Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-02-01
Darlington on womanly charms.


SIN JoS,u BARhtSGroS's > Sketches are very roada.
,J. w. rccomm md them. to bachelors mhs desire
.oms,hins To tighten tn. heavy h"ur after dinnar. A
illustrative of the peeuliari,ie' whieh marked the I'h
gentry half century ago, the Barohss work may ne
said to deserve p.rman.n, place nfon tho ''elHs' of
IN. general readers library. il i'a very de:nl'nry
and scattering production and wnuI he ,c'"nahe
ON tli. account were it not for the full and accurate
table of contents. placed at the beginning oi the VOL
u,ne 'rhi. doe. for the dainty render WHIST hlll nj
fare does fnr tho epiourc, viz: enables him tn sr1ert
from nuf.rots feast sueh things AZ chino in With
hi. taste or fancy. Bnt AWAY with criuci''n. We
only mean, to give rinse scp,iment of the Harono'
upon III. very dear ,uhject Of female charrns. IL '
this: "Wonl.n arc too apt" says he, "so oHer'o"N
the fact, ,hs, neither personal brnnty: nj" drawing
roem display arc calculated to form permanent aitrar'
tons even TO the mo,t adorins lover. Tie 6rrokJa'l
ssbe in the morning. snd fr1side in Intervening must
L. tlr ultimate tu,chsnne Of connuhal ceinf"r end
this il a maxim which any woman rh0 ,ntcnds 10
marry, SHOULD meyer lore sigh, of" So 'ay pe. and
We hop- every young woman who reads Il. Will take
the earliest hour Of qnct and retirement 10 he"0"
upon the ,nsces,inn oeron thinking y" one ad'
miro, the la-ho,nhle Accomplishments in vogue more
than we do. We b.eve in lnHlng every y"nng s"ay
instructed tif .1rrrni) in the heauln:ar's"f ri hu'e
,r Drawing. and orhrr Kindred embellishments Of life
They nrc innocent improving, amusing ana rshn'hs'
Bn, we brrvr much stronger IN ths 1nil aeYeioPn'eH
of ,nse gacos of tho heart, wh"ni "hirh The dnne'
tic cirel- is n ni,crablc mcckcry. Wo admire NO
man. who shines amid her eompcen Of the assembly
room, hy din, of elegant accomplishments Hut we
love woman who yiIu ihr frr'ile" With ih"'e en-
,lcaring hlal,hnonts ,ha. ever aow from pure and
correct ap7rcc ia:irn Of the real duiir' oflife.
There i. another matter ws would fain touch ap'u
lust here. |, is The Importance OF attending !" Inc
physical development, Of the fairsr sex fa'hi"n
lyrant beneath whose mandates many na'i'r ro's
bud has been made 10 wi,her and die. Stays anu
are,s and white .ppc1 AMI low-necked drossrh have
killed amos, ~ many girls medicine over did. we
nuulJ have the fair creatures trained ,hnk Fashion
all unworthy goddess, and to despisc every thing ad
ser,e to the dictates Of Crmmnn.sense, aud the sus
gr.,ions OF GOOD Dame Nature. i he gloss VI Garth
ysuiiie. may dazzle fur brief space hut the hue! o.
health and glntnesr which an adherence to nature
law, ever mpart to female loSclincHs-oL! the'e are
imm.asnrably superim. Aud tnot TO lsn'e BAkkISd
TON entirely we find the following 'anzas ON one q
hi, pages, which we tran.cribc ns heing germa'n IL
the matter in hand. They from rsr'hla lover
bis 4" DOLLY"
R-iiurment's very nice thing in its way,
And so is platonic regard:
Melting SYMPATHY too- as the hchfyer' 'aJ-
|. the only true theme for n hard.
Then give them luvos rhan,oms and flights for ihe
pains;
Ru, ~ m nj mo We gods frsh, blood and blue teihs
And dear Dolly--dear Dolly ilayns'.
81 like that full fire and expression ofcyes,
Where iuvc'x true maicriai pre,ides;
with glance now AMI then to the JcllieS aud pies
70 insure us good living besides.
Eo r-ii,lrr- take angels and syihs hr your pains:
But gran, me- ye gods RrSh and blood and biHe r''ni
And dear Dolly-lear Dolly Haynes:
There's plagued sight Of good sense, If not "
poetry, in this eIuson Of the cnamorcd swain Ant
we here tell the girls one and ALL old and young TIM
sensible men, the world oyer, arc rapidly losing al
relish aud admiration for the "syh styls Of beauty
However much may endcavor TO surround II will
halo of poetic us.re, the painful truth forces iIsel
npon every sensible mind that ils possess" in physi
cally degenerate. And degencrary of body, il 10
corrected, may entail upon The third generation imbe
cili,y Of mind.
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