Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-02-06
ATTRACTIVE WOMEN.
Those Who Read and Think Never
Grow Old.

Women who are anxious to improve
themselves. says writer in an ex-
change. win find 1t good plan TO al
ways have a book within reach to
catch up at odd moments between
tasks. We should resolve to edge in a
little reading every day, if It is but a
single sentence. If we can give but
fifteen minutes a day it will be felt at
the end of the year. Thoughts take up
no room, although they al ones hours
very acceptably when Of a pleasant or
, instructive nature, and one may travel
or labor with them without any
trouble OF incumbrance. It has been
my good fortune to know several wo-
men with apparently. no time for read
ing: at least the majority of women
would have so decided had they been
similarly situated.
Ambition makes many things pos
J sible. so these women read while doing
their customary tasks. such as washing
dishes, ironing common articles, etc.
One Of them was elected president Of
the Woman's Relief Corps. and imme-
diately set about getting instructions
as to her duties. She committed to
memory everything in the ritual that
had any bearing upon her Office, thus
investing herself with knowledge that
she never had to stop and search fer,
necessitating tedious waits during the
regular work. One member who had
very little house work to do said:
why, how could you ever do it? I
never found time. there was always
something to interrupt or hinder me
whenever I sat down to look up any
point"
"Oh. It was easy enough" replied
Number One, Il learned it while doing
my regular work. repeating each SEN
tence until perfectly impressed upon
my mind" Another, mother OF large
family on large farm, read the Chau-
tauQua course by the same method.
It IS not hard to use brain and Drawn
at the same time, economizing time
and Increasing out intellectually.
remember when a little girl OF hav-
ing rather a poor opinion Of the learn
ing OF farmers folks. 1 mention II
simply to show that It has been the
prevailing opinion OF older people that
farmers did not care to improve them
selves. What a change is observed to-
day. The cultured farmer and his in
tellectual wife are prominent in public
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the farmers clubs because they enjoy
the entertainment It affords.
The most attractive woman IS intel
lectuaL She never grows old. Her in
tellect Is a great preserver and aug
menter Of her attractiveness. Men
sometimes hold an inexp'icable pre5u-
dice against intellectual women. prob
ably from an erroneous impression that
they are always associated with the
tumbled hair and soiled wrappers OF
novel celebrities (although mayhap
they never read q novel;. Their own
wives may be intellectual with NJ their
realizing it. They read books but tn Y
fully appreciate the advqntaee Of ne :
apparel. He thinks she does every
thing right. taking not little Gre it
to himself in some way. but she never
knows the reason she pieases him 's
because he Is under The spell of her
intellect. The woman who knows how
70 use her intellect has a guarantee Tor
the final loyalty of lover or husband.
It is the ostentation of intellect that
men dislike. because II humi iates them
TO meet women who claim intelligence
superior to their own--an inbred preiu-
dice for generations which a modest
bearing backed by an education that
stands the family in good stead at an
important time win eventually eraai-
cate.