Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-09-13
GIRL WHO CASTS A SPELL,
Whence Comes the Magic by Which She
Fascinates2-Leved Because
She is Herself.

cinateS?
She Of all Ewes daughters realizes the
love dreams OF femininity. AS AmieI
put it down in his journal, Women wish
TO be loved without why or a where
fore; not because they are pretty or good.
or well bred. or graceful. or intelligent
but because they are themselves"
The girl who fascinates is loved be-
cause she is herself. She may not be
beautiful but all men are caught watch
ing her face; she may not be graceful
but every girl covets her manner; she
may not be witty, but everybody likes to
hear her talk; she may not be accom-
pHshed, but she makes the talents of 9th
erS appear paltry and mean and good for
nothing; she may be none of these vet
to all ntents and purposes she is all
Men love the pretty girl, they admire
the accomplished girl, but they live and
die for the girl who fascinates.
Well, she is supremacy shrewd. Put
that down as her arch secret, the prince
of ALL She never forgets herself, her
business. She is everlastingly vigilant
of her interests. Other girls are needless
sometimes, or they forget, or they are
obtuse by reason of persistent bunting of
their vision, or they may knew what
should be done and not do it. 1T does
not matter" they say, or, like poor old
Rip, This time doesn't count" or Il
don't care" etc, etc. The girl who fas-
cinates never does say this or thinks
this. With her everything matters, every
time counts, every person makes her
care. She is ready to do ALL to sacrifice
all for her end.
This means that she must be endowed
with an extremely active head, Il bright
one, a knowing one, a long, long one.
Her heart may be either lively or inert,
that is another matter. Her heart plays
no grand role in her destinations. She
can do quite as well without as with it.
If alive, it glorifes all that she does, if
dead, no one misses the glory. Her
head takes its place. She must have a
serviceable head.
1t tells her what to do and prompts
her to do it. 1t tells her what men like
and impels her to be as they like. Per-
haps because of her readiness to respond
to the beckonings of her knowledge, dill
gence should be noted as one of her se-
crets. Many women miss the mark of
her illustrious attainments simply and
solely because they are indolent in their
own interests.
To be sure the girl who fascinates is
fascinating by nature. She cannot help
it nor can anyone else. But her shrewd
head and her diligence are part of that
nature. What she does with them one
can see in Becky Sharp. Not that the
verdant-eyed enchantress of Thackeray's
imagination is a pattern or even type
of every girl who fascinates. The girl
who fascinates may present an entirely
different appearance from the imperish-
able Becky. She may not be anything
of an adventures and everything of a
home dweller in the most straight-laced
conventionality. But Becky had the
rOck-bottom. urgent needfulS.
She always pleased, she always knew
when to talk and when to keep perfectly
still, she always exacted her homage,
she always preserved her air of mystery.
There are men without number nova
days who enjoy the frank "camaraderie"
of the popular gOod-fellow" sort of
woman, who is open and free, gay,
good-hearted and easy, and as simple to
read as a page. But the woman of mys-
terry is more alluring. There is some
thing irresistibly and sweetly enticing to
the average man in the woman who al
ways holds in reserve a something which
he has not fathOmed. They relish the
puzzle. They may find it vexations, at
times disheartening, maddening; but it is
seductive beyond comparison.
The girl who fascinates. knowing this.
never unveils all the mysteries of her
heart or her head. She gives out here
a little, there little; she may pour out
her soul i'll a mans ears, as he thinks
deeps beneath. When he sees her again
he knows it we'll Rawdon Crawley never
knew all of Becky, nor did any other
man, nor did they. in their moments Of
reason, fancy they did.
1t is partly due to her exercise Of mys-
FERROUS charms that the girl who fas-
cInateS finds it easy to exact homage Of
nen, homage in the sense of service.
They are always ready to be commanded
to do for her. She is always in a posi-
ton to give orders. She puts herself in
this position. She looks for service and
admiration. Simple Beth, in Little
Women. used to wonder how Amy could
summon the courage to order about all
| her men friends. Amy quecned it over
them. Amy took it as n matter of course
that admiration, alteration, service, ought
be hers.
Some maiders fair sit about the hotel
pOrCheS on summer afternoons. wonder
ing how their more favored companion
bewitched the adorers in a circle about
| hcr-fOr there are times when men may
be seen on q summer hotel porch Their
favored companion took the mems hom-
age as 4 matter of course as soon az she
met them. She treated them as If she
expected it, with all due tact, to bn sure.
in a subtle sort Of hypnotic way, and
1 they responded, as men generally do. ac-
cording TO the way in which they were
( approached. The other girls did not
really expect admiration and attention.
and their acts invouatarily betrayed
their expectations.
The girl who fascinates is not neces-
Sarily bold TO command She knows
! when to be bold and when not to be.
| But she always inteligently and unmis-
takably. however delicately, defines her
/ attitude as expecting chivalry and atten-
/ ton. And the man never fails TO meet
/ her upon her own ground.
! The fascinating girl is never a chatter
/ box: she is never mute. She knows
/ lust when and how much to talk aud just
/ when to be silent. She knows that while
nearly every man finds a vivacious talker
| entertaining many men find prolonged
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