Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1889 — A Fascinating Man. [ARTICLE]

A Fascinating Man.

Virtue, unfortunately, does not fascinate. The veriest scoundrel that ever drew breath is apt to be a thousand times more magnetic than he, who, having marked out an ethical path for himself, proceeds religiously ting manners. They represent as it were, what a garniture of truffles represents on an entree. They give flavor as well as artistic beauty. The fascinating man is always a skilled artist. He must assume, if he have it not, a tenderness that never loses sight of itself, and he must continually show an appreciation that presents him always in the light of a suppliant on bended knee, and never as one who demands or expects anything. Nearly all wom£n are vain, and the" man who would fascinate must begin by flattering a vanity. But he must likewise take care that his modus operandi is never discovered or its existence ever suspected. Otherwise he is lost The courage and independence born of possession unfortunately incite to t.he reckless expression of absolute truth, and a man who desires to please a woman, should never tell the whole truth. Suggest it, play with it, ignore it entirely, but reveal it never! The Latin races are adepts in the art of fascination. Why? Because they are always lovers, or pretend to be lovers, which in the end amounts to the same thing. Emerson expressed .an unalterable truth when he said: “All the world loves a lover.” But in order to be a lover it is not necessary to rush into vulgar protestation of affection. A glance of the eye. a pressure of the hand, the particular curl of the lip in a smile, the hundred trivial courtesies that appeal to the feminine sympathies are embodiea in the man who fascinates. And when he has once mastered the secret of feminine inclination and the special qualifications of feminine taste, his way is clearly marked. Be he ugly as Satan, he will not fail in personal magnetism.—Once a Week.