Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-05

| seem satisfactory.
"a terrier that has Just caught q rat"
said another. and he was hitting pretty
near the bulls eye. for no man that has
ever seen a spirited terrier with the dead
rat in his mouth will be apt to forget his
air Of intense satisfaction with himself.
"A BRIDE" guessed another man. This
| was getting nearer. After the bride has re-
turned from the honeymoon and has over
| come the self-consciousness that pursues
her in the very beginning, she gives herself
airs Of astounding importance whenever
she is among her girl friends who are still
| in a state of spinsterhood. She Is, how
ever. not so bad with men and other mar
ried women. and, anyhow, her self-satis-
faction wears off after q few years.
"A peacock" said another.
"A pretty woman In a new gown"
"A man with a tremendously long beard"
The Real Answer.
"a handsome man." and the genius who
made the last guess was the one who. it
was agreed, had struck the nail on the
head. for no one was able to think Of any
thing that is fonder Of itself than this
species of human being OF course the
man must not be one of the negatively
handsome kind, but a man that is known
everywhere as handsome that does not ex.
pect anyone ever to dispute it, that hardly
has any other profession in life than being
handsome, that after he dies is remember
ed or spoken of generation after genera
ton as ''the handsome man." There can
be no doubt that there are not nowadays
as many Of these professional beauties
among men as there used to be- but We
still find them. The only trouble is that
people are becoming SO careless now that
they often require to be told that a man
very handsome or they would not notice
why did you reject him?' asked a girl
OF a friend who was just over a love af-
fair.
'oh. I didn't want him. but isn't he a
beauty?"
Here Is roughly drawn picture of this
beauty. He is just this side Of six feet in
height, and his figure is excellent He Is al
ways dressed perfectly; so perfectly, In
fact that 1t is plain that he gives a great
deal Of his thoughts to his clothes. He has
the dearest of brown mustaches, curling
away from the center Of his upper lin and
showing a little spot OF red and setting of
the beauty Of his smile. HIS nose is not
large, but 1t IL lightly Of the Roman pat
tern; his eyes are soft and lustrous as
woman's, his complexion Is ruddy and his
hair Is soft and has a tendency to curl His
voice Is musical and gentle. This beauty is
quite adored by elderly ladies and by girls
who are themselves not very attractive and
10 schoolgirls who see him on the street he
Is a sort of idol They worship him In
secret and write his name on their states
Later In life they meet him with some trent
dalton. but after a few minutes CONVERSE
ton their idol Is smashed. Yet. as this
young Fellow is not a universally recognized
beauty. ne is really popular with men, for
men of this kind are nearly always amiable
and. as consequence, are good company
Ugly men, on the other hand. are apt to
have strongly marked characters and are
subject to fits Of Immature They are NOT
TOT the ordinary passing acquaintance of
uie, nearly as good companions as the men
who are known as handsome men. OF
course, they are better friends, because they
are more to be depended upon, and they are
pleasanter companions for a long talk, for
they know SO much more. but for the pass
ing chat the beauties are preferable.
Beauty rs Applied to Man.
No man ever confessed that he would like
to be beautiful, for that is a word that is
commonly used in admiration of the physi
cal perfection of women, but a great many
men think they are handsome and others
would give good deal II they could honest
~ believe that they were. The general term
beauty. however. can be applied to men as
Wen as TO anything else. 1t must mean
however, something manly, something in
faet. not delicate. In ancient time beauti-
words meant the same thing for bravery
was the quality men were proudest of pos
sessmg, and, of course, the women wor-
snipeo II, TOO, But when the beauty of a
man meant his personal appearance 1t ap-
piled to hne proportions and strength. Thus
one old Frenchman gives an exaggerated
Illustration OF this meaning by saying that
II would be hard to say Of an elephant that
he Is pretty. yet he is undoubtedly beautiful
SO he is, II fine proportions and strength
make beauty; but at the present day, a
man man would hardly like to have the attract
colossal standard. An English writer, in
1642. wishing to praise his prince as much
as possible spoke Of him as zone Of the
prince of the nineteenth century would
hardly relish; yet 1t was intended simply
to mean that he was brilliantly handsome
man. 1t Is then a. modern idea that IL a
Of his manly characteristics. The next hard
est thing to say would be to cali him pretty
that is. an effeminata sort Of fellow. whom
women don't care anything about and whom
men laugh at or avoid.
| Yet why shouldn't men be pretty? Why
should there be a prejudice against rosy
cheeks, with dimples. perhaps. laughing blue
eyes and a dainty little mouth. II they be-
long to manf It Is really a strange idea
that what Is beautiful In q woman should
be the last thing desirable in Q man. Yet
such Is undoubtedly the case.
A Girl and Her Fiance.
her home for a few months and had spent
part Of the time In Washington While
here she had become engaged. She return
ed home and told her best friend about It.
but it was noticed that she spoke Of her
iance not only with the proper degree Of
enthusiasm, but with some degree Of eau
ton as well. She certainly seemed to DOS
sess a full extent of property in him. but
any expressions Of familiarity were wanting
when she praised him. Finally. she showed
his photograph to her friend. The latter
looked at it for a long time, then drew a
long breath and said nothing.
But what do you think of him?' said the
engaged girl. rs he not handsome?"
Cant say he is" said her friend.
''Oh, dear me, 1 know he isn't, but what
do you think Of his looks?"
well, he looks like an important man.
should say, dear, that would never think
Of him except as Mr.. -. / would not
call him Bobby, even behind his back /
think he will probably be the head of the
household after you are married, and have
no doubt you will get married, for / don't
believe he would have proposed unless he
really wanted you, and you would not dare
to tilt man like that"
Here was a man who evidently made an
impression on the gentle sex. He had q big
forehead, deep eyes that looked rather seri-
Gus, q large jaw, wretched little scraggy
mustache, which failed entirely to hide his
mouth which was wide and closely COM
pressed. His nose was straight but big
Gis hair evidently had a will of ifs oun for