The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-12-13

4 VI"
IN the less conventional DAYS of our
grandfatherS -purports to be From a
young man suddenly captivated at the
play -house."s i sssThe charms of vour
person 'r-7says the s'young man sud
denly captivabed ~ fswhich appeared to
such advantage last night at the play
house IN Convent Garden have totally
deprived me. sef my heart. / fiatter
myself my glances were not altogether
dlsagTeeable. as I did not perceive 4any
token of disdain. | am therefore en-
couraged.' though aistranger, a to make
tins humble acknowledgement of nv
love; and, if you will honor me with
an interview, IN the presence of any
relation, will + satisfy you, and
those whom it may concern, with re-
speet to my parentage, connections,
profession and all otlier matters that
should be known previous to an allowed
Familiarity. Presuming, unless fatal
Encouragement prevents, that you will
comply. with my request seeing that
my designs are apparently honorable,
L remain, waiting with the utmost i'm
patiences for an answer" etc. asa''
Tothis epistIe.the young lady's papa
replies, the prescribed form of his an
swer being SO far favorable as to ar
fangesf Tor an interview. All this is de-
tightful; but it is hardly considered
quite proper nowadays for Young
lady at the play. to treat the .'glances"
OF strange Young men with anything
else thfen6Tdisdain, or. at all events,
apparent unconseiousress; and the
chances are ninety-nine to a hundred
that such an epistle would now be in
stantly consigned to the fire OF waste
basket. The Illustration, however, re-
calls the story of a seertain celebrated
actress who. on one occasion received
the following original declaration,
which, one may safely presume, was
not copied from q ''Letter-wIiter:, Y
"MADEMoIsELLE-I am only a poor
worker, but / love YOU like miliion-
alre. While waiting to become one,
send you thisfsimples bunch of yiolets.
If nay 1etter gives you a wish to know
me, and, to answer, to the sentiments of
my soWl, when you are on the stage TO-
night, lift your eyes "a, the gallery; my
legs will hang over."
The compiler Of the .Letter-writer''
above referred, to displays 3 singular
amount of ignorance with regard
to the attitude Egenera1l Y assumed
on, such occasions by the ''stern
pafient,9a . who, even in the
''good old times,'n very seldom met the
advances of those who, though utter
strangers, presumed SO ito seek his
daughters hand with such agreeable
courtesy The difficulty Of securing the
CONSENT of the young ladY's parents
has always been one of the greatest
obstacles in the course of true loye.
In order to .dyercone thatsdificulty, sor
to find opportunities to carry on the
courtship in spite of it, many singu-
lar device has been resorted to. Here
are two rather entertaining illustra-
tiohs:
4 young gentleman fell in love with
the daughter of his employer; but the
different social status Of the PAIR seemed
to preclude all hope. of a. successful is.
sue, the young lady papa stefnly for
bidding any further progress in the
matter, and denying the young man
the privilege of continuing to visit at
his house. Tie situation appeared al
most hopeless; but feminine Ingenuity
rose to the occasion. The old gentle
man was in the habit of wearing a
CLOAK. and the young couple made him
the. unconscious bearer of their cores
pondence. The young lady would pin
a letter inside the lining of her fathers
cloak, and when the old gentleman
threw off the garment in the counting
house, her lover would take the earliest
to secure the valued mis-
siye and to send back -his reply in the
same manner. Love and Ingenuity were
finally successful. The ether case was
that of an American young lady whose
friends refused to ratify her choice and
approve her betrothal. The expedient
shelhit upon was simple but. effective.
She just went to bed, declaring her de-
termination TO remain there till her
parents gave their consent, which oc-
Cured in less than fortnight. It was
found by that time to. be less expensive
and more agreeable to call in the lover
than the, doctor, ezr ,s.s.sss =,
So much for what may be called the
parental, difficulty; but what about the
success of the lover IN ffnding favor in
the eyes of his adered? The pleasures
Of eourtship are no doubt very great,
but they win become as ashes to the
palate if they end in final rejection.
As transatlantic poet pathetically re-
marks :asE sss ii7 iissss
sTis sweet to love; but, ah! how bitter
To loyesa, gal aud then not git t.herl'... e
I It Is often extremely tiifficult to know
exactly how to achieve success in love.
Weleannoe all be great, or beautiful, or
even supremelg good but next to real
Izing all these conditions in ne's-self,
ItsIis important to- believe, or at all
evepts. to makesthe young ladyhelieve,
that she herself is beautiful and
good. but that she possesses those quali- !
aesIin sufficient plenitude to make up
Tor your; manifold DEFICIENCIES. Even,ins /
this direction. however, there is dangers;
Ind the lover viii do wen to bear in
mind the experience of an abandoned
suitpr, who, when HskedsM4iy he had
3een rejected, replied: ALAS, I flats1
Eered her till she became too proud to
speak 20 he.',' 5....'' e - .s'. 49,
Touching this same subject of fiat
.ery. a lady was asked onone occasion
Iynv Tafafti terf7<Ic ,s44v. ,sse,4 -, :.