The San Francisco call., 1905-08-31
SINCERE WOMEN
WANTED.
EVXT ANTED-A woman without
wv affectation- If he had his
By Angela Morgan

wv affectation." If he had his
way l believe every eligible
man who faced the battery of a summer
girls wiles would give emphatic utterance
to the above specification
II girls could only realize how ridiculous
they make themselves by the myriad af-
fectations of speech, dress, walk and de-
pertinent in their efforts to fascinate men;
II they could only see how they misrep-
resent themselves, stife their individual
lty and defeat their own ends by assum-
ing silly, superficial characteristics that
bear not the slightest resemblance to
genuine attractiveness, there would soon
be radical change in the methods adopt
ed by suitor- hunting maids and anxious
matchmaking mammas
Why is is that when young woman
seeks to captivate man she immediate
ly begins to pose; to cover up her real
self. her own peculiar nature, by a hum
dred unnatural, foolish. uncalled-for man
nerisms and superficialities?
Why is 1t that she must make such
palpable effort to please? Why must she
struggle TO be something she is not, thus
quenchmg what vital spark of magnetism
she may really possess?
AT the summer resorts. where maids
angle for husbands as frankly as men
angle for fish, this great error in femin-
inc tactics is particularly observable. And
one of the most pronounced results of this
striving to charm by meaningless exter-
nails is that the girls all fall into the same
ways of talking and acting.
Whatever manner Of speech is regarded
as most fetching at the time is adopted
by all alike: whatever little tricks of
manner seem popular are employed by
every maid anxious to be considered
charming. So If it becomes the correct
thing to mouth ones words as though
mush obstructed utterance no girl Is
satisfied until she has acquired the
breakfast food dialect Whatever is
smart in the way of a walk, or a smile,
or nod is initiated by all just as fash
ions in clothes are allowed.
What is the outcome? Among all the
array of summer maidens posing for ad-
miration, where is a note of individuality
to be found? One is met by tiresome
uniformity of expression and action, and
sameness of personality that pals
There is no refreshing difference, no slim
ulating sense of individual charm.
When will women learn that real
charm is interior; that fascination
springs from within, and that true at
tractiveness has its roots in the soul?
The only method of developing charms
is to be absolutely true to ones self; not
to initiate, but to follow the peculiar pat
tern after which ones individuality is
pattern in herself and be true to it, for
its tracery is wrought upon her soul as
distinctly as are the delicate lines upon
leaf or on the petals of a flower.
When woman departs from this de-
sign; when she permits the pattern to be
erased, she loses her best self and so says
good-by to real personal power or mag
netism. When, by being sincere. she de-
velops the tracery, she grows sweet,
strong, attractive, magnetic.
Mothers, with all your training. teach
your daughters sincerity. Let them con-
form to custom in dress and certain gen
eral habits, of course. But insist that they
regard the externals as of minor i'm
portance and that they develop the
charm that lies deep.
Girls, whatever you try TO be, be sin
cere. Drop affectation. Pay more atten-
ton to vital things Do you think you
can win lasting love unless you are
yourselves genuine-unless you ring true?
Be as carefree and happy as you like;
be pretty and pleasing and play the role
of summer maids as best suits you. Don
your immaculate white frocks and your
white shoes and your lingerie hats. Keep
your dainty nails like pink conch shells
and your hair glossy as silk. Don't neg
lect these things.
But remember that tnese are the ex-
ternals. To become anything more than
an imitation of general pattern you
must go below the surface. To win
genuine love and to hold it. you must
adhere sincerely to your inner self
What is 1t that makes man select one
woman from among all others? Her
difference from them. To discover your
own individual charm, eschew shams and
try to think and live deeply.
Be true
Wanted-Sincerty in women. That is
what the men you meet would tell you
IL they dared.