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fascination? Only One Woman In .100 H Clothes, Beauty, Physical Appeal? It Takes More Than These To Make A Woman Really Attractive In Eyes Of World, Says Authority JLe vou read this article, which gives many ' men to the secret of fascination, look about u at YOUR friends! Make a note of the ones like the most and then a note of those you ttly don't enjoy. Now, make lists as to WHY like the ones you do. The chances are you'll Lithe reasons running something like this:. t) The ability to understand difficult situa tions. ' 12) Honest, pleasant eyes. ' 3) A ready smile but not a grin! (4) Knowledge of some special field or knowl edge of many things. IS) Patience this does not mean laziness. 61 Sincerity! 17) A well modulated voice. it) Freedom from affectation no man nerisms. 1) Ability to laugh even at themselves. 10) Independence of thought and action. You see In this nothing that has anything to with fads or fashions. The man from the irth woods may be as charming as the play- fresh from Palm Beach or the beautifully wned daughter of the town's wealthiest inker. - Clothes actually have very little to do with . keination, although clothes may heighten cer lin charms. Certainly every one enjoys looking a wen groomed, fashionable woman, but thou- (nds of tests prove that both women and men tuire more than the ability to wear clothes In Fer to please their friends and make their mlet envious. Speaking as an editor I'd sav that there Is no M against a reporter pleasina the eves and . fng fashionably garbed but that doesn't him a good reporter! fie same is true of life! No one obiects to a EH groomed man but that grooming won't kehlmlnterestina. HE MUST uivc enue. ING MORE! We demand loyalty, honesty. Iotlon, Intelligence and a dozen other things . mcnDs ana loved ones and a good tailor ""Y've mem these qualities. The fact that a cruel Jealous husband Is well ied doesn't make his wife love him! On the Mr hand, a devoted. i,M.,.l -i,, i f shows consideration and Interest would be JHeven when he needed a shave the worst! t K same standards, a wife who practised t nagging and flaunted a nervous dls- Hon wouldn't be loved no matter what Pari- pliably the grandest adventure to be found ming TOr fa nailAM I. 4- ti ll't lin ..-..mm is ig UIBCQVCr U ,Z , g' a9pe"ble Person who listens p" 'n Is an a,ithn,it , poject! -"7 v,i some important Mbe I'm wrong! What do YOU think? ImrjWJF Gladys Swarthout, Y& Opera, Radio ltW . a"d Screen Star, Is If Sr . y N Hated by Miss Winslow KJ - : v ( i J " rascinanng women ot I I 1? What woman doesn't want to be "fascinating?" e f m i4lRjiS 111- Buthowfwrea,lyare! , . II A I 1 . , , t X f$h: :'wM '$x ' A x i V Th yitt Stt niter Winslow, Noted Author, Sttys That "To Under stund People Is u Necessary Ad jtont of Charm, of Fascination. Yon Cannot Be Egocentric or Bored With or Indifferent to Others and Be an Interesting Per son Yourself." ) ' "Understanding Is a Necessary Charm," Says Miss Winslow. "If You Have Under standing You Have Fascination and Will Always Be Surrounded by Friends. And, as for that elusive quality of "fascina tion" itself, Miss Maxwell says of It: ' Fascina tion is an exclusive quality that Is fast disnp pearing. It is hard to find, because it has noth ing to do with beauty, charm, riches or blue biood. Only one woman In a thousand has it." By Carol Bird JR 'lamn?! 8 fa,,nattnE creature?" You tuni l th. troweled restaurant, and stare rapy. Her "" iin-ii. one is snnn ana rJtouH., :. ' ' wouia maKe a French VL ..-r'.he She is' n fct. a dowd. She hw hfr . L . beauty-" But your friends kSnsn i. lnem 8r,e 18 fascinating, a J interring and captivating above all ff( hve all hart ihi. . . . hre urA ,Wh 18 8 charmer and trying to rm what makes hr .n rui.. l-'tTr "lunnlnK clothes,' nor wit. nor a n li k "'"Shtful manners. Wherein, ner allure? Maun y..... ... . . Ner nH ' i orK and par,B "oc'81 h.-MS ik. '"me mipresario." who recently rM the world's "i .... ., ,. F nVM h.. K.vmeaL eiuipnien, wr-i! ma e choice wlth 8 "st I" klthem f 'iTinatlng women." She tr.erfc, , ' ""-"ny. me screen capital or . from il t","nB . W.rite' . from Ui tth : m lnose ho broadcast -! ... 1 DI lnem came from the !MlrU r 1181 ' wX,'Wch- HolI--ood screen actress; 'fmnor. Writ"' formr ot John KitiVrnn"' Euten 1e Rothschild, the !f:aiij t- ;,' ;"ranM of Philadelphia: Daisy P!-- i.h V lne worlds best-dressed hrtor-r " de WoIfe Mendl. Interior i "w, oertrurt . , . to mL matrtal which la now unlntel- '"VirnM.. TP": Margot Asquith. a for- ' c"t n . 'ldow of the former Premier TorkrVi Mrs' Robcrt E. McAdoo of 1 U!. T' ColIet,e. th French writer, who ''"ictTm Goud,kel1. and Amelia Earhart, 'L', tryuvt ?' accord"t to Miss Maxwell, o unt laBCIMtsa." ARMED with Miss Maxwell's list of the . world's "ten most fascinating women" and the determination to find out precisely what constitutes "fascination," the writer looked up Thyra Samter Winslow, author, and discussed the subject with her. "I do not know many of the ten women Miss Maxwell picked," said Miss Winslow, "and so I can neither quarrel nor agree with her choice. But I'll pick my own ten or twenty most fascinating women from among those I happen to know. "My twenty are not world beauties. Some are not even pretty nor young. A few are indifferent to clothes and wear Just any old things A hat with parrot feathers, perhaps, when stylish women are wearing plain French berets. "Speaking of women I consider fascinating and interesting. I think I can give you an out line of what they are like. Then I'll name a few of them. Most of the interesting and fascinating women I have met are marked by originality, even if sometimes they are regarded as eccen tric. "One' woman I know Is ugly as a hedge fence, dresses like the very devil, is on the hefty side in weight, she is sometimes rude, and she Isn't young In fact, she'll never again see 50. but fascinating! Why, I'd rather spend ten minutes with her than an hour with any one else. A room brightens when she enters 1L You experi ence a warm glow Just by being in her presence. "The women I think are Interesting are often odd numbers' to other people. But then a lot of people I like are Just a little bit mad. This adds to their fascination. They're more than Just a bit off normal. "Some of the women I think fascinating are homely. Some wear the strangest kind of clothes. They are often abrupt In manner, dis regarding little manners some people set so much store by. Some are old and some are young: their ages range all the way from 25 to 65 and more. But they all have independence of thought and action, a fresh and young view point. "They are all frank and honest. They are natural In mannerism and without petty affec tations. They have a sense of humor. They can even laugh at themselves. Most of them are successful business and professional women, others are Just "home girls.' A few are 'celebri ties.' But they are all stable people. "They are not carried away by their own suc cess or by the success of others. They are kind. They are usually busy. They are. In nearly every case, doing worth-while work In the world. They have a sense of balance and of values. They have a wide variety of Interests and are en thusiastic over many things. "All of them have one outstanding quality they are Interested In people. And they are good listeners. To say that a woman can be a social success simply because she is a good listener and nothing else is ridiculous. But if a woman MISS WINSLOW suggested that one way for a woman to be Interesting is for her to try to understand other people. She said: "To understand people is a necessary adjunct of charm, of fascination. You cannot be ego centric or bored with or Indifferent to others and be an interesting person yourself. And a woman, to be considered charming, a woman whose personal fascination attracts to her many friends and admirers, must not only be inter ested in people but she must also be Interested in a wide variety of things This gives her a rich storehouse from which to draw. She Is really alive, she knows life, she understands human beings, she knows what is going on in the world, and all of this fires her imagination and arouses her enthusiasm. This makes her a vital, fascinating person. "She not only takes from others but she has Something to offer them In return. A fresh viewpoint. A philosophy. Wit, perhaps. Ideas. Sympathy. But while my kind of fascinating woman is kind and sympathetic, she 1b not falsely so. She has no hypocrisy In her make up. She is sympathetic only when she focla real sympathy." Curious as to the identity of some of Thyra " Samter Winslow's "ten most fnsclnatlng women" and wondering what they were like, she was urged to name some of them. "Before I do," said Miss Winslow, "let me say right now that I do not believe a woman can be fascinating unless she, has sex appeal for men and charm for women, or unless her achievements are so outstanding that you do not stop to think of either. I mean that a strictly 'man's woman.' the kind of woman who does not appeal to members of her own sex or who does not like other women, Is rarely ever really captivating. Neither Is the woman who attracts only women and from whom men turn away Indifferently. "Well, then, having made this clear, I'll head my list with Dr. Mary Halton. of New York City. She Is one of the most fascinating women I know. She Is not young, she Isn't beautiful, but her charm Is greater than that of the loveliest-looking feminine creature I have ever met Dr. Halton is a woman physician who has done more good than any other woman 1 can think of since the death of Jane Addams "She has always fought for the woman who ' haa made a so-called 'social mistake.' She la now fighting for the rights of the child born out of wedlock, and yet she probably has brought more babies Into the world than any other woman obstetrician, and under greater difficul ties. She works among slum children as well as millionaires. "Next on my list of fascinating women come three women editors. They are Mary King. Helen Duer Walker and Katherine White. They are Interesting because they have a great breadth of viewpoint, a quality which Is usually sup posed to be purely masculine. They have It. too, without sacrificing a single feminine trait. All three of these women are most attractive In appearance, "All three are interesting In modern thing. jf ifr i," i-.-A- Lynn Fomaniic, Famnus Stage Star, Has a Fascination That Few Women of the Stage I'imess. They have kept a feminine outlook, too. despite the fact that they must dally deal with both men and women. They rmnlilne the analytical and Judicial mind beautifully. They do not lose their fresh viewpoint with the punning of tunc, cither. "I consider Mary Johnson one of the most fascinating women artists I know. Her Ideas are sometimes a little too radical for my taste, but she. at least, Is thinking, for hernclf. She Is always awake to new adventures Last year she thumbed her way to California traveling In everything from a broken-down little coupe to millionaires' Rolls Royces. Every one liked and respected her, too, because she was so ob viously herself " MISS WIN8IXW then named a much-quoted woman, a writer, a poetess, who Is con sidered a great wit. although her tongue Is often thought a little caustic "Dorothy Parker. In my opinion, Is an inter esting and fascinating woman," said Miss Win slow, "but not because she Is always being quoted on wine-cracks and clever retorts, be cause I think a lot of those things are merely legends and that she doesn't say them at all. Marlenc Dietrich With Her Little Daugh ter. Miss Dietrich Was Chosen by Elsie Maxwell, New York Social Arbiter, as One of the Ten Most Fascinating Women in the World. But sho Ib lnt creating to mo because she lives her life exactly aa sho wants to live It. When other women get catty about her, she knows how to handle tho situation. She simply goes suddenly very high-hat with them, Instead of bothering to answer back. This la disconcerting, to say the least. "She Is always amusing, and she haa always kept an Individual, original viewpoint, refusing to fall in with mass thinking." Women wrltors then came in for their place In tho Bun, In Thyra Samter Winslow's sun, at any rato. ' Fanny Hcnallp Lea, Kathleen Norris, Edna Fcrber, Inez Haynca Irwin and Ida Tarboll are all captivating women. Inez Haynea Irwin, wife of Will Irwin, writer, is a warm, charming and delightful woman. She Is a little on tho plump sldo, but Hint, to her admirers, merely spells years of cutlng good food. She haa great warmth, sho Is humorous and sympathetic. You feel a lively glow as soon aa you get In a room with her. Fanny Hcaalip Lea Is understanding, inter esting, colorful, with a kcon viewpoint on life. "As for Edna Ferbcr, I find her attractive because I like her sense of humor, which she has kept through years of success. It is easy enough to rctuln a sense of humor If you are u failure, but It Ib difficult to do so when you arc successful. . "Kathleen Norris also has a warm, glowing personality, mid many of the same qualities as those possessed by Inez Huyncs Irwin. Ida Tar hc 1 1 I find Interesting because she Is young in appearance and mind, although she Is over 75, and because she Is, at thlB age, busily at work on no fewer thun three books. "I'll iminc among the screen stars three ex ceptionally fascinating women: Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford and Clauiletto Colbert." Mar lene Dietrich also line a place In Miss Maxwell'! , list of ten fnsclnatlng women. "All three of these women dress beautifully, but with originality and restraint. They should be Judged by their clothes more than other women, bcciiunc their profession demands that they dress well. I do not think clothes are Im portant In the cbbo of other women who are fascinating and Interesting They can be attrac tive, charming, even though they are on the verge of being dowdy. If women are Interesting and their minds are keen, they can wear un becoming hats and get away with It." Entering tho operatic field and the realm of music, Miss Winslow picked Cladys Swarthout, singer, as her choice. She said: "Cladys Swarthout has real charm. She haa Kept a certain simplicity. She Is candid and quiet, and is not given to going berserk over things after the manner of some successful women." One of the most "glamorous women" of Miss Winslow's acquaintance and list Is Lynn Fon tanne, actress. "Elizabeth Irving, head of the Little Red Sehoolhouso, is an Interesting woman among educators. She encourages freedom In school and introduces modern methods." Royalty was not Ignored by Miss Winslow, cither, for sho named Princess Alexandra Km pntkln an a woman who belongs on her "fasci nating women" roster. Copiihi, mi
