Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1892 — Mistaken Ideals. [ARTICLE]

Mistaken Ideals.

The ideal woman of every man is the womanly woman.” The ideal man of every woman is the “manly man.” And the expression “a womanly man” means pretty much the same to every man who uses it, just as the “manly man" of one woman expresses a certain combination of qualities well known to every other woman. —l The man’s “womanly woman" is gentle, amiable, quiet, and domestic. She loves to sit upon a low ohairand hem things, with the lamp light falling oyer her hair. It is unnecessary to say that although in theory this is the sort of woman a man prefers, in practice he may choose one entirely her opposite. She does not exist in large quantities, which is lucky, as she might prove dreadful insipid if she did. The woman's “manly man" means a man strong, brave, and dating. He must perform easily bold deeds which she dare not attempt She likes that—in dreams. In actual life she may lind that a man neither daring nor bold has satisfactory and endearing qualities which make him more after her heart than the ideal of her dreams could ever be. We are not all a ike,thank Heaven! but various. And thespark of originality which is implanted in each of us oil is the thing to cherish and develop, and not distort ourselves into ideal forma.