Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1885 — Ways to Become Attractive. [ARTICLE]

Ways to Become Attractive.

A Parisian newspaper baa been teaching its lady readers “how to be attractive.” Surely the lady readers of the Vie Pariaienne ought to be in no need of adrice such as the following: “Look confident and indifferent; express yoarSeif simply, and with a voice as sweet as possible. Be keenly alive to everything that passes, yet appear absentminded ; know as much as possible, yet please by asking qaestions. Having read everything, quote nothing; seen everything, appear heard all, always express surprise; desirin g everything, ask for nothing. Be light-heart-ed to preserve your beauty; be indulgent to attract sympathy,” and so on. These laws—some evidently anti-blue-stocking laws—are laid down as absolute, with one exception: “Blush neither for shame nor for pleasure,” to which is added, “if you can help it.” Verily, the good old saying holds good still: “H faut Bouffrirpour etrebelle.” There are, however, some clauses which might with equal advantage be applied to both sexes. For instance: “Do not force wit; always listen attentively; be charitable for your own satisfaction; be frank and yon never need be afraid of the truth; see things at a glance ; judge quickly, and think more quickly still, in order to keep a cool head. ” But wise as these saws are, and however much the world might be benefited by a more general application of them, they belong decidedly 1 to the category of precepts more easily preached than praor txced.