Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-17
From nc N. Y. Mirror.

early decay of female beauty, consequent
upon the neglect Of physical education.
and the corroding dryness Of our climate,
has given an American value to the inn
mature APRIL and May Of female seas
sons, and a consequent depreciation TO the
ripper JUNE. The article which We copy
below, from the Brooklyn Star, expresses,
we believe, the opinion Of the best judi
ges OF these exo,ics from a better world,
and emboldens us to express a long enter.
tanned belief that the most Ioveable age
Of unmarried woman's life commences,
Mt the earliest, at ttcenty. fre, and lasts as
long as she shows no %d,minution Of sem
sibility and no ravaces of Time. Women
improve sv much longer than men-Cm>
prove by the love and suffering that spoiis
men)-that we wonder they have never
found an historic anatomist Of their latter
stages. We suggest it to pens at a loss
Here follows our contemporaries opinion:
My dear Sir, il you ever marry, mar
- an old MAZDA good old maid-who
Is serious, and simple, and true. | hate
those double-minded Misses, who are all
The time hunting after a husband. tell
you that when a young woman gets TO be
twenty-eight, she settles into "A calm-Ia-
Their sho anchors in deep waters, and safe
from shore There never was q set, or
class, or community of persons, so belied
as these ancient ladies'. Look upon il as
no reproach to q woman that she is no,
married at thirty or lhirty-6ve. Above
all, fall not into the vulgar notion OF ro>
manccs. and shallow wi;s-unlearned in
woman's hearts, because they never had
the love Of q true woman-ihat they are
continually lying in wait TO catch bache-
ior's hearts. For one woman who has
iioated into The calm Of her years, who is
anxious to fE you, | will show you fifty
niaidens IN their teens, and just out, who
lay,a thousand snares 10 enlrnp you, and
wiz more cold blooded Intent for wheth.
er n'is worse, that one Of sinSlencss of
purpose should lean upon you for life, or
That one should seek you as a lover, to
excite jealousy in others, or as a last re-
sort.
"Marry a healthy, well bred woman,
between iwen,y-eight and thirty-fivc,
who is inclined to love you and never be-
wilder your brains with susplcions pPat..
This is the rock Of vanity upon which
many a man has wrecked his best feelings
and truest inclina:ions. Our falseness,
and The (alseness Of society, and more
than all Inc false and hollow tone of soci
ETY. upon this subject, leave very little
courage for a Straight forward and inde-
pendent course in the matter. What
matter If n woman likes you, and shows
I taat she does, honestly, and wishes to
marry you?-lhe more reason for self
congratula,ion but not for vanity. What
matter If she be young or not, SO she be
loveablef won't say what matter if she
be plain or not-for every body knows
that that is no matter where love is,
though it may have some business in de-
termining the sentiment. ! don't know
what has led me into this course of re.
mark. The last thing | should have ex-
pected, on sitting down 10 write, is, tha,
should have fallen into a lecture on mairi
mohy. i am not an old myself, yet; bu'
| have a clearer eye TO their virtues thar
] have had, and begin to feel how digni>
fed a woman may be 10 her loneness-
and the fairer for that loneness. You
may think it is bospeaking favor and pa.
thence With a vengeance"