Year: 1879

WREN ARE WOMEN MOST LOVELY I
Some Pointed 4Mssrers 10 q PertiseR


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We have received from q young lady 9
question which is So interesting .nd invite:
our consideration of thing SO delicate and
delightful that We are fairly fprced to answer
it at length. This is what she writes:


SIR win YOU be kind enough to tell me,
are young ladies' considered more lovely, and
thought preferable, at the ages from Is to %.
or frou % to p or 26i You viii understand
me; mean do men most adrSire thems p


Before proceeding to our answer. let Us
thank our lovely friend for refraining frGn,
any attempt to bias our Judgment Ly giving
even hint of her own age, she probably
thought that if she did so, natural sallantry
might lead us away from cool, judicial
view Of the subject and tempt Us to give
the preference to the types OF Waideniy
beauty which appear IN yong women OF her
confessed years. AMI Nc 40 not deny that
/ such might have been the case As 1t is, We
are left entirely in the dark ~ to the class
to which she herself heiongs-whethsr she
is between Is and "a or between y and %
-sHd so we are able to answer her question
eN ITS INrRINsIc MERITS.


| loneliness in woman, though it may vary
in its character and manifestations at differ
ent periods of lie, is not the property of
youth only. Thefs is a great and Gndeniable
charm in the fresh beauty af Is. to which
inexperience and early romance lends per-
haps additional fascination. Apreity girl Of
that age, who has been untouched BY care,
, and who knows the world through lmagina-
ton only, IS very delightful object; anti
many men may wish they might take captive
her first affections Between Ia and -, the
changes Of girl. so far as the charms Of her
person 90, are not likely to be great. but In
that time, by longer intercourse with society
and by natural development, she may grow
more eompanlonable


FOR MEN OF MATURITY,


and her carriage and self-control become bet
ter and greater. Those are important years
in young woman's life, the years during
which, III our climate, the majority OF the
sex are married And yet from % to % or
26. maiden may and generally does still
further advance in attractIveness and add to
the stQre os her CHARMS. She is still young,
but she has outhyed many youthful fancies,
and feels some Of the dignity OF womanhOod.
No better ages than those in a maiden's life,
and never is she lower. But why stop at 26 !,
| What fairer women are to be found han
many of those between 26 and 80, and even
older, Girls of Is may look on them as uh
, sought old maids, and yet they are III their
wcmanly prime, aud may capture hearts
| which have been Steeled against


GIRLISH PASCINAyIONs,


oftentimes they make the best of wives and
men tind solace and compamonship in thei.
society which imma.urity eannot give. They
nave the advantage Of experience. end they
have learned the lessons taught by longer
contract with the world, sh;ie they still may
not be averse to falling in loys. No, Nc 81
sure oer fair friend It is rot thst woman
is Is. or &c or 81 which makes her lovely in
the eyes Of men. She may be just as lovely
at one age as the other; but inasInuch as
! most marriages of ~om.n nes.- L-'--~-., s,~
ages she mentions, it is sale to assume that
the majority of men prefer to take wives
! who are not older, but all men OF taste and
discernment admire feminine beauty and
| loveliness whether they show themselves
IN BUDDING YOUTH


or ripper maturity: and We will dare assert
that if our correspondent was really charm
ing at is, she Will be mars so st 2G, that It
she is now lovely at Is she ought to be love-
lier at the greater age. But let her give no
further thaaght to the subject. The beauty
that is UNCONSCIOUS is the mCst ailurlng, and
laseliness which exercises its sway without
apparent effort is sure to make the best con-
quest. This We say in fpll confidence, that
| the multitude Of weddings which are to take
PLACE in the period after Easter will confirm
| tie truth of OGr words Let US hope that
before another return of this delightful sea-
son our fair correspondent Will be selecting
her bridal outfit, having found by happy
| persoaal experience that we have wisely an
swered her important question.-N. Y. SIN.
| ~-~~~~~~~-O-~-~~-o~~


STRAw-Next to the absolute grain
threshed out and shipped away, the straw
which is left behind is the most exhaust
i've and important product. represents
valuable soil constituents, but the proper
use to which to apply it varies according
to circumstances. 1t is undoubtedly a
valuable part of the farm product, and at
this season, when threshing begins, should
be saved for future use 1t is worth while
to economize in these days Save the
straw. Straw has uses in the arts, and
will he III further demand year after year.
1t is of value for making straw board for
cases and coarser grades of paper. We
have heard Of processes for pressing it
into 2 substance much resembling wood
It might erantually be put into such shape
as to be used for fue. Sometime there
will be sale for all our surplus straw. At
present We will find its chief value is as
feed, to keep the cattle and colts through
the winter, ard to supplement- the Use of
hay and grain. Good WHEAT straw has an
absolute value any year. When a dry
season comes, its value is beyoud calcula-
ton. An old barn 1T she'd may well be
filed as supply agaiHst emergencies, and
We teiieYe that our hest farmers aim to
do sc. Before tkreshing time the proper
arrangements tG stack the straw ought to
be made. The extra expense is III the
nature ef an insurance policy against a
dry winter. Do it, every farmer who has
straw. Make a hinge, round, eonical-
pointed stack in each Reld- Then take q
plow and run few furrogs around it 50
that an accidental fire in the stable will
not burn the stack. The straw viii keep
fresh and dry underneath for the cattle,
and they will eat it all winter. The
farmer who keeps Up this plan until i. is
sort Of second nature with him Will have
a chance to crow over his neighbors once
III every thFee or four years. when q dry
time comes. Don't you neglect it, toilins
and weary farmer. Straw is worth saw
ing. When straw is burned in the fields,
the ashes do, it is true, restore some fer
tility to the soil, but the best portions by
far are dissipated through the atmosphere
Straw piled up and allowed to rot. or put
in some hollow CT guleh for the same pur-
pose will finally make the best Of soil.
Straw ought to be used largely for stable