COURTSHIP.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1869, 5 October 1874, Page 3

COURTSHIP.

In Scotland it is difficult 'for a : man"to'i; draw, the line between, courtship and a connubial condition. That, which in the Englishman is but a flirtation would be'- ; come in the'Scotchtnatt Most people in Scotland are married 1 • bufc' l:iJ they are not' aware of t tie;fact,■ as Mohsiejir JourdaK ilidftot' know,^ay'^e u -talking prose.'all.fiLUf' Ijfe/t is,drawn when .they,do,' become.' aware, and'!,'' then the marriage is courtship, takes, a material form—among; 'j the humbler.classea at least,'- andxesolves ,;) itself into.. what Mm call romping/; uln.if;!' .Knglarid;-there-are : differeß[t';ways of doing the same thing. Whenl/ady Clara Vere deVero has a pretendu in her own rank of' life'(and'she-Ms 'not always , trifled with the " of Mr ' Tennyson's poeihjV be- ; tween;' the pair are .'conducted wittf refer-''/; ' enbi of ' etiquette does' not' raid Entirely, J and"tlie ?'!. ■Lady Claras have"tlie make the, most of. tjberatuatjoa •- and gentlemen..,who are ; jnptj-quite,, equals in rank.„ ; : She is not:' the extent thatishe. would bein .France ;> A and it:-is; hard if in ; 'the c'oiirae'of walksji'i' drives, and dances, croquet, cantering, ex-hibition-seeing, picnicking, and all the - various incidents of towri-;-ahd' 'country life, the pair do not manage tomeet'.donft • seven duys' iii 'the. weekj and. chaperon's,' tlie"'';'go-by. I ,'.'.''la' .the Vloiye'r grades qf sqcie'ty'it, may be supposed courtship "is equally'delightful ;* tut aprT; pearances are decidedly against.it. is nothing approaching .restraint in the code of etiqiette here.. When Miss Jemima Higgs has "her young man," : and he is on such terms with her family as not lo be. turned out of, doors,,ho may go to the house and take her out wherever he pleases,and uoonedreamwfinterfering. Jemima is probably a.presentable styleof y girl—girls of Her Mass 'are than they were, and especially dress' better than they, did; albeit- in rather an exaggerated style,—but her betrothed is ; decidedly rough. See.,him jvhen. he to take her out to ; walk in Battersea or Victoria Park, or. it may be to.go ;by the steamer to Greenwich. He is far from being on a.par with her, either ia manners or attire; especially. if the lafctdr be his holiday costume. He is tolerably sure, too, to bave 'a" pipe or 1 cigar in his | ;mouth; for this appendage, among certain. classes; : of young: meii, seems to be:* considered a necessary part of full dress. ;His talk is sad slang; and' not over-refined. The girl goes off gaily with him, but one cannot help wondering at her -taste $ and the question inevitably occurs,—of what " do they.! talk, when- .they: are alone has read a few novels and has picked up a certain vocabulary of. sentiment; range of subjects must be a very narrow one,— very different from-.the wprld of.beautiful ■ fancies open to Lady Clara Vere.de Vere and the " young lord-lover" who pays his homage to her shrine. It is not to be siipp'osed ; that humble'station and'wanttof i culture prevent. people, from loving as deeply as our aristocratic friends.