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front of him on a bicycle�察�frantic at having lost her race�拭�Shade of gentle 

William� �who said 

       A woman   moved�察 �is   like   a fountain   troubled�察  �   Muddy�察  �ill´seeming�察�



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thick�察�bereft of beauty。 And while it is so�察�none so dry or thirsty Will deign 

to sip or touch one drop of it。 

       Is the modern girl under the impression that men will be   contented 

with    poor   imitations    of  themselves�察    �to  share   their   homes    and   be   the 

mothers   of   their   children�拭  �She   is   throwing   away   the   substance   for   the 

shadow� �

     The moment women step out from the sanctuary of their homes�察�the 

glamour that girlhood or maternity has thrown around them cast aside�察�that 

moment   will   they  cease   to   rule   mankind。 Women   may  agitate   until   they 

have    obtained    political   recognition�察   �but   will  awake    from   their   foolish 

dream of power�察�realizing too late what they have sacrificed to obtain it�察�

that the price has been very heavy�察�and the fruit of their struggles bitter on 

their lips。 

     There are few   men�察�I imagine�察�of my generation to whom the words 

;home; and ;mother; have not a penetrating charm�察�who do not look back 

with    softened    heart   and  tender   thoughts   to    fireside   scenes   of  evening 

readings   and   twilight   talks   at   a   mother's   knee�察  �realizing   that   the   best   in 

their natures owes its growth to these influences。 

     I sometimes look about me and wonder what the word ;mother; will 

mean     later�察 �to  modern      little  boys。  It  will   evoke�察  �I  fear�察 �a  confused 

remembrance of some centaur´like being�察�half woman�察�half wheel�察�or as it 

did to neglected little Rawdon Crawley�察�the vision of a radiant creature in 

gauze and jewels�察�driving away to endless FETES ´ FETES followed by 

long mornings�察�when he was told not to make any noise�察�or play too loudly�察�

;as   poor   mamma   is   resting。;   What   other   memories   can   the   ;successful; 

woman of to´day hope to leave in the minds of her children�拭�If the child 

remembers his mother in this way�察�will not the man who has known and 

perhaps loved her�察�feel the same sensation of empty futility when her name 

is mentioned�拭�

     The woman who proposes a game of cards to a youth who comes to 

pass    an  hour    in  her  society�察  �can   hardly   expect    him   to  carry   away    a 

particularly tender memory of her as he leaves the house。 The girl who has 

rowed�察�ridden�察�or raced at a man's side for days�察�with the object of getting 

the better of him at some sport or pastime�察�cannot reasonably hope to be 



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connected in   his   thoughts   with   ideas   more   tender   or   more   elevated   than 

;odds;     or   ;handicaps�察─    �with   an   undercurrent     of  pique    if  his  unsexed 

companion has ;downed; him successfully。 

     What man�察�unless he be singularly dissolute or unfortunate�察�but turns 

his   steps�察  �when   he   can�察  �towards   some   dainty   parlor   where   he   is   sure   of 

finding   a   smiling�察  �soft´voiced   woman�察  �whose   welcome   he   knows   will 

soothe   his   irritated   nerves   and   restore   the   even   balance   of   his   temper�察�

whose charm will work its subtle way into his troubled spirit�拭�The wife he 

loves�察�or the friend he admires and respects�察�will do more for him in one 

such quiet hour when two minds commune�察�coming closer to the real man�察�

and moving him to braver efforts�察�and nobler aims�察�than all the beauties 

and     ;sporty;    acquaintances      of   a  lifetime。    No    matter   what    a   man's 

education or taste is�察�none are insensible to such an atmosphere or to the 

grace and witchery a woman can lend to the simplest surroundings。   She 

need not be beautiful or brilliant to hold him in lifelong allegiance�察�if she 

but possess this magnetism。 

     Madame Recamier was a beautiful�察�but not a brilliant woman�察�yet she 

held men her slaves for years。 To know her was to fall under her charm�察�

and to feel it once was to remain her adorer for life。 She will go down to 

history   as   the   type   of  a  fascinating    woman。     Being    asked    once   by   an 

acquaintance what spell she worked on mankind that enabled her to hold 

them for ever at her feet�察�she laughingly answered�此�

     ;I have always found two words sufficient。 When a visitor comes into 

my salon�察�I say�察�'ENFIN��' and when he gets up to go away�察�I say�察�'DEJA��' ; 

     ;What   is   this   wonderful   'charm'   he   is   writing   about�拭─  �I   hear   some 

sprightly maiden inquire as she reads these lines。 My dear young lady�察�if 

you ask the question�察�you have judged yourself and been found wanting。 

But to satisfy you as far as I can�察�I will try and define it ´ not by telling you 

what it is�察�that   is beyond my power   ´ but by negatives�察 �the only way  in 

which subtle subjects can be approached。 

     A   woman   of   charm   is   never   flustered   and   never   DISTRAITE。   She 

talks little�察�and rarely of herself�察�remembering that bores are persons who 

insist   on   talking   about   themselves。   She   does   not   break   the   thread   of   a 

conversation by irrelevant questions or confabulate in an undertone with 



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the   servants。   No   one   of   her   guests   receives   more   of   her   attention   than 

another   and   none   are   neglected。   She   offers   to   each   one   who   speaks   the 

homage of her entire attention。 She never makes an effort to be brilliant or 

entertain   with   her   wit。   She   is   far   too   clever   for   that。   Neither   does   she 

volunteer information nor converse about her troubles or her ailments�察�nor 

wander off into details about people you do not know。 

     She is all things ´ to each man she likes�察�in the best sense of that phrase�察�

appreciating his qualities�察�stimulating him to better things。 

        ´   for   his   gayer   hours   She   has   a   voice   of   gladness   and   a   smile   and 

eloquence of beauty�察�and she glides Into his darker musings with a mild 

and healing sympathy that steals away Their sharpness ere he is aware。 



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        CHAPTER 2 ´ The Moth and the 

                                          Star 



       THE     truth   of  the   saying    that  ;it  is  always    the   unexpected      that 

happens�察─  �receives   in   this   country  a  confirmation   from  an   unlooked´  for 

quarter�察�as does the fact of human nature being always�察�discouragingly�察�the 

same in spite of varied surroundings。 This sounds like a paradox�察�but is an 

exceedingly simple statement easily proved。 

     That the great mass of Americans�察�drawn as they are from such varied 

sources�察  �should   take   any   interest   in   the   comings   and   goings   or   social 

doings   of   a   small   set   of   wealthy  and   fashionable   people�察  �is   certainly   an 

unexpected development。 That to read of the amusements and home life of 

a clique of people with whom they have little in common�察�whose whole 

education and point of view are different from their own�察�and whom they 

have   rarely   seen   and   never   expect   to   meet�察  �should   afford   the   average 

citizen any amusement seems little short of impossible。 

     One   accepts   as   a   natural   sequence   that   abroad   ��where   an   hereditary 

nobility have ruled for centuries�察�and accustomed the people to look up to 

them as the visible embodiment of all that is splendid and unattainable in 

life��   such   interest   should   exist。   That   the   home´coming   of   an   English   or 

French nobleman to his estates should excite the enthusiasm of hundreds 

more   or   less   dependent   upon   him  for   their   amusement   or   more   material 

advantages�察  �that   his   marriage   to   an   heiress   ´   meaning   to   them   the   re´ 

opening   of   a   long´closed   CHATEAU   and   the   beginning   of   a   period   of 

prosperity     for   the  district   ´  should    excite   his  neighbors     is  not   to  be 

wondered at。 

     It is well known that whole regions have been made prosperous by the 

residence of a court�察�witness the wealth and trade brought into Scotland by 

the   Queen's   preference   for   ;the   Land   of   Cakes�察─  �and   the   discontent   and 

poverty     in  Ireland    from    absenteeism      and   persistent   avoidance      of  that 

country by the court。 But in this land�察�where every reason for interesting 

one   class   in   another   seems   lacking�察  �that   thousands   of   well´to´do   people 

��half   the   time   not   born   in   this   hemisphere���察  �should   delightedly   devour 



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columns      of   incorrect   information      about   New     York   dances    and    Lenox 

house´parties�察  �winter   cruises�察  �or   Newport   coaching   parades�察  �strikes   the 

observer as the ;unexpected; in its purest form。 

     That this interest exists is absolutely certain。 During a trip in the West�察�

some   seasons   ago�察  �I   was   dumbfounded   to   find   that   the   members   of   a 

certain New York set were familiarly spoken of by their first names�察�and 

was assailed with all sorts of eager questions when it was discovered that I 

knew them。 A certain young lady�察�at that time a belle in New York�察�was 

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