The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-02-17
WHAT IS A MANq

s.,v,c yyou1en DisCuss the Attrlbutes 81
sss,,ss the God and the Brute.
.Mcnv, exclaimed the spiustcr with
the uplifted sniff traditionally pcculia, ,
to her ilk; what do you chts know |
about men?"
"I have been engaged to one for two |
years, the golden-haircd art student
remarked with = demure argumenta |
tive air.
"As II that didn't stulify any posi-. |
bic knowledge you might otherwise
have pained of his character" said the
spinster with another sniff Listen,
nv children, and Twill explain. am.
ns Won can scarcely fail to perceive,
unengaging of countenance-no, don't
Acknowledgements of figure and plain
of face. The typical society man must
inevitably give the women, or, rather.
the inexperienced girls of his set
curiously mistaken idea of his sex: to
their eyes a man appears to be crea-
ture absolutely incapable OF thinking
of his own comfort when there is u wo.
man near him whose slightest caprice
he could by any effort or sacrifice graf.
ify. n creature dependent for the very
breath of his nostrils upon the smiles
| of some woman-Bah"'
20, but nobody is in the least i'm.
| posed upon by mere society manners, Z"
spoke up the literary young woman:
"thcy are. as you say u conventional
cloak, but an entirely transparent one,
| otherwise all of us women as well as
men, would be rightly regarded as
| L.. N.~1x ,~t L..
greenest bud, supposes that man cx-
periences the surprising joy his face
expresses on being permitted to pick
up her handkerchief. Don't you see
| that if she did the belief would reflect
upon her as well as upon him? She
would realize that she must be an un-
utterable ninny, both in reality and in
the opinion of the man who must as.
sumo this slavish submission and
inanity of character in order to please
her. An ordinary, guicll-wittcd woman
must perceive that all the men she
meets have not had their special char
which produces society manners, as
ink spots are taken out by oxalic acid,
and that, however cautious and at.
tentive man may be, his gallantry is
| merely like the frescoes on the walls
of room. which have nothing to do
with the solidity and soundness OF
their construction"
"NIy dear girl" broke in the young
matron of the group, ~ feel con-
strained to preventyou strewing mark
etable ideas which might be palmed
| ~f
reckless way! Let me give You q
pointer or two from mans point OF
view. My husband says that men have
theories about women that would make
their hair stand on end if they knew
them, and that most men consider
their forced decorum in the presence
of ladies frightful nuisance. More
over, he declares that womens hus
bands are most unjustly compared by
their wives with the men known tc
them only through their social vapidi
ties. He usually concludes his dia
tribes by saying: Men are pretty much
of muchness the world over. Take
my word for it, my dear, am not the
only brute and monster in the uni
verse;"
"After ALL" said the golden-hairet
art student gently, isn't this assump
ton of character, which is, perhaps
not quite fulfilled in reality, the high
est compliment man can pay wo
man? You know how the lion in tn,
|. fable forgot his real nature ant
crouched submissively before til,
maiden whom he might have crushed
with tap of his paw; so men in th'
presence of women leave behind then
their spirit of over reaching selfishnes
and arrogance, and if they are not eX
actly what they appear to be it is com
forting to reflect that they tacitl,
acknowledge that they ought to b.
better than they are, for that is th'
first step toward improvement. If tn,
influence does nothing more than t,
cause them to assume u temporar,
thoughtfulness for others and gentle
ness of manner it has accomplished
something not to be despised.'
"My dear" remarked the spinster
with unwonted softness. II hope tha
young man is half good enough TO
you"
The golden-haireda art student blushe,
and smiled. 81 don't Think she said
softly, that he will ever suffer b.
comparison with the men l may know
from a merely social standpoint. ""
Philadelphia Press.
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