Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1892 — Possessed the Art of Coddling;. [ARTICLE]

Possessed the Art of Coddling;.

It is not true that women do not realize and appreciate the attractive qualities that other women have for men. Occasionally, however, they do not There Is a woman now of wide reputation before whom men fall in swaths. Her conquests have been signal, conclusive. The secret of this woman’s charm other women have in vain tried to discover. A man who has himself been prostrate before this all-conquering lady was asked wherein lay this lady’s power. His brief answer was, “Coddling.” This he went on to explain. “If a man has a weakness, a secret grievance, her first step Is to discover it. He is led to talk about Jt, and, alas, it is usually a relief to do so. This she humors as a mother does a sick child. It may be a heart affair, a financial matter, dyspepsia, or rheumatism. AVhat it is is immaerial. When you see their two heads bowed together you perhaps think that they are whispering tender nothings. Not at all. He may be only telling her about a last night’s toothache, and the tears are standing in her brown eyes as she listens to his tale of woe. No man is able to withstand this all-penetrating sympathy. Of course, in time, he is apt to learn that it is kept on tap for the beguilement of all who come that way.”—New York Sun.