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Show She Who Hesitates IF MR who hestlntes Is lost, she who '. hesliiites is often saved. The business busi-ness of hesitation Is one which plays a great part In woman's acting, and it men are Suing to understand the opposite sex, they must be prepared for reluctance and slow motion generally. gen-erally. It's all right for mnn to deal straight out from the shoulder, but that sort of thing wouldn't he graceful grace-ful with s woman whose shoulders are more for ornament than use. Then, too, a man can settle down to brass tacks, but uo woman can re-guaru re-guaru such frankness as anything but crudeness She prefers to hesitate In a delicious, dilly dallying sort of way. She can't help It. and doesn't wish to, either. " Women are the angels who fear to trend where men rush In. Men are your pioneers and go-getters. When It comes to breaking up . new ground and felling old trees, they can put it all over women. But If they wunt comfort and neatness after the raw work hns been done, they have to cnll In the woman to put the artistic touch and cozy feeling to things. No matter how (Mar ruined a womnn may be, the keeps Iter strength concealed. con-cealed. Just as her muscles are en-eased en-eased In s certain amount of fatty tissue. If she means "no," she will say "perhnps." and when she cays "perhaps" she means "yes." She Is ust as modest with her mind as with her form. She gives you an Idea about herself and lets yon guess at the rest The hesitancy of woman Is an Indication Indi-cation of her preclousness. She doesn't keep her dates right on the minute, for she thinks she's worth waiting for. Tou don't hear her saying, say-ing, "You bet" to a marriage proposal pro-posal even after she's been working for months to muke her mnn talk business. She thinks It's nicer and more becoming to appear surprised, to swear that It's all too sudden, and then demand time to think It over. The 'glory of womanhood is not dnysprlng hut s slow dawning with a pinkish light milking Its way gradually grad-ually through a mass of mist A man hales all that sort of thing. He likes to have mutters seltled. Vet If woman were to do as be thinks he wants her to do, he wouldn't have any use for her. Her charm lies In her ability 10 he grace fully reluctant. As my friend Lorelei might sny it makes a womnn "really Intreeglns" ( by tba Bell Syndlcata. Inc.! |