The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-26

charming 10 all women, and they 90
their best to spoil him. "Flirt" sounds
a weak. unworthy sort Of word to use
in connection with the man whose
lame was on the lips of half Europe
during the war, who kept a whole gar
rison and hundreds OF civilians in
goud spirits for months full OF hard
ships, danger and pregnant with death,
and who was unaTectedly surprised
at the commotlon made about it, but
Raden-PowelI cannot help being nice
to a woman any more than a woman
can help being nice to him, and so
there is safety in numbers, and he has
not only escaped the bonds OF matri-
mony, but the breath Of scandal.
or different type is Lord Rosebery.
who might, II he were so inclined,
boast Of many conquests and a wide
popularity among women.
He is not n strong man in the sense
that Rhodes or Kitchener were strong.
hut he has had Intellect and Is a
sphinx who believes in the phrase that
Language was given to us to conceal
our thoughts" He does not think it
beneath his dignity to talk to women,
and some Of them still cherish a hope
that to them will be vouchsafed the
answer to the Rosebery riddle.
Paderewski. l suppose, owed his i'm
mense and inconyenIent popularit!!
among women CHOW a little on the
wane) to HIS long hair, his melancholy,
and his music. He bore It very pa
tiently on the whole, perhaps because
It increased the receipts at his con.
certs, perhaps from q large and kindly
tolerance Of feminine folly.
The Adonis Of the House OF Com
mons, and tire admirable Crichton Of
modern England, is an American once
described Mr. George Wyndham, has
many admirers, but is a Puritan at
heart.
LuIT In the Market.
Just at present there is a lull in men
who are in the fashion. A certain Ger
man princeiing, who is a frequent Wis.
itor to England, has a reputation for
'lady.killing," and is supposed to be
the prince in Elizabeth Robins latest
book, "The Dark Lantern" and a gen
tleman who has already been concern
ed in a cause celebre is not treated as
cooI!y as he ought to be in society;
but, In spite Of the scarcity of men ard
the longing of the modern woman for
a new sensation, there is no man at
the present moment who will go down
to posterlty as one Of the notable roues
of the twentieth century.
Has my little resume Of notable men
rbout whom women have raved given
any clew to that which is irresistible
to 4 woman?
SOME years ago a magazine, now de-
funct, held a symposium on the ideal
quality in man that commanded their
aimiratton,
Ellen Terry. 1 remember, pumped
for truth.
Helen Mathers was more explicit
she said, "NIanliness, strength, SINGER,
ity, pluck, with a touch of tender-heart-
cdness-intellect is not necessary Ut
cannot make or unmake a gentleman.
No, too much virtue-a tidy man is to
be summed" and finished by giving
the palm among good qualities to
moral courage.
Rita demanded courage. Elizabeth
Banks voted for "chivalry united with
good fellowship while Marie Lloyd
said that in her opinion "a man should
be e man. She probably meant o
brute. for what they all meant was that
strength, mental. moral or physical
was the thing that counted, and tho
strong man is usually a brute.
That is how I answer the problem Of
what makes a man popular among
women, Can you prove me wrong?
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