Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-10
Little Talks by
Beatrice FdirfdT

The other day we were discussing a
woman of grand-motherly age who is
perpetutlly surrounded by young men.
NO, she is not a hen of fricasseeing
years camouflaged as a broiler. There
is none of that desperate clinging to
the shadow of things after the sub
stance has fled.
She is upward of sixty, fat, has q
frank double chin and wears rather
eowdy black clothes. Now don't let
your sympathetic Imagination run
away with the picture as that of a
motherly old soul in whom young men
away from home-recognize the
maternal type and cluster about her
apron strings. Nothing is farther
from the picture of this robust old
amazon. who wherever she goes has
She isn't pretty. young. conspicu-
ously clever, stylish or even mother
ly'-none of the qualities that are
supposed to ensnare the masculine
heart are hers-and yet they come -
the beautiful young men," Very
frankly she does not like women; she
says they bore her; so it is somewhat
difficult, for another woman to study
the ancient charmer on her own
hearthrug.
However, with the cropping pa
thence an archaeologist will devote to
deciphering a cuneiform inscription
women have succeeded in studying
magic she employs appears to be -
sympathy.
she positively exudes sympathy on
every subject in which they are in
terested. The woman who had once
bcen her secretary went on record as
saying. She saturates herself with
their subjects whatever they may be
politics. uplift. educational ques-
tions, art, music, rhythmic dancing or
cheese mites-it is all the same to
her. And she sympathizes with their
Particular angle. whatever it may be
on, heavens, how she does sympa-
thize"
dare say a great many women
would not think the game worth the
candle; they would regard the con-
tinual reading up on the various
subjects as too hard work. and the
irnumerable letters that had to be
answered as be real drudgery But
this old woman loves the power and
the Importance of being the friend OF
DISTINGUISHED young men.
When someone inquired who saw
her go off after breakfast with q
bunch of letters, the answering OF
which meant a mornings hard work
II being such a belle wasn't slay-
efy! she promptly replied Certain
ly; everything worth while means
slaVery-and this is much more in
teresting than knitting or gossip.
Does Not Go I'm For Eats
Eats, which are supposed to be
the lodestone of many a masculine
heart, are not a feature of her par.
tleS. She has mastered the art oi
ma aklng a particularly delicious kinC
| or Turkish coffee and this she offer
with some sort of honey cakes-recipf
| or which is unknown-and that is a
the refreshment offered. The mer
smoke but she is not one of the uI.
IL.
them. And there is talk, talk, tall
or the best and most interesting kind
She has genius for drawing on
these young men, the shyest of then
ma themselves saying surprisingly
good thlngs-and many good thing:
inspired in her comfortable drawine
room, where all the chairs are eas1
| ana the colors are restful.
rms lady has been twice married
and twice widowed. The first mar.
rage was disastrous; the second, +,
man much younger than herself
was highly successful. At present sb,
| Is importuned by u man fifteen wear,
younger than herself ito make hin
the happiest of men," But she says
she will never marry again.
Within the Grasp of All
There is no question about il Il
you must be siren and have mer
about you continuously, this sort ot
all-wool and d-a-yard- wide sirenhooC
is far more durable than the mad.
dening, tantalizing, effervescent kind
that cannot last after youth anc
beauty fade. And Furthermore, it 4:
absolutely within the grasp Of any
Intelligent woman who has the indus
try to do the work.
Every man worthy of the name has
fad that he likes to hold forth upon
The great difficulty is in finding
sympathetic ear and to find an e;