Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-08-01

ioice to see you SO well aware 81 the ssate OF
ihiues in fashionable life af:er SO long an an
sence from il. For my par', l THINK money
the frs, thing 10 desire now tor one chi'oren'
nobility waits Al It's heels.
Bless mr! there is q loud knocking al the
hall. door; l imagine i, TO De Dr. biaek'ese"
on his morning Visii-don't retire..
But, my dear Lady Arliss, TO resume our
subject said Mrs. Champisnon, you Will al,
low me TO be chaperon 10 your daughters
shall esteem il an honor TO usher them into lie,
and to give my advice and help IN setting
them. This is, aztec all, the important enc OF
women's existence; for my part, l believe that
the gracesof The Miss Arliss's Will secure mem
al hey can desire in the very best circles nu'
think Miss Bella's counteHanee Is somewhat
too sauguine and healthy, mean tesn ana
ruddy, for the ton. A genteel paleness and iassi-
tude in debufante is o necessary quaiifeation.
There is all agreeable, placid langour' wnicn Is
strong line Of drmareauon from vulgarlty'
"A months round of visiting will do all ne
cessary in that respect. There Is nothing IKE
winner in London for in,partiug snat air OF ton
which, as you observe, is SO essential 10 peope
of birth Nothing can br more horiid than 70
see mkm lid's flush amid town rout The
redness of The nose is gu, OF place, where Inc
languid delicaey Of the lily is the prevailing oh
iect of admiration, as LADY Betty Cockeilop
used 10 observe in her elegant way. VIVA,
creature Of alabaster she was The line OF
vein scarcely sullied the snow paieness "i ner
Interesting counrenauce. never saw so beau
tiful specimen Of the complexion adapted Tor
,h- people If responsibility.
she is recently dead
sWho does moi recolIect and pity her fate !!
4 - n, k, IN he
nigh, air, in consequence Of a blunder OF her
coachman at Almac's. twas The frs, time she
had been exposed to the air Of Heaven live
minutes for twenty years before her de-
cease. To her care never to expose herseli TO
IN, sun and air she psed 10 ascri5e the deica
cy Of her skim
Il have heard she used a tepid bath OF milk
Of roses
'An excellent thing for the skin, l avn told,
but rather an expensive cosmetic. She had
large fortune. believe?
Yes and besueathed house and three hun
dred per annum, with suitable establishment,
for her cat and favorite monkey
What hsmane feeling creature such viz.
tue should be widely known. hate cruelty 10
animals
Yes; but she might have supported six poor
; peu2le, and made the cat and monkey comfort
sble al the same expense
sVery true charity should, think, begin
with our own species but still il shows she had
a kind heart for the brute creation.
Ito change the .u rject, my Dear Lady Arliss
suppose Bella makes her debut to. morrow al the
Countess Of Puddletown's rout in Por Ian
square. The place, the socir'y, every thing
will be appropos; and as drawingrooms are rare
,, e.s' .-~l'-a E-sf -s-f Az. 'oiiy 10 new the
girl up forever
srvith al! nav heart. my oeas, if you win BIZ
her chaperop ring the bel aud we will an
nounce ur>rt solution TO her; he will be de-
lighted to make one Of US, and forsake the nur.
serv. she has her aspir atoms after a &c ;temen,
in life, young as she is. How rrjoiced she will
ben
Il don't doubt it, Lady Arliss; we all think
OF he other sex before we are Admitted into
their socie,y,-l know it was my Case
And mine, too. nv dear Mrs. Champignon :
shall never forget the first emotions of my
.esr', The longing stter something unposs So
ec,' could not tell what at FIRST. bu soon
found it was matrimonial yoke fellow as
cousin Sarah Miklrtor used TO style her hus-
band =: but here Cor. Bella.
Bella was one Of those fresh, laDky, good.
humoured, unintel'er ual looking girls, VINO
s,your altogether Of papa's manur-oouses in
Devonshire, or Cumberland. Had il not ben
for the perpetual society Of her M .tntr's
wai'ing maid, who was town abigail, B H.,
would have had about as correcr an idea uf
London society aud manners as a Cumber>
land rock Of the said manor house avenue
could have Of the elegance and grace beheld
by his brethren Of se,eror breed IN Carlton
house gardens now cruelty exiIed by Mr..
Nash to Buckingham palace elms) There
is no teacher whose lessons Of good or evil
are SO aptly acquired, as those of an upprr
servant by pupi! thas situated. Miss Bella
had learned wha, delightful creatures young
men are.-how s~eeiiy they talk, and how
pit asant thing it is TO have one for lover.
Her teacher, however, as all single girls mus.
be, was above incuic.tne mercenary notions
in love affairs. Live and the man impli. d
every thing, with lir'le touch Of the rom an
tic in his disposition. Bella was quick