The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-28

mans woman. There may be many
others that attract, but unless these
he there also the Others will fail Of
their due effort, and while a woman
may be complimented and approved by
men without possessing these qualt-
| ties, she will not be loved or chosen
granted the quality OF true manliness
in the men.
And now as to what makes "a wom-
ans woman" Certainly here the case
| is different.
Would it ever delight woman and
win from her a warm emotion to hear
another woman proclaim that she had
Shiyered with fright at the approach
of a tramp? She might sympathize
with the feeling and for the very rea-
son of its comprehensibility to her 1t
would fail to arouse in her any espe-
| Cial interest. AS a matter of fact.
| observation seems to prove that the
woman's woman is pretty apt to have
certain qualities Of the manly in her.
| These. of course, must never be of the
| grOsser sort; indeed, they must be dis
guised, as it were, and appear only IN
! their ultimate effect.
But observe closely the women
whom other women seek in compan
ionship, and eXtol to others, and ses
! II there is not something which salts
ties this same feminine desire to lean,
to be led, to be supported, which Is OF
piece with mans attractivenesS To
women. Let woman-granting her
some personal attractions, OF course
show herself capable to lead in
thought, in opinion, in public or prl-
yate action, and see if she will MOI
have, at once, host of admirers In
her own sex. If she has real powers
she will have them in the other sex,
also, but see if the quality be not diff
ferent. With men. it will be an attrac-
tion. tribute to what she does, rath-
er than to herself. while with women
il will be a more personal matter. They
go to hear her speak, rather than to
hear her speech, and when they come
away they say: Isn't she interesting
Isn't she wonderful" while the male
portion of the audience will speak only
of her subject and the manner OF its
treatment.
The truth is "the ever womanly'
has little charm tor women, perhaps
Because familiarity breeds contempt
BY the same token, it delights men, be-
cause nothing is so fascinating as nys-
tery-a quality which seems even more
worthily rendered by the French wore
mystere.
In this connection it may be inter
esting to consider what may be he
effect of the present tendency toward
eCUalizing the attributes OF tho tWC
sexes. It has been claimed that it,
in becoming voters and bread-Winners
wClren must needs lose some of tlctr
fernininity, men, on the other hand
would be gamers. from the fact that
the association of the two sexes at the
nolls and in places Of business would
tard to impart TO them some OF the
gentleness and modesty which are sup
rCsed to be the attributes of woman
This being so, the two sexes Woult
become more alike and, what, in ef'
feet would be the loss and gain from
this?
No doubt. in the sense of practical
utility, the gain would be great, fol
the matter of sex, and the considera'
ton which is at present demanded FOL
women, is often a Nuisance in the
rough and tumble Of business life, ant
any new condition which placed the
sexes more on level would make mat
tors simpler for working purpose But
on the other hand, how great wcult
be the loss to the other side of men!
aid women's natures! The disappear
apcC of that element of mystery which
constitutes so large q part of the pow
Of OF attraction betw en- the sexes
would make life a somewhat tame at
fair for each of them. Unquestlon
ably. If the mental, the psychic am
the spiritual are to be considered, thii
eouaizing of the sexes is to be GO
| Eioled.
These crude observations would
seem to suggest that behind this elu
siye, indefnable, seemingly capriciou!
! subject of attraction there res is a Ger
tain law, albeit it may seem to con
tradict other postulates which are &C
certed as laws. We have the aXiomat
10 deductions that birds Of a feather
flock together and that like seeks
like.
These, no doubt, are good working
principles. and may be applied in {
general way, but when we come Il
| anything so subtle and SO psychic as
/ this secret attraction between human
beings it would seem that it is regu,
lated by the law OF opposites. The
mans woman, therefore, Is she who
has some essential qualities of woman
illness in her, and the woman's woman
must possess some essential qualities
of manliness, while ihe most attractive
and retaining of all is the woman
whose quality defies all definition, who
draws all the world to her, men, WON.
en- and children alike, because Of haI
inherent possession Of that rarest anG
least to be analyZed of all qualities
for which we find 10 better word than
that potent little monosyllable, charm
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