Evening journal., 1900-02-15
ATTRACTIVE WOMEN
Those Who Read and Think Never
Grow Old.


Women who are anxious TO improve
themselves. says a writer in en- ex-
change. Will find it a good plan 70 81
ways have a book within reach TO
catch up at odd moments between
tasks. We SHOULD resolve 10 edge ia a .
little feading every day, If ~ Is but "A
single sentence. If we can give but
fifteen minutes q day Il will be felix at
the end of the year. Thoughts take up
no ROOM. although they oil ones hours
very acceptably when Of a pleasant or
instIActivs nature. and one may travel
or labor with them without any
trouble or incumbrance IL has been
my good fortune, 70 know several wO-
men with apparentlysno time for read
Ing. at least the majority OF rwomen
would have so decided had they been
similarly situated
Ambition makes many things pos
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 iinme-
diately set about getting Instructions
az TO her duties. She committed TO
memory everything in the ritual that
had any bearing upon her Office, thus
Investing herself with a 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 20 do said
"Why. how could you ever do it2 /
never found time, there was always
something TO interrupt or hinder me
whenever ! sat down to look up any
point"
,"Oh. 1t was easy enough replied
Number One. 81 learned, il while doing
my regular work. REPEATING each' san q
atepde until sperfect.y' impressed uuon
iirpyrnind.. Another, mother Of. atlarge
.ffamily ,on' a iargefarm. read the Chau-
fauqua course by the same method
. " as lnot,hards to use brain and Drawn
at tho same time, cconoiniaing time
andincreaslnE out intellectually.
remember. when a little gfrioc hay
Nins rather a roor- opinion of the learn
ing OF farmers folks mention Il
simply to show that SC has been the
prevailing opinion OF older people that
farmers did not care to improve' them
selves. What 81 change is observed TO-
day. The cultured farmer and his in-
tellectuai. wife are. prominent in public
gatherings. and many town people Join
ethe farmers clubs because they enjoy
the. entertainment Il affords.
The most attractive woman is intel
iectual. She never grows old. Her in
b tellect is a great preserver and aug
i.rhenter OF .her attractiveness. Men
sometimes hold an inexplieable prcju-
dice against intellectual women, prob
nbly-from an erroneous impression that
they are always associated with the
ltumbled hair and soiled wrappers 81
novel celebrities (although nayhar
they never read a novel;. Their own
wives may be intellectual without thsii
realizing IL. They read books but they
} fully appreciate the advantage OF nea
apparel. He thinks she does every.
thing right. taking not little creaii
10 himself in some way. but she nevei
knows the reason she pleases him 4
because he is under the spell OF hel
intellect The woman who knows how
90 use her intellect has a guarantee 10
| the final loyalty OF lover or husband
1t is the ostentation OF intellect tina
men dislike, because It humillates then
4 70 meet women who claim intelligence
superior to their own-an inbred preju
dice for generations which a modes
bearing backed by an education tina
stands the family IN good stead at al
important time will eventually craii
cate