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Show Woman's Right to Act the "Gallant" Really Should Be Factor in Adjusting Marital Relationship. "Gallant ladies seldom lose a man's attention, or, what Is more Important, his admiration." The Idea Involved In this sentiment, senti-ment, really something new, brought forth these comments from an unusually un-usually acute observer of the world and Its ways: "'Gallant ladies' that's the first time most of us have heard that expression. ex-pression. Gallantry seems to have been reserved, hitherto, to men, women's wom-en's fate In the man woman relationship relation-ship being attributed usually to her beauty, her sex-appeal, her Intelligence Intelli-gence or cleverness. "In all the talk about what men want of women, about getting a husband hus-band or holding him, nothing has been said, to my knowledge, about gallantry. "And yet, when you stop to think about it, It Is one thing to attract, another to hold. Men and husbands, whatever their individual qualities or weaknesses, are first of all human beings,-motivated most in the long run by their hearts and their minds. With human beings, as a rule, love begets love. We are likely to care for those who care for us, to feel a bond with those who are good to us. And gallantry, which Is sportsmanship sportsman-ship and generosity, are appreciated. "So, with the exceptions of special weaknesses or aberrations, men are not different from women in appreciating appreci-ating and responding to the qualities of those they live with. Beauty, personality, per-sonality, sex-appeal, all the qualities that go for attraction, count, o course. But once one has made the attractive person one's own, the question ques-tion is one of human relationships. Husbands like their wives, as wives their husbands, for their fine qualities, quali-ties, for their attitude toward themselves. them-selves. That is why I am glad some one has mentioned gallantry on the part of the woman as an important element in the relations of men and women." . 1933. Brit Syndicate. WNU Service. |