The Washington times., 1905-03-14
THE DOlNINEEPING GIRL.
Always Managing the Affairs Of Others
Regardless of Their Private Opinions.

She Is always talking in an impera
tive tone regardless of the conversation
of others. Her favorite position is in
the center of the room. where nothing
which might need her supervision will
escape her notice. She usually Illus
trates her conversation with command
ing gestures and a toss of the head
meant to imply that her executive abfli-
~ is not to be questioned She ova.-
rules everyone's suggestions and sup
plants them with her own brilliantly
conceived ideas. She is not popular
but she is in evidence everywhere by
her own persistence-is the domineer-
ing girl
In the family circle she monopolizes
the conversation at the table and never
waits for her mother to direct the maid.
She tells her small brother what he
must and l;ust not do, and demands
obedience Of her younger sister She
runs her mo hers social affairs and is
continually adjusting the domestic ar
rangements to suit her fancy, thereby
meriting the dislike of the servants.
The domineering girl always wants to
be chairman of every committee in her
class at school, and her one sorrow Is
thatshe cannot be president of the ath-
Ietic association and the Y. NJ c. A,
and captain of the football eleven. She
, could run them TO much better advan-
| tage than the acting heads.
She MANAGES everyone's affairs, and is
| offended # All engagement in her set is
F.! announced before she has had time to
| engineer IT.
| The dorIiaeering girl seldom asks a
question, and she never seeks advice.
| Instead of suggesting that the Wednes-
| day Afternoon Club have dance and
| invite the men, she announces that 1t
| will have such an entertainment, and
| proceeds to make the arrangements and
tell the members what is expected of
| them. Yet she is tactful. in her own
! way, or she could not retain her post
| at the head of things.
AT dance she is continually walking
| across the floor with a huTry-up air, in
| Producing persons unfortunately feel
| ing that upon her depends the success
| of the evening. She drags a man by
| or other with a Now. Mr.. Robinson is
| a splendid dancer. I'm sure you'H en-
| joy two-step with him. So what
! can the poor man do but ask the girl
| to dance? He writes his name on the
| card with a mental prayer that he be
| delivered further from the hands of the
! girl who runs his dance orders for him.
| 1t is seldom that she can find q chum.
| No girl likes to be continually with g
person who demands that she lose her
| personality in following along q path
le4iIi dO"ii lDi ii1i- WIicifltI SiiS WAL oI
not. And there is no other alternative
for the girl who chums with the doTni-
neering girl; she will operate their part
nership and will brook no interference.
Men do not like the domineering girl
either as a frielsd or sweetheart. As
| 4 friend she wants to manage their bust
ness and map out their social cam
paigns; she wants to choose their girls
and dictate their movements. As g
sweetheart, she wants to do the court
ing. She is the one TO say where they
will go on Tuesday, and when they will
call on Helen Armstrong. She tells the
conductor they want transfers and opens
the restaurant door. She simply has tG
be first and foremost in everything. ano
she feels that nothing is properly done
unless she herself is doing it or superin
/ tending 1t.
If the domineering girl goes to a chat
ing-tiish supper she Is continually stIg
costing that the rarebit needs more cay
| enne or that thew had better put the cal
over he alcohol burner. She passe!
things about before the hostess is ready
} and tells Charlie Adams to crack som,
| nuts for Pearl Smith. because she &
| very fond of them She is not happ,
unless some one is doing her bidding.
The advice to the domineering girl Il
TO remember that other people hav,
ideas Of their own and that their sug
gestio0s may be as good as. or better
= | than her own She should not forge
that the sound of her voice and the con
tinuaI commands she is putting forti
become tiresome. II she wants to b.
popular, girl must not be domineeFing
let others have some say-so in the socia
game