The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 27, 1903, Page 8

ERITCIIG A5 THE ROSEEVD LIF5 about the mistakes maid, ype se she is just as dainty she looks, and has a penchant for pretty things that form the back- ground of the picture, or is in the nature ©of « frame work of the little ininiature. The dainty girl, petite and charming herself, runs to little things her own prototy Dainty belongings, dainty surroundings, that barmonize with her own personality, are adopted by her and snything other than in keeping irritates her, s old “Gets on her nerves.’ The tastes and environments of a la woman run into more generous chnnn{s. She is not apt to notice little things with the same precision or analytical spirit as does the wee maiden. She sees life through a larger prospective, and her character partakes of her physical self. The dainty maid seeks harmory in her surroundings and an absence of it strikes a discordant note that mars the whole melody of her life. She notices many things that her more generously proportioned sisters would Bever think of, and allows the little things ef life to fret and annoy her in a manner that her physical opposite escapes. For this reason you rarely find a little old woman who retains even a remote semblance of her girlish beauty. The little old woman shows in her wizened face, with its lace work of wrizkles, how she has fretted and nursed her grievances un- til through them she has woven her net- work of wrinkles during all the years that Time has kept tabs on her. Large women, in the majority of cases, grow into handsonte old ladies. The pass- ing years deal kindly with them, and many who were hardly passable In youth take on & beauty with the friendly mark- ings of age that astonishes even them- selves. The dainty little woman shrinks into a shriveled little dame, with an almost un- canny, selfish look, and the proportion of pretty little old women with handsome, make any little a of women say, OF £ CHIZD. h @, e o ey K0T ZLWAYS 85 SOFT AND TENDER A55HE ZOOKS. - elderly, stately matrons suffers thrdugh comparison. Besides, the little woman rarely masters the art of growing old gracefully. However, the dainty little maid has it pretty much her own way while she {8 young and charming. Men speak ‘of her as such a “dear little thing,” or “‘such a pretty little thing,” in a tone that almost carries with it a caress. While it would be tantamount to an insult to say of her splendid looking sister, *‘such a dear big thing,” or “a pretty big thing,” or some- thing equally questionable or suggestive, Imagine the glare In the stately beauty’s eyes were she so alluded to. It would annihilate 2 man in the first round. He would never have the courage to face the music after any such faux pas. The little woman has an immense ad- vantage over the large one in her sunny youth. Men entertain a more chivalrous sentiment toward the tiny mald, whom they seem to think it a bounden duty to look after, and toward whom to exercise a sort of protecting espionage. The larger girl, they fancy, can take care of herself, while the wee mite of femininity needs a man’s strong right arm. She looks -so fragile that he feels that she ought to be petted and loved, and he fires a lot of old stale chestnuts at her anent “Little people were made to be loved,” etc., and “Valuable articles come in small packages” and a lot of other old moss-grown platitudes that have grown yard-long whiskers ages ago. ‘Well, there’s no question that valuable articles are done up in small packages, but so is poison. So, gentlemen, take your choice. Now, the little maid is not ‘always as tender and fragile as she looks, for ob- servation and experience prove that nine out of ten are triple-plated bunches of nerves, energy, vitality and endurance that would put a larger woman out of business in short order. The fragile, dainty creature is generally a marvel of reserve force. She may look as dainty and ethereal as an angel. Her eyes may be as appealing as her little self, her mouth as pouting and enticing | us the rosebud lips of a child, and yet, beyond and behind it all, the wee maiden has often a will of iron that is proot against pleadings and threats. Little people are notoripusly stubborn, and a four-six little woman can look at a six-four man in a way that reduces him to .subordination long before: a‘ referee could count him out. That is one of her little ways. How she does it no man has ever been able to guess, but we have all seen masculine glants show a large and elegant bunch of white feathers and go down and out like a collapsed balloon if a pigmy sort of little woman just fooked at him in a cer- tain tone of voice—and there is where a man gets awfully fooled on the dainty little woman. In her nature, as I have sald, she in- clines to little things, save when it comes to picture hats, and the little woman has never yet seen a confection of chiffon and ribbons .and plumes that she thought too large to top off her wee small anatomy. But she likes little things as a rule, and yet I might make another exception, the tinler the woman, the bigger the man she will want, and to this end will ply her fascinations on the largest specimen in sight, and none other will interest her. But back to the subject of little things, Her personal belongings she wants as dainty as herself. In the matter of dress she is harder to please and more observ- ant of trifles than a larger woman; In other words, she is more particular and would pick flaws that others would not notice. 4 In ber home she is 80 neat as to border on being ‘“nasty nice,” much-to the dis- comfort of her family and . -vants. She will see things that no one eise would ever discover and’ these trifies serve to irritate her. If one observes clasely, there 1is a mighty difference in the.respective de- mesnes presided over by large or small Wwomen. Such differences as may have escaped notice at the time, but which, ¢ recalled, are only too evident. A large woman would hardly fit into the environment of her smaller sister. Life 18 bullt on proportionate lines which goes to make a harmonious whole. The dainty little woman is very sweet and refreshing to the eys. Men and ‘women allke make a pet of her, and she becomes spofled. : A large woman thrown in contact with a dainty little one will assume almost a man’'s protecting attitude in relation to her. She will feel in a measure respon- sible and will do almost anything to make her little protege comfortable, with some- thing of a man’s instinct of chivalry. However, when it comes to a test of endurance, or to a question of will power, the little woman is apt to discover an im- mense amount of force. She is rarely a coward, and the instinct of fear is less developed in her than in her larger sister. She is something of a fighter too, and full of pluck, until it is often both amus- ing and amazing to find what a lot of energy and warllke spirit can be bottled up in one little body. If a man expects to find an angel, dis- guised in the dainty Dresden China mald, he will often” get a sudden folt that will shake that nonsense out of him with a cold unfeeling bump. The lttle woman is generally mighty sweet and lovable, until you try to oppose her, and then she inaugurates a surprise party, where she Is simply the whole show with the band wagon thrown in. The trouble is, she is spoiled. Looking #0 tiny, like a child, she is treated like one, and then too, llke a child she begins to tyrannize. It is a’losing deal to spoll a child, while it is a downright misfortune to spoll a ‘woman. A woman must either be ruled, or she will rule. If she loves she will be ruled, and one half of the time will not realf: the thralldom—because through her love she finds it sweet, and submits gracefully. The greater her love, the more will it be her pleasure to yield to that love. The modernized idea that a woman should not only obey does not appeal to love itself. When it comes to discussing or wrangling over that question there is little love at the bottom of it. Yielding to the wishes of one beloved is not in a sense a question of obedience such as appeals to chilaren, but it is simply the Celight that love finds in the compliance with the requests of love it~ self. Zo Dy ZI IR M S T AL BER O WY WHILLE SHE 15 YOURGFARND CHERIIIN G The woman who really loves fears to lose a love she prizes, and for that reason love can make no demand of her to which her heart will not respond. " The little woman is more aggressive though in this regard than her big sis- ter. In fact she is spoiled, and will have her own way if startled by the crack of doom. She is really not as amiable as one larger, because on the same principle of little things she notices trifles and 1s irri- tated. Then she conceives an idea that because she s little she is being imposed upon. 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