The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-27
Pigeons.

Thers is this difference between tho pigeon
and bis human analogue, that, whoreaa tho former
ieatGoT Not Ist 6e thinks & agony on nl the con.
trary he decidedly likes il, which Is o wonderful
ple's tastes. But in order TO pluck o human
pigeon at leisure, you must fret catch him. HAY
Is good month Tor this operation. About now he
begins to resort TO the Opera and the park and in
the ePurlieus OF olther fino snecmen may be fusl-
ed. a clever sportsman will get tho earliest pos
sible information sbout his movements. Much
freshly aiishtod from tho grand tour, is oasiIy is
oaf FhSfe are tive s9st
matrimonial anaro. This Is worked by tho dowa-
ger, in concert with her daughter, somewhat
herself, as if by Chance, In tho pigeons way. Tho
briianoy Of her charms naturally attracts
him: small-ialk ensues, in which an
and his is casually revealed. The 10 simple itio
40 90 congenial q soul. 1s ho musicaia aho adores
the divine art. A gourmand2 sho Owls to tho
possession Of q cookery book. Ritualstio? il was
but the other day that aho was at 81. Alba1s
Turfy3 He must throw his eye over her book for
peror Domitans, were Elfins dies, sho % Would I @ pro
Tess her readiness to Join him in it. Or sho tries
another dodge, and, putting on the airs Of pretty
m9mlress m asks him With tender interest to conade
IN her. Tho great point is never to lose sight of
him; to follow him to bala, concerts or races. to
cleaye to linn like his shadow. Thcn when ho Ia
ts .sriy Ca caught light in the tolls OF her encIclng sympa
thy, the eder and moro experienced ally appears
on tho scene. Her task is 10 cut Off his retreat 49,
Tho second continuance to which bo is apt to fall
msaSSs snP ThS S much
those semi.attached couples who might sit to
new Hogarth for now edition Of Marriage a Ia
Node. Tho husbands part is very simple. It is
70 DO as little In the way as possible, and TO afford
his sprghtlier half every facility for pursuing her
little game. The chief bnsiness dsvoiyes on tho
isdy. 1t is her task to mako the, pigeon fall mad.
oyerstepping the bounds OF conventional prcprio-
ty. Happily this can be managed nowadays With
out either ooPement or scandal. Among the i'm
found possible to enlarge Tho Limits Of wediock 90
as to include a third person. lifelong fete-d-
fete which was the old conception Of marriage, is
angular theory, by which, new element, In the
shape OF parastical adoier, has bson introduced
into m The holy estate Matrimony, as reconstructed
and to relieve the tedium Of the situation good,
looking ,appendage Of the male sex, who Is an
agreeable m &C. companion Of the one and the devoted
mony OF the arrangement-theh husband, q back
ground; the wife, the charms Of her presence; the
adores cash: whatever other experience II brings,
the value Of money; sentiment is sweet, but IL is
an article Of confectionery, for which its Mir dis
RenseIs n the married ranks exact an equivalent.
mntron is careful to lot her choice fal on q plump
specimen Of the pigeon speoies-a pigeon With
to o almost saghps 5sdqS
ing him will employ her delicate fingers
nor Long hms .a Hs be
we'll is TO pay. Hb yacht, his drag, his brougham,
his riding horses his shooting box, are all at her
at his expense sho Hows the Derby; at hls expense
she enjoys an opera bog. And in roturn Eor alI
this she has only to smile and nnnrmr $50 NICE
paid. Then shs e1acts great many costly pres
qnets. Ills curious to note how tho codo Of pro-
fashioned novels, the storeolyped dodge OF com.
promising lady'o reputation Is to force present
or loan Of money on her. Nowadays Lovolaces
1e pEopsaa aS S III ss sa say The aS
bounds. II would DO great mistake to suppose
that a woman can play this gamo without special
s saa and psous pS Is
most, she must have married o man whom sho
must be proof against the weakness which somo
who, without being admirable 0rchtons, treat them
kindly and with forbear,nce. Next, sbe must have
thrGw 0 ~ sho t"ado about
the mosses Just as she ts starting for her biyouao
to Norway, or course OF Dinners in tho Palsis
you 20 ea a II ns tho doGo5 and Co.
picking up flesh, In mamma's absenco. At somse
obscure wAtering;place. Then her Temperament
must b cool, calculating, and passiopless In no
hard Lines Of her mouth and tho cold lisht of her
fine oyes. Lastly. sho must have, not s suporsti-
opinion, or rather for tho opinion Of the infuons
tisl part OF Il. No ono has nicer perception Of iho
difference 10 the relative. Importance Of stupid
country gossip. and ostraoism, from certain great
study appearances, 30 long as they do not clash
With hsr arausements. Indeed, You will generally
fnd that her doar friend is young lady Of groat
she idmlp tu.t enough. but not too far, into her
confidence, and who finds il worth while to enact
the part, now Of blind, and now Of foil.