The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-31
HINTS ON couRrsHrP.

Taking 1t for granted that you mas
tered the introductory principles in
article one, you are now prepared for
what follows.
Except heing born and dying, there
Is scarcely human experience that
young man does not think himself
smart enough to dodge in some way.
But when the time of love-inaking
comes he has to acknowledge himself
beaten; for the very good reason that
he wouldn't dodge the responsibility If
he could.
"'rhe start is half the battle,n is n
sound saying that never was truer
about anything thnn love-making. So
the most important feature of the
whole matter is to start right The
proper way to begin is to determine
just what sort of woman you want
to love. Some women are good house
wives, some are ornamental, some are
useful. A great many young men inn
agine themselves in love when they
have been a few minutes in the pres
ence of pretty face or figure. Dogs
and cats think the same way when
they are among their own kind, but
we are not writing about that kind of
creatures. Nobody can help admiring
what is admirable, ms pretty face or
| figure, but man who does not know
the difference between admiration and
love is still In his infancy and ought
| tC, treat himself accordingly. There
are plenty of young women of every
kind To go around, so no man need
make hasty'step for fear he will be
left If he doesn't bury.
The initiated are apt TO conclude
that happy introduction is all there
is TO courtship. There are rivals in
every kind OF business, and in none
more so than that of love-making II
You have found pretty. sweet little
creature somewhere, don't imagine
that you have an unquestionable right
of-way, for some other young man is
sure to find il out and will rise up and
dispute your title If at the same time
some other smitten youth chances to
be prowling around trying to establish
himself in her holiest emotions, hold
yourself In, no matter how angry you
may feel about ii, and instead of say
ing hard things about him. praise him
up as a good-meaning fellow, but al
the same time intimate that he is not
much account in a general way. She
will praise YOU for your magnanimity
and despise him because you patronize
him. Wonen's minds are like the
nightmare, they always go by contra
ries. If you both happen in of an
evening-and this is sure to occur-Iei
HIM do most of the talking at first, and
about the time his limited stock ol
ideas are exhausted, you will come uT
smiling and lie Is compelled TO choose
between going home or sitting like d
dummy the rest of the evening. If ht
stays too late for decency, get up and
say, "Come, John, let's go home" He
will get up and follow you ont, gratine
his teeth and swearing inwardly a
you. But you need not care for that
you know that you have worsted hiu
once, anyway.
The greatest vexation, and the on,
requiring skillful management on til,
part of the wooer Is where the parents
volunteer to share their daughters ut
tentions of an evening. We have
known old people to proffact thei
vigils to an hour that was indeed pain
, full. We are not in a position TO speal
: dogmatically at this point, but we ven
ture to suggest that YOU retire to th'
garden gate. Such course is prefer
able 70 rohbing the elderly couple o
their needful rest, and it might hav
the salutary effect of preventing a rep
etition OF the barbarous practice.