Year: 1873

The plotting maid enters upon the


business Of life with the firm conyie-
ton that il she is to achieve success


she must do something for herself


In the first place she must, admittinZ
that she has one, subjugate her heart
to her judgment. That done, the re-


mainder Of her task is easy. OF course.
good" marriage in the height of
her ambition by q good marriage be-
/ ing understood, one which involves
large settlements upon her. She is
perfectly aware, even at tender age
thanks to the manner in which she
has learned the iessOns which have
been set her by those who have had
charge other educstiOn-thst though
she may become tired OF her husband,


whom she never particularly cared
for, there is 8 strong probability that
q richly furnished and well-apDointed
mansion and liberal allowance of
pin money will never pail upon her.
She knows that, in order to obtain
the object Of her ambition, she must
consent To humOr and eaptivste that
strange, stupid animal, man. This,
II she possesses moderate attaimepts.
is task by no means difficult of &C.
4
fects, they may, with very little trOub-
le, be eIeverly veiled, If not altOgeth-
er hidden from sight Is her com.
piexion faulty, she has but to call in
the aid OF certain individuals who will
enable her to make it look well, so
long as it is not subjected to a too
close scrutiny, if she has Indifferent
hair, nothing is simpler than for her
70 wear somebody else's; and an an
gular hgpIe may be made into a fair
ly graceful one by q def tdressmaker. It
Is not necessary for the plotting maid
en- to be excessively clever. Indeed,
she has all the more chance of success
II she does not talk. too rapidly her
self. Man Is q vain creature, who
likes nothing 50 much as hearing his
own tongue wagging. he is general-
ly fo0der Of talking himself than list
ening to other people 1; and it is a Iact


which has probably not esesped the
notice OF the plotting maiden, that
the surest way to his favor is to listen
with an air Ofgreat interest to an that
be says. II q woman mOnOpolizes
more than what he considers is her
share OF q conversation, many q man
begins to think that she is rather too
clever, and that his wisest plan is to
have as little as possible to do with
her. So that, even II . woman, who
is desirotIs Of scouting the favor Of


man. has considerable conversational
power, she does well not to exercise It
too freely. As for the one who is not
largely endowed with the talking fac
ulty, it is 3 simple matter for her to
hide her deficiency. Nothing Is cas-
Ter for her than to make q few sp-
proving speeches to encourage that
male, who fiatters himself he is en-
tertai1ing her, to make still higher
oFatoTieal flights, and thereby induce
him to think better OF himself and


better Of her. She can smile upon
him; call her eyes into requisition !;
and do many other things which are
very effective. Any one who has
taken the trouble to watch the plot
ting maiden is painfully aware that
she practices her powers to some pur-
pos. She does so with considerable
judgment. .......


Aarriageable men are the recipients
OF her favors. Youngsters who, there
Is reason to believe, will have to waste
some time before they are in posi-
tion to enter upon the nuptual state,
are regarded by her with calm in
difference; while those unhappy NOR
tails whose social status is somewhat
doubtful, and who are not generally
believed to be the pOssessOrs Of much
Of this worlds treasure, are looked at
with absolute contempt. She shows,
time after time, that It is not worth
her while to waste any words upon
them, and that she eonceives she Is
gully Of an astonishing piece Of. con-
descension In eonsenting to notice
them at all. Somehow or otner she Is
remarkably clever at getting to know
what man is, and what are his pros
poets and her behavior toward him,
in plain terms, Is regulated by the
weight Of his money bags. - lf r