Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-28
Frce.and-Easy Beauties.

In general way, there is certain air Of
formality about even the greatest firt, when
she happens to be unmarried. The beau
who desires to stand we'll in her favor must
approach her with caution, and must re-
member that she is likely to lapse into the
melting mood 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 feel
ings are, by observing sundry apparently
insignificant signs rather than by watching
her usual demeanor. 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 frequently by no means the
inveterate spoon that is the maiden who,
when in company, is inclined to be Excess
sively prim and conventional. The first
mentioned possesses the instincts of an
actress, and plays Up to you as much for the
purpose Of impressing her friends and &C
quaintances as for the sake of ministering
to any purely sentimental feeling. The
aforementioned, on the other hand, shuns
general observation, because she has an
objection to being talked about, and becomes
confidential and languishing when free from
general observation, simply on account OF
the fact that her mind is of romantic, and,
perhaps, rather mawkist order. 1t is prob
able 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
analyze the motives by which young and
unmarried beauties are actuated, this much
may be taken as proved, tina: they never ap-
pear 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 conduct which they
adopt. Not few of them have preference
for certain representatives of the male
species, but, so far from frankly ayowing
that this is the case, they take immense
pains to disguise the fact. A large portion
of them crave after the company of members
of the opposite sex. yet the majority Of them
persistently pretend that to nothing are they
so Indifferent as the society of gentlemen.
Their love for each other is not always of
an overpowering character, but the manner
in which they act is certainly calculated to
lead to different conclusion. All this may
be the result of the natural modesty of the
female character, and may be quite in har-
mony with the tone Of polite society. But
there is reason to believe that if women
were not difident, and fearful, above all
other things, of aught that is unkind being
said of them, they would pursue different
policy. The veteran firt, who has firted
desperately for number of years, but has
never succeeded in hooking husband, is
more pronounced than is the juvenile CO.
quette, but it is question whether her
feelings are very much different. In free
and-easy fashion she lays siege to your heart,
and is not desperately offended if, encour-
aged by her bearing, you become just
triAe more froward than is properly permis
sable; her less experienced rival waits and
hopes for you to make an attack upon her
affections, but neither is she deeply grieved
nor MORALLY offended if you prove holder
than she perhaps anticipated. In the one
case the man has, to use a 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 60.