Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-07-22
Holmes in one Of his poems,
says in paren,hetical way
Loved girls when he was young"

No doubt Of it for Holmes is sensi
bic man, and must have had sensible
grandfather. All sensible men love
girls when they are young, and when
they are old too. We apply the sold
10 The men, not to the girls-mind you.)
Gnlhood is an institution--a peculiar
institution"--w as lovers of the
.'union,' we feel bound TO cherish; and
as 10 girls, large and small. VIC hold
that no gentleman s family sis COM
plete without thom." Ofgirl: an Amer
lean poet says--
'sWith rosy cheeks, and merry dancing curls,
And eyes Of tender light,
O very beautiful are little girls,
And goodly to The sight ~
And as to large girls-"big, bouncing
girls''-what pity it is that theys6fnst
soon be "women' stately, matronly,
queenly women, who are only not an
gels because they are not-girls who,
blythe by, are no, angels either, but
vastly more charming than The angelic
hos. that we remember TO have seen in
pictures or elsewhere - Boston Post.
The PRupE. Lord Byron remarked
that the "more delicate people become
in words, the less they are in acts. -
This is true for tho most meretricious
mind seeks the dalntiest garment OF
words to conceal the moral deformity.
Every man of experience knows that
the most accessible ladies are those who
make the greatest pretentions to exces-
sive delicacy The black eyed, rom
ping, frank ,open-hearted girl, who speaks
her mind freely and Without affectation,
is as secure against at ack as the rock of
Gibraltar; but the lady who spends her
mornings in pantilctting the legs Of the
piano. and weaving aprons to conceal
the beauties of art in marble Cupids
and Psyches, is sure 10 commit some de
vilment in the night before dark is over.
Her mind is ever suggestive of some
thing wrong She is something like the
lady who, after the publicltionof john
sous Dictionary, wrote 10 the doctor
complaining of the many naugh,lly wick
ed words his book contained. DR.. john
sons only reply was shat he was sorry
she had been looking for them - The
prudeis always on the hunt Of this kind.
The difference between the Dublin and
London Young ladies was illustrated
by a calculated wit, after this fash
ion-lle says Al dinner table, il YOU
look at an English girl, she bushes.
casts down her eyes and says. ''you must
ask my papa bu, If youlook at an Irish
girl. she looks you full in The face, and
CRIES Port. il you please |" w
Prndery and nodcsty are as distinct
aslfankness and concealment. There
isAhothing more dclicio0siy beautiful IN
this world than female modesty, and
nothing more absolutely disgusting than
its prudish stimulation.
The WAY OF Tue WORLD --'He's
dead.''la How ffeqneniiy'istha brief but
admoniiory sentence uttered without
exciting any bat the most transient
emoiioa---vIt aout awakcaing deeper
or more. .permp neat reflection han the
mex. passing thought will entirely OBJ
literate from the mind! Two friends
shall casually meet utter a temporary
separation, nainqpire aflera third and
mutual friend. s;He's deai." is the
melan choly and impressive rejoiader.
If men OF business, perhaps be lso was
one who entered largely into their spec
ulalions-ali their projects for the adj
vancement oftheif fostunes--alf their
worldly alluded .sclieInes Of aggrandizes
ment--yel shes leadt" The intelli.