THE ACCOMPLISHED GIRL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 2 December 1913, Page 2

THE ACCOMPLISHED GIRL.

While it is true .that the accomplished young woman undoubtedly gets a good -deal out of lifo which her less brilliantly endowed sister misses, that fact does not by any means prove that the fluent linguist, ideal waltzer, excellent musician and artist, fearless horsewoman, or expert golfer, inevitably proves more attractive than the girl, who has no accomplishments. It has been observed that an unamiable character. in an accomplished girl is the involuntary note of assertiveness which so frequently creeps into her savings and opinions. No doubt it is difficult to sKHfully avoid this when she feels the capability to skilfully discuss-many subjects while her female friends perforce remain silent owing to the entire lack of even a slight technical knowledge. She should remember that though she may know and be able to do a good deal more than many, there are another "many" who know and can do a very great deal more than "she. The girl whose attainments are average, or even a little below it, frequently possesses—provided that she be blessed with tact—the very valuable power of making a man feel in-1 ordinateiy. pleased with himself. She listens admiringly without desiring to interrupt; she agrees gracefully, not having the knowledge to differ; she attentively listens to all 'that is told her, responds sympathetically, and questions differently,* because she realises the intellectual merits of her companion, as (contrasted with her own, ,to be worthy of such flattering treatment'. Such is hot, always the case with the unusua'ijy accomplished girl whose grip of many matters makes it impWibie For-her to adopt an'unquestioning attitude of admiring credulity; she lias been educated to have intellectual opinions, and her accomplishments confer the right to very clearlv express them, thus giving her companion the uncomfortable feeling that unless he wants to be caught tripping over some -artistic simile or criticism he would be better silent—*ind this attitude is not one which entirely appeals to the masculine enthusiasta , The accomplished girl often makes the fatal error of remaining^single till j she discovers the man entirely in ac-| cord with her tastes, and so may often be found drifting alone and rudderless upon a brilliant, though shallow sea, while she who only desires to be "first" with the "somebody." who has found her heart; is being safely steered across a calm, though depth less ocean.