Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-27
WHY THE WIDOW FAsclNATEs
The Widow Has Studied Man and
Knows His Likes and DisIikes, and
Therefore Is Better Equipped Than
Her Unmarried Sister.
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Knows His Likes and Dislikes, an
Therefore Is Better Equipped THAI
Her Unmarried Sister.
Washington Post
Wherein lies the secret? the maidel
fair will ask.
The men will answer perhaps ex
pressvely and slangily: In the fac
that "she knows thing or two.
Women will say: She is SO designing.
But the widow lives on, and charms
and is invincible. for men bow to he
charm and women speculate on it.
/ OF course, she has dead past,
which makes her interesting, and The
tender little sigh she breathes over The
memory of the dear departed excites the
sympathy of her admirers. Tho SHE
may be as stately as Juno herself, ye
the masculine mind and heart calls hel
| in affection poor little woman" an6
she wins her way without even the
bugle call to battle. Her conquest, tho
bloodless. is still a conquest, and hel
victims-well! she never counts them
The maiden fair In the glorious zenith
of her youth and beauty finds herself
outclassed by the matronly looking
widow, inclining to embonpoint, and
from under her very nose the man
whom she had hoped to fascinate. She
sees herself forsaken almost at times,
while the widow sits surrounded by a
coterie of devotees.
And again the maiden wonders why,
If any fault unfathomed by her occa-
sions the desertion? She is all at sea
thru the mystery of it.
The girl who has grown up with a
houseful of brothers has perhaps a sus-
picion of a widows manner. but the
girl who has been immured turnout a
sort of glass case childhood from con-
tact with the world grows up in igno-
rance of worldly wisdom.
The Widows Winning Qualities.
The widow is, par excellence, COM
panionable. She has been the constant
associate of her former husband, and
thru this association has learned to ca
ter to a mans whims Connubial COM
partnership exerts Il subtle yet poten-
tial influence over woman's character.
She imbibes strength of thought and
force OF action that round out her char
acter. The girl who shrank with NOR
BID fear from every rude contact
becomes self reliant after year or two
of married life.
The woman who has loved and re-
spected her husband bears the impress
of this association. She has learned to
think as he thinks, she has learned to
cater to his whims and his appetite, she
has enjoyed his fads and fancies. and
has entered into the spirit of his
schemes for business and pleasure. I'm
al cI1yt IN CHI J, fol
of his nature. and 1t Is this touch of a
mans mental strength engrafted upon
a woman's tenderer qualities that
makes her more lovable, more charming
and more attractive and companionable
for q man.
The widow Is rarely as opinionated
as the young girl. The widow essays
to please, and to this end effaces self.
The young girl fancies that she must
be catered to; the widow knows that
the man must be. The young girl
wishes all the incense burned at her
shrine; the widow knows that man
fairly dotes on incense; fumes himself
and longs for two pairs of nostrils and
a larger invoice of lungs that he might
inhale triple and quadruple portions.
particularly if burned by a pretty wom-
an to the accompaniment OF a cooling
voice, and eyes that carry almost
wooing whisper with every glance.
The widow is more anxious to please
than to be pleased, and a man can stand
the most copious draughts of adula-
ton in fact, he can be intoxicated
by the Widows subtle glances and in
such an intoXication he reyels with
smile of ineffable content.
The widow caters to his whims. She
is too wise to argue with him. She
knows that arguments are the crypts
of friendship and the everlasting doom
of love. She understands that when a
man leaves his business Office he wishes
TO leave there all cares and perplexities.
Consequently. she does not try to force
her opinions on him.
Knows Man Like Book.
The widow does not object to to-
bacco: she knows that man loves his
cigar with a more slavish devotion than
he could love any woman whether it be
sweetheart or wife. She has learned
that man can cast woman out of his
life with the same nonchalance that he
throws aside the cigar that has out |
worn it's charm.
The widow also knows what a man
likes. 1t is never a trouble for her to
a dainty, tempting lunch when |
he is tired, and prefers the seclusion of |
her den to the noise and crowd of a |
cafe.
The widow rarely jars man, her one
aim being to be agreeable. She real |
yes his shrinking horror of scenes, and |
avoids such topics as may mar the /
pleasure of an outing or an evening at !
home.
The we'll bred widow is always gra-
,ious She may or may not care to
marry again, but having grown accus-
omed to husband comradeship she
enjoys the society of other men. Her
is charmingly apparent
when greeting her friends. The young
,irl fancies that indifference is a spur
.ggravating a mans fancy. The widow
lnows that a mans vanity is fattered
~ her gracious reception of him, and
when either talking or listening she is
and interested.
The girly- girlish period of lackadais-
Lical Indifference she has outlived, and
eeks to entertain.
The widow knows full well. no matter
low Harveyized a mans defensive ar
nor may be, it is never bullet proof
gainst flattery. And flattery is a wo-
mans weapon de resistance. Not such
iattery as carries It's own glaring trade
mark, but the sweet, insidious anes-
hetic that makes man feel at peace
With himself and all mankind, and
bove all conveys the inference that he
: the one and only man on this old