The Washington times., 1906-06-04

Despite the curious pegs in novelettes
which do duty for men, and upon which
authors hang the various masculine at
tributes which are supposed to attract
women, the fact remains that, in real
life, women like a real man-something
more than a barber's block, something
less than an Admirable Crichton.
The man with a firm, honest hand
clasp is a man that appeals to women
in the first moment OF meeting or fare
well, the man of frank, independent
movements who is not afraid to cross a
room full Of people to sit near the wo-
man he secretly adores, the man who
even in home life finds time TO see her
mother IS comfortably seated before no
settles himself. the man whose word is
his bond; these are types of men that
make their way TO a woman's heart
For 1t must never be forgotten that
women judge by little things. Many an
engagement has been broken for what
some people and the man himself may
regard as a mere trihe: but a wOman's s
clear vision has discerned that that tri-
fie was the keynote Of the mans whole
character. He has been weighed in the
balance and found wanting.
The man who succeeds best with
women accepts her as she IS. The ques-
ton of equality must be left severely
alone. never IOuCueu upon, sun less
must il be argued You would not base
your relations with a child on such a
principle, and the younger the child the
less you would attempt to do so.
in the same way, the more virile the
man, the more feminine the woman, the
more they meet on a plane with which
equality has less than nothing TO do.
The common incidents of daily life af-
ford an easy means of singing out the
men women like. One can apply the test
In station or restaurant as well as
anywhere The man who will command
and get attention from the walters,
whoever else goes unserved, is the man
Who has the clements of a successful
lover; the man who is easily passed
over Is one who is going to fail where
women are concerned
BOldness and resource are the SNOWY
qualities which attract women: gentle
ness and unselhshness the ones they
never fair to appreciate.
The most self-reliant as well as the
most shrinking woman likes a man who
takes the initiative, the man who in an
emergency does not seek counsel of
her, but mas his own way Of meeting
the difficulty.
The man who is not at a loss when
train or boat is missed, but has another
means Of lOcomouon TO suggest: the
man who comes rapidly to a decision
IS well liked; II IL be a wrong one. ne
Is forgiven; II it be right one, he is
appleuded.
Women detest men who rnud5la
things. men who keep them waiting
men who take them for granted; the
baisterous man and the timid man are
equally abhorred, but there is pardon
for the tin1id lover. Women have an
instinct To know that the braVest man
who loves truly is frequently abashed
In the presence Of the woman he loves
All true lovers are beset by tinidity
and humbleness; the deeper the love
the higher It's object is exalted. and the
more the lover feels himself at a dis
advantage.
1t is said that women prefer passion
ate lovers. BE bold" is a very good
motto, but should only be practiced by
the experienced. There is a boldness
which is the desperation of the weak.
and which never deceived any woman
yet into thinking she had met her
master.
A woman finds il hard to condone the
kiss which disarranges her hair and
takes powder off her nose. instead of
lighting on the place nature clearly in
tended for II.
Handsome is that handsome does, and
women. as rule. do not care for mere
good looks In man-certainly the best
OF their sex never do
n dandy finds no favor in feminine
eyes. for that Is an encroachment on
her own particular province: but a
sloven finds less. Daintiness In woman