The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-18

scientific study OF man
SO they are going 10 dyk, ltlu the
mysteries Of the mighty masculine IN
ielleet and attempt to classify dta-
gram and explain the why and where
fore OF the peculiarittcs Of the mascu-
line character
We may wen wish these intrepid cN~
porers success In their undertaking aud
trust that their findings will be Of
profit to the balance OF their sex Ger
tainly they nave their work cut out for
them, for the mind OF man works IN a
strange, mysterious way its wonders TO
perform. especially when tho perform
anee has TO do with man relation
ship to woman,
woman studying the psychology OF man
IA no new thing In an unscientltic
and amAteurish and In purely per
sonai and practical way the study OF
man has been weman's principal DC.
cupatlon and business and source OF
livelihood eyer since the days OF the
Garden OF Eden. And whether she
supped on bread and butter or cakes
and ale, and whether she wore para
disc plumes In her hat or last year :
birds nest on her head has depended
on how cleverly she mastered her sub
ject and what working information she
obtained
Still in kindergarten.
Yet, in spite Of the thousands upon
thousands OF years OF intensive study
that women have put in upon the sub
ject OF man, they are still in the kim
dergarten class, and can not even yet
hazard reasonably sure guess about
what man really likes or dislikes In
women or what his ideal Of feminine
perfection Is, or even what code OF
t,aF 10
For mems theories and their perform
ances, whore women are concerned, sci .
dom jibe, They talk one way and act
another and hence woman never
knows whether 10 aim at mans head.
his heart or his fancy.
Suppose girl desires to dress 10
please men, for instance. What shall
she wRarg
All men are practically a unit for
rational dress for women, Listen to
men talk, and with one voice they de-
More the time aud money and energy
that creatures with immortal souls
spend In adjoining their bodies,
II shocks them that women SHOULD
follow every fool fashion. They are
fcandallzed at the thinness OF women's
h0dices where three layers OF chiffon
are supposed 10 do duty for n waist
and Mortified at the shortness OF their
skirts. Their idea OF truly admirable
dress for woman liz something thick
and warm that comes up high IN the
neck and Is long In the skirts and that
Ia loose and comfortable and durable
and economical and that Is accompa-
pied by roumy .flat-heeled shoes.
But
But II atgirl appeared In attire like
that would any man ask her to dinner
Or be seen walking on the street Win
her. He would not The girl he takes
out looks Hike a daily hint from Paris,
and the more people rubber At her
nlothes the more he swells up with conf
plackncv Furthermore, II Is matter
.-sf record that the only woman whd
ever sets her foot upon mans meek
Ii the one who wears satin slipper
with French heel
All unmarried women desire hus-
bands, but what role shall a girl as
sumo who desires to capture one2
Mans ideal wife Is "A sweet, gentle
domestic creature, who stays at home
and helps mother, and cooks and sewa,
and patches, aud darns,
But did YOU ever know a domestic
girl who was a BELIEF Doesn't the gri
who Ii fitted to make the ideal wife
generally cad her days In the spinster !
retreat. or else take a wdower with
seven small children as her only caii
10 the dining carr Isn't Il the girl who
has kept her hands in nice squeez .
able condition that men want to hold
hands WITH instead OF the worthy
maiden who has made corns on her
paws with the serubhing and the cook
stove
Mans ideal OF woman IL the shrink
ing violet, and yet he will pass by a
whole garden fun of Tolets and grab
off the one sunfluwer that flaunts Itself
In his path. That's why n girl who
wants TO please man doesn't know
whether 20 act bold or be modest,
whether TO talk foolish or be sensible
whether to dress like the president OF
the Dorcas society, or as II she had
Just escaped from lunatc asylum, and
women certainly would be grateful Il
anybody who could find out what mer
really want In a woman, and tip them
Off to the same
And wives would like TO know why
Il Is that a man picks out u woman
for wife for one thing and expects
her to be something totally different
after ne gets her The average wife
whose husband is always batting her
because she isn't intellectual, or sporty
or economical would Ike 20 know why
her husband didn't select n blue stock
ing, or butterfly or a Hctty Green
To start With instead Of choosing some
thing entirely different and then being
disappointed with IL,
And wives would like To know why
Il Is that an able bodied man who can
walk nine miles playing golf without .
trace Of fatigue. Is redurcd 20 wreck
by having to take care of the baby foT
a single Sunday afternoon. and why A
man who Is bored 60 extinction Il he
has to stay In the house for two con
secutive days thinks that ~ woman
ought to be perfectly satisfied never t.
20 outside OF her own door, aud 10 find
beeniug house and taking care 81 thf
children hilariouslv amusing
There are so MANY things that women
would Hike to know about men that
they never have been able 60 lind out
For Il 1.-THE Proper Study of Mankint
II Man" It's womlu's salvation
tCopyrighl 1890. by the Wheeler Syn