The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-01-10
Co,srtsi.ip from q Business Stand
point.

point.
Papa observed to his daughter beau =
q Jim if you want Lou you can have her;
bIt don't want yuu hanging around unless
YOU mean business. II you intend to marry
hurry up, for / can't be kept awake hlsh'S
much longer. - Exchange.
This old gentIeman's head was eminent
" level He first displays an eye ior p'lsl- i
ness and then comfort he iac' - 'iI'Io
are few parents who Evou!o NOT rather see
thei, daurbters happily married than 10
lose ono nioLt's comfortable repose. But
to sneak more to the point-not only pa
mas. whose nightly rest is often broken by
the dallying of the beaux in the parlor or
the hall until the wee hours OF the morn
ING. but the fair ladies themselves prefer
the business man who proceeds to business
in a business way. This view Of the mat
ter is well Illustrated by an anecdote told
nv Governor Vance. A girl, when her
bashful sweetheart, ashamed to speak his
mind, sat in stupid embarrassment ana
kept pressing her foot with his under inc
table exclaimed John, if you love ms
why can't you say so like man. "ho qai'
dirtying my clean stockings
There is no room left for doubt but
that this is the spirit which animatos every
sensible girl. They like sense and sersi-
BILE men-business. They can bear with
the poor fool who fiddles and fumDies
around, aud pays attention day alter
day week after week, and month after
month, and viii use him as convenience,
an escort, or partner in dance, if his ac
cnmplishment lie III his feet instead of his
head, but marry him Never! Except
when she finds she can do no better, and
has to take him to get rid of him And
the misery is that if she does that, she will
fling it in his face to her dying day.
The general who lays siege to the enc
L., y 70, l.,
the breastwolks, force the erection of the
white flag of capitulation, and penetrate
the citadel, goes at his work i'll IN earnest
business way. He is 10 laggaTd, 10 loun-
ger, but regarding that business. he ''Goes
in So in courtship. If a man desires
to succeed he must comprehend the sltu-
;.tion at u glance, and tackle the after in
hand rs 4 matter OF earnest business. He
must go at it as lie would at grabbing.
earnestly and with a will, saying what he
means and meaning what lie says Ii
there is any created thing 4 woman atimres
il is a u.au, and the more manly Ran Is,
the greater her esteem.
BESIDES, this indefinite Claylyirg is not
ONLY a loss of precious time and valuable
opportunities but is the worst OF policies.
The beau OF Whose ultimate intention the
fair object Of his alteration has he least
suspicion. is watched and scanned with lynx
eyed sclunity His every fault, folhie and
short coming Is carefully counted and
weighed against his attractions and pros
poets. What man of our day can success
fully pass through so trying an ordeal?
As in general too much intimacy cugen-
ders contempt, so in this case, too thorough
an acquaintance, in nine cases out of ten
reveals repulsive points. which lead to
calamity III the suit. The moral of this is,s
that a man should never allow the lady of
his choice to become too well acquainted
with him, if lie expects success, and gene
rally, we may add, Uice CerSG.
To sum up the whole matter in one
eweeping deduction, the sesame 20 success
in cuIrtslIip Is comPTeheUded in very few
words to wit: short acquaintance, half
l,our visits, and striking while the iron Is
hot.
We throw out these few disinterested
suggestions for the benefit of tie unnar-
ried community at large, and especially OF
the many old stays we see pIancnG about
our town, who are evidently deslrous OF
committing natIimOny, but don't seem to
know how If aught here said may serve
TO direct any Of these 10 successful con
summation of their evident desire, we shall
feel that we have rendered good service
alike to them and the community, even
though it bring downupon US the impre-
cations of the ladies whom they may entrap.