The times., 1897-09-12

vivisects him as husband; she makes 4
merry spectacle of the seIf-Inade man, the
dyspeptic, the too accurate man, the ire
sistibie man and the stupid man,
Following the trail Of appreciative pencil
marks through the book, the following list o (
bright lines is submitted as q skeleton OF
the meaty and delicious book:
Conversation with the unframed man
under thrty-five is impossible, because
he never convcrses; he only talks. Tie lin-
trained man desires to be amused. The
trained man wishes TO amuse. Aman under
thirty-five is in this world to be made
happy. The man over thirty-five desires
TO make You happy.
'Girl-trained men and widowers are as
near perfection as men can come. But
heaven help the man who is girl-spoe'l.
Men are always sa ying, Well why don't
YOU tell us the kind OF men you wual1
like us TO be?' And their attitude when
they say this, is with their thumbs in the
armholes OF their waistcoats. When
man Is thoroughly satisfied with himself
be always expands his chest.
- tritesaying has my sympathy. II gen
orally is stupid and shopworn, and con
sequently s banished to polite society and
lated by the clever. And only because IL
possessed a soul of truth and wonderful
vitality has it been kept from dying long
ago o. br oxen heart.
IF Ii girl receive three proposals, that,
/ am told, is fair average. If she receive
ten, she is either an heiress or belle.
If she receive more than ten she must visit
in tile West.
"A Miss Nancy is poet without genius:
one who has a talent for discovering the
fineness of life, but who lacks the wit to
keep his views from ridicule.
Many men make love because the girl is
convenient. and they happen To think about
1t. I wonder If man ever deliberately
made up his mind to marry and then
hunted up bis ideal girl?
1T is really expecting too much of a wo-
man TO ask her to bring up her husband
and her children, too.
"A bore Is man or woman who never
knows How or When.
- man who talks constantly has q thou
sand ways always at hand by which to
make a fool of himself. silent ma has
but one.
Men have become famous as converse
tionalists who have only sat and looked
admiringiy at viyacious women.
There is only one way to get even with
the to accurate man, and that is. whe
he has finished his most exciting story, 10
say, And then W hat happened next?
The painful accuracy which makes some
men sucl! deadly h0res is a form o mono
mania. tits the same sort of trouble whicn
tfflcts keptomaniac. She viii steal tie
veriest trash, just SO she can be stealing.
lie boards the most useless trifles mtil
his mind is nothing bat garrett filled with
isolated bits of rubbish that nobody wants
To hear, unless one has an essay TO write,
and then it is easier to consult the encytlo
pedia.
'4daptabiIity is q heaven-sent gift. 1t is
like tile straw used In packing china. 1t
not only saves jarring, but it preserves
worse disasters, and without it a man Is
only safe when he is alone.''
If soneof these sound weaker than prom
ised for them it is the fault OF having
taken them ruthlessly from a page ,ue-
fused with Miss Bells delightful atEos-
phere. II the men who read some Of tna N
rebel, remember they are from A Girls
Point OF View. New York: Harper *
Brother. Washington: Woodward & 10th
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