The Washington times., 1904-10-24

they we & in the days or wigs and pow
der
A man likes gentle manners in "a wom-
an. a gentle voice, gentle speech, and
gentle actions. He needs smoothing
and soothing, just as a cat does. He
cannot be bluned half as easily as ne
can be wheedled. and it is the gentle
hammered girl who oftenest wheedles
him into falling in love with her.
LOudness is the second crime in the
masculine caLerory OF feminine sins.
A man VIII never pardon woman for
attracting the attention or the whole
street by her walk or entertaining
everybody in the hotel dining room by
talking al the top Of her voice.
The girl whose street manners he adj
mlrGs IS the one whom he never sees
unless she Is pointed out to MIN. II Is
back a. the corner Of the car who az
ways rnds some TO give her seat
The girl who holds up her skirts 10
snow a beWildering length OF French
neei and opeuWOrk stockings VINO con-
verses for the benefit Of everybody
around, and VINO gives glance for glance
as she shoyes her way through the
crowd IS the one whom every man is
glad is the other mans wife.
The Pude.
The prude, on the other hand, is one
Of the most distasteful bits of feminin-
ity that a man can run up against She
shoulder looking for opportunities 10
snub a man, can always find them. A
man likes quiet dignity, but he hates
assumed haughtiHcss. He win run miles
from the girl who deliberately carries "a
mental Iorguerte and looks at him al
men up for exhibition. The young wo-
man who glOrIes Ia turning a man
down may fancy she has made deep
and subtle impression on him, when i'm
reality she has only made deep wound
I'm his yeuity. The really modest young
woman viii never need 70 turn a man
down, Tor she VIII never find 1T neces-
A girl can AFFORD 10 be as Jolly and as
genial as she likes. " there is one thing
"a man loves iE is cordial girl one
who makes him feel always welcome In
her house, whose smile Is as radiant and
as genial as the sunlight '-y this do
not mean the girl who is too cordial.
VINO gushes over the man ard makes
HIM feel that he is faVOTing her by be-
slowing upon her his company. but the
one who dispcuses her fav0Ig gracious
ly5 while she makes 10 distinctly under
stood that they are her favors-
The Coquette.
Almost all men like a coquette The
girl who cannot use her eyes. manipu-
late her fan. and make a smile mean
whole chapters, is, indeed. sadly lacking
ia the average mans eyes. The woman
who has not some instinct Of the tirt
u her is not wholly feminine. There
are some women who dirt with their
husbands 60 rueir dying day such q
dIrI keeps up the romance of life, and
keeps the IRE warm ou the hcarLhst0ug
81 love. A girl who can say pretty
uatterIEg things. who can make half r.
dozen uIel enjoy themselves at the
same tine. has ten matrimonial offers
10 one that some less clever. but more
beautiful woman can claim IL b. bet
ter 90 know how 10 hand a cup of tea
" ia e smile, how 90 turn aside an aWh-
ward remark NJ TIE right moment, how
90 relieve au unpleasant situation with
out au iustants hesitation, how 10 en-
Jer a room gracefully and leave 90 with
out aWklsaEdEess. than 10 have an the
wisdom ~ the Ptolemies, III you are a
woman.
Every modern girl wears a pose as
she would wear color because she
considers IL becoming. If she only would
remember that lt is not nose. bat pOlse.
that Is man aumires5 not manner. but
manners not prudlshuess. buE pTetIi-
ness. nOJ style, but sweetness. she
would lI7 nine cases out of ten be very
much more lovely and IOYabIc IJ is so
easy % remember that just these four
qualities sum up the masculine idea of
feminine man1ers-ge uLleuess, mOdeEts.
COTulallty. COQueTtishuesE- The hrlt
IS natural 20 most women. the second is
virtue. the third may be cultivated.
and the fourth is as the breath OF life
10 all true women.