, 1884-08-31

aggeratcd selt-c0nsclousncSs "A iUible
hardly to be reconciled with an ingenious
mind. People see this instinctively when
face to face, but they do not always recog-
nize the trait in description. a novelist
may secure general sympathy with a glow
ing heroine who would be instantly de-
clared too knowing by half in flesh and
blood.
A maiden's blush, in its proper place,
under proper Circumstances, is one Of the
happiest efforts Of nature. 1t is often
likened to a peach, but few will deny,
after the youthful enthusiasm for fruit
has passed, that in favor it excels any
species Of peach ye, invented. saving.
perhaps, the early Stirling. That fine
variety may be brought to table in per
fiction Mt an age when the most precoe-
ious bushes are still deficient in aroma.
But in this branch ofhorticultural s%cience,
the place where is almost more important
than the time when. A young | dy
whose bushes fly to the noso might
almost as well cease 10 cultivate them.
They will never be brought to that degree
Of finish which enables 4 skillful and
psinstaking grower to exhibit with a rea-
sonable chance Of taking a prize. which
is. we imagine, the ultimate aim of this
as Of other pursuits. As for the young
laly who bushes about the cans, she
might rs well blush in her back hair for
any points the exercise will gain her in
competition. But surprising that AL be
AZ il SHOULD in color AMI place. that the
opportunity DO chuscn with care and the
circumstances favJralla a well grown blush
5 a very lovely product. These conditions
o,rur more frequently than might be
thought. Almost any man has observed
one blush at least which has struck him
for Il moment as a masterwork. He did
not. .rhlpt. SCARE a nm min lus verdict
in its favor from the universe. nor even
from his own family ipnssibly their repre-
scntat ons, or an enlarged study Of the
subject. may change his own view subse-
%uiently. But the impression %lngers. 1t
may be questioned, for it has been.
whether a young lady ought to blush when
invited To pronolnce such Il simple word
as Yes or No" The question is not
put to her, as a rule. without
ample warning. She has been
conscious for some weeks or months or
years that il woull come, anil that she
must replr-wss ever damsel taken un
prepared by 4 decurous liver? YES" or
even mo" is not difficult to say. unless
the maiden stammers, an infrmity for
which tho most brutal worll make allow
ance at the moment, and very low tome
will suffice. But if there be one touch OF
nature that shows all w%omanhood akin, it
is the blush which meets a proposal.
Cynics may declare that the alarm of
modesty is but one among II score Of
secret springs-but nobody heeds
the oynics. Upon tho other hand. in
dignant champions Of the sex point
/ out that men are not embarrassed
in closing with a business proposal. and
why. they ask. shoull a girl be2 We do
not know; the subject has not yet come
within our purview, Some may fancy
that in the dim years Of long ago. when
blushing was invented, this trial or test
was appointed by the judges Of female
merit as a last exercise which guided their
decision. If n girl does not blush her
best then, she stands out Of the competi-
tons hcnceforward. The class is only
open to FLIES; widows have an exercise
somewhat analogous in the gentle tear.
Damsels there are, however, who can
not blush; we are bound to believe il,
though our experience would en-
phatically negative tho assertion. The
simplest formula for testing one of these
exceptional cases has been given by an
expert. Get possession of the young
lady Immediately after introduction; bring
her TO n snug berth under lea Of the win
dow curtains, or, if possible, a plank of
Xmhosonla AntiyHorimi. Repeat n
hymn to her. Talk ofthe Sudan. Then,
with fire in your eyes, exelaim; Fly with
me, my heart's alornel!' We have I'M
derstcol that this process brings a blush
10 the pr5udest cheek-if it be capable OF
reddening-and gives winning %soitness to
the tone, as the maiden leads you forth
aud refers all subsequent questions to the
footnan. Still, the coll experience Of
science declares that some ladies' will re-
sist even this trial. The blood which
should suffuse their lovely cheeks concen-
trates behind the eye. imparting a weird
Glitter TO that ormn. The eccentricitv is