Happened to read this book from google digital
archive.
Excerpt from a book -
From a Girl's point of View
by Lilian Bell (c) 1897
Chapter 1, The Untrained Man under Thirty Five
page 8
The trained man wishes to amuse. A man under
thrity-five is in this world to be made happy.
The man over thirty-five tries to make you
happy.
There is no use of uttering a protest. You
simply must wait, and let life take it out of
him. The man under thirty-five is being
trained in a thousand ways every day that he
lives. Some learn more quickly than others.
It depends on the type of man and the lenght
of time he is willing to remain in the raw.
You can do little to help him, if you are the
first girl to take a hand at him. You can but
prepare him to be a little more amenable to the
next girl. His mind is not on you. It is centered
on himself. You are only an entity to him, not an
individual. He cares nothing for your likes and
dislikes, your cares or hopes or fears. He only wishes
you to be pretty and well dressed. Have a mind if you
will. He will not know it. Have a heart and a soul.
They do not concern him, because he cannot see them.
He likes to have you tailor-made. You are a GIRL to
him. That's all.
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Then it stikes me - have you perceived me as 35 or older?
Regardless my 15 years of age ahead you - did I let my youthful
inside reveal?