The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-03-26
Free.and. .Easy Beauties.

In general way, there is certain air of
formality about even the greatest firt, when
the happens to be unmarried. The beau who
desires to stand well in her favor must ap-
proach her with caution, and must remember
that she is likely to lapse into the melting
mood only when the eyes of the world are
not upon her. 1t will be necessary for him,
moreover, to take the initiative, and to arrive
at an estimate of what her real feelings are,
by observing sundry apparently Insignificant
signs rather than by watching her usual de-
meanOr. The latter, as matter of fact is of
little account. The young lady who will talk
loudly with nine out of ten gentlemen with
whom she is brought in contact, when she is
surrounded by large gathering, is frequent
y by no mears the inveterate spoon that is
the maiden who, when in company, is in
c.ined to be excessively prim and
conventional. The first mentioned possesses
the instincts of an actress and plays
up to you as much for the pur-
pose OF impressng her friends and acquain-
taDces as for the sake OF ministering to any
purely sentimental feeling The las. mem
toned, on the ether hand, shuns general OBJ
servation, because she has an objection to be
talked about, aud becomes confidential and
languishing when free from general observa
| tion, simply on account of the fact that her
mind Is OF romantic, and, perhaps, rather
mawkish order. 1t is probable that mere
vanity, as much as any inclination of an
| amorous nature, is often the handspring Of
the action which she takes, there being no
| evidence to the effect that the feminine mind
takes less delight in making conquests than
does the masculine. This is By the way
without stopping to anayze the motives by
which young and married beauties are
actuated, this much may be taken as proved,
that they never appear quite themselves.
Most OF them would like to get married, but
there are very few who will state this much,
though nearly all show it by the line OF con-
duct which they adopt Not few of
them have preference for certain rep
resentatives of the male species. but, so
far from frankly ayowing that this is the
case, they take immense pains to disguise
the fact. large portion of them crave
after the company of members of the oppo-
site sex, yet the majority of them persistently
pretend that to nothing are they so indiffer-
ent as the society of gentlemen. Their love
for each otEer is not always OF an overpower-
ing character, but the manner in which they
act is certainly calculated to lead TO differ
ent conclusion. All this may be the result of
the natural modesty of the female character,
and may be quite in harmony with the tone
OF polite society. But there is reason to be-
Eeve that If women were not diffident, and
fearful, above all other things, OF ausht th at
is unkind being said of them, they would pur-
sue a different policy. The veteran firt,
who has firteJ desperately for a number of
years, but has never succeeded in hooking a
husband is more pronounced than is the ju-
venile coquette, but it is question whether
her feelings are very much different. In
free and easy fashion she lays sege to YOUR
heat and is not desperately offended if, en-
encouraged by her bearing. you become lust
a trtie more forward than is properly permis-
sble; her less experienced rival waits and
hopes for you to commence an attack upon
her affections, but neither is she deeply
grieved nor mortally offended If you prove
boltler than she perhaps anticipated. In the
one case the man has, to use sporting
phrase, to make all the running; in the other,
he gets materially assisted and occasionally
is urged on just trife faster than he wishes
to sO.-Liberdl Repieio.