Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-09-12
GAME OF MATRIMONy.
TRICKS THAT ARE PLAYED IN AN
CLING FOR MATES.

Financial Pitfalls Laid In the Path Of tho
Unwary- Both the Sexes Practice Deccp.
tion-scvcral Amusing Exsmples-The
Bitter Is Sometimes Bitten.
A certain much quoted wise man Of old
said that lin vain is the net spread in the
sight of any bird" But so insidious are
the snares that arc often laid to catch eli
giblo sutton, that they arc too often unsus-
pected and undecided, until tho fatal mat
rimonial NOISE has been tightly tied round
the victims neck.
Perhaps in matters matrimonial the fair
sex are moro sinned againt than SHINING,
but on the whole the division Of forces in
this game, III which. ns in war, all is fair,
Is pretty equal. Tho mon tell tho lies
which buit tho matrimonial hook, the Ia
dies act them.
Not every mamma, with few revolving
and marriageable daughters on her hands
for disposal, is so simple as that dear old
lady who fed her daughters largely on
fish diet, because, az she ino0niously OBJ
served, Fish is rich in phosphorus, and
phosphorus IL useful in making matChcs"
it would take us far beyond our present
purpose TO attempt TO sound all the depths
Of the deceptive wilos Of coquctry, dress
ard make up hy which the ovcrtrustful
of tho plain and straightforward male sex
are bcguilcd into believing tho objects Of
thcir-to begin with-nercly polite nttcn.
ton to be worthy Of Hos devotion.
These arc but tho natural weapons Of tho
sex. highly polished and deity welded by
many, though despised and unused by 3
few.
Some have COMO as far as 70 say hat tho
word 'mahimony" IL derived from tho
fact that tho state IL names is so much g
matter Of money, and certainly n great
many of tho snarcs laid in the path Of tho
unwary bachelor by designing mammHs,
maidcns and widows are financial pitfalls,
1t is generally suppo ed, and not with
out grounds, that Vhilo men in general
look twice Mt Il pretty face ard hardly take
the trouble TO look at plain ono at all,
il the plain girl has Aloncy shc is fairly
certain to TO married lung before the pen
nilCss beauty, and OF course the wealthy
beauty is, so to speak, snapped up before
she has time to think seriously on the mat
ter; hence the Importance OF money as =
halt leads TO much painful cndCavOr TO APP
rcGr we'll of, and to earn the rcpute Of the
possession Of wealth, It's che rcpute scTvos
the purpose Of bait we'll enough If it can
only bo kept up until tho fatcful word
have been said a. the altar. After thH! -
/ well, @ veil uay dcCcntlv 0o drawn owe!
the scene.
! In ccrtoin small Watering place q re-
tired major on Tie half pa list had taken
up his abode with % view 10 living rs com
fortahly as possible within his income.
soon after his arrival he mado tho &C
Quaintanco Of a very charming widow,
WHO lived in a ricc little house and APP
pearad to be vcry comfortable indeed.
/ OF course it was not to be expected that
the gallant soldier would give himself
away by telling tho real reason of his resi-
dcnre in this particular place, and his
rather hCa7tful conversation led the widow
to believe that he would prove splendid
| catch if lie could only be secured. II was
an cas- matter for hcrwoman' s. wit, sharp
encd By experience. to devise n plan by
which the major pnFht be suitably i'm
pressed with the knowledge of her own
wealth., withoat hcr having to say any
thing on tho subject. Sho had 90 q small
reserve IN local bank, tho sum OF eco,
and this sho asked tho MAJOR one afternoon
casually to draw for her, as she did not
care to go herself, not being convorsant
with tho ways Of banks. The major was
delighted to obligc ana it SO happened
that l:c w0s sent on tic same GRAND about
oncc Il fortnight. This set him IT, calcu-
latinr, and tho end of il was that being
thus, a. he fcndy SUPPOSED, tho pOsscSs0r
/ OF direct evidence Oi the littlc widow s
/ mcncycl possessions be proposed, and was
accepted. But too late the Dyes of both
We're o.cned. The schaming widow had
paid in again into the bank, a5 soon as she
received it. from the major, her little cGpi-
tai Of 600, and the major had ultimately
to comics, to his baro half pay.
y fond father Of four girls, determined
to Go all he could to oct them off his
hands, was accustomed to huttonholc con-
ndcntially any eligible young men who
might happen to drop in and inform them
that it WIS his inter,ion to leave to each
| Of Iii: daughters rs near r., 600 as he pos
Silly could. But the trick was too palpa-
bic. The poor man could not have mus
tered q for each of them, and as in small
places the real state OF matters can hardly
he concealed be was made the subject OF
much ridiculc and was often facctiously
referred to as ''old two thousand. -
Going n step further, some have been
known to hive their wills drawn up in due
form, leaving TO the female mcmbcrS OF
their families large sums of money, in the
hclc of thereby creating the rccdful favor
able financial impression, though tho sums
80 LETT were entirely fictitious. The law
yer in such case is not made the sole re-
po.itory Of the contents OF the will, rs Il
few iudicious hints given ii. tho proper
quarters are sufficient to spread such par
tiGulnrs Us il is desired shall reach the ears
Of those whom il is intended to deceive.
Ii has indeed happened that the astutC
legal gentleman called in to make such 4
fictitious will has been himself thoroughly
well taken in. 4 certain widow who occu
pied largo house in a fashionable London
district, without means, and living entire
" on credit, ut last outran her long suffer
ing creditors patience, and they began tC
press her hard. HothinkinS herself OF /
way out Of her difficulties, she sent for
solicitor, who happened to be llnmarri,t
and in very large practice, and INSTRUCTED
him to make her will. In it she disposed
of properties and inyeStnents-all purely
imaRinary--to tho tuncof $50, 600 or 600,
600. Not long Lftorward the solicitor pro
posed, was accepted and found himself, OF
rs marriage, the husband of u pennies
adventures. Household Words.
BETTER Natured at Long Range.
"Mcn are odd creatures"
"What now?'