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

1t is certainly Il wise provision Of
nature that, as matter OF fact. there
is no perfect man. or that. at least. II
he does exist. he succeeds in keeping
himself out of sight. As every woman,
at some pcriol of her lif,', is in search
of him. he would he surely killed with
carcsses, if he ever put in an appear
ance There is the imaginary perfect
man-thc creature of young girls
| dreams-whom she never meets, and.
| later. there is a sort of masculine who
attains to her amended ideal Of what a
man should be, hut who. she admits, is
not perfect. Still another wise pro-
vision of nature is that no two women
admire the same thing in 4 man, and
most women probably like Il man. as
Queen Christana, in Il happy burst of
confidence. once informed us. mot be-
cause he is man, but because he is
not woman"
In early times. owing to the wars
| that were constantly going OF, and the
unsettled state OF society, women nat
urally selected husbands for their
strength, prowcss, and manly courage.
This utilitarian spirit has always eN-
isted among the primitive nations.
Before Il young woman belonging to
certain Amazon-valley tribes will marry
she calls Il mass meeting of her admir-
ers, who 90 through a trial of skill in
shooting with the bow and arrow. If
young man does not show himself to
be good marksman, the girl refuses
him on the ground that he will not be
able to shoot fish and game enough for
the family. Othello was black and
ugly. but the beautiful Destlcmona
loved him "fur the dangers he had
pa ;Scd. She was alsb entertained
W tn til record OF his 'trayels history
of how he was taken 10y the insoicnt
foe and sold into slavery; of his jour
neys over deserts idle, rough quarrirs,
rocks and hills, and his meeting the
Anthropopbagi, the men whose heads
had the inconvenient habit Of growing
beneath their shoulders Then. again,
| Rosaind falls in love with Orlando
when he vanquishrs the duke 5 wrestler
As Celia SAYS: ~ Dung Orlando, that
tr:pped up the wrestlcrs heels and
your heart, both in an instant As
Mr. Finck argues: ''In the ludicrous
feminine eayerneSs to make immorta!
heroes of ephemcral victors in a boat
race or bascball-match, we see an echo
in these peaceful days, OF a feminine
trait imprinted on them in warlik'
times" The story is told of Il young
woman who had five suit0rS for hel
hand. They were all at the seaside ont
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elderly married man which one sh,
should choose. Jump into the water,
he replied, land see who will try t.
save your life She jumped, and foul
Of the young men sprang after her
'And now which one shall accept?
: she asked her friend. The dry one.
he cynically. replied.
1t is an easier task to describe th
kind of husband womln does not lil>'
than the man who i capable OF winnin:
her affection. She does not like MAJ
who will find fault with her before 9th
c-s: her husband mist f,ilDw tn Scrip
tural injunction to "praiS' her in tn
gatc>. which means, substantially. he
fore folks. She docs not care to hca
a bout the business annovancrS OF til,
lay. and she do">n t want a man to 81
around glum all the evening. LOOKING
very mnch bored. Yon must not cN