The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-09-21
The Young Man With Sisters.

ef EEK, WHO 0)ktjaF all tIeIT lluIe 1DiDits
before him. he is apt TO judge bis sisters
friends by the same standard wbcreNith
be daily judges his sis,ers-not very
logical procedure. hut. think, not an un-
natural one. And. be i, remembered, that
if the young mans sisters are IarayOns Of
amiability and uDimpeaci,ablc a. u dress,
lac cannot help SEEING them occasionally
out Of temper with somebody, and indif-
ferently dressed when there are no strang-
ers in the house No man is a hero IL his
rnlet de cJsnmttre, and no sister is heroine
to her brother. He is very fond Of her
most men are fond Of their sisters-bnt
he cannot help noticing divers little traits
Of character which he suspects his future
brother-in-law will reap the benefit Of
when the first gloss Of the honeymoon
has worn off, and the young couple settle
down TO the everyday affairs Of married
life. If his sister is beauty, all the
more j, he suspicious of the other sex.
He hears his friends 90 into raptures over
the young lady, and he is in no way dis
pleased that some one related to himself
is . fayorjte in society: but he straight
very deceptive He knows all about it;
he has been behind the scenes and has
seen the fair performer studying the
droop Of a ringlet, the fall Of skirt.
Her art may have been concealed from
| the world with consummatc skill, but he
| has not been deceived. for the very good
reason that nobody has thought it
worth her while to deceive him. He
thinks she will marry well-he hopes She
will: and lie wonders very much whether
the chosen one Of his heart will, in the
privacy Of domestic life, NANTES, taste
for pickles and tendency to suck pepper
mint lozenges. He hopes for the best,
but secretly he believes the very worst.
The sex are all alike''-that is what
men say, and what they pretend to think.
Some Of them know better. hope: for
how can all women be alike if all men
are not: The fact is. as everyone who
has studied womankind with any attcn-
ton knows. that women are not all alike
not alike in appearance, not alike in
temper, not alike in tastes. Seldom have
| We known a woman avcrsc to tiattcrv, but
there arc beings Of the very superior ,tx
| who will box your cars sDundly if YOU
venture to hint in the most delicate man.
ncr possible that they are not absolute:
frights. l know :. woman Of SNOWY APP
pcarance and considerable accomplish
mcnt5 avow openly that AT thjrty-"nr III"
is 30 longer youny lady. She is a Inarvrl,
and would be perfect if She had not "a
most abpmnab!c temper. Most men
have d temper OF their own. and they arc
apt to show it when there is very little oc
ca,ion for the display: women also have
a temper which is kept very carefully in
cncch before company, and given fun
license 10 before brothers. sisters, It hur
gen"s rmne. The brother with sisters
ble> when be thinks that PERHAPS bis
. | lfjp has ter l,ic I.s;l if.
the colder for having been nurscd Il lrur
time.
In justification Of the hesitation Of the
young man with sisters. | must remind
the reader that hc is thrown very much in
the way Of hearing bits Of gossip which,
perhaps, are never intended u reach hi-
cars, and which by 30 means tend 10 cXat
tho character Of his sisters companions in
his eyes. He doc not listen Of nDltce
prrpense, but he cannot help catching
stray comments on tho behavior and char
actcr Of young ladies upon whom per
liaps, he has already cast the eye, Of adj
miration, if not the glance, Of fatlomlc-s
love. Vain little creature that LiZZir.
Fancics the gentlemen admire her, and
She hasn't trcss of real hair on her
hcad.' Julia is downright mcrccnarv,
and would marry her grandfather if it
were lawful, and he had ,ientyo money;
She told me so,' and 50 on. Very difficult
for the young gentleman to make up hi,
mind regarding the question of ma'r-
mony, is it MOI, And yet if he should
ask his sisters, who are in the main good
naturcd, whether Lizzie or Julia were a,
bad as she had been skctchcd, they would
unhcsitatin-ly say no. and declare that
both young ladies were models Of what,
socvcr is modest and viruous. and Of good
report among men: whcrcat their brother
would marvel greatly.
Every man knows that among the
young of his sex habit obtains Of criti-
cising with more originality than polite
ness the personal appearance and mental
qualities of the ladies who are hOnOrcd
with the acquaintance Of the youthful
speakers. Generally the younger the man
the more outspoken he is. He will have
no half mcasure-if he has been snubbcd
by Miss Smith he has it out of Miss Smith
over his pipe among his and her acquant-
anccs. She is plain she is affected, she
has a bad temper, she is conccitcd. If,
on the other hand, he is smitten with the
charms of Miss Smith, there is no word
in the English vocabulary sufficient to ex-
press his admiration for the adorable
creature. Samson, in the tolls Of Delilah.
, was not more infatuated with his cnslavcr
, than he is His good-natured friends, in
their endeavor to moderate the love fever
of their companion, cry down the object
, of his affection, and insinuate that she
does not care one penny for him-that she
: ground-and, that, after all, Miss Smith
is not worth an honest mans heartachc
If Miss Smith could hear all that is said
for and against her in the bachelors
smoking room, / imagine she would be a
wiser, if not happier women. Miss
Smiths brother hears, of course,
nothing disparaging to his sister;
J but he has before now heard
Jones' sister and Browns sister sub.
jected to the fiery ordeal, and can pretty
; we'll guess how his own is likely to fare
when subjected to the inevitable process.
: The knowledge does not inspire him with
unboundcd confidence in women. He
gives one or two of his friends credit for !,
little shrewdncss in these matters, and
when he hears a young lady styled stupid,
or conccited, or slovenly, or bad hammered,
or addicted to the use of fiction in the
course ofordinary conversation, he pa'lscs,
he considers. All this may be only their
fun-they may mean nothing against The
young lady, who, pcradvcnture, is as in
|
Baron Grant says he is of bribing the city
editors; but mud will stick if you only
throw enough of it. He becomes mclan.
choly, cynical; he eschews the society of
young ladies, addicts himself to the cult
walton of a beard and the study of the.
OlOgy. He sees his sisters married with a
placid pity for the several bridegrooms
he makes neat speeches at the wedding
breakfast; he presents each of the brides
on the appropriate occasion with hand
some token of his love and affection
there his connection with the state OF
holy matrimony may be said very often tt
end: If he is wealthy, he makes very
good bachelor uncle, but it is unquestiona-
bic whether under any circumstances, he
I would be converted into an exemplary
husband. He knows too much.-Edsm'
burgh Ladies' Journal.
THE Reform Economique gives some in
teresting statistics of the price OF land in
. Paris. On an average of sales it is found
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