Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-16
eiantsa BE quality d sFue nianlihsss
In the men.

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AND nov q tpswhat MAKES = som-
ans woman Certainly here the case
i Is different. Ss
Il Would 1t ever delight 0 woman ana
win from her warm emotion " hear
another woman proclaim that sAe had
l.shIyered with fright at the approach
| Of q tramp? She might synipathize
with the feeling and for the very sea
son OF Its comprehensibility to her i
would fail to arouse In her any sspe-
cjal interest. AS a matter Of TACT,
observation seems TO prove that the
woman's woman is pretty apt 70 have
/ certain qualities Of the manly In her.
i reese, Of course. must never be Of the
| glosser sort; indeed, they must be dis
gnised, as 1t were, and appear only IN
their ultimate effect, ut s
But observe closely the women
| whom other women seek in compan-
iodship, and. extol to Others and see
Il there is not something which salts
| hes this same feminine, desire 70 lean,
to be led, to be supported, which y OF
a piece with mans attractivensss to
women, Let a woman-granting her
some personal attractions, Of course
show herself capable to lead n
thought, in opinion. in public or pri-
yate action, and see II she will not
have, Sat once, b host of admirers In
her own sex. II she has real powers,
she will have them in the other sex,
also, but see II the quality be not DIFF
ferent. With men, it will be an attrac-
ton, tribute to what she does, rRth-
er than to herself, while with Women
twill beta more personal matte, They
60 to hear her speak, rather than to
hear her speech, and when they come
away they say: isn't she interesting?
Isna she Wonderful7" while the male
portion Of the audience will speak only
of her subject and the manner Of Its
treatment ,.A 500, u g
The truth Is "the ever wolpaply"
has little charm for women, perhaps
because familiarity breeds contempt.
BY the same token, 1t delights men. be-
cause nothing is so fascinating q mys-
sery-4-a quality which seems even more
worihily rendered by the French word
mystere.
~
In this connection It may be inter
esting to consider what may be the
effect Of the present tendency toward
euualizing the attributes Of the two
sexes. 1t has been claimed that Il,
in becoming voters and bread-wiHpers,
women must needs lose some Of tneiE
femlninity, men, on the other hand.
would be gamers, from the fat that
the association Of the two sexes at the
polls and in places of business would
tend to impart to them some Of the
gentleness and modesty which are sup
posed to be the attributes Of woman.
This being SO, the two sexes would
become more alike and, what, In ef-
feet, would be the loss and gain from
this? iaa
No doubt, in the sense of practical
utility, the gain would be great, for
the matter Of sex, and the considera-
ton which Is at present demanded for
women, Is often nuisance IN the
rough and tumble Of business life, and
any new condition which placed the
,e4es more on level would make mat
ters simpler for working purposes. But,
IN the other hand, how great would
DO the loss to the other side Of mems
Ind women's naturesl The disappear
.nce Of that element Of mystery which
constitutes 20 largs q part Of the pow
II Of attraction between the sexes
you'd make life q somewhat tame af-
air for each Of them. Unquestion-
,bly. II the mental, the psychic and
he spiritual are to be considered, this
Of the sezeB IL 70 b. Le-
,toTed. 4d
-. -
These crude observations would
eem to suggest tact behind this elu-
i've, indefnablo, seemingly capricious
ubject Of csstfaction there rests o GER
ain law, slbeit It may seem to con- Il
racict other 5c5tulates which arc &c :,
e,ted 9. Laws. We have the axiomat-
; deductionc that birds Of c feather
oc..: together and thGt like eseks
lie.
These, No doubt. ers good working
rlnciples. and may b. applied IA o
eneral way, but when we. come to
nything 60 subtle and so psychic a.
Ifs secret attraction between human
eihgs It would seem that It f. regu-
tied By the. law Of oppositea The
lan's woman, therefore, is she sho
as some essential qualities OF woman
ness In her, and the weman's woman
lust possess spme essential qualities
I manliness, While the most attractive
nd retaining OF all is the woman
hose Quality ueass all dsfnitlcA, who
rawsialllthe world 10 her. men. tDm-
a and ehildrsn allie, beoapse Of her +
lhereut possession Of fhat raFegt and
asst to Be analysed Of al qualities
" which We and no better word Than
lat potent little hnohOsyiIhble, chdfn