Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-14
MEN AND WOMEN.
The Traits That Each Sex Admires in the
 Other.

 The Traits That Each Sex Admires in the
 Other.
 There is a certain something, which, for want of better name, is called womanliness, and it is that which makes woman attractive to men. A great many virtues go to make up this one trait.
 Men like, in the first place, amiabili4 ty in a woman. They like a pleasant appearance. They like the doing of little things that are pleasant to them. They like the courtesy of the fireside. They like women whose lives and faces are always full of the sunshine of contented mind and cheerful disposi- tion They like ability to talk well, coupled with proper appreciation of the charm of timely silence They like B motherliness large enough to under stand the wants of the older as well as of the younger boys. They like natural disposition to speak good rather than evil of any human being They like sympathy, the ear that lends itself willingly to the tale of sorrow or gladness They like a knowledge of how to dress well-which, by the way, does not mean conspicuously. They like intelligence, but they prefer that the heart should be stronger than the brain. They like to find in woman a companion-one who has sufficient knowledge of the world and it's ways to talk well with them; who is inter- ested in their lives, their plans, their hopes; who knows how to give cheer ful word, or to listen quietly, and by tender look express the grief which the heart is feeling. A man may some times say that children are bore and a nuisance but he will shrink from woman who declares her dislike of them. A man expects the maternal in- stinct in woman, and is disappointed if he does not find it. Men like women to be affectionate; there never yet was man, no natter how stern, how cold, how given to repressing his own feel A ings, who did not like a loving pres sure of the hand or tender kiss from the woman nearest to him.
 Women, on their part, like manly, not womanish men. They like hones- ty of purpose united with considera- tion. They like men who believe in women. They like their opinions to be thought of some value. They like a man who can be strong as a lion when trouble comes, and yet, if the woman in his care is nervous and tired, can button a shoe or draw off a glove or smooth a pillow with unob- trusive helplessness. They like man who can even master a baby, convinc- ing it of his power and reducing it to subjection and sleep when it's natural care-talzer is unstrung and helpless. They like man who, however large his own concerns, is interested in their new dresses, and can give an opin- ion on symmetry, color and fit. They like man who knows their innocent weaknesses and ca- ters to them; who will bring home box of fruit, the latest magazine or the clever puzzle sold on the street, and take his part in entertaining the house. hold for an evening. They like man who Is master of every situation, who can help woman decide what is the best thing to do under perplexing cir cumstances, and who has wit enough to realize, when one of their sex is slightly stubborn, that persuasion is more powerful than argument. They likea man who likes them-who doesn't scorn their opinions, who believes in their good taste, who has confidence in their truth, and who, most of all, knows that the love promised is given him. That's the sort of man woman likes, and her every sigh of gratifca- tion is little prayer: God bless him" kate Fields Washington.