How to Get Married, Although a Woman; or, The Art of Pleasing Men

Chapter 41: Transcriber’s Notes:

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About This Book

A prescriptive guide aimed at women who wish to marry, arguing that the desire for companionship is natural and challenging social double standards about female courtship. It analyzes personal qualities and social behaviors that tend to attract or repel suitors, identifies common mistakes, and offers practical methods to improve manners, conversation, appearance, and domestic readiness. Chapters move from youthful longing through widowhood, include warnings about ethics and authenticity in courting, and close with reflections on married life accompanied by selected poetic and prose passages.

Transcriber’s Notes:

“A Young Widow” is a pen name of Irene W. Hartt.

Punctuation has been made consistent.

Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in the original publication, except that obvious typographical errors have been corrected.

The following change was made:

p. 7: illegible first letter assumed to be y (with yearning only,)

p. 63: her inserted (as her parents)

Ad for “FORTUNE-TELLING BY CARDS, DICE, and CRYSTAL”: The address is missing at the end of the ad after the “Address” label.