The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-15

money for his own pleasures, and no
hos q fastidious horror Of all the an.
noyances and establishments Of mar
rtage; add to this that he IL neither
the creature Of impulse nor of pas.
sion, nor at all capable Of self-for-
getful love, and the question at once
arises, why in the world should he
marry? And the answer is, he don't
that is, not often.
But although only the young girl
believes in her beau as anything more
than beau, he Is both valued and
cherished by elder women to. whom,
as have implied, he serves as q re-
creation, an anodyne. a refuge from
those relations Of life whose depth and
intensity make them as often the. mis-
fortune Of our lives. !. I am, In fact,
very fond of my beaux. and don't hest
tate to acknowledge it,. but not for the
world would let them know that
consider them as beaux pur ct simple,
since probably not one of them but
would be offended, for the world has
grown so false in our day that no man
is contented to ''see himself as others
see'' him, but poses as something else.
1t was not so in the days of our
grandmothers, when Beau Nash and
Beau Brummell, and host of their imi.
tators, were not only content but
proud, to fill the role of beau and
were only distressed lest they should
be taken for something else.
Wouldn't 1t be possible to revive
this guild-spirit, and start new school
OF professional beaux-men who, find
Ing themselves adapted by nature and
inclination for the profession, should
educate themselves for it. study up
the old masters of the art and en-
broider upon their methods all the
added finesse and enterprises demanded
by the advance Of the ageP It is
really subject worth con sidering, and
recommend it to the notice of my
young male friends, several of whom
show very pretty talent in that d.
rection.
But, pending this new departure in
the history of beaux, let me implore
all my female friends to be more pre-.
cise In their classification Of their male
acquaintance, for it is really grief 10
hear q tender, romantic. Browninges.
que adcrer spoken OF as the .'beau" OF
his idol. or to have ones solid, practi-
cal, congenial comrade dubbed by 50
trifiing name. or to insult the sweet
illusions and loftier ideals of pair OF
lovers by calling "Romeo" the beau OF
outlet" "Mercutio" was beau, II
you please, and died with a jest upon
his lips; but one can not imagine him
in "Romeo's" place. No. my dear
girls, don't be shipshop In your nom.
enclature; and, although you may be
surrounded with beaux, don't fancy
them lovers, or even sincere admirers,
for your true beau Admires nobody very
much except himself, although part
Of his profession is to assume the part
Of an admirer, not to you only, but to
the other dear five hundred toward
whom he will futter in the course OF
the evening. .r. e..
Don't tell him that you don't believe
word he says, and don't try to get
upon solid ground with him and find
out how far he is really sincere. for he
taste and bad policy to force any man
to confession of ignorance, even to
himself. Nor can we break butterflies
on the wheel, or build houses of soap
bubbles; SO be content to take the beau
as beau, and value him for his real
uses and merits, which are not to be
despised.-Mrs. Frank Leslie, In Gin.
cinnati Times. '''