otic saints for Catholic processions, or
certain painters to letter steamboats at so much a letter.
In one sense, too, art is exacting. To acquire real eminence
in any one branch of any art, one must study nothing else
for a lifetime. A very wide general knowledge may be
acquired only at the expense of depth.

PURSUIT OF A HUSBAND BY THE MODERN WOMAN.

After All, Says the New York "Times,"
It Is Doubtless Better for Man to Be
Chosen Than for Him to Choose.

Taking up a discussion inaugurated by the _St. James Gazette_, of London,
the New York _Times_ says what it has to say on the subject of choosing
wives.

The English paper said frankly that the title would better be "The Choice
of a Husband," inasmuch as the male, though unaware of the fact, is
generally not the pursuer, but the pursued. This condition, however, is by
no means to the discredit of woman.

As the _Times_ remarks, "A young woman whose intentions are both serious
and honorable has nothing at all to be ashamed of in endeavoring by all
womanly means to acquire the man whom she believes she can make happy and
knows that she means to try to."

In America and England there is objection to the man who marries for any
other reason than being in love. Yet the _mariage de convenance_ is not
altogether without legitimate recommendations. To quote the _Times_:

If one is really bent on making a marriage of reason instead
of waiting for a "call," excellent recipes may be given him.

A wise man once advised his son, who had shown some
disposition to choose instead of waiting to be chosen, to
"look for a good woman's daughter." It would be hard to find
any better basis for a happy union.

In general, of course, mixed marriages, whether the mixture
be of religion or of country, would be viewed by a wise
adviser with apprehension, although Lord Curzon's experience
is only one of very many as to the possible happiness of
marriages between persons of different nationalities, much
more alike as are the nationalities of Lord and Lady Curzon
than any other two nationalities.

Dr. Johnson's famous saying that marriages would be happier
if they were arranged by the Lord Chancellor, due regard
being paid to the ages and conditions of the parties, has
never been accepted as a working rule in his own country. In
France, again, there is the wholly "reasonable" and