The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-12-12
TIE EVERYDAY YOUNG
LADY.

- no, ,ulsarly well, but has not the
lea, illness in the world. Her face is
oval. ard i,cr hair. moderate in quaint.
~. ia usually of sofI brown. Her
feature nnobstru.iye are small and
keF Euse being what the French pass
poTt5 cali mown--iAat l. ncigl,cr one
thing nor other 800 and her eyes as gray
as glass, bal clear and gentle. 1t is not
tie eyes ,ha. give her any Hale cl,arac-
ter che has; nlilough,i II YOU have moth
nr else 10 do. and happen TO look n,
them Tor minute or 50, they win upon
YOU They are not Vanished eyes. N
which you can see nothing but the
hr.chlncss and not deep eyes, into
which your soal rlungcs as INTO Il gulf
they arc nero common skylights. win.
nirg into them little bit Of heaven,
and giving you an inkling Of good tenn
per and feminine gcn,lcncss. Neither
is il her aii nor manner, nor dress, that
stamps her Individuality. it sh has any,
for there belong 10 the class OF society
III which she moves; but although shc
g.scs goa an idea OF young-womanish
refinement and amiabl,nc-s. aud YOU
would think Of her again when alone,
II there were no. 20 many of her friends
about her rs TO divide and dilute, as it
were, your impressions.
| The everyday young lady il usually
! dependent upon somebody or other. but
sometimes She has small independence,
( which is much worse. In the former
case she c!inss like ivy, udorning, by
( her truth and senilcness the suppor, she
is proud Of; while, in the other, she
gives her thirty pounds a yea, TO a re-
la,ion as an inadequate compensation
for her board and clothing, and lives
in state Of unheard-of bondage and
awful gratitude. Her life is diversified
by friendships, in whicl, her own feel
ings last the longest; by enmi;ics, IN
which she suffers and forgires; and by
loves - though almost at secondhand
she is a couhdani, "a go-bciween, bride
maid tbu, she finds herself ou III,
brink of IA serious Irritation, she shrink:
into her own foolish little heart in sur
PRISE and timidity, and the affair never
becomes ANYTHING but q mystery. which
she carries with her through life, and
which makes her shake her bead on oc
casions, and looks conscious and eXper
fenced. so AS to give people tie idr'
that this young lady has a history. ii
the affair does 90 on, il Is II public won
der how she came 10 get actually mar
ricd. Many persons considered thu
she mus, have been playing pari al
along for this very purpose; that hcJ
,imility and bash.ulness were aSsun
"a and her scll-denial ruSe and that
in point of fact, she was not 10y AZ.
> means what she gave herself out to b
AN everyday young lady.
FOR our part, we have known man
such young ladies', in our day---and r
have YOU. and YOU, and YOU the woI"
} Of society is fall Of them. We hav
Z notion of our OVID, indeed. that The
are n, ser; or, in other words. ths
: they are the cla., Fl fum which are draw
2 our conventional notion Of womanklHt
aud that the reet--thai Is, those womc
: | who have " hat is called charac,cr--ar
!, counterfeit women. The feminine vi
Il tues nre all Of retiring kind. ~hlc
{ does no, mean that they are invisibl
: even 10 strangers, Gut iha, they arc see
: through a haii.transparent veil OF zen
inine ,imidi,y and selt-pos,poncncni'-
I In like manner, the physique oi "omcI
e truly 80 called, is not remarkable c
g., obs,ru,iyc; their eye do not fash .
4. you Ike "A pistol, nor their voices ~
o rest suddenly your attention, rs II 'he
:. said ~S,and and deliver" That me
. In general admire the exceptions raih'
& than the rule. may bc true, but HAT
- / owing to bad taste, coarseness o' min'
u or the merc hurry Of soci'ty, whie
u preycnis Them from observing moI
: iLau iis salient points. for our pa
Ie We have always liked everyday yonn
! ladies, and sometimes We let inciint
p. 10 love "A ies oi Them, I At somehow
r. never went beyond inclination. IL.
IN NAV have been owing ~ part 10 II
No hesdiong liie one leads IN The word, b
a in part likeWise--it VIC ma! 'rn'n
p, tho surmisD---io our own scnsliNcne
" preventing gs iroIn pohins ourselves Il
70 on the scusi,iyeIiess oi Other PeopIr-
10 pain, character which has
a. ssIieai ,,oiats demands iiFPl-raIe arii'
b bal 70 see the .nneE Bte Of qGle', ~
or ia. reiirirg mind, 10 lAe exclusive pr'
lege u pref 10 suppose thai tie
al i. no inner l.ie in such rnnds, OF no
ay worth observing, is q grand mistake
is Tie cyeste d wave may be pictured
OF striking objec, in i'seh' bat una
rs The calm, smooth surface Of ihe p'iss'.
-. less sca there are beautiful things 10
BE ho!a--pain,ed shells ard corals, and }
~, .ow sands, and sea'plah'' sire'eh' g
their long, waving arms UP 10 NE .'s
J. How taauy Of us sail on without ei.l
,ed a glance 10 such. things, our eyes ~
ne. on the fso~uing OF inviting headIana
inc peophng ,he desert air With pha'i'"a
,ay josi 50 DO VIC turn away from "
ars seem. 10 Us the void of everyday