Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-11-25

The department oil females should al
ways be easy and unassumng. Modesty Is
always characteristic OF true female
worth, while pride and haughtin.ss are the
vices OF lntie minds, that wish TO be consi-
dered great, or as possessed OF qualities or
merit " which, IN rea,lly, they have nc
claim. A modest and ulassumlng Ceport-
ment adds fascination to the charms OF
beauty, which render 1t almost irresistible
while contumeiiOus air Is repulslye, and
renders even beauty hateful.
1t is too frequently the case, that young
females, who are luii Of lie and spirits, In
their intercourse with others, thoug htlessly
treat with contempt those whom they may
Consider their interiors. Such conduct Is
not only ghy censurable IN Itself but
renders the authors OF Ii contemplate, and
makes ior them enemies ol those, who 9TH
erwlse might have been their warmest
friends All enmry excited from this cause
is always the most violent and implacable
and will surely be revenged, whenever an
Opportunity may oiter. A person will for
give HIM who calls him consummate
scouudrel bat he will neither forgive nor
forget him who calls him biockhead.
Ii we cannot avoid a feeling ol contempt
for persons, we should nevertheless endca~
yer to conceal it by hlch we secure their
good Will, and preserve harmony. We ure
justInable when we ieel contempt towards
him who viii commit base action, o.
without cause endeavOr to injure our fee
lngs but 1t Is a crime to desplse any one,
because we think nature has been less llbe-
raj IN her endowments to him.
One Of the most pernicIOus habits in
which females can indulge, is affectation,
the ny dra OF females, and the bane of beau-
ty. As has been well observed, it is no
less destructive to beauty than the small
pox itself indeed ii Is more SO for a loss
OF beauty from all unavoidable disease, is
considered misfortune, and as such, is pitt
led but when it proceeds from ahecta-
ton, 1t is hateful and intoierable, and gene
rally meets with the contempt of the well
informed
We sometimes meet with those youngfe-
males who possess pecuar obtrusive dis
position, which prompts them to seek the
most conspicuous situations in every COM
pany they may fall into, not only TO the an
noyance Of others, but to their own dispa-
ragement. For in proportion as they be-
come conspicuous, they become exposed
to oDserva ion and the contempt Of others.
Could such be made sensible of the deior-
nifty which such conduct produces in their
character. we feel convinced they would
renounce it as the greatest vice II is alone
that degree Of confidence and pruden, diff
dence, which characterizes true female
worth and intelligence, that can ensure the
esteem and respect of the intelligent.
A reverential respect to parents, as well
as to others, who are superior in years and
station, will render the young female not
only more lovely in her department, but
will secure to her in return, the respect Of
those whose good opinion she should al
ways seek. Not only should she respect
such as are superior, but she should be
careful never to scorn him or her whom
fortune may have favored less for they in
reality may be great, possessing the most
digntied principles and characteristics Of
human nature, even while they are strug-
Cling in the vale Of poverty. Indeed, it is
among this class of mankind, that we often
est find its purest gems and brightest orna-
ments.