Washington telegraph., 1852-05-19
HaSii,is to Marry By.

The following naxims to marry by. ad.
dressed Ia single gentlemen. are eopie1 from
"A very old number Of Blaekwool, printed
80 long ago that old Kit North must
have bern something Of beau at the time
he wric them;
Now, IN making marriage, as in making
love, and indeed in making most other
thiugs-thc beginning il is the difficulty
But the French pruycrb about beginnings
-"C'cst lie premier pas qui ooaic, goes
more literally to the arrangement Of mar.
riasc as our English well illustrates the
condition Of love" The first step over the
rest easy" Because in the marrying affair.
it is particularly the first step that costs"
-as to your cosi you will find il tla; step
happens to O. the wrong way And most
men, when they 90 about the business If
wcdlock. owing 10 -ime strange dcluson,
bcgn the affair at the wrong end They
take fancy to the white arms, (somctimes
only to the kid gloycs) or to the neat ankles
Of a peculiar school girl and conclude from
these premises, that She is just the very wo-
man for the world to sold houciul Of ser.
wants, and 10 bring up dozen children -
This is convenient deduction but not al.
WY, s,c miv.
hI.,e arm. aud NEAT ankles, bring me,
naturally, at once To the very important con.
sidcraiion Of beauty. For don't suppose be.
causc ! caution you against all day-dishn.
bills, that | want to fix You with worthy
creature whom it will mako you extremely
i'll every time You look at For the style
Of attraction, please yourselves, my friends
| should say handsome Ggurc-if you don't
get both adyantagos-is better than mere.
ly pretty face. Good eyes are point never
10 be overlooked Fine teeth. full, well pro.
portioned limbs-don't east these away for
the sake Of single touch of the small pox,
a mouth something too WIDE or dimplcs
rather deeper on one side than the other
II may, at some time, be a matter Of con.
sideration, whether you shall marry maid
ora widow As to the taste, myscl: will
give no opinion--l like both and there are
advantages and disadvantages peculiar to
either If you marry q widow, | think it
should be one whom you have known in the
life time Of her husband because, then aJ
dcta ad p0sSe--from the suiFcrings of the dc.
iunct, you may form some notion Of what
your own will be. If her husband is dead
before you know her you had better be on at
once because she knows (the jade y what
you will like, though she never means TO do
it, and depend upon it if you have only
one inch of peachant, and trust yourself
to look at her three times, you are tickled
10 a certainty.
Marrying girls is a nice matter always /;
ior they are as cautious as crows plundering
"a corn-iicld You may {" stalk " for week
and never got near unperceiyed. You hear
the caterwauling as you 90 up stairs into the
drawing-room louder than thunder but it
s!!ops--as if by magic the moment (mar.
flageablc) man puts his car to the kcy.holo.
don't myself profess upon principle, see
any objection to marrying a widow. If she
upbralds you at any time with the virtues
OF her former husband, you only reply that
you wish he had her with him, with ali your
soul. If a woman, however, has had more
than three husbands, she pOisons them
avoid her.
In widow.wiving it may be a question
whether you should marry the widow Of an
honest man or a rascal. Against the dan.