WISDOM IN LOVE-MAKING

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 884, 7 November 1871, Page 3

WISDOM IN LOVE-MAKING

Men naturally shrink from attempting to obtain compaions who are their puperiors; but they will find that really intelligent women, who possess the most desirable qualities, aro uniformly modest, and hold their charms in modest estimation. What such women most admire in men is gallantry, not that of courts and fops, but boldness, courage, devotion, decision, civility. A man's bearing wins ten superior women where his boots aud brains will one. If. a man stands before a woman with respect for himself and fearless of her, his suit is half won. The rest may be left to the parties most interested. Therefore, never be afraid of a woman. Women are the most harmless creatures in the world to a man who shows ho has a man's soul in him. If you have not the spirit in you to come up to a test like this, you have not what pleases a high-souled woman and will be obliged to content yourself with the simple girl who, in a quiet way, is endeavoring to attract and fasten you. But don't bo in a hurry about the matter. Don't get into a feverish longing for marriage. Especially, don't imagine any disappointment in love which takes place before you are twenty-ono years old will be of any material damage to you. The truth is, before a man is twentyfive years old, he does not know what he wants himself. The more of a man you become, and the more manliness you become capable of exhibiting in your association with women, the better wife you will be able to obtain, and one year's possession of the heart and hand of a really noble specimen of her sex is worth more than a hundred years' possession of a sweet creature with two ideas in her head, and nothing new to say about either of them. So don't be in a hurry, I say again You don't want a wife now, and you have not the slightest idea of the kind of wife you want by-and-bye. Go into woman's society, if you can find that which will improve you, but not otherwise. Tou can spend your time better. Seek the society of good men. That is often more accessible to you than the other, and it is through that mostly you will find your way to good female society.