Show DI Diary of An 1 Old Maid The following Colo truthful and touching history of an nn old mall maid dating from Crom about 18 13 is one of the briefest yet at ai atthe the ame same time most complete records or of human experience In print Tho Those e who can cnn read between the lines will vill wi have ha c fu full sympathy History proverbially repeats itself and human nature especially feminine femin ine Inc nature is still tl the same out At fifteen years ears anxious for coming Sixteen be began an to have some come Idea Idea of oC the thc tender passion pasion Seventeen talked of love lo e in a cottage cottage cottage cot cot- tage and disinterested affection Eighteen fancied myself in love with wih some handsome man who ilat- ilat lat lat- terel me Nineteen was a little more dIfficult in consequence of oC being noticed Twenty corti commenced f fashionable and dashing one Twenty on still more confidence in m my own o attractions attractions- and expected a brilliant establishment two Twenty-two refused a good offer ofer because he was not n a man of fashion Cashion Twenty three flirted a sith Ih every ever young oung man I met Twenty rout wondered why not nol married T en Twenty five rather more mOle circumspect circum cIrcum- sl In conduct conduct Twenty six six be began an to think a large fortune not quite Iule so sq indispensable ble Twenty seven T en preferred the compan company com corn pany pan of rational men Twenty-eight Twenty wished to b be married in a quiet way tray with wih a comfortable home and antI children Twenty nine almost despaired of entering the malla marriage c state Thirty was rather rathel fearful of er being called caled nn an old mai maid Thirty one an nn additional love lo of dress re s two Thirty professed er to dislike bals balls finding it i difficult to get et good goodpa pa partners lw Ig three Thirty wondered how men could leave lea the society of sensible women to with wih chits four affected good humor In conversation with nith wih men Thirty live Thirty Jealous of oC the tho praises of oC w women om en Thirty six six led wilh wih friend who had been leen lately Intel marle married Thirty seven so en thought m df slighted slight ed eti ee in company Thirty eight liked talking of oC m my ac acquaintances ac ac- who are married unfortunately I and found endless endle consolation consola consola- tion ton iou in their tunes Thirty nine I Ill increased Fort Forty became a confirmed scold And so on UI up to a fifty when the la lady seized upon Ullon hip dogs and anti talked largely large largely ly I of After that age gray gla hairs bait start upon the tIme temple and amid old lad lady becomes the tune tune tune-no no longer bugen long long- ci er ol old maid |