The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1909-04-30
20 nalladAyr mES ADMIRE BeIIr
LIANT WOMESs
ry rtnrmr munnanp

py ELnkWr nunuAnD
A correspondent srks me thls "Do
brilliant men admire brilliant WON
emp
First -Ilsclslminr The general as.
sumption that / am brilliant, I say
yes.
The essence of marriage Is compan.
iopship, and the woman you face
across the coffee urn every morning
for ~ years must he both able To
appreciate your jokes and sympathize
with your aspirations. II tins Is not
20 the man will stray, actually, or
else chase the phosts OF dead hopes
through the graveyard Of hls dreams
Prettiness pals unIess II is backed
up by intellect. The merely clever
woman Is nearly as bad as the clever
man. All those people who carry
most OF their goods In the show
window are headed for jobs at the
button counter.
BY brilliant men Is meant, OF
course, men who have achieved bril-.
liant things--wbo can write, paint.
model, oratc, plan, manage, devise
and execute. And, by the way. an
executive Is a man who decides quick.
lly--and is sometimes right.
Brilliant men are but ordinary men,
who, at intervals, are capable OF
brilliant performances. Not only are
they ordinary most OF the time, but
often ut times they are DULL perverse,
prejudiced and absurd. However,
they are sometimes right, and this Il
better than to be dead wrong all the
time.
So here is the truth. Your ordinar,
man who does the brilliant thing,
would be ordinary all the time were II
not for the fact that he Is inspired 3,
q woman.
Great thoughts and great deeds are
, the children OF married minds.
When you find great man playinI
\ big part on LIES stage you'll dnd 4
. sight, or just around the corner,
great woman. Read history!
Ill A man alone Is only nalf y man,
+ takes two to make the whole.
Two IL the sacred number; nc
n three.
X Ideas are born OF parents.
Now life never did, nor can, consis
g In doing brilliant things all day lonl
n Before breakfast all men are rogue
And even brilliant men are brilliar
d only two hours day. These brilliar
y moments are exceptional. Life Is "
to everybody. We must eat, breath
n eleep exercise, bathe, button OF
e clothes and lace our shoes. We nIu
be decent to folks, agreeable to 0,
=, friends, talk when we should and
y silent when we ought.
To be companionable-ft to IL
c' under the same roof with good peop
- consists neither 10 being good n
clever. No mao can love won;
I. long II she does not help him car
the burdens Of life. He will suppo
her for Q few weeks, or possibly yeal
= then II she doesn't slIowa dispositi
:" and ability to support him, her stoc
drop below par.
'ut Robert Louis, the beloved, used
~ tell something he called "Charn
- But even bis subtle pen, With all
ne witchery, could not quite descrl
~ charm OF manner-that gracious ?
'ne sonal quality which meets peor
high or low, and sends them aw
lay benefited. blessed and refreshed.
80 Ellen Terry, turned 80, has IT, ]
Duse, homely, positively honely
ths features, rests her chin In her hs
,uld and looks at you and listens 10 a
Ing that captures, captivates and bFl
again the pleasures OF past years.
for I am encouraged and dellgh
KEN when / think OF how many wor
the everywhere are learning to VOL
work with head, hands and hes
the preparing themselves TO be nt 9
ns'l pauiOns Of men who are 70
" brilliant things.
The work Of w0men's CLUBS