The San Francisco call., 1903-01-18

worry and inErattude Of public service
But the woman who loves TO pose wants
to DO 20 from some lofty pedestal There
fore her husband is constrained to humor
her. however distasteful publicity may be
TO him. and become a man with political
ambitions. An ambitious man is really
the noblest work Of woman. And the
average woman stirs UP a man to ambi-
uous Efforts simply because she dearly
loves to pose.
The brainy woman, she who figures in
places where women most do congregate
and presides over concIaves, is the queen
OF posers. She is a pocket edition of
great 1 am" and the manner in which
she sways her contingent is an enviabe
feat Of generalship. She has the nerve
TO assert herself and the ability 10 main
tain her position when once she has
achieved It. She rules more by her man
ner than by words. and the air OF su-
periority that pervades her pose is as awe
inspiring as the most ambitious heart
could wish. BY every act and trick of
manner she seeks TO impress upon those
with whom she is associated the fact that
that she is also born leader of women
and tactician Of rare genius. She has
idea that. were she to relax the rigors
Of this self-imposed pose. her followers
would lose that subservient respect that
she deems 1t a duty to foster. Her dig
nifty is crushing and her air amazing, but
she maintains it with the solemnity of a
presiding judge at a murder trial
Those enumerated may be ranked as the
serious posers who take themselves ear
nestly and expect every one else to do
the same. I'm addition there is the more
eEervescent poser. who is simply vain
and who poses to crafty this vanity.
Afternoon teas and crowded receptions
the places 10 take notes of such wom-
en- as pose for the mere love of it.
II is the vain woman who poses almost
TO the limit. She may or may not be pret-
ty- II she is, of course she knows it. II.
she is not, she imagines that she is, and
is vain accordingly.
II you are a student OF human nature,
you viii soon find that pronouncedly ugly
women are often very much more vain
that full nedged beauties.
Then there is the beatuy with the chem
ical complexion, who fiatters herself that
her artistic skill completely masks the
counterfeit charms that she infiicts upon
an admiring public.
She is the poser OF the posers. Not only
her body sways in fetching contortions,
but her eyes. her hands. her whole person
ality contribute TO graceful affections.
She never loses an opportunity to i'm
press upon others her opinion of herself
and that which she courts from others.
A reception is the best place TO see the
posing woman in all her beguiling regalia
There she is at her best
The really busy woman, she who has
life work to do, has not the time to af-
feet these posing mannerisms. Conse-
cuently she is less apt to be artificial, and
contact with the world gives her a GER
tain quickness of thought and perception
that blunts the little airs and graces that
most often are part and parcel of femi-
ninity.
The love of posing is not confined TO a
class. 1t is simply an attribute of fem
ininity that very frequently adds to a
womans charm. 1t should not be con-
demned. When assumed with tact and
combined with a certain daintiness 1t is
rather pretty in the majority Of women.
II is pleasing to the lords of creation, and,
after all, women were made to be plea
sure to man. else Adam had had a rather
lonesome time of it even amid the glories
Of Eden, where II required the presence
of woman to make even Paradise per
feet Hence 1T is woman's mission to
please man, and If her pretty poses and
little airs and graces make her more at