Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-07-26

BoY.ME.S Mo Glel-AaNEY.

BOY MEN AAD GlRL-aDMEN.
In New York Minor 60 lLtlns a capittl De.
scfipnon OF lwn sprcies Of thr human family,
not get cIa9sed by the naturaijsis We recon.
mend II 10 our feadrrs. and particularly 10 he
grulnscs Whose portraits are 50 accurately poI-
lray ed IN the lnst paragraph q. our extract.
Let them lont al IA IA own pictures aud blush
that they have 81 vley Carlcaiured what came
from dame Nature, lolerabie piece Of handy
work
The girl woman Is generally rather pretty
creature, Or ed ~ something between n lOch
aud gown. maze of " hite muslin, with a pink
sash t"una the waist Tier tdCe has lost the
Tree and unfmbnrdssed oppression OF childhood
without h1shZ attained the Sed-pnsscssion and
dlgnuy Of woman. The grAces ot hri person
/ are yet hat halt develop i her shoulders
are s6arp and angular, aud Ter H,ms look
long anu u0peasdntv slender. She i, too
mature 10 wear her hair IN "A crop, aud
100 childish To nave n piled IN towers OF curls
aud epmGs on the top Of her dd.--ludeed, let
her 'rpSs he what It wId. II appears alike un.
1T ior he stage through winch she has Just
passed. or tar un which she IS about 10 en-
ter---iier inlcllt Ctual faculties aud conyersa.
ton are IN an equally enceftam STATE, and the
person who addresses her is snrely puzzled
BOW 10 Int The RIGHT medium between luven-
l,ily aud maturity. She has not made up her
rilnd whethcr >hc likes Byton or the skipping
rope best, but decidedly prefers MIS- OP,e 10
tie sprhor OF Whvrry. II you talk OF school
v u litud her, and YET she knows not how to
Discourse abou any thing else sa that all The
C1nVtrsattuu consists of AN abrupt obstrVa
/ ton and an embarrassed reloindrr and II she
can be prevailed upon To venture more IN
/ SIX sflldbIcs az II ilnr, she has bad habit OF
| speaking unpleasant truths. aud aiter"ard,
] .t.H Ill
/ whether she has done right or wrong. She sits
on her char, holding in one hand white peck.
! ct handkerchief, aud moi a lille perplexed what
/ TO do with the Other with an eternal sImyer
Hanging AROUND Ter mouth, ready To he agra.
! waited INTO laugh upon the must uisial occA-
| sInn,-ii any body tells a joke with Il grdvr
| iaee, she looks grave TOO, but Is nightly ucklnd
! win the hymenIai illusions aud malI imouial
wlilicSms OF which he muie mature part OF the
! company are delivered. she does not under
! s'dnd or appreciate VOL hy knowledge, yet
she has school learning enough TO hnd out If yon
| talk fuuinhlJ. In SNORT, SIR IS altogether IA a
Neiy unsettled state, filed with childish Iemi-
uiseences and "omanly aspirations, aud is,
when man feels gave Or low sptri ed, Que u
the most unendurabIe annoy ance with which he
! can be well addicted.
But il our sill- woman is an undesirable i'm
! disldual, your boy man q oue o! the greatest
nuisance, upon the face OF the earth. - There Is
something charming about the female sex AT
almost every period al her existence, and even
! in town, rerg young lady, though certainly
INJECT Tor Hpprthens,on has some Iedecmlng
pdhis; while IN the country, alter a scamper
IN The fields, OF chase alter abird or butter ia
Win her eyes filed VITA Ere aud animation
/ her cheeks glowing with heath aud exercise,
! cluste rns culs dancing IA The wind aud her
! pretty bonnet hanging loosely AND caressly on
the hack part of her head, ,ae is IA truly beauti
TAI aah poetlca object. Bui your boy -man is
monster wherever you meet him In the
! county he rs an " unlocked cub" n lout, a
humPkin, III town, d nHl made up coxcomb,
an unfinished puppy, thing with neatly all
/ the vices amt iolles OF a man, without his,
sense or passions. IL IS bis oath that rings
londest IN the tavern. and his loHgue thai Is
most clamoruus IN rs Demands tor strong
/ drink 10 destroy his puny constitutions. merely
/ because lie thinks II looks manly. tie is alto
i gether foolish and contcmplible creatures, for
even his vicious hanIls do not afford him plea.
snre.-He does not, like the real voluntary,
| inll sin like n sweet morsel under his
| tongne, but counterfcns bad habits, aud viii
drInk and smoke him, though both be unplea
SAINT 10 him aud make him sick, merely because
| older people do so : aud this IL Is which pre-
vents HIM ever becoming what il is the highest
aim OF hlsambnQn TO appear-a nan !; \ this