The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-05

THE kind OF WOMAN THAT a MAN LIKES
BY MILDRED CHAMPAGNE.

Countless times has the question been
man like" The anxious inquirers are
girls who for some reason of other fI-
perence a dearth OF masculine attentions
and wish 10 know the secret of the sue
I cess Of their more fortunate sisters,
While there are almost as many likes
In the world as there are men, and each
man cherishes his own peculiar IDEAS and
ideals of fair womanhood, yet II would De
safe enough to enumerate n few iunda-
mental charms" which all women r,ight
acquire with inestimable profit, not only
to themselves but also to their Aspirations
in counting masculine favor.
II women would only take time for a
deeper introspection than the mirror al
fords. then would the lack OF these atun-
Z Then would she know that the inner de-
fcicnces cannot be CLOSED over with cos
metics and outer applications, Win TINS
realization would come the AWAKENING
10 higher culture of mind and soul.
1t is useless TO- deny the, charm or
pretty face and figure, a fine carnage
tain dainty manncrisrn which so many
women affect with such flatterins sue,
cess: but these charms are fieeuns, anu
without the qualities Of mind and soul.
Intelligence and sympathy, they cannot
aspire to a lasting interest. While a man
may first be attracted 70 q 3retty t taG
his interest soon wanes when ne lnus
that it lacks the expression that the SOU
only can give.
.fnndamental charms without which no
woman can be truly peautitul. no mat
Ter how kind Dame Nature has been ~
will make any woman attrac!iye. ever, even
though her features are PLAIN. Inc peau-
tiful attributes of mind ana soul en-
nance her personality and that inner.
lasting beauty irradiates her countenance
and lends her that fascination that draws
10 her side all, whose attentions she
wishes to enthral.
men really possess intelligence and sym sym.
pathy. a woman will start out in frii!s
and furbelo ,nI,,n seil and ready for CON
Quest. She hasn't a thought beyond me
good time of the moment. nor care
the fitness OF her personal appearance
and the Impression she can make on her
admirers. 1t never occurs to her tnat
man NAY ,SS tire n or BY the feichlng
parcel Of femininity she Justly deems
herself to be. and when ne turns s. ms AZ az
are not ali on the surface. she deploTes
What she terms his lack OF taste. In
stead OF setting about t t. rfm anG tn ms
never finds the secret Of the other Wo-
mems success nor the necessary run
damental charms.
A woman of Intelligence would never
be boastful nor pretend TO DO thal whlch
abe is not-a predominating tault among
q majority of women. Girls IN humble
circumstafce who are obliged to toll
for a living aspire to heights IN the So
rIal and Sporty world, and these as
plratlons would form ludlcrous picture
were it not for the tragic tnts which are
nften so plentifully introduced and shaded
in. Many of these women ruin their
chances of a respectable happy, marrlase
with one of their own station or lie, mere
iy because of the flights of their imagina-
tions TO higher spheres Of luxury and
''sportiness," or the dreams inspired by
sensational newspaper stories and trashy
novels.
K Occasionally a rich man marries MS
cook, or the wealthy proprietor or store
falls in love with one of his fair CLERKS,
The story is sensationally colorea ~ tl ~,
newspapers; the true facts often distorted
In manner as to make the story un-
recognizable TO the parties concerned,
ruth, proportion and the fitness OF thinss
must give way to the making OF a+tnriil-
Thousands upon thousands OF romantic &C,
girls in humble circumstances literally
feed upon such literature. and accept
Fatisfed with their own lot, do the dl-
ties assigned them in half-hearted man
ner and think Of and look forward 10
the time when they too Will be trans
fairy tales, each girl tells herself that
what has been possible for so and so,
who Is perhaps not nearly as accom-
plished and pretty. must In due course
of time be possible for her. She does
not stop TO consider that the cases she
reads OF average about one In ten thou
sand-and thus 1t is that so many young
women who might lead useful, happy lives
In their own sphere waste their time and
opportunity In idle dreams and useless
preparatory course.
A man likes woman who Is frank, hon-
asst, cheerful and contented-one who does
not waste her time in idle dreaming nor
pretend to be that which she is not and
which is in most cases plainly obvious
that she Is not, Her. pretenses are pitt
M and hue reyea ~ he
A mans ideal of a woman Is usually
an exalted creature. half human, half
divine, of whom one could truly say:
when. she had passed. 1t seemed like
tn. ceasing Of E., exquisite e music aI. 40,
and contain within herself enough OF