The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11
NOMHN'S WORLD.


a The bachelor to the matron with sigh.
~ New York Sun writer.
yves so there are; but if all women
--s,- alike you men would have a monot-
a,ors time" she answered. HAS some
one been offending your"
NE? Oh, no! But I was just thinking
s,y, in some women the heart can only
=. reached through the BRAIN while in
o,bers the way to the brain lies through
the heart. Give me one Of the latter ev-
i cry time"
"soue one has been offending you" said
the matron with a knowing smile. "Out
with it. Tell me all about it. You know
Won say that l always smooth out rough
nlaces for you, and some of my young girl
friends say the same thing, so I've come
TO feel that my life isn't altogether vast
ed"
IF I could only make you know what
YOU are In my life," put in a young girl,
who joined the two just in time to catch
the matron's last remark, "if could only
tell you what a sweet influence you are
and have been in my life, what an exam
ole of gentleness, sweetness, self-control,
dignity and"
There, there, there, dearie," interrupt
y ed the matron, blushing prettily, don't
say any more. You'll quite turn my head,
and then we know that you are young and
81 enthusiastic."
"An the same, it's all so and more"
answered the girl.
And you were saying?" said the ma
iron. addressing the bachelor again.
That l like a woman whose brain is
reached through her heart better than
the one whose heart is reached through
her BRAIN" ne repeated. "You take
woman whose heart is reached through
her brain and you have to go a long way
10 find it; you frequently have to do some
very hard probing. But observe the wo-
man whose brain is only reached through
her heart, and it's easy enough to get
at both Her affection seems to increase
her Intellectual and active powers. They
grow cOrrespondingly I've known actu-
ally stupid women to become quick and
bright under the influence of Affection but
81 I never knew one of the other sort to be-
come sweet and loving through the slim
illus of her Intellectually
That's right" said the girl before the
matron had time to speak. Now, you take
Miss Strongmind. Weren't you thinking
about her? You can never get at that
woman's heart except through her BRAIN
and so, unless you are blessed with a
mighty big brain yourself you never reach
her Life must be very dreary with her
Her intellect seems TO set her above ev-
cry one and I've often wondered if she
doesn't get lonely up there. charac-
4 ter like hers upsets all of my observations
and theories about human nature and I'm
,I1I hot I,,s, S,e4
women are to be got at through their
hearts rather than the other way. Now
Miss Strongmind
you mustn't discuss people like that
even with your closest friends" interrupt
ed the bachelor, "and l assure you 1
didn't have Miss Strongmind in the back
part of my head" cutting his eye guilty
around at the matron That's the
trouble with you women. You can never
4 be impersonal Don't you think we can
have little talk like this without talking
about any one in particular? If you'd
4 get into the habit Of always talking in an
impersonal way you would never get into
such ludicrous scrapes as you do with
that clever little tongue of yours
Maybe not" answered the girl but L
wouldn't be so popular, I'd grow real
4 tresome. These densely abstract CONVEX
/ sationalsts, as I call them, always are.
There's nothing like a few downright per-
sonal remarks to give flavor to a CONVEX
satiOn, and you know it,"
You misjudge the woman whose heart
Is reached through her intellect, think, -
said the matron, smiling at the girl and
then devoting her attention to the bach
elor. "She isn't so attractive as the one
whose brain is reached through her heart,
I'll grant you; neither is she so compan-
ionable, but she is a very useful person
generally. She diffuses happiness, as a
rule among those above whom her intel
lect sets her through practical work She
can't get down on a level with average
people and give them sympathy and ten
derness because they can't get at her
heart, not being her equals intellectually.
But she fills an important place in the
world You know it takes all sorts to
make
yes, l known" answered the bachelor,
not allowing her to finish but ] believe
the job could have been completed in the
first place without this type of woman,
and l for one begrudge her room here.
She's without tact, and if there is one
thing that man dislikes above all others
its a tactless woman. Tact is the quality
in woman most admired by man."
How like your sexr' retorted the wo-
man with a laugh. How very like you
not to know what you like and what you
don't Tact in woman isn't what man
adores; it's tenderness. Those women
whose hearts are reached only through
their intellect, more frequently than not
possess the most exquisite tact, but they
are rarely tender. Ttact simply means
ready power of appreciating and doing
what is required by circumstances. It is
rather more of an intellectual quality than
anything else. Tenderness is quite an
other thing. 1t is only found in the wo-
man whose heart transcends her head.
Men pretend to like brain in a woman,
and undoubtedly they do but they like
heart better Had l a daughter 1 should
teach her TO cherish this spirit of tender
ness, and when she came to get married
should say to her, You stand on the
threshold of an entirely new life. My
most solemn injunction to you, as a moth
er to child, is to show tenderness to
your husband from the very minute you
are prorounced man and wife, Be tender
with him and you will gain a hold on h m