
acted we count Shakespeare well rea
~, Furness brings TO the service all .
~eso,,rces OF abundant Information, critic
ac,,,nen. a resonant voice. an agreeat
uresence, and a really marked drama'
sympathy.
II he does not fulfl all the requirement
Of the actor. he comes as near TO II as
no,~profess.onal interpreter Of Shakespea
could hope 20 come His rendering
"Macbsth" was a strong and virile pie
Of h,strionic reading. lie took the titie-r.
With perfect apprehension Of Macbeth
mixture OF superstition and ambition. Al
LADY Macbeth, especially In the diific'
sleep~walking scene. was powerfully ~
eenfed. In Henry "" DR.. Furness had
more difficult task because he mad le
exciting ana popular play. but he Carl
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