What the Men Think of Women’s Looks.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXIX, Issue 21, 23 November 1907, Page 52

What the Men Think of Women’s Looks.

Many women plead guilty to dressing to please a man-—to themselves, if not to the world at large. Woman wants man to admire her just the same. Iler clothes, from the crown of her head to the tips of her boots, are planned •with this in view—to please: the--men. Perhaps it would be more accurate to reverse the order, and to say from the tips of the boots to the crown of the head, for it is a fact that most men notice a woman's boots sooner than her headgear. Men like little feet, but as all feet cannot l>e little, they also admire wellshaped feet, and all feet can be well shaped. A pretty foot is a welldressed foot, and it is easy to dress a foot well. It is curious to see with what unsightly footwear some women provide themselves, when they could with the same outlay be so daintily shod. Then there is something about the light-coloured boot that appeals to a man’s sense of romance. It makes a Woman more ethereal than the prosaic black shoe. Men like dainty manicuring. They' are exceeding}’ sensitive to the appearance of the fingers, and if a woman can present a really well kept pair of hands she has done a great deal in the battle for admiration. Men like bare hands. There is something babyish about a. pair of bare hands, all devoid of rings. The sight appeals to a man’s chivalry. Red hair is supposed to attract many’ men. Next to that they’ like jet-black tresses. The medium shades are less attractive, though gold-coloured hair is very acceptable to a man’s sense of the beautiful. Men like reposeful hands. They’ hate hands that twitch and play with this and with that. They like little childish hands, full of dimples, hands that like to lie in the lap and rest. Men like nice hair-dressing. It is really the hair they notice, and not the style of the couture; it is the condition of the hair itself that they observe. Neglected looking hair they’ notice at once. They' like hair that shines, hair that is in place with each hair in studied repose. They like hair that looks as though it had beeff prettily arranged. Red haired women .ire fortunate. Men admire them, so those who possess such tresses have no need to regret it, as one often hears them doing. Mon think that Buch hair is beautiful. Men like red cheeks, and the redcheeked woman has become fashionable. IA doctor say's that the way to get red cheeks is to pinch them with the finger tips until the blood comes to the surface. Ask a man which of three women he admires most and he will unhesitatingly pick out the one who is trimmest as to boots and bindings; he admires the ■well-groomed woman. A man likes to see a well-hanging skirt, and he does not stop to ask whether the gown i- a plain gingham or a costly silk. What he likes is the look of extreme neatness.