A Pretty Woman

Is sim an object ot envyas sncsecms, n.11 said? llcau ty isa great gift, but lts posaossor has her trials. Froin ïiiero girlhood tlio pretty woinan is tlio objoct of attentious sho has not triod to attraet - atientions that oftenonly annoy and embarrass her i'roni the ouo sox and ronder her the object of cnvy, and too ol'ten ill-nal.urul guapicion and unkiudness, to the other. Pinüi wuiuüii or ordinary woinon are prono to look upon tlie brilliant and beautil'ul Womuu as tlioir de.ully cuciiiy, and by lacit consent tiicy combine to wonnd or crusl the comnion lbo. In consequeuce. sho is ahvays receiving' small stabs tliat wound lier kcenly. Then it is hnuossiblc lora haudüoiue woinan to have any comfortab.e inusculine friendships. Nu sooner doea a man spcak to lier tluui lic is at once supposeJ to be in love wiLh her, wliile an oiMinary civility is a proof of OOUt'tship. Married or single, old or young, all male crea tures are presuined or leared to be her lovers, and she cannot ïeceive the siualicst amount of aiiention ironi a given individual ■without being accu.seil of a desperate flirtalion. In this respect shc lias not half the liberty enjoyed by a plaiu woinan. Again, a bcautiful woinan cannot go out without au escort wheu it would bo perf'ectly safe lor a plaiu person to go, or enter a gentleiuau's ollioe on any business whaiever without being suspeclod. In the huinblc walks of lile, indeed, remarkable i. isonal loveliness is perhaps the greatest ïnist'ortuue a girl can have, since inany ladies will not cinploy a maidservant or scamstress who is hauilsonie, Avhile a person so endowed is porpetually purgue l by dangurous or insuiting aduiimtion.