Year: 1874

have seriously married their regulations


by the vagaries and acts Of idiocy into


which they were led whilst suffering
from the tender passion. Were it not


q profitless task, many celebrated names
might be cited to prove the truth OF this.


An things considered, then, it is evi-
dent that actual love-making should be
|, conducted on the principle Of the right
hand not knowing what the left hand
doeth. The amorous swain, who is
longing to initiate the successful and
talented wooer whom he has seen at the
theatre. would do well to make the at
tempt in as unostentati0us manner as
possible. The probability is that when
he comes to offer his hand and fortune
to her for whom his soul is whitening,
he will succeed in getting into a guam
Diary and making a sad mess OF the
whole affair and it is certain that the
preliminary ''business," in which he
will, probably, deem it necessary to in
dulye before taking the final plunge,
will compare most untayorably with the
preliminary business indulged in by the
individual whose lot it is TO unburden
his mind, in general way, at least once
day. But many amorous swains havo
not the good sense to refrain from OBJ
truding upon public notice. There is a
stealthy openness about their ogles and
murmurings which never fails TO com
mand attention. Their bushes, their
awkwardness, their occasional leers ot
triumph when they imagine that they
have, rs the Americans say. "struck lie,
are neither amusing, artistic, nor clever,
but they are very apparent. Their IN
attention to everything but one special
object is too well known-as is also the
mystery in which they try 10 enshroud
themselves-to be commented upon.
Suffice it TO remark that they can he
seen through rs easily as can piece OF
crystal, and that it is the reverse OF dl-
verting to watch their proceedings, as it
is, unhappily, the fate Of few people
some time during the course OF their
lives to be compelled to do. There is,
however, some excuse for the unpleas-
ant line of conduct adopted by the class
under notice. However disagreeablc
are the dsings, 1t cannot he forgotten
that they are, probably, the result OF
real feeling, and that they will cease TO
be practiced after the lapse of certain
time.


The case is different, however, with
another class who go in very extensive
ly for the mystery of love. 1t is com
posed almost entirely of young ladies
who have not entered upon the real
business of life. These young ladies'
make point of contracting with ono
another what they describe AS eternal
friendships" As a matter of fact, these
eternal affairs last, in general way,
until one of the contracting parties mar
ries their ideal OF maI-and no long
err But while they DO continue in full
bloom they are things not to be spoken
lightly Of The friends" are friends TO
a positively alarming extent Many and
desperate are theiI VOWS and declara-
tons. No man shall sever them is the
burden of their song. Admitting that
they may be trapped into matrimony
which by the way, is most remote con
tingency, their husband shall only have
the second place in their affections il
their declaration. They care about no
one but each other, and this they render
evident by attempting TO snub or treat
with supercIious indifference nine out
of every ten people with whom they are
brought in contact One cannot have n
thought without the other being made
acquainted with it one cannot get
new shawl or new dress without the
other longing TO procure one Of pre-
cisely similar pattern. Of secrets they
possess countless number, and OF each
secret they are co'possessors. Traces
of these secrets are ever coming to the
surface. You cannot DE in the compa-
ny of the fair damsels for one hour
without being unpleasantly informed
that some people do not think so much
of you as you are in the habit Of think
ing ol yoGrself, and thai there are many
mysteries In circulation which must bo
left mysteries SO far as you are concern
ed. The love the fair creatures bear to-
wards each other is often ybnbbling up,
and a thousand little endearmeDts and
caresses are indulged in which very
quickly enable people TO form an opin-
ION as to the state Of the case. A large
portion Of the. '.friends' time is spent in
selecting gifts for each other. The
brooches, the charms, the earrings, tho
rings. the bracelets, they wear all marks
Of the intense affection in which they
are mutually held. They cannot DO
separated without experiencing tho
kecnest pangs and inficting an immense
amount of labor upon the post-ofice Of
ficials, TOR which those functionaries are,
no doubt, sufficiently grateful. All this
would be very beautiful were it not for
several important facts. In a general
way the display Of affection, in its most
exuberant developments, is nothing
msre nor less than simple aifectation.
1t is one Of the crazes 70 which young
ladies of a sentimental turn Of mind
seem TO be addicted and which is in
yariably generated by the reading Of
mawkish books or some flaw in the sys-
tenn Of education which has been pur-
sued in reference 10 them Fortunately
it does not last long.


A fire broke out on Saturday evening
last in the large steam furniture factory
Of Beck & Bolte, in Baltimore, entirely
de.froviny that btfildiny and dafpaDiuO