Face, Figure, or Character?

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42770, 26 August 1905, Page 2

Face, Figure, or Character?

WHICH PROVES MOST CAPTIVATING TO MEN ?

How to discover whtft meiljfo , ioßtSad-. J mire in women is a question, to which. MrsJHumphry, in an article, in the Boudoir, points an easy solution. Ihe simplestjway is to study the most attractive wom?n, and at the same time the peculiar kind of m,en f ;whom "they attract by any special charm, Men may think that beauty of figure is of greater account than beauty of face, but women seldom agree with this. They still strike more for the attainment of a beautiful face than of a good figure. The latter is physical ouly. The face on the o;her baud, may be, but is not alr ; ways the expression of the soul, The. forehead and eyes can indicate intellectuality, the mouth and chin character, the eyes and lips together that gentleness which has been getting & little of fashion of late : or that firmness which in itself is a valuable quality, but is rather apt to degenerate into a fixed determination - that verges on obstinacy. The fate of many a man has ere this been decided by, a pair of beautiful little hands or tiny feet, and even a white and wellsshaped arm has proved an irrestible attraction. But the very first thing that seems to attract the average man is beauty of complexion. He attaches to this an extraordinary value. If he were to. eximi-ie his owu thoughts on the subject, ho would find that ho associates a clear skin with the idea of purity of uiiud, and a softly tinted, childlike complexion with innocence. This may be well, but lie might as. well deduce the probable fact that the> owner of the clear and pie ty complexion enjoys robust health, no man ever married a girl on acc >nnt o£ h-r good health. In u nlay iu which Mrs John uood ac-ed many years ago, ouo «»l the things she had to say was this: * Men. like unhealthy women!” Perhaps taste has ekauged siuce those days. It was nearly' twenty years ago, Too languid, delicate, sensitive type is i». • t. so much in favour now as the vigorous henlthy, bright-eyed, pink-cheeked girl who can swim, golf, drive a team, fi-h, play hockey, and ride to hounds. Beauty both of face and figure is bound to command admiration, but beouty of figure loses half its value unle-s it is accompanied by grace of carriage. ?*; A beautiful mouth will easily blind a mau to other defects, and beautifuL eyes are perhaps the most irresistible) of all outward charms—to both man and woman. Another attraction may be mentioned —one that is, if possible,{more delightful and better appreciated than ever m this age of noise, horse-laughter, and 1 ud, strident talk, A sweet, low voice -may not always be able to make itself heard in the noisy chatter of the modern dvawiug-room, but for-all that it. has an influence of which, the loud talkers never dream. What is left to add to the list of those things which men most admire

in wo in an ? ; ; '■■■' > C eveinoss? No ; it rathers fright® ons them. Good housewifeli^?slaNo ; tlmve is n.-thing romantic about that. Good temper ? No ; not much. -They give as little heed to temper as they do to health. . But there are two things that never pall upon them. Oue is. the gift of being amusing. Ic a dull world thisis of:en put before beauty-itself. The amusing girl Is surrounded when the languid beauty is deserted. And no one has ever yet succeeded in analysing—via., charm