, 1874-04-13
HOUSE-HUNTlNC,
The Engrossing Female Occupa'
tion at Present.
Her Brilliant Hopes and Her snfl
Realities.
Tho Lessons of Experience.

As~f3e1t s@''f AA@ A0'A--s --3 "N@o ~AtdhA VI
Of tho city. It will be noticed tint thcy arc ab-
straotcd, III 1t coming somo important question,
md 1yi,, occou,onn,1v emilo ar comnroaa H. ill.,,
~ ovon ,,o~ to intimotion of fro,v, ~ suv mps,
;sef Jt' ron T tar . fair bros nn thom y"
as If aoized with satisfactory solution Of tho
problom, will nod tho heud with q eieuiflcant.
ao1,.conrrat rat,,lntorv ani)o.
'S' .,a. ,.,,,nrn,.,,u
Hoi th"AnANoI'
IhoBo Iaiioa arc not 10 DO MISTAKEN for TOM
poranoo folk. Tho lattor do not 60 singly and
alono with m air OF abstraction, but trayol in-
o.,n,,ra1lv l., nnrda or at nnv roto ,,a,,oa L.
s'"-"us"ns III oana', ~ ~ a'ts 4n1e, ne9or IN
less tha1a palfe' anu naso aauy tmnga TO talR
over In common with earnest argument, broken
by long reflective periods. They aro nHsortive,
tlotormiuod, and. moreover. Indicate familiarity
with The nnbl;e. caring littio for the cnarsn.
grained orcaturos about iiom. while, on tho otIor
Band, tho strange mission Of tho single ladies'
Is ,.ot roadiIy interpreted. Thoir prooccupation
In ayidontlv ',nus1a tlloir agitation too nyident
to artso from . familiar consideration, thoy aro
STRANGELY tlBtrait. but pnlpobty on ecco11nt Of
Romo sudden business which tEoy havo on hand.
What, tl1ot,, is tho mystoriouB nature OF the
business which absorbs tlloir attention2 ThoBo
who accidaptly meet them In front Of eorno ,,l,-
tenanted mansion on which il placardod tho
legend
"ron RENT"
lendng eyo they take in tho points of conyeni-
e,ce, accaypibiIiiy, rapair, aud cloaulinoaa. viii
havo no trouble Id arriving at the conclusion
that these latlios belong to that great
army which arises oyory sprinr like
tie tootl, Of Cad1nus' tiragon to bocomo = legion
of louso-untera. The first leaves TINT bud
forth in thls senson may DO said to be tho pla-
cards 81 For ncut," and tlis Is tho hoat that ad-
yanccs to pluck tlicm.
n,orhaps thoro aro some readers who fall In
nuisance, and a sourco Of anuoyauco to tno Ia
dies. TIoro could bo no rroater mistake it ia
tho only
MODERN FORM or THE cuAeE
nny oxeito1nont and thonlth the Ladies' viii, iii
the;r littln doco;t viii nrafonf to 1,atc II thcv
would not l,c donrvod Of ;ta enfov1nenta for In
world. Navor tjur;nr thn Svhn1a s1,I,acnnont
norIni of tia vonr ; tharc araa a., ;ntnroaf viii
hnif tha Souaibit,cs ~ cnn;c"t,ro "r NJ
tha onnort1,n;t;oa I'm raro tact T., bar-
rain;np' or knen ina,r1,t tn tin framtis
Of landlords. tint this nresants.> 10 aav tint
i ia no sntjsfnction to hr;nr down tho owr,er
with hattorv If ecornfnl refnarra ,,nnn hia i,ia.
covered eubtorfuren. or to hid over him tic
torrnr nf having IN tenont for fno VAR r. comn
il to cast n rnnrnach upon Immunity.
FtEoy'a nnEnM.
T,verv we,1.roculntnd fomnin mini IN tho roa.
saaanr of n caatto in Snn;r a avail front nj
mnrhio ,vith nnnontmnnta n sn;t ~ a noot
hr;c, snndatonc It'll, nnmfnrtahio rnoma and =
grass-pjot In front with n had of woll.arranrel
md tractablo nlnntn or r. cosv ,cottara witf,
croon blinda md Glenn vhite face. and as tley
Sia,,ca oycr Tia coinmna NJ T,fr TR1nrnr avory
edyertisemonE That i,,toroata tl,om In mi.
congciol,n]y comnnrcil will tho idcal atani,nrI.
and ns it falls sort Of or seon,s to anpronch te
fanciful ntrncturo. it ia nayHod ovor or notoj
dnwu for fut11rn usn. viii, a hanf1fu1l NJ thoeo
tne,norunln tlo holse tinter will start ont Of a
Monday morujpr. .say having prnyinuslv ar.
nrrnnuad hni,soholf} aiTeira m tint
they will not intrudo their IN
cntnfortnhla reouiromenta nj an unnoa sonahlo
moment. and being ti1un tloroughly oot,ipuel.
with hor wits leoniy alive to lilo necossitieH Of
faucios Of the case, sho will begin tho campaign
with what the French torn elan, feeling tint
sho has something to do worthy Of her powers
und TINT slo is quito competent to do it, These
arc the persons who have boon mentioned oil &c
saSed M in tho eroat re- adventure % Of tho yosr IT, aud
10 wonder thev look prooccupied, Tor mo,
nlcntous decision must DO mado before the 1at
house as tho iirst to bo visited from oconon,ica
reasons, aud having arrived atthe uumbor desig.
natod BY tic card, disappointment number oie
is in store for the enthusiast. The imaginar,
odiiice which had boen floating in hor mind flnd1
no substantial vos1acation iu tho
wEATuEn-wons AND s1.AMpL,sa nooKEny
that confrontB her. Thoro ia no need for q sec
ond examination; one 1oot conyincea hor that tl,e
advertiser has porpotratod vile fraud, and tha
tho dream Of choapuesa and beauty combined il
premigco. Her air-cnBtlo receives q rude shock,
but it in not phnttoynd for tho consnlation argef
Tint thoro nro otI,era m hor lfst not an clIonn
perhaps. but still within tho limit. aud M the,
arc biEhor in nrico. they must be- halter II
uua,ty. Hor enir;ts rey;vo ut th;n roflecton. aui
woary walk hrinrs liar In ,,uhor two
S,sTars ,rwn
il located in what IL called bv tho dolueory adver