The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-02-10

neck that dOtSn look like Il crocndllr 5
skin
SlovrnlincaS in dress was tolerated
by the fair ones of early times, but the
ideal man of to-day must pay particu
l:.rattention to his personal appearance,
if he expects To please woman. He
can another win ncr keep hrr.if he dean
onstratrS that "ca:eless attention"
about his attire which. as Rosalind
tells Orlando. is one of the sure marks
of love.
There is one thing which. from the
most ancient times to the modern age,
has always Influenced tie feminine
mind in her choice of the ideal mar,-
brass buttons. All women. from the
English waiting maid to the exclusive
society belle. seem to he equally i'm
pressed with the gay uniform of the
soldier. As Finck says, Shakespeare
should have written:
That man that h nth I'M nm is, say nom.r,
If with his uniform he cannot win woman.
The author just mentioned, who has
made an interesting study OF the ten
der passion. a 'mit~ that he cannot
divine the cause Of this singular intat-
uation. He says: is it the color-har-
mony formed 10y the complementary
blue-cloth and yellow huttons! No,
for various oilicials..a well as mcsScn-
ger boys, Wear similar uniforms with
out making any special impression on
the feminine heart. Is it the beauty
or the wit of the soldier, No, for he
may be as stupid rs log, and red
nosed and small -poX- -pilted, without
losing a jot of his popularity. 1t is
not likely that women admire soldiers
from an inherited sense of gratitude
for the services they rendered in former
warlike times in protecting their great
great -grandmothers from the enemy's
harharity: for woman : gratitude is not
apt to he so very retrospective, while
gratitude itself is less apt to inspire
love than aversion. Whatever may be
the cause of this mysterious phcnome-
non. the fact remains that officers are
womcn's 5 ideals" Women like men of
courage and energy, men who are
frank and amiahle; but Il large number
of the masculine race will he glad to
learn that stupidity is no disadvantage
with women. Schopenhauer says it is
more likely that superior intellectual
power, as being an abnormal trait, may
make an unfavorablc impression on
them. Hence" he says, I'VE so often
see an ugly, stupid and coarse man
preferred by woman to Il refined,
clever. and amiable man" F,nck says
that, if Il woman claims to have fallen
in love with Il mans intellect, it is only
a piece of affection or vanity, for we'd
lock is union Of hearts, not of heads.
One writer says: The pale poet. whose
works enchant us all, is nobody in the
park: with his shrank checks and
spindle legs, he sneaks along as little
noticed as fly; while thousand fond
eyes are fixed on the gay and band
some apprentice there, with just enough
intellect to make the clothes which
make him" But, in the higher grades
of femininity, a womanly woman pre-
fers man of the finest intellect; the
man who makes her feel that he never
saw 4 sunset before she walked through
it's glory with him; cultured man,
because his range of feeling is broad,
and he can better understand women.
AS Henry Giles says: "The woman
who is of any worth-does not love
the trifler, or the hattercr, or the weak
ling; she loves the man whose strength
she can admire, whose insight makes
her tremble while she feels that it reads
her secret thoughts, and who is of the
serious integrity that will not degrade
her or him by the base bribery oflying
words; who is, at the same time. ofthe
heroic and atfrctionate nature that
moves her enthusiasm and captivates
her heart"
The ordinary husband will reap the
highest reward of praise from his wife
and enjoy conjugal felicity, if he will
pursue certain course of domestic
life limited at in the following truthful
anecdote The wife Of New England
farmer finding that Il widower in the
ncighborhood proposed to marry hel
maiden sister, aged titty-two years, felt
called upon to give the good man q
slight warning.
"'Now,' says |, real firm, to him 8
week before the weddin', You know ole
maids is set-they're terrible set
"Why, air they says he, jest a:
solemn as could be. lookin' me right il
the eye.
| "'Yes, says |, they air. They
allus want t have their own way, allus.
"'Why, dew they, indeed:' says he
".Yes, says |. they dew, an We cal
rely on t, IIctty she'll want her owl
way
"'Why, will shc:' says he.
"'Ics, says |. she will; there ain
any doubt bout it-not mite
| "'Wcll,' says he. kinder slow ant
mild. still lookin' me in the eye 'sh
can hey her way.
"An' she does have it. and they dev
live jest complete..
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