THE “WAY” SHE HAS

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 26, 25 October 1921, Page 3

THE “WAY” SHE HAS

(By

Hester Howlett.)

The "way” she has expresses a wo man’s personality far more siibtly thun she usually realises. : z , For it is Nature’s. own handiwork peeping through the veneer of civilisation as exemplified by "manner.” The latter can be cultivated, that illusive, gossamer-like quality that underlies and permeates a woman’s whole being, giving an individual touch to her every deed, word, and thought, can be neither concealed nor camouflaged. For the "way" she has with her is the label that the old dame affixes to fevery woman on the day that she is born. ( And the inflection of her voic‘e, the curve of her lips when hhe smiles, and the''things that may be read in the worlds that lie behind her eyes are the writing on the pasteboard. She may strive to obliterate the characters with others of her own inditing by performing deeds that are. foreign to her nature, by assuming emotions that sho neither feels nor underslands. But the "way” that she has when undertaking and carrying out these tasks gives the lie to all that she does. It cannot be otherwise, for though Nature has made of every woman an actress she has also set a time-limit to our histrionic powers on each occasion when we call them into being. It is her own little way of frustrating a man-made civilisation and compelling us constantly to acknowledge her sovereignty _ x Giving alms should siiow kindness of heart; not all the affectation in the world can deceive the recipient if an unworthy motive prompts the donor. For personality, that expression of the ego, demands an outlet. It can no more lie restrained than the sun can help shining Convention tries to cloak it, civilisation tries io repress it, but Nature artfully picks holes in the screens they erect by dowering eacli woman with a ■'way” that constantly peeps north and reveals the character of her own true self.

And that self may be attractive or otherwise; a heart of gold, or selfishness and greed, may l» displayed. Inordinate vanity may jostle aspiring ambition. It is all portrayed, willy-nilly, ut a woman's "way. It shows in her face; it is seen in her figure; it can be traced in the movements of her body,, as She walks, sits, or stands. Watch a woman's attitude when gazing at lhe shops; the hard.'grasping expression of her feature- and the strained, <. V s- poise of her figure denote the cLul>>ii)g 'taae-all-that-she-can-grab typo wifh unerring fidelity. Rut a sweet disposition and consideration for others enn be discerned in the way a woman dsks for a pound of tea ns surely as the day follows night. Take ‘notice, of the "way / hc ,has: It is the mirror wherein is found the -effection of her heart .-"Daily Mini.