The banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1844-1847, 1846-08-26
ADVICE TO A DAUGHTER
BY TIE REV. WILLIAM srEAGUE.

refer TO the department which it becomes
you TO maintain toward the other sen
The importance of this. both as it re-
spccts yourself and others, YOU can
scarcely estimate too highly. On one
hand, it has much to do in forming your
own character; and need not say that
any lack Of prudence in this rcspcc,
even for single hour, may expose YOU
to evils which no subsequent caution
could enable you cnrctuaIly to repair.
On the other hand, the conduct of every
female who is OF any consideration, may
DC expected to exert an influence on the
character Of every gentleman with
whom she associates; and that innu-
rncr Will be for rood or evil, rs she en-
hlbts or fails to exhibit Il dcportm-n,
WHICH brcomrs her. So commanding is
TINS int1ucncr, that 1t Is safe to calculate.
upon thr character of any community,
IRON knowing the prevailing standard
OF female character. ana that can scarce
ly be regarded lis an exaggerated max
i'm, which declares that 'swomrn rule
the world"
Let me counsel you, then, never to
utter any expression, or DO an act, Which
even looks like soliciting any gentle
mans attention. Remember that every
expression Of civili,y. to be- of any value,
must be perfectly voluntary and any
wish on your part, whether directly or
indirectly expressed, to make yourself
tavorltc, will be certain to awaken the
disgust oiall who know it. would not
recommend TO you any thing like pru-
dish or affected reserve, but even this is
not so unfortunate an extreme, as an cX-
cessive iorwardncss. While you mo-
dcstly accept any attentions which pro-
pricty warrants: let there be no attempt
at artful insinuation on one hand. or at
taking mans heart by storm on the other.
BE not ambitious to be considered
belle. Indeed, l had rather you would
be almost any thing else, which docs not
involve gross moral obliquity, than this
1t is the fate Of most bellies that they be-
come foolshly vain: think of nothing,
and care for nothing, beyond personal
display, and not unircGucntly sacrifice
themselves in a mad bargain, which
involves their dcstinics for life. The
more Of solid and enduring esteem YOU
enjoy, the better and you ought to gain
whatever of this you can by honorable
means; but 10 be admired, caresscd and
fattcrcd, for mere accidental qualities.
which involve nothing of intellectual or
moral worth, ought, to render any girl,
who is the subject Of it. an object Of pity.
You arc at liberty to desire the good
opinion Of every gentleman Of your
acquaintance; but it would be worse
than folly in you 10 be ambitious of ii
blind admiration
| will only add, you ought to be on
your guard against the influence OF
iiattcry. Rely on il, the man who fat
tcrs you, whatever he may profess, is
not your friend. 1t were much kind
er office, and a real mark Of friendship,
to admonish you tcndtrly, yet honestly,
of your faults. Ii you yield little to
aa'tcry, you have placed yourself on
dangerous ground: if you continue TO
yield, you are not i1nprobably undonc.
IMPORTANT Observation-Disclosures
Auckland read paper before the Roy
al society Of Great Britain, upon an cx,
pertinent lie made with the common
biackbird. He procured several when
very young, and fed them on various
flower seeds, and each bird had the plu-
mage of the flower that would have
grown from the seed il planted.
Ncw Iork Sun
This paragraph has, for some days
past, been going the rounds of our cx-
change papers. We were first incli-
ned, like most sensible people, to con-
slider it nothing less than vile hoax, but
mature reflection has led US to subscribe
TO its truth, anI even to frame ii very re-
sp"ctabl, theory upon the fact Chem
lists very we'll know that the mingling Of
all tn" prismatIc colors together consll
tutcs black, anil thus the cause of the sa
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