| Show what men like in women there is a certain something which for want of a better name is called womanliness and it is eliat which makes women attractive to men A great many virtues go to make ap this one great possession and they are what men like in women men like in the first place amiability in a woman they like a pleasant appearance they lial the doing of little things eliat are pleasant to them aliey like the courtesy of the fireside they like women whose lives and faces are aln ays full of sunshine of a contented mind and a cheerful disposition they like an ability to talk well and a knowledge of the virtue of silence they like a motherliness big enough to understand the wants of the older as well as alie jo unger boys they like a disposition to speak good rather than evil off every human being they like means a willing ear for the sorrow ness they like kno pledge to dress well which bythe by mean conspicuously men are most attracted by good material plain draperies dra paries ana quiet colors not by showy colors or designs e they like intelligence but they prefer that the heart should be stronger than the brain they liko a companion a woman who has sufficient knowledge of the orld and its ays to talk well with them who is interested in their lives and their plans and in their hopps who know how to give a cheering word or to listen quietly and by a tender look express tho grief which the heart is feeling they may sometimes gay that children are a bore and a nuisance but a man shrinks from a woman who openly declares lier dislike of them A man expects tle maternal instinct in a woman and is disappointed if he does not find ft they like women to be affectionate there never was a mn yet no matter liow stern no matter how cold no matter liow repressive as far has his own feelings were concerned who did not like a loving squeeze of the hand or a tender kiss from the woman nearest to him these are pome of the things that men like in women ladies home journal |
