The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-01
ADVICE TO UNENGAGED GIRLS

ADVICE TO UNENGAGED GIRLS.
 It is impossible not to admire the enterprise of the modern young wom" an. No longer is she satisfied with following the example of her mother and grandmother, who were quite con- tent if they acquired a good knowledge of housekeeping, sewing ard knitting. She has far greater anbit ons. There are so many fields of emplo yment open to the weaker sex nowadays in one of which at the average girl fee. s that she must exercise her particular alents.
 There are few men who are attracted for any length of time to yard the clever girl. She may be pre-, ty and yivacious but there is that ab Ut her which makes men keep their dis ance For instance, men have that auth, rita- tive and opinionated manner which the clever girl is apt to adopt. Men dol t, in the least, mind a Woman's swee , simple conceit, say, with regard to hel good looks, but they do dislike the Wo- man who is in love with her own intel- 1ect and ability, and never fails to show it. ~ t ..-.
 More feminine brains never really charmed the heart of any man. Rob ert Browning fell in love with Elizabeth Barrett because of her big eyes. her clustering ringlets. her little hands, and her great capacity for admiring his poetry. If she had never written a line herself he would have lovsd her just the same. What a man likes Is fen1ininity first and advanced intellect second. Sympathy counts ten times more heavily than book learning.
 Take the case of certain proni- rent woman Journalist, for instance. She Is a brilliant writer of articles and essays, and is in receipt of a very com fortable income. .Whsn once sighed enviously over her literary achieve ments she shook her head rather doubtfully, drew her eyes up in fun ny little smile, half sardonic half pa- thetic, and said:
 ."Do you know, my dear, never had a love affair in my life, and am more than forty years of age"
 There was downright tragedy in that simple, smiling confession. which any woman of imagination should appreci ate. Ho put it plainly, men do not like her very well, while with her own sex she is decidedly popular. We all
 know that wonan's woman and a mans woman are two totally different | persons. -.... =,
 The greatest objection men have to fclever girls, however, is that they dc not consider they would make good wives from & domestic point of view. In their opinion a girl cannot combine domesticity with ambitious desires People make g. mistake in saying that men are jealous of any clever talents ! which a girl displays and would moi \ marry her because they were not fond | of mental superiority in their wives. l A man is usually proud to acknowl I edge Q clever girl as his friend, ard would, in all probability, be only tGC | willing and anxious to make her some. I thing more dear to him if he did not
 possess that dread that when she be. came his wife she would allow her am. | bition % interere with domestic duties Somehow it happens that a girl!
 ambitions in no way appeal to a mai I lie finds it impossible to interest him
 sele 10 any extent in her work, ant l rec2gEi2c that without mutual sEtl.
 pathy with one another's tastes mar riage is apt to become a failure. O
 course clever girls do sometimes mee
 and marry men who are in sympath,
 with their talents, and find true han I piness But if is not every man ruh
 can talk enthusiastically of music an
 art to the girl who wishes to win pro
 fessional honors. What men really d
 admire is the real, lovely, lovable, wo
 manly woman. She knows the thing
 which man most appreciates and tn lvalue of domestic knowledge througl
 home experience. Philadelphia In