Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1853-12-14

more. 1t would 20 Iar lumaru cIrrrklng the evil
under notice; for what good reason can be
shown for bcdccking little girl Of twelve or
1purteen in the gaud and rappings of an oriental
bride, merely To study in, or 10 appear IN rs 4
school girl at church or al examination in the
first case, they should be app"rccd in nrat,
common clothing, in which, they would be conf
Portable and perfectly at case and in the second,
they should appear in the simple uniform of
their school. Scarcely, anything can appear
more Ridiculous in the eyes OF sensible person,
than girl at her books, laced, and dressed, and
jcwcllcd up like an actress. They are but
school, girls, and they should appear in cIlarac-
ter Where the opposite course is adopted,
young men readily lake the very intelligent
hint that these finely dressed little maidcns are
thus unscasonably offering themselves in the
matrimonial mart and arc not backward i'll bes-
towing attentions and making bids. Now, give
those Young men but Il restricted opportunity
of access to the society Of iIc little lahcs-they
are dressed a, young ladies' from eight or ten
years od-and soon we havea fine exhibition OF
rallanires, bilc. 1T uc, and the rest. Parents
dress their children like brides, and so advertise
them as disposabe commodities; teachers allow
young men to visit their girls, converse with
t;en, hear them play, accompany them with the
!
and on their evening walks: and yet their pa
rents and teachers are utterly at Il loss 10 ac-
count for the results which they have themselves
produced; they cannot Imagine why their girls
will not study, and have an utter .yersion to
books-viIlainons lovc-sirk novels always en-
cepted--why they are so fond of The company of
! the other scy why they are ready to clope with
worthless dandrs and brainlcss iops. lfparen!s
A., i,f
common sense and discreetness il is hardly rea-
sonable to expect children TO act with perfect
prudence and wisdom. We are much pleased
to find that some Of our best female schools and
some too, in the most wealthy sections, and pa
tronzed by the more wealthy class, are rgdly
restraining all expensiveness of dress, rejecting
jcwclry, and prohibiting the society of young
men entirely. Yet there are even mothers TO be
found, who fear that, without mixing with the
society of young men, their daughters will fail
to acquire case aud gracefulncss of manners, and
are, therefore, willing to peril all else to secure
these For the like grave reason, there must
also be dancing department in many of our
schools in some cases publicly, in others more
or less secretly conducted to teach the girls the
poetry of notion" as if dancing motion had
anything to do with mparting grace to the COM
mon movements of life. And when once you
allow a girls head to get fnll of fnery and beauy
and her heels full of wallzes, polkas and cotil.
lions, you may about as well throw her books
in the fire and marry her to the first simpleton
who will take her off your hands-for her days
of study and improvement are ut an end"
Two Irishmen went in 4 grocery store. Ono
of them said to the storekeeper.
"Will ye be after giving me shings worth
of ten and loaf of bread!'
The storekeepcr put up the articles, and hand
cd them to Pat
along life to your honor, much obliged te
ye," said Pat as he turned to go out.
81 But" said the storekeeper, :" we want tht
pay" ),
"An, shure asked yer honor to give ME th'
things, and ye did, and Mike Alahoney is witnes
to it," and they left the store.
A VER1TABLE DoGBERRY.-A Mayor of tn
/. one of the Commons in France lately made th'
following entry upon his register:
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