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Show j Dorothy Dix Talks I THE MAN WOMEN LIKE ! Sl25ISLPix' 1 1? e-S2!i! 1 's H 1 ghcst--pa ! d Wo"an-AVritcr J H men desire to please women, (nd most of them succeed, because-so because-so far as men are concerned, women J are eaay to please, as the marriage statistics show. Still, it Is hard to say just what qualities th gentle sex finds most attractive in the other, for there are many women of many minds, and each woman has a different dif-ferent mind about men. .. y course It la the conventional thing to say that what woman admires ad-mires most In man is Truth. Honor and Virtue, but no woman ever fell in love with a man because he was good, any moro than a man reallv fell In love with woman because she- was domestic TVe both --" for these qualities just as we buy I homespun instead of silk, because It will stand the wear and tear of life but It Isn't tho thlnir that flr.-s is significant, though, that tho thing that man most v,u in woman wom-an beauty- woman rares nothing for In man The excessie!y handsomn man seldom attrarts women. ami i 1 'harlotte Bronte knew her business I when she painted Rochester as an I ill-favored villain, with a dark scowl I that only turned into sunshine for I one woman. That tve ways has and always will be able to I make hair mattresses out of the lovo I locks that girls send him. j Secretly women feel that they possess pos-sess a monopoly of beauty, and th.y resent a man's Infringing on then ent rights. Besides, a handsome man i always exports to have bouquets thrown at him, and In the game ot I life it is more agreeable to be the catcher than the pitcher. When Tltlanla fell in love with tho ' reature with the head of an ass, it was not as crazy a thing as the pubt I would have us believe The aba was J 'not such a donkey as she looked v.w ; they sat upon the flowery' bank he I 1 sang her charms, Instead of posing, so he was hound to notice and eom- ment on her perfect profile It was an agreeable and faslna'.lny niram.'--. ment that no woman could reslit I On the other hand, while worn -n j J care little for mere regularity of fea- ture In a man. they lay great stress upon his clothes. Trousers lhal hitch up In the legs, coat sleeves that fall I to make connection with the cuff.i. a decollete collar built for exposing the wearer's Adam's apple, have been the death blow to many a romance, while the love that can survive a three days' stubble of beard ls lound-I lound-I ed on the rock of ages It Is true that a rood cor.', mjav I cover a wretch, while a shabby one encloses a model of all the vlrtUUB. i but alas, so llloglcally Is the f. n'inln; heart conbtructed, It Is inor apt to j j fall in love with a gentlemanly look-1 Ing vlllian thun it is with a back' number saint. In conversation, women like men who cultivate a happy medium be-, tween the monologue artist nnd the i taciturn oyster. l;'ew men do this Most men either take the floor, and glibly harangue the unfortunate fo-j tnalo upon whom they are calling, about their business, their .ro.f records, rec-ords, their former flames or vlu , they.slt as silent as the Sphlnv While the poor girl labors like a coal beaver beav-er to keep the conversational ball rolling Women are taught from I heir cradles up that their chief end m life ls to give the glad hand to man and act as an auplaudlng churn.-: churn.-: While, he talks about the thlnirs U-.t interest him but there ls nothing lu.-.: women like as much as a little rvci-1 proclty along tiny Una. The.- w m! Chance to say a few things abo.it thej thlng3 that interest them. Women also like a man who knows how to pay compliments. This doesn't iiicaii hurling flattery at them with i trosel few koi.ien are vain enough to believe tho man who blu-ta out I the bald statement that thev are a second Venus, or an understn.lv to j Minerva, but there is a delicate way of Insinuating these things Lhal Ls llko a whiff of Incense, and lntoxl- cates one. The most subtle compliment of al', however, and on that. atrannHy enough, very few men ever think of paying a woman, is to affect Interest in her views f life and deslr to know her real thoughts. It is hero i that clergymen make their winnings. Other men flatter a woman for hi-i looks, or her vivacity. Tho parson I talks to her about her soul, and t:iu I compliment so unusual that it gees to her head. Women like bold men. but they hate the ruin fho acts as If ho was a good thing that every womun, wa3 ' trying to gel Although many a man I loses tin sweetheart he Is courting because he lacks tho courage o jI'k for what he wants, many another Is refused because ho looks so werf nj the girl will jump at him. she cun t resist the pleasure of calling him down Women like generous men. but they have a contempt for the chump who spends more than he can afford upon them. No man ever really bought a! woman's love Every girl has what she calls candy beaux and theatre beaux, but she seldom marries them. The man who curries favor with a unman by gifts should studv her tastes A woman would rather have a bunch of field flowers n u r.-..r-sented a taste of hen, or louizv"!-orated louizv"!-orated some annlversarv. than a dollar bunch of American lieauUej tnat had no personal significance. Wonon Ilk. strong men. That li the reason brutes have been adored Whili good nonpar- henpeckd. and trodden upon by thMr. wives. There is somthlog elemental and primitive In every woman's naturi that responds to physical strength In man, and WtlllO I many women marr weaklings, there. Is alwavs an undercurrent ot inty and contempt mixed with their love. Women also like a masterful m.i.i, and really enjoy although they won't admit it, being bossed. It Is so nlco anil comfortable to have some one who will take all the responsibility and who can be blamta for all tno mistakes. Naturally no hard and fast rules can be laid down concerning women's wom-en's preferences among men. Tastes differ, and there is always some woman wom-an to think every man an donls ;n looks, a Solomon in wisdom, and ,i Chesterfield In mann- r, ir lie pas 'only energy enough (o hunt her up |