, 1861-11-14
Sweethearts.


W0nQefIui DlauL u IL, LDlS IOVc. lue magic IlDWeT
in the fai tale that caused doors to open and
walls to sink into the earth at a touch, was q
fool to It. The changes produced by its NEGRO.
mantle influence beat all the old enchantments
hollow. 1t sometimes converts an ordinary
young fellow into an Adons, before you could
say Jack Robinson, and a pockmarked maiden
with red hair becomes under its SPELL smooth
faced Venus, with auburn ringlets, in the twink
ling Of a bedpost Its effects are not always,
however, so abrupt and sudden. Much depends
upon the soil of the heart where the eye-seed
| falls. II it is soft and rich and warm, presto
up springs the enchanted plant like the germs
Of seed sown in wet flannel, when shock Of el-
ectricity is passed through them. This is called
"love Gt first sight" The whole process, sow.
| ing and developing, does not take sixty seconds;
and no further cultivation needed The agency
Of sighs, tears, smiles, and misty glances may
be admirable for the ventilation, the watering
and the summing Of a love that is backward 10
coming forward but love at first sight F" being
perfect at its birth, requires no stimulants to
make il bud and bloom. When the little love-
seed falls on hard or a tough surface It is quite
another affair." The eyes that planted it must
occasionally mOisten the soil with tears and
warm il with tender glahces, or ten TO one It
does not die In the flint, for lack Of nutriment
But, pshawi girls, why should describe love
to your Don't you know, all Of you, either by
instinct or experience, what this article is, how
| it is planted, how it grows, and how to cultivate
itp And as for the men, l am not talking to
| them at all.
About accepted sweethearts girls, and how to
| treat them. All there now, have the advan-
tage Of you. have been through the pleasure
grounds Of cOurtshp and the thorny thicket Of
matrimony three times, and IL have lost some
Of my roses on the route, have gathered good
many Of those tough specimens Of moral botany
known as experiences. II you think these cre-
dentials give me a claim to your confidence, take
my advice. You will find It sound, honest, and
practical. In the first place, never give your
declared sweethearts reason to believe that you
are over head and ears in love with them. 1t
won't do, girls The male Of the human species
generally requires to be kept on the qui vive.
No matter how much you love him, play hin like
| q trout; for, however much he may be in love
with you, it is an even chance that you lose
him. il you don't Men are afraid Of women
who are too fond, be sure Of that Afraid Of
them as wives, mean.
| Don't let your lover come 10 see you too often,
young lady. Make your presence q treat to
him, to be contemplated in advance with the
same rapture that MahOmet said he experienced
in his dreams about the houris Of paradise. That
iavors easily obtained are soon at discount, is
proverb as old as the hills and as fat as ditch
water, but, nevertheless, is as true as gospel.
Therefore, be chary Of that pretty mouth Of
yours, Miss Sweetips. You understand me.
Though your teeth were whittier than the whitest
waterly and your breath more fragant than
Oriental otar Of roses, custom would steal the
beauty Of the one aud the perfume Of the other.
Keep your ns to yourself fair lady, until you
make them over fee simple, at the altar Aud
don't be sentimental. That style is "played
out" The men have been Rose.Matilda'd to
death. The high.hown and extra.poetic are
drugs, and there is no demand for them in Gu
pid's market II you have leaning toward the
! loily and the emotional, careen the other way
and lean earthward like the tower Of Pisa. De-
pend opon it, that the high-horse" sentiment
is bad nag for the matrimonial course.
word with the beauties. IF heaven has
made you as handsome as st. Cecilia, young lady,
don't mar the gift by being as naughty as Luci-
fer. Above all, don't play the satrap over your
adorer, and put fguratively speaking, your deli.
cate foot upon bis neck. The masculine animal
does not like to be abased even by 4 gaiter-boOt
no bigger than Cinderella's slipper. II you
must snub him, at least be wise enough not to
do It before folks. Never humiate him in com.
pany. Shall I tell you why | give you this
counsel? Because after marriage his turn will
come, and revenge is delcacy for which man
has decided relish. have onen seen the in.
suits Of courtship paid of with interest in the
connubial state-haven't your
Should "women's Rights" happen to be your
particular weakness, my dear, the less you show
your hand to your sweetheart as regards that
point, the better. Keep your views on "iemale
suffrage" and all that, perdu, as pleasant sur.
prise for him after the knot is tied, and be is |
fairly launched into matrimony. Otherwise he |
might slide off. Men, prejudced creatures that |
they are, have notion that strong-minded wo
men are all Mrs. Caudles. First catch your |
haE " Nhn hooly
then cook his goose" as you think proper. |
Perhaps, upon the whole, if you can get rid Of
your idiosyncracy, Il will be as we'll or IL you
can't do that it may be wise not to marry at ALL |
There is room on the platform" l believe,
for a few more single sisters.
Lady bird, if you happen to be engaged, or
even Il you hope to be engaged, don't flirt too
much. A systematic flirt may succeed in show
ing her power by rendering her lover jealous and
unhappy for time, but she is sure to end by
disgusting and alternating him. The best way to
fix and rivet the affections Of q true man-and
anything below that mark is not worth a wO-
mans winning and wearing, is to DO natural
Some young ladies, whom see daily, and have
at this moment in my minds eye, are singularly
unfortunate In their attempts to attract admira
tion. There are just such girls everywhere, and
dare say every female reader Of this article
knows at least one or two Of them. They never
attempt to put on grace or virtue, without
running into its parallel fault. Thus when they
would seem cheerful, they giggle, and when they
propose to themselves to be bashful and retiring,
they play the prude. Reserve with them degen-
crates into the sullens, and when they would be
lively, they are historical. Even relgion-when
II is their cue to be saintly-they put on as if it
were full dress Of black sackcloth; and in fact,
under nocircuustances do they appearas Heaven
made them. From, t0pknot TO gAiter sole, they
are all artificial No man ever loved, or ever
will love, an artificial woman very long take that
for granted