Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-11-02
should be giad 10 see it finished. a.d i"
possible. then, 10 see il <lay .fnsabri
at least FOR eeason.--.i!eranlri1 Co
Scffc.
From the Female Advocate.
VISITING.

From the Female Advocate.
VISITING.
Few persons are so secluded Ne tn
be icharred from occasional visiting.
and fewer still would wish to hive u hic
60 solitary as to kno.v no:hing of the
social pleasures. TO give and 70 re-.
ceivc visits, constitutes, with uany, the
chief occupation Of life. Those who
keep a proper medium between the
extremes, on their hand, pursue the
wisest aud most pleasant course, and
taste the sweets Of society, withost for
letting the benefits, or neglecting the
duties Of useful occupation.
Social visits, like most { our enjoy
ments, may be made subscrvicut to
purposes Of virtuous Improvement ard
enlarged benevolence, or, Il perverted.
may be rendered the means oc mutual
contamination, ard the corruption Of
II becomes important, therefore, to
understand the things to be- done, or
avoided, in order 10 seudes social Wis
its at once profitable aud pleasing to
ourselves and others.
Concersafios forms IN important
branch Of this subject. And perhaps
one Of the most common vices az social
intercourse. is the habit Of dctractson
and SANDER. 1t 10 not my purpose to
enlarge on this item. bot surely one
would think the topics Of rational and
pleasing conversation, at the present
day, Sufficiently numerous and varied,
without INDUCING in 50 vile and mar.
row minded a propensity.
There Is one thing respecting SOCIAL
visits, whether in town or country. that
seems to require q radical retorna, and
] do not rccollect to have seen il dis
|cussed to any extent or scarcely allu-
led to. BY any Of the essayisis in the
prints, though I wonder how It Can
have escaped the watchiul moral.s.s ef
the times. Jailude to the custo,c that
identities cisa with a feast, \ esstom
which prevails to such IN extent that
one might be tempted to suppose eats
ing and drinking were the sole peg1s
lures TO be desired from the, mccsink ol
friends, and the qualification of a glat-
jtenous appetite the only object ard
occasion or their assembling together.
Time would fail TO cnumeTate. much
less to illustrate the rational objections
iof this custom.
1t IS waste Of property. Mary
families expcnd, in this way, in ohcdi-
ence Of the tyranny Of ccstom, what
that they really need to render them
selves comfortable, and to educate
their children.
1t is waste Of time. Notice Of the
Intended visit must be given dss or
two beforehand, that the thrifty house
wife, in addition to her other labcrs, or
in the necessary neglect r. them, maj
have sufficient time to adjust the need
full preparations.
1t is an ictolerablc drudgery. zap
peal to my female readers for the truth
! Of this statement, ard call on fha .stfe-
male Advocate" to relieve them from
this burden.
1t destroys the pleasures OF visiting.
by the consciousness Of being burden
some on the one hand. and the fatigue
and lassitude, SO difficult to conceal,
on the other. And when taken bv
surprize, or on short notice, the fair
Disitce - 'cumbcred with such serving
- scarcely 10 6nd time to exchange a
civil word with her cisitant for whole
hours together.
u excites a vain emulation among
lneighbors, to excel each other in tue
costlincss and luxury of their ieasts,
and thus tends to encourage psodigai-
/ ty and ALT connected vices oftheage.
Jtfosters dseIectic habits prejudicial
to the health, and calculated TO cour-
teract the benevolent elorts Of the age,
in favor Il the promotion Of temper
ance.
To bring this short lecture 10
close, ! hope my friends, whencver l
visit thcu:, viii make no extra parede
lof cookery, and give me the plai..est
fare IN their houses. And give tn y
notice that il they visit me, they vii
and friendly reception, but no laxa-
ries. C.
WELSH FLANNEL: A RATIONAL nEA~
soS ron MARnYIxG. tllow could ysp
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