The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-05
WHAT MEN LIKE
MOST I'M WOMEN

dorothy Dix in Chicago TribuneD
Generally speaking, il may be said
that man is the audience 10 which
woman always plays. She is not in
Inherent TO the admiration of her own
sex, but it is mans that she seeks
most, for the praise of woman of ,vo-
man is the proftless applause of those
who have nothing but their good opin-
ION to give, While the favor of man is
accompanied by perquisites and prizes
Tor the lucky one who wins it.
OF course. women viii deny this. The
traditional attitude of woman towards
man is that Of a goddess on a pedestal.
with her nose in the air, who haughfil1-
deigns to sniff at the incense that is
burnt before her; not a hustler who
IS out TO round uD an incense burner.
Nevertheless, the most casual observer
cannot help remarking that a woman
never quite treats woman as she
treats a man, or takes quite as much
trouble to please her. No woman listens
10 another Woman's conversation with
the same ra0t attention she bestows
upon a mans. No woman ever beams
and gurgles with delight at the atten-
tions Of another woman as she does
at the notice of even a commonplace
man. When a man tells a story
womans laughter is hung on a hair
trigger that any old chestnut will ex-
plode, but a, woman who can make her
own sex smile deserves a medal as a
wit and a faithful worker.
laundering in the Dark.
An of this is as heaven ordained, for
woman neither has to marry another
woman. nor does she have to keep her
satisfied and happy through all the
vieissitudes Of married life. The strange
part of it, however, is that, having
made study of the art of pleasing
men since the dawn of creation. wo-
men have not reduced it to an exact
science. SO far from this being the
case-instead of a handy manual of the
qualities that men like most in wo-
men having been compiled, after pro
found, study Of masculine taste-women
are still ignorantly laundering along in
the dark, content 10 make guesses at
the subject. Naturally, when all wo-
men are trying to solve the conundrum,
many women guess right. and many
others approximate the answer, but a
continually increasing number guess
wrong, and IN consequence are the
ranks of the spinsters sWeiled.
According to popular belief, beauty is
the quality which is always put at
the head of the list Of attractions that
women have for men, but in reality this
cuts a much smaller figure than is gen
orally supposed. In fact, men put a
much more liberal Interpretation upon
what constitutes GOOD looks in a wo-
man than women do themselves. A NO
man demands regularity of feature
delicacy of skin, sheen of hair, and
grace Of figure before she viii give q
certificate of pulchritude To another /
woman. but men will substitute many
other agreeable qualities, such as good
health, or a pretty dress, for beauty, |
and let it go at that.
This suggests that much of the time
and effort that women put in in the
vain attempt to make straight hair !
curly, or convert a short and stubby |
figure into Gibsonian thinness and /
length. might be better employed in |
cultivating an amiable disposition, or
a sweet smile, which man is likely as
not to mistake for a Venus like COM (
plexion. or a classical profile. That it |
is also true that men do not marry for |
beauty, however much they may adj |
mire it abstractly. is also abundantly |
proven by the number of homely ma /
irons with whom we are all acquaint-
ed.
Next to beauty. women depend on
clothes TO attract men. and yet al
though the great majority of women
spend most Of their time and money
and serious thought on dressing TO
please men. they have never found out
the kind of clothes that men admire
most