480 PLAIN FACTS FOR OLD AND YOUNG 



attention to the cultivation of estimable qualities of 

 mind and heart and character, to self -discipline and 

 health-culture, than to external adornment of the per- 

 son. Form a high ideal of what a grand, noble, and lov- 

 able woman ought to be, and endeavor to become such. 



3. Do not be in too great a hurry, and do not make 

 your favors too cheap. Maintain a maidenly reserve, 

 which is vastly more attractive to intelligent and sensi- 

 ble men than the bold and flashy manners of many 

 young women of the present day, which say as dis- 

 tinctly as words could speak, something like the fol- 

 lowing : 



''I am in the matrimonial market. Won't you buy? 

 Speak quick! I am in a hurry to be sold as soon as 

 possible. ' ' 



Such vain creatures are usually ''sold," to their 

 infinite mortification and chagrin. They hope to catch 

 a great prize in the shape of a wealthy or talented hus- 

 band; whereas, in the majority of cases, they are picked 

 up by some shallow-brained fop, who is skilled only in 

 the arts of deception, in which he has trained himself 

 to such perfection as to become an equal and suitable 

 match for one of those vain and flashy daughters of 

 fashion. 



Again we say. Do not be in a hurry. Wait and 

 work. Endeavor to become purer and better, and more 

 thoroughly sincere and genuine in your purposes, and 

 you may be sure that in due time, and at the right time, 

 the one man who is capable of making you the best 

 possible husband will find you. If j^ou are overlooked, 

 do not begin to bemoan your lot, but be glad and thank- 

 ful that you are not the wife of an incumbrance, and 

 be sure that in all probability, if jou were not single, 

 you would be in that unhappy predicament. 



