The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-20
MEN AND Nj
Ths Traits That Each Sex Admires I'm the
Other.

Other.
There is a certain something, which,
FOR want of a better name, is called
w~omanliness, and it is hal which
makes attractive to men. A
great many virtues go to make up this
one trait.
Men like, in the first place, amiabili-
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 tireside.
They like women whose lives and faces
are always full of the sunshine of a
contented mind and a cheerful DISPOSE
ton. They like ability to talk well.
coupled with a proper appreciation of
the charm of timely silence. They like
u motherliness large enough to under
stand the wants of the older as well as
Of the younger boys. They like a
natural disposition II speak good
rather than evil of any human being.
They like sympathy, the ear hat lends
itself willingly to the tale of sorrow or
gladGess. 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 a woman a
companiOn-One who has sufficient
knowledge of the world and its ways
to talk well with them: who is inter
ested in their lives, their plans, their
hopes; who knows how to give a cheer
full word, or to listen quietly, and by a
tender look express the grief which the
heart is feeling. A man may
times say that children are a bore and
a nuisance, but he will shrink from a
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
a man, no matter how stern, how cold,
how given to depressing his w feel.
ings. who did not like a loving pres.
sur of the hand or a tender kiss from
the IN nearest to him.
Women, on their part, like manly,
not womanish men,. They like homes.
ty of purpose united with considera-
ton. 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
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 a man
who can even master a baby, convinc-
ing it of his power and reducing it to
subsection and sleep when its natural
care-taker is unstrung and helpless.
They like a 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 a man who knows
their innocent weaknesses and ca
tiers to them; who will bring home a
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 a man
who is master of every situation, who
can help a 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
like man who likes them-whod 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 a man a woman
likes, and her every sigh of gratiica-
ton is a little prayer: God bless him."
Kate Fields Washington.