_Question._ Do you agree with a certain female lecturer, that it is the
duty of the fair sex to captivate the other?
_Answer._ Certainly, as cleverness need not be divorced from
fascination.
_Q._ You do not object, then, to brains in the abstract?
_A._ No; but as some men have a horror of the blue-stocking, I would
cover fine heads with pretty toques.
_Q._ And if a woman has literary tastes, what would you advise?
_A._ That part of her reading should be devoted to the fashion
journals, and she should not sacrifice her toilette to her intellect.
_Q._ What is your opinion about latchkeys, visits to the music-halls,
and cigarettes?
_A._ That, from a man's point of view, they are played out, and
consequently should be abandoned by man's would-be help-mate.
_Q._ What do you think of glasses?
_A._ That, when necessary, they should take the shape of a pince-nez,
as it is more becoming than spectacles.
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_Q._ Then, before marriage, what should be your treatment of man?
_A._ I should do all I can in my power to please him.
_Q._ And after the nuptial knot had been tied, what then?
_A._ That, as Mr. Rudyard Kipling would observe, is quite another story.
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