, 1879-08-10
INTERE3TING YOUNG MEN.

| LIE AonuOu cutNTutIy IIeDael0 philosopher
has turned his attention to Undressing
! young men,, and examines their character
| istics in very clever and searching manner,
though not from very dattering or exalted
standpoint, as he classes them in the same
species Of pets as pugs and poodIcs. From
his analysis, the English interesting young
man appears to ba essentially of the same
type as his American brother. He is de-
scribed as good-looking, pale, and thin.
This holds true the world over, though why
it should be go is mystery. 4 fat man can
never hope to bs interesting IN the eyes Of
lovely woman. Why few pounds more OF
less OF heshy ayoirdupois should make such
radical difference in the likes and dislikes
of woman is unaccountable, and as mysteri-
ous as the preference of most men for
small female foot,-the small foot in almost
every instance being but o scraggy collection
of bones with q thin covering of skin. OF
course there are kindly disposed women who
lovo fat men and tackle kindly to them.
There are fat men who succeed in getting
admission to female circles by reason of
their good nature and general jolE-
ness, but they are only tolerated.
They are not interesting. They are
too apt to get heated aud red in the face.
They can't stoop to pick up lady's hand
kerchief or glove without risk to suspenders
or danger Of apople1y- Always being funny,
everything else strikes them as funny, and
they are apt to give expression to their en-
1or1y,ont If II h,, q 1ou1 f,n{For Th,1r oo-,ok
in a dangerous manner, sneeza oxp1osively,
blow their probosces as if they wero trum-
pets, and talk loudly. Though these are all
honest, hearty attributes, still they do not
make their possessor at all interesting, for,
as We have said, the interesting young man
is not only pale and thin, but he is always
grave and mostly dull. But that is what
makes him interesting. The fat man has
great deal to say aud he always says it, re-
gardless of the proprieties, but the interest
ing young man in reality has nothing to soy.
Still he contrives to make it appear that he
might say something if he would. In other
words, he appears to have mystery about
him which he may suddenly develop, or
which may never be developed this side Of
eternity. Though he acts just as every
one else acts when he is by himself,
he is tinged with sadness when others are
about He has mission which it is difficult
to discover, and he walks, talks, eats, drinks,
admires, aud nets unlike the ordinary herd.
Though entirely commonplace, he must never
let it be known that he il commonplace.
that he does must have an air Of !
novelty, curiosity, or mystery about it. He !
Ian have no golden mean. He must either
be as pious Us ST. CHnrsosroM or as wicked |
ss Bob ISaERson1. In private he will gorge
himself, but in the midst OF his female
friends he must hover about the edge Of
lalicacy. As the Saturday Reriesoer says:
il IF not in consumption. the interesting
7oung man should have herculean strength,
houkh heart-diseasa will make tolerable
'ubstitute. He may suffer agony with great
advantage, but ho must never have CON-
nonplace pain His face may be angelic or
PASSIONATE according to his tastes; il the
ormer, he will Of course have an express
ion af calm and militant endurance. pro-