Arizona daily citizen., 1901-07-20
THAT INTERESTING CREATURE. THE WOMAN.

Arthur Lee CabaLne, young society man, college
athlete and soldier, who recently left his wealthy
fathers luxurious home to enter the employment oi
an iron company 'as third molders helper, in order
to learn the secret of the manufacture of Steel has
suddenly walked up from his dream of labor to find
himself not only famous but what is far better and
delightful, beloved by host of pretty girls in
this country aud Canada Mr.. Cabanne says he has
already received sixty letters from ladies' some of
which proposals of marriage, and others their
face of merely congrauatory character, and the
polls still open, it is presumed that he will be
kept busy counting the returns for some time to
come.
This is an interesting case, and throws great
deal of light on the workings of the feminine heart
and on the qualities which attract feminine admira-
ton. 1t is reflection Mr.. Cabanne to note that
many of the worst criminals and most bloodthirsty
murderers have frequently received equally fatter
ing attentions from the fair sex In such cases it is
the element of pity which appeals to the feminine
nature, or the conviction that the gentleman who
has come under the ban of the law is the victim OF
injustice of crusl fate In cases like that of Mr.
Cabanne where the man has distinguished himself
by some brave or manly quality, the womanly ina
gnaton, though apparently stirred by conditions of
precisely the opposite nature, is really Influenced by
tendency to hero worship. The gentemanly mur-
derer who has had the misfortune to poison his wife
does not like hero to the world at large but
there are women who in him qualities which
under their management would have developed into
noble manhood. No is a hero to his valet
but almost every man may be hero to some woman
Even the most cynical and dsagreeable of Oh bach
eors may pose for that role, if they will only give
he lad a To rut hoio tbo a.,
and equip them with imaginary wings
When woman sets about making hero of a
man the first and inevitable thing that occurs to her
is to marry him. This is not said disrespectfuy,
but as indicating how great is womans self sacrifice
when she desires to do good and how entirely bene-
VIOLENT IS her scheme of hero worship and assmia-
ton Whether this characteristic feminine tendency
may be regarded illustrating womans fitness for
affairs OF government and business we do not under
take to say. Certainly it seems to show an innate
disposition on her part to regard marriage as the
most important of all things under the SUM- and to
furnish some ground for the old fashioned claim that
the chief end of woman is to love and be loved
Mr.. Cabannes and that of other heroes
prove concluslvely that man, however bashful OF
retiring, need go without wife simply because he
ls afraid to ask for Such interesting instances
show that they can be had not only without begging
out even without asking-in fact, that man who
pleases them must be willy the fox and as fleet
as the deer to escape capture by matrimonial Dianas
Indeed 1t is doubtful if any man ever vet escaped
from woman who had made up her mind to marry
him. The convict told Pip" in Great Expecta
tions,' that it impossible for boy to escape
from his brother criminal No matter how snugl,
that boy might cover himself up in bed and no mat
ter how securely he might tuck himself under the
covers, the dreadful individual in question would
creep and creep until he pounced upon him and made
himself master of all his "innards" SO no matte,
how cunningly old bachelor may seek to hide
from the woman who has determined to marry him
1t will be utterly OF no avail She will creep and
creep till she pounoes on him and possesses herself
OF his heart and all his vital interests Nothing can
defeat really frstclass hunress of men, and the
bachelor who finds woman on his trail armed with
Cupids bow might we'll say at once like the coon
to Captain Scott: Don't stoot Captain; I'll come
down"
1t used to be question whether women did
not sometimes propose. question representing
more accurately the facts would be: Do men ever
propose2 They think they do, of course but do
theyY Is Mr.. Cabanne an exception in matters ma
trimonial or is he not really the ruler All ladies' do
not propose directly or in many words but don Z
they get there just the same? Is it not the verv
triumph OF their art that it makes tho dull sluggish
masculine creature think that he proposes whom
the words are merely put into his mouth by the
clever tactfu pretty creature at his sideH Resource
full resolute, masterfu he is but dough in her hands
before marriage, while his dough" falls into her
hands after marriage by the same fateful touch
II there 10 any confirmed" bachelor among our
readers who SCOTS at matrimony and de6es Diana