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Show Dorothy Dix Talks 5 What Quality Do Men Admire Most in Woman? My DOROTHY DLX, the World's Highest Paid Ts'oman Writer l We were discussing" a little woman who had nol only mail.' three brilliant mar- i rlojt-w. ea. h time getting an adorlnc I httsbaiid who worshiped her to the la of his death, but who had been Surround-d Surround-d l a throne of BdmlrlnK men all of, her life. "She must wear a, rabbit's foot around her neck, or have some other secret conjure." con-jure." said a woman, "for. no far a I can ace. there is nothing ape. tally attractive at-tractive about her She Is nice enough. pleasant enough, but not more bo than the general mill-run of fnminlnit. . Yet she ha innrrled thre men. ra . .f whom ai a calcic and all of her llf ' she has had a waiting list camping "n her parlor chalr. and cutting Into her i dances," ' "Heaven knows, she Is no beauty."! said another woman. "Not a particle of style. She ne. er did know liow to dress. Always looks' like a package that mother lied up ', commented a third. '.'Ko wit nor vivacity, " said a fourth.! "small beer gosaln about her persona' , a'-4U titsnecs. and her husband, audi children, and house, comprises her con-' versatfonal ranc She'n juxl an ordinary woman. Jus', commonplace, m far as oilier women can perceive. Vet sh appears to hyimotlse every man she iiifctn, ami what ever) woman would like to know Is. what Is the xfi-Tfi r,f her eharm for men? "She possesses the quality that men admire ad-mire moat In a woman." said un old bachelor Who hol been listening to ihc conversation, "and that Is womanliness. Thnt Is the matfie that dra" th hearts of men to a woman as Irreslstibl) ns the magnet draws Iho needle. That Is liic lure that Is men- poii-nt than all the spells that ihc vamp can cast about a man " Beauty? r,f course, men admire beauty (f course R pretiy face catches a man r, fancy. Ol coin -- a man likes to be ween out with a peach who makes men rubber and ny him his luck. But did you evir notice how few beauties beau-ties make really pood matches? Can't you recall a dozen old maids who a:"e reputed to Jiave been greaL belles In their youth, and haven't you heard your mother wonder why these women, who were nce sn much admired nevrr in S rled? The explanation Is that man's adm.ia-lion adm.ia-lion of feminine beauty Is personal They like to lock ..t a beautiful woman, ns they like to look at some mastf-rolf c of urt, but they don't covet It for lutiii-selves. lutiii-selves. They an petfectlv willing lor some other man to hang the living picture pic-ture "ii his own walls. If you will ,,ii-serVe ,,ii-serVe you will .ee that while beauty Insures In-sures a girl a c-m1 time, it uoisn't uu::r-antee uu::r-antee her a wedding ring. As for style and smartness, tncy cut no figure- In a man's estfma.io;. of n woman. A man likes to know that the woman he goes out with la we-dresed, he likes her to have on something that H soft, and pretty, and light-colored; lull lipvond that, he knows, nor cares not ing for the detail of her toilette. N'o woman makes a v. inning with a m to by looking like n dally hint from Par!.' He I get cold feet when he thinks of MS price tag. leverneo. ' The majority of men 'il!l like feminine bra.ns best when tbey .ir 1 scrambled. Only a small niinorltl oi men are blK enough. and lntcllleeni i BOUgh, themselves, to like women who are as well educated as ihey are. ann who have as much sense a. th-v ha . The avuaif- man's anjiv demands ado-latb.in ado-latb.in from woman. Itrequln-s .- M mnan to look op to him and defer to him. and that Is why eh ver women never let men find out how clever thev are. Very few women are the fools they serin lo bf As for wit, a woman commits hirri karri with a man when she Beys brl liiotl and sarcastic things, or shows that she Is good at repartee. Men have- an Insane In-sane fear of ridicule, and they are nl-Btaya nl-Btaya aO,ai,l tn.it SUCti a weman is i, ir.r funny at their expense. I havs ;i , n ten own a woman wild laughed much whU wan popular with men. Men have a I morbid dread that the woman who laughs I will lauch at them. Nee It Is not the showy qualities In women that attract mn It Is wotnatl liness. that subtle BomeUtlng mat a ill wren wr-en t la tes the sexes and that makes their , ittractlon for eacn other. I don't know that one enn Jn.-t define) what womanliness Is. It's gentleness, foi , one thing. Vou cannot Imagine the wo- I .nnr.ly imnvin beint rouci. .nd mil and rporse. You cannot think of her dressing in vulvar clothes, or msklne an Imitation man' of herself, or SA-earlnj: or tilling nff-color stories. The very esseni e of her Is delicacy and refinement, and every man who i Dines near her. discovers In his DOSOm ; unknown symptoms of chivalry, and he wants to take care of her and help her. I I have known business f.itir who were i able to carry this nuulily of womanliness womanli-ness into their busini:-s ;,r,,! u w-.i worth I a fortune as an asset, because II made everj man cive thefn a hand up; I nd another thing, womanliness at- i :r.i,-s men because ban In il the ipial-Ity ipial-Ity of tenderness, of motherliness. f,n , never get over being boys They are kids ul heart when they are eighty, and what a man wants in a woman Is r-jl a Judge. J ! but a .onfessor. Ile wam to ko to some worn .ii who will eondnne h,s f.-mlt snil weop over them, and forget chetn, and j ! love him In spile of them. .teii spend their days With other men. I When they want to discuss big topic-s. ' ' they talk about them to men who ar. ' exper.ls along thr.se line. When they come' home at night, or ucck woman's; ! society, they want a batkge. They like ; to be petted and cajoled, ami made much , ( of. and fe-d upon-flub-uubby babble about trifles. That is wbj the womanly woman who bores other women stiff, never seems to get on the nerves of men. i'ei hups when ymi come down '" brass ! tacks, it's man's egotism that maJces him I I prefer the womanly woman to her more ; brillianl sisters! but however that may be. . the woman who Is senile, and tender, ami : sweet. Is the one who wins out with men i nnd who can marry as often a.s she . likes |