The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-15
\ AZ T. Ma,terftlness iii Men.

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8 AS to Masterfulness in Men.
rhe manual Of courtshlp contains few
precepts that are more generally accept
ed as true than that rnnsterfulness is
what women adore III man. No faint.
hearted, hesitating, docile or shilly- shall
lying swain ever vet won, or, ut least,
ever deserved to win. the truly fair lady.
The female heart hedgsd about as Il is
With, barriers OF frigfdlty and faughti-
ness opens only to him who boldly tram
ples them down as that hearts natural
lord and master. All others may keep
away and run to seed In bachelorhood.
AS Robert Louis Stevenson observed, a
woman might 3contelvably5 prefer not to
marry a mar, who had actually battered
her into wedlock but sho would cer-
tainly want to marry one who was capa-- :.
ple OF doing SO. $ si5 III
Some ladies, however, really prefer
to DO subjected to the actdal oatteritts
process. Otherwise they can never YER q pc
are that their chosen l1elpmeet is really
canable q, Il. There is, for example the
recent case recounted In Rome dis
patch to a contemporary OF Mrs, Paolir,a
dc Ponta, young. beautiful. bewitchlng
and with e 800 per yoar, who mad at
tracted the favorable attention OF Sal
vator Vinciano. Mr.. Vinciano deemins
the progress OF his suit unsatisfactory,
attacked Paolina with razor and LAGER
ated her cheek. Paouina was indignant,
and Mr.. Vinciano got eighteen months
Upon his release however, this deter
mined lover, no whit linda united, blew DIP
Miss de Ponta's house with dynamite.
killing two horses and mule. Paolina
happily escaped, but Nj. Vinciano was
less fortunate He was hailed back to his
Old cell for another period OF eighteen
months, at the end OF which he at once
demonstrated the ardor and unchanse-
ableness Of his affection, by falling upon
| the lady OF his heart with dagger and
| stapbing her cruelty in the arm. Upon
his third release, finding her still unde-
\ cIded, he took O Iput-shot at her with MS
i rifle and shot away two Of her fingers
i How far this see-saw Of mutilation and
Il incarceration might have gone We shall
never know for at this point II came over
\ the fair Paolina, in a tender rush. tina,
& there was d man In a thousand, whom
she truly loved, and the admirably
I matched couple were married on Frlda,
& last. Mr.. and Mrs. Vinciano have on
A ]. u E . I. &. 4
best wishes.
Paolina wanted master and It \
our decided opinion that she found one
: That desire is one touch Of the primoVa
that civilization has evidently veneere
J rather than eradicated. AS It WAS !
! THE beginning, so is It now. IN "Th
n Pagan's Progress" Mr. Gouverneur MOI
rls has made an interesting attempt I
4 picture the lie Of prehistoric man, hu
! newly evolved from Similar ancestr!
\ There is a courtship scene in the stor,
! in which the over-coy lady's head
]. well-nigh beaten to a pulp, She resIs
! brayely, but final crushing blow brni
Z her to her senses. After that, SO v
!. read. she only moaned little, for know
4 ing that she had found her master. 81
i took a certain pleasure In tho blows
4 In some Important respects this lady r
!, minds US strongly OF the new Mrs. VII
y ciano,
III Bashful, tentative men may do We
/. enough in the office or behind the coul
. ter, but they are out Of place in my lady
" parlor. The battle is plainly to tho:
:. strong fellows, who are quite detc
! mined to take their own where they fin
!" her. and hang the expense. Those OF ,
= who are not really mastertul have slmp
~ got to appear So or go lunwed. Ri
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