The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-19
Sweetness and Light.

Now do you copy the tactics of my
charmer with the freskles and the very
retrOusse nose. and remember that men
like the woman whose presence sheds both
the sweetness of even temper and the
light Of buoyant good spirits.
"AN the world admires amiablity and
checrfulness, but men are especially sus-
ceptible to their radiance and wonderfully
, chary Of the society Of the individual who
allows herself the luxury Of moods. If you
are affable or Monday but quite unap-
proachable or Tuesday, they very soon
find it out and distrust and avoid you &C.
cordingly. An all-peryasive cheeriness Is
one of the leading attractions of my little
red-ha!red friend. She IS SO ready to
SMILE If not with her lips. with her eyes,
and they are so full of beaming goodwill
that the, most diffldent youth or melan-
! choly misogynist feels. on the moment OF
introduction. that she is pleased at the
chance that brought their paths together.
She is ready to listen without forced en-
/ thusiasm to whatever he has to say-and
! is not in spite Of her wide and ever grow
ing popularity, too hard to please.
Now mat is the leading mistake so
often perpetuated by your clever, cult
waited girls I candidly admitted ~ on
are too easily bored. You are apt to al
! low hint of this to show In your man
| ner 1t IS urseltishness, and it is also
! the very wisest policy, to put yourself out
a little to be kind to bashful Mr. Jen-
kins. Don't be so cold or impatient with
that young fellow from the country whom
you met last night and who stammers,
and don't be SO intolerant Of prosy Mr..
| Brown.
! Their good will and admiration are
! worth while. Instead, you ignored them
all, and when your name is mentioned
be sure they will never cry, how awfully
nice she is /"
Cheerful Philosopher.
The heroine Of the freckes, as I have
! intilnated. is not at all pretty. and ir
, tact. l suppose you would consider her
downright ugly If she not such q
cheerful philosopher and made the best OF
| her good points.
She was not bit self-conscious anc
| she was not painfully ready to take Of
Tense. grow Initiated over trifles or fret
if there was crumpled rose leaf. AS {
matter Of fact, she is the most engaging
little optimist. The trouble with goot
many socia ly unsuccessful girls IS tina
they do not realize on what good fellow
ship with men is based and what wins
mans admiration and confidence
Be at all times just as feminine as pos
sible. Tale, as did the model in this lee
ture, to a chair in case Of a mouse; lie
| your tears have their way over the NOV
I ing scene in the pay and wear al! tn
!, ! illllS anu luIDelOWS Vi ldSlllOu, Out u
not do. as did the pretty wall flower il
: blue, when unhappy creature trod OF
her train, turn and glare indignantly a
the guilty one and accept his apo ogie
=, with an unforgiving sniff
81 | saw the same accident befal the own
err Of the frecllles, and she laughed an
= said: Il know you are sorry, but
+ couldn't be helped; a pin or two in tn
= dressing room will male it all right. an
+ you must not think too much of it,
G I am wiling to wager that that sam
girl does not snub Harold Brown becaus
s he was very late in paying his party cal
o or SUI: because her escort was bit Ia t
: for his engagement, or refuse to take u
t her hat in the theater. or complain he
2 cause the car is too crowded. or WORT
= over the rain at the picnic.
v Show a quick Willingness to be Statistic