, 1873-08-10
WOMEN AND REAL ESTATE.
speculations by the Formor in
the Latter.
How CueI, Specuiations Usually
Result.

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,vlnt tho Inv rutt,1e.a,v 1o,nmInnfoa n aninator
o,,a hor .,cont,. 11a frnr, ,,a, n;tT1 narrinoa
At tlo aewnp.mncfiino, tho dosli. thc countor. or
thu blaoh-bon,d. hnya dribhloa into tho Savings
bank. till thov ,nonnt wol IN in thu tnroo figures.
Tho first of Jan,,ary and of Juno aro to ber
rrirht onocl,s. from whcl, MI m;unr B,ceoot}i,;,
oyauts aro dated. Those arc tho days when the
taciturn rocoivnr teYlcr deta;na liar bnnIx hank
"u''o nu nonena'a't's onlcis upon ~ slas "e.~
oono 3io or sao "lioae origin seenls as mJstefl-
GUS to her rs that Of tho mama
to tho Iyraclitos Tho poor. grateful
saaast ~ t,,.ns " ,n,.is,, t,'o h h,,.
socis1 henso " ln1''''uy, " "'hen .'io oa''A
ia wholly irrosponsivo. Whilo sho IL thus con-
tent with "tho sweet simplicity Of 6per cont"
her evil genius, in tho shano of aomo masculino
rolotvo whoao nort}y ,,rnro voat ornanno of
.via"o' "Aoao poAs; 49,, '"'S o~r1Aao -
"lito vest, respectable bhlunesa, anu general
mir Of woll~to.do-noss inspire confidence, To-
marks In hor hearing that +Ihoro never was bo-
foro aud nrobch,v ncvor ,v;,, ha aro,n ancb n
49,, It., !. ,.. ".... -
boou tnl1o w AAsoht Ii 1eal o6tate' Aos =" A&a
with little mattcr of five hundred or . thou
sand on his hands nut It into land round hore
VOW on1 :, a fo,v roor. bo, wa.,o u,, r;c1,--vcu
'o"' - ''
elr, 3'fcA.
I VOL, it's
ALL OVER
with t},e nonr vomau, With a little natural re-
o.a. so ,.;t,,ara,,a hor ,nonov fro,, ,l,,. ao +,
6ret' sno "itnul""e Aol H!oAo5 'i"ni 'no ea'o
covert OF the bank, and buys q lot,-tho To-
cation being determined Bolely by tho
o1v;co og tho mau In whom. nj That
a..ss,,,a .,,at,,ro sl,o ,,a,rora ~ ,,ovo ,,r,at
F"'..oui"i 1urv.o'o' 'uo n"ppous w no Auo''
commence. "hen tno tfansacslon ID ieio'oea"
bly, finished, NOT beforo, mind you,-she goes
to view 1or possosBiou. aud Is disappointea, Ia
tl,in treeloaB! crassless nstch Of lare eartl tho
| thing for whicl, she paid oil that money? It
il only dirt after ali: and women hate dirt.
They toll hor il ia 75 feet but ubo Inns no idea
how much foot Is. TheY enthusiastically re-
mark that it has d Bpleuiid front but how is
blo to distinguish Ito front from the back Of
that naralloloHra,n Of sun-bakod earth? Eho is
called upon By tho agen. to note tllat tho
houses On elthor side have improved her
nt the uoghborly epdowments of dilai-
it1ntod boola' brnkon botiles r1steniug In
tic sun. skeletons of ancient hoop -skirtb, mud
canuot Beo the advantage Of uciehbors, unloyH
ain Bhn11ld conclude with the grat1ttous capital
they have giyon hor, to cot up 4 junk-Bhop.
Next COMES the expcnse OF
onAp1Na.
Mystery OF mysteriesl Why, when sho Inns
bought ono lot in d lump, must sle bny, second
in wayon-load instullmonts to lay OH the top of
tho first Thon comes tho second conundra1n,
| in tho shapo Of taxes. No masGllno ktiowlelt;e
can mako 1t plain to her why Bho must pny tho
Government to allow her to keep that which ii
about tho rights Of propecty-holders; hut 70
| far Us sile can SEQ, thoir rights arc all WRONGS.
Then formidable, document through .tho
mail informs hcr that she must lny side
walk in front OF that dreadful incubus. OF
but she doea not suspect IT, 10 It doesn't matter.
is tho sldewalk.ngony over IT,, than the mal br!nga
Roads, ordering her, i'll nlosta'lshorlatlvotc terms,
to pay certain sum. or come and shovel dirt
for two days OIL tho highway. Not being o
wousan;Tightsor, sho prefets tho former a,torna;
tive. She ls worn out with seeing dirt hauled
ecratos the horrible din OF c!7inchitg gravel On
tho new road. she dreams at night or tho
agents coasoloss monologuo Of aubsoiiinG, drain-
ago. sewerage, ditcLos, and catch-baslns. sho
begins to believe TINT Nature ~ :ot up to tue
newest and mat improved met.oda OF lrrl-
CATION, drainago, the Jay Of tho land etc. ;
and that, on tho who'll, 1t would have been bet
tor it men had boon consulted Us to tue proper
way in which an earth should bo created; :.
At last there comes welcome day when the
agent tells her silo hndnt better "hold On to
! the land my longer. Ilo aadb tlat sno Is lucky,
for 1t has been rising all tho time (sho romem,
bers all tho cart-ioadB OF dirt sLo put on it, aud
thinks 1t ought to have rlson certalnly} and atl'
yiHes her TINT now is good time to gotit
"ofF HER HANps.'
(Can any one explain why man is eaid to hnTo
all hs property from 2 marbl9,b!ock , to gallon
OF ice.croal1, " GU hls hanus NOV sue has
can got ler money out OF tllat detestably-ugly
piece Of ground. 6ho ms new ana secTot
speculation n view: ana; IN pursuance o1 II, she
betakes horsolf rosolutoly to tho weekly land
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