The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-24
MASCULINE TRAITS.
Points That a Girl should Consider Before
She Engages Herself.

OihtS Ahat "a CoHSIuSE
She Engages Herself
Much advice has been written to
young men on the choice of a wife. In
fact, a good many girls are weary of
reading that aged, but ever green,
paragraph which recurs so regularly in
a certain class of family papers, in
which the inquiring youth is hidden to
take for wife the patient creature
who wastes an hour or more in the en-
deavOr to wind a snarly skein of silk
without a single complaint, who smiles
perpetually whether there is any thing
to smile at or not, and who, after dane
ing all night, is accustomed to make
her appearance at the breakfast-tabe
in an irreproachabe toilet, collar and
cuffs of snowy whiteness, and every
hair in place. Clearly this is expecting
too much. Every woman, no matter
how patient she may be, experiences y
certain relief in pronouncing the word,
"Botheration, or some of its syn
onyms, when more than usually an
noyed; if she is sensible cher face has
serious sweetness instead of being
wrinkled up into an unending and in
sipid smirk; and, although after any
social excess she will not omit her usual
morning bath and hair brushing, her
chief comfort thereafter will be found
in loose wrapper with a soft muslin
kerchief at her throat.
The young woman in search Of &
husband Gf such being exists outside
of the usual leap-year references to
her, is not so apt to look for super
natural qualities, and perhaps not so
apt to find them If that impossible
young lady is in need of advice on this
subject let her sean the following rules:
Observe the manner in which the
object of your regard treats his horse.
If he is q hard driver outdoors he will
be hard driver indoors; if he lashes
his horse past the object at which it
"shies" he will scornfully deride your
nervous fears; if he allows it to stand
and investigate the object of its dread
he will show like consideration of
your foolish fancies.
Notice the gait of the candidate for
your favor. If his step is heavy, he is
pronounced in his opinions; if he moves
slowly. he is cautious, conservative,
slow to anger and apt to let his
thoughts dwell on the past rather than
the future; if he walks rapidly, he will
be sure to get there" providing he
has a clear idea of the object aimed at;
if every one turns out for him, while
he ''keeps straight on" your future
days with him will be set to the tune of
the line: Sure must fight if l would
win"
But the dinner-table offers perhaps
the best field for discovery. If this by
! pothetical young man has marked
preference for one Wand and an aver
sion for another, both being equally
! innocuous to the normal stomach, the
indications are that he is crank; still
this is better than that he should pick
daintily at every dish and be dissatis-
fed with all, as by these marks the dys-
| peptic is known. If he puts all his
mind on his plate, with an evident dis
inclination to take part in the CONVEX
sation or notice the requirements of
those about him, he is possessed of
great concentration of purpose, with
rudimentary notions of good behavior.
If his style of dining reminds you, in
ever so slight degree, of that of the
! farmer who goes to market at four in
the morning and gets nothing to eat
until noon, it is sure sign that there
is nothing odd or eccentric about your
young man; he belongs to the great
brotherhood of mankind. If he begins
an anecdote with the soup, allows it to
drag its weary length through the vari-
Gus courses and come to q melancholy
end with the coffee there is no crime of
which he may not be capable. Bache-
lorhood is too good for him. Let him
be Stunned as YOU would shun pest-
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