Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-03-08

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One often hears the expression; oh.
she's a mans womani' or shes
woman.s woman" and certainly the
differentiation is just. Occasionally
N happens that the two are com
bincd In one person. and then
we may, with the exactness Oh
science, pronounce that the secret Oh
this woman's attraction lies In the
possession of that most subtle, most
dificult OF all attributes to dehne.
which we know rs charm.
But charm Is very rare. II we
meet with Il half dozen times In
life we may think ourselves fortunate.
We are sure that Cleopatra possessed
Il. all the more 50 since modern re-
search goes to prove that she was not
beautiful, and we are equally sure that.
had she been the most beautiful OF her
SIX and that alone. We should never
have heard OF her. Great beauty Is
rare. but as all things are relative
IN this life. It would seem that. COM
pared TO that prceminent power wnicn
We call charm. beauty Is but q oom-
mon and everyday affair.
Beauty without charm will attract.
hut not retain. while charm without
beauty will both draw and hold the ad-
r,i-ation. Sometimes the two exist to-
epther. a. In the case Of Nine. Reca-
micr. But can we doubt which OF
these qualities Il Is that has made her
live? II her attraction had been mere
beauty, would she have been sought In
marriage at the age Of so by one OF
the greatest men Of his timeg True
she IL known to have retained her
beauty 10 an extraordinary degree. but
that alone and of itself would no; be
q Eufacient explanation OF this fact
In her history.
But what OF the women who belong
(, the 10 much larger class. who, with
cut that rare quality Of charm car
both attract and retain the admiration
aud whether OF women or o.
men?
Evidently, II we reflect we find tina
to be what Is known either as "a mans
woman" or "a woman's woman" Their
must be some powerfully attracting
quality.
Now. what is this quality! The sub
ject seems to fall into two divisions
Observation and reflection point TO thu
conclusion that an admired and be
loved woman exercises wholly differon
qualities TO win the different sexes
What Is IL In women which mos
pleasas men and what Is II which mos
pleases women?
The mans woman. II WOULD seem. 4
very sure to possess. In some form. tn
quality known as feminine. She nees
not of necessity be weak and helpless
Indeed. that form OF the feminine
may attract, but II will not hold-bu
she must have some OF the qualitie
which specially differentiate her from
man. She must give him. In thei
whole relation, what he could not &c
from any man friend. as social o
reiative--the quality which Goethe call
1.-The eternal feminine"
An experienced woman who kne,
men pretty well once said TO the write
that there was one appeal TO whicl
she had never known any man fail q
respond-and that was u certain sor
OF cowardIce in woman.
Let any woman, she said. no matte
how commonplace OF ugly. become ter
rified by tramp or burglar. or evel
describe herself rs having been &C
and adds: "You men have no concep
ton of what that feeling Is In n poor
cefenseless woman" and the man vii
respond to Il as n cat to stroking!
And wny Is this? What quality 4
man does this course In woman ap
neal TO 80 strongly? Is Il his selfish
ness. because he likes the implica
ton Of his superior mental and physi
cal strength! Or Is Il his unselfshness
because he Is touched by the helpless
ness OF another whichever II ma
be. the fact remains that. although
man may express approval OF pluck
conduct In a woman. II appeals to hin
ON the masculine lines. and he pays
the same sort OF tribute that he woul
nay a man. which is an abstract com
mendation that has nothing to do Wit
love or tenderness or any strong Ger
sonal emotion
And as a man likes the woman VIII
depends on him and reaches out 70
his support. In like degree, on In
other hand. he despises a man TO
those qualities. All OF which goes d
prove that. just 50 surely as a mai
demands Of men TO be manly. he de
msnds Of women to be womanly
Trustfulness and dependence being IN
herent parts Of "the ever woman'y.
thess are essential qualities In tn
mans woman. There may be man!
-ss.-- that attract. but unless TIES