Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-09-05
From iuc Ladies Comnanion.
" ANGELINA'S TAINTED"
he alk was Of Holenlo,s-

Don't speaI; Of 'em,' cricd Miss Angelina
/ Defy. I'm certain Of t-if were only
TO look a! a Houen.ot, should faint
must faint
"FddIedee." said Miss L'llywh,e: and
here was a hush-a pause in the converse,
lion; for whcn Miss Lillywhile excIainej
'FrdJcjce, il beloved thoughdess young la
dies 10 look 10 themselves. Now, Miss Dal.
/ 'y had great eieol for fon.iog. Pelhop,
The loledt was originally a oauroI giij ne
verheIcss it could not be denied that Ge,
qoenl end earnest cultivation OF the endow-
men, had hrooghl it 70 perfection. Ms,
/ Dony, al one minutes notice, could faGl oil
any lime. aud upon any subject. She could
/ fainl q. ether extreme OF The dey-la;nt a.
bleehla5l, Or faint q. supper; could faint with
equal beauiy and tIuhIuIness, whether lhe
mol.er 10 be famed upon were black bee'
lie, or q bachbid--a bull OF buIIGnch.-
She bad wonderful powe> OF syncope: hou9a,
it mus, be allowed. like mos, folks haunea
with q despo!ic sense OF their own genius she
now aod thcn employed it Iil,e ou. Of
| place. NanjDy, however, is human weakness
For philosopher, to his own satisfaction,
has proved that the peacock takes no
pride in its own eGrg gent sIories, but, all
unconscious OF their beauty, spreads them
because it was ordained 10 do so; and, allef
ALL had Miss Dsay been phiIosophicaIy
examined upon her proneness 10 faint, she
would have attributed the habit 10 no SELF
compIa cncy, 6u! 10 The simple inevitable
truth jhs she was made 10 faint. She would
not have recognized coy besuy 10 the AIT Of
laint'ng. bul nearly The na.mol consequcn.
ces lhol 10 faint was feminiae. Eve, she
thought, was made for sal rolatHe.
Miss LiIIywhite was sPins.er OF seven
and d.lohy. i am siz-seven-eigh. and,
ror.y next biuh,doy, Miss LiIIywhi.e wou!o
Oli.heIy observe, as The year might be. And
his gay vivaciy was the more pleasing in
Mss LiIywhi.e, inoSmuch as she nigh. nave
passed 70, jorly; nay, had she sckIed ever
50 Itle 70! il, she nigh. have so. off with |
six and lhiry at mos.--a hoPpy, blooming
six.ood>thidy for Mss LiJIywhi.e, Ike q
rrue English women, carried in her unradin9
beauty lhe asselsion Of her British race
How much triumphant beauty all over The
wo,Id fades and yields as teens Blow in.o
lwen,ieS, end wrinkle into .hn,,es Now.
your nuIy beautiful E0.Iish woman, with
her calnsion and lilies, will cauy her col
og> up 10 score-end.len. Nay, we hove
known some veterans, blooming with
sprinklihg OF years over tytalnous fly
And Mss L.lIywh'.e was as jocund IS she
was handsome. Il is sid there IS no better
prcsevaive against The melancholy changes.
wrought by time lhon honey. We know
not whether Miss Ljlywhite was acquainted
with lhe Egyptian lulb; il not, she had uo~
consciously aced upon lhe unknown recipe,
aud he'd preserved herseifin tIe sweetness OF
her dj,pos.iod-in The honey Of her good
ness. She was palen old maid. Yet
pouern, we would hope never 10 be (olIowed
/ Tor It is such woweG who make the real
wives and mohers. Miss Lilywhite, like
| Miss NeGus dc Medcis, should remain sins
| gle pelrecliou; alone in sweetness and beau,
ty, to show what celoacy aad art can do; 10
be admired as samples, but never to be ad
ded 10.
Mss Lilywhite was an old school fellow
Of Ms Do0y's, aud was passing the Christ
mas lime with her early iiend and family.
Now Angelina Defy, pretty creature, with
more goodne,s in her than she dleaml
OF, had, as we have indicated this week,
ness; she must faint and cauyios ou. this
will, as a fist principle, she had dply iaaled
through the whole round OF the hoy>doys
She had tainted a! snap.dragons on Christ,
mosev, 'onrcd, very empha.icaIy tainted
when surprised under The misrleloe on Chrisl
mas day, tainted when the bells rang in 1850,
and fanDed, dead as stone, IS nervous
guest declared, when prevailed upon TO crack
bon bon on twelfth night. 'AngeIno' 5
iaineJ had become household words in the
homestead Of the Da1ys.
And so, can it be wondered at that the in'
genious Miss LlIywhie, at This last threat
Of AnseIna's, 10 faint al Houen,o,, should
rebuks The maiden with mole lhan ordinary
vivacity! The truth is, Miss Lillywhte had
been much provoked; even on the previous
Sunday, when Angelina had menaoed 10 faint
at the clergyman, a very handsome, meek
young man, who preached maiden sermon
with great prerermenl Miss LilIywhite could