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Show IJ Dorothy Dix Talks jl THE STUDY OF MANKIND ! JByDOROTIll ' j According to the newspapers the high-brow Indies of a western city I have organized a club for the stud ; of Man. ;: - These wise dames, it appears, hold ' that the reason that women have so j little luck in capturing husbands nowa- r days, and so much trouble in keeping ' r thein, een after they are corraled in the matrimonial fold, is because worn- Ij an has never made a scientific study ; of man, So they are going to delve into the ', mysteries of the mighty masculine in- jr tellect, and attempt to classify, and W i diagram, and explain the why and i i wherefore of the peculiarities of the I i masculine character. 0 ' Success to Explorers. 'it Vv'c may well wish these intrepid Wit explorers success in their undertaking $ and trust that their findings will be of Ll ; ' profit to the balance of their sex. Cer- 1 i tainly they have their work cut out 'i for them, for the mind of -mnn workB In u strange mysterious way its won-i won-i f ders to perform, especially when the performance has to do with the man's If I lclationship to woman. I'.t . But, as a matter of fact, the idea ; of woman studying the psychology of j ' man is no new thing. In an unscien- l tific, and amateurish and in a purely fi . personal and practical way the study $ , of man has been woman's principle occupation, and business, and source, of livelihood ever since the days of! the Garden of Eden. And whether she supped on bread and butter orj cak"fa and ale. and whether she wore paradise plumes in her hat or n lnsl I year's bird's nest on her head has depended de-pended on how cleverly she mastered her subject, and what working Information Infor-mation she obtained. In the Kindergarten Class. Yet, in spite of tho thousands upon thousands of years of intensive study that women have put in upon the sub-; ject of man, they are still in the kindergarten kin-dergarten class, and cannot even yet hazard a 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 conduct he desires a woman to pursue. pur-sue. For men's theories and their performances, per-formances, where women are concerned, concern-ed, seldom jibe. They talk one way and act another and hence a woman never knows whether to aim at a man s head, his heart, or his fancy. Suppose a girl desires lo dress to please men, for instance. What shall j she wear? All men are practically a unit for rational dress for women. Listen to men talk and with one voice they deplore de-plore the time, and money, and energy that creatures with immortal souls spend in adorning their bodies. Women Follow Fool Fashions. It shocks them that women should follow ovory fool fashion. They are scandalized at the thinness of women's wom-en's bodices where three layers of chiffon are supposed to do duty for a waiot. and horrified at the shortness of their skirts. Their idea of a truly admirable dress for a woman is something thick and warm, that comes up Ugh in the neck and is long in the skirts, and that is loose, and comfortable comfort-able and durable and economical, ami that is accompanied by roomy flat-heeled flat-heeled shoes. But It a girl appeared in attire like that would any man ask her to dinner, din-ner, or be seen walking on tho street with her? He would not The girl he takes out looks like a daily hint from Paris, and tho more people rubber rub-ber at her clothes, the more he swells up with complacency. Furthermore, I It Is a matter of record that the only woman who ever sets her foot upon a man's neck is the one who wears a satin slipper with a French heel. All unmarried women desire husbands, hus-bands, but what role shall a girl assume as-sume who desires to capture one? Man's Ideal Wife. Man's ideal wife is a sweet, gentle, domestic creature, who stays at home and helps mother, and cooks" and sews, and patches, and dams But did you ever know a domestic girl who was a belle? Doesn't the girl who is fitted to make the ideal wifo generally end her days in the "Spinsters' Retreat," or else take u widower with seven. small children her only call to the dining car? Isn't it the girl who lms kept her hnnds In a nice squeezable condition that men warn, to hold hands with, instead of the worthy maiden who has made corns on her paws with the scrubbing and the cook stove? I Man's ideal of a woman Is the shrinking violet, and yet he will pass bv a wholo garden full of violets and grab off the one sunflower that flaunt? Itsolf in his path. Thnt's why a girl who wants to please man doesn't know whether to act bold or bo modest, whether to talk foolish or be sensible, whether to dress like the president of the Dorcas society, or as if she had Just escaped from a lunatic asylum, and women certainly would be grateful grate-ful to anybody who could find out what men really want in a woman, and tip them off to the srfme. Kind Men Pick Out. And wives would like to know why It Is that a man picks out a woman for a wife for one thing, and expects her to be something totally different after he gets her. The average wife, whose husband is .always batting her because she Isn't intellectual, or sporty or economical would like to know why her husband didn't select a blue stocking, stock-ing, or a butterfly, or a Hetty Green to start with instead of choosing something some-thing entirely different and then being disappointed with it. And wives would like to know why it Jb that an able-bodied man who can wall: nine miles playing golf without a trace of fatigue, is reduced to a wreck by having to take care of the baby for a single Sunday afternoon, and why a man who is bored to extinction extinc-tion if ho has to stay In the house for two consecutive days thinks that a woman ought to be perfectly satisfied satis-fied never to go outside of her own door, and to find keeping house and taking care of tho children hilariously amusing. There are so many things that women wom-en would like to know about men that the never have been able to find out. For St "The proper study of Mankind is Man," is woman's salvation. oo |