* * *
A curious and latent hostility divides the sexes. It seems as they could
not approach each other without alarums and excursions. Always the
presence of the one rouses anxiety in the breast of the other; they stand
to arms; they resort to tactics; they maneuver. And,
Men and women approach each other vizored and in armor. But it is often
only to conceal the craven heart that beats beneath the brazen cuirass.
* * *
Men judge of women, not so much by their intrinsic worth, as by the
impression women make upon them. And women know this, since
All women are alive to the fact that the impressing (1) of men is the
important function of life. Accordingly,
Great stress is, and is naturally, laid by women upon dress and the
subtleties of the toilette. For,
In matters of the heart man is led by the heart and not by the head. (2)
And why not? Since
It is generally a sweet-heart, not a hard head, that a man wants. In
short,
Men are oftener vanquished by a look than by logic; by a gracious smile
than by good sense; by manner and even by dress than by mental
development or depth.
Pages:
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113