Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-28
DAILY EVENING STAR.
sELECTED FOR THE STAR
THE kATRINoNIAL GARDEN.

and if it be allowed that - it is not good
for man to be alone,'' it might be Justly
inferred that it is not good that woman
should be alone, hence, a union of interests
indicates union of persons for their sc-
tual benefit. By this union, q sort o!
seclusion from the rest of our species
takes place, and as garden is retired
apartment, appropriated to culture and
Improvement, the married state NAV no,
be ipaptly composed with it in many
respects. .a.- :
1t is good and honorable for the human
species, prudently and cautiously to ap.
proach this delightful enclosure. Its
entrance, in general, is extremely gay
and glittering, being strewed with flowers
OF every hue and every fragrance, calcu-
lated to charm the eye and please the
taste; but they are all not SO and as
there are many persons who may wish to
enter this garden at some time or other,
who are yet strangers to its various pro
ductions, their attention should be direct.
ed to the cultivation Of those plants
which are beneficial, and to the avoiding
or roofing up of those which are iniuri
Gus.
And, first, let me caution adventures
in this garden not to dream of permdren,
happiness; if you should SO dream, ex.
perience will soon make you wiser, as
such happiness never existed but in Wis
ionary words. If you are desirous tha,
this garden should yield you all the bis.
of which it is capable, you must take
with you that excellent flower called
GOOD HUMOR, which, Of all the flowers
Of nature, is the most delicious and dc.
licate; do not drop it or lose it, as many
do soon after they enter the garden-it i;
a treasure that nothing can supply the
loss of. When you get to the end of the
first walk, which contains about thirty
steps, COMMONLY called 1.-The Honey Moon
PATH" you will find the garden open into
a vast variety of views, and it is necessa.
ry to caution you to avoid many produc-
tions in them which are noxious, nau.e.
GUS and even fatal in their nature and
tending, especially TO the ignorant and
unwary. There is low, small plant,
which may be seen in almost every path,
called INDIFFERENCE. This, though not
preceived in the entrance, you will always
know where it grows, by certain cold
ness in the air which surrounds it, con-
trary to the nature of plants in general,
this grows by cold and dies by wamth:
whenever you perceive this change in the
air. avoid the place as soon as you can.
In the same path is often found that bane-
full flower called JEALoUsLY, which | ad.
wise you never to look at, for it has the
strange quality Of shifting the eye that
beholds it with pain that is seldom or
never got rid of. Jealousy is deadly
flower; it is the aconite Of the garden, and
has ruined the happiness of thousands.
AS you proceed, you will meet with
many little crooked paths. | advise YOU
as friend, never to 60 into them: for al
though at the entrance of each, it is writ
ten, in large letters l AM RIGHT, if you
do enter, and get to the end of them, you
will find the true name to be PRRvERsE.
NESS. These crooked paths occasion end
less disputes, and as tits difficult to make
the crooked straight, it is better to avoid
them altogether; lest, as it sometimes
happens, total separation be the conse-
ouence, and you take different paths the
rest of your lives. Near this spot, you
will meet with a rough, sturdy plant,
called OBsT1NAcY, which bears q hard,
knotty fruit, that never digests, and OF
course must iniure the constitution; il
even becomes fatal, when taken in large
quantities. Turn from it-avoid it as
you would the cholera.
Just opposite to this grows that love.
ly and lively shrub, called COMPLIANCE
which, though not always pleasant to th,
palate, is very salutsry, and leaves q
sweetness in the mouth: it is a most es
culent shrub, and produces the most de.
lcious fruit. Never be without large
sprig in your hand; it will often be want
ed as you 60 along, for you cannot be
happy without it in any part Of the
garden.
In one of the principal compartments
stands very important plant called
ECONOMY. 1t is of thriving quality.
Cultivate this fine plant with all you,
care, for it adorns and enriches at the
same time. Many overlook it; some des
pise it: and others think that they will
never wantit. 1t is generally overlooked
in the gayety and levity with which peopl,
enter this place, but the want of it is
generally deplored with bitter repentance.
There are two other plants Of the same
species, which are closely connected,
called INDUSTRY and FRUGALITY, and ]
must take leave to tell you, that unless
both the male and the female partake
largely of their branches, very little sue
cess can be expected /; in this they must
both unite. Take care that you provide
yourself and partner with a supply Of
each as soon as possible after you enter
the garden. %
There are two or three paths which
run much into one another, and deserve
the closest attention of the softer sex l
mean REGULARITY, ExACTNESS, and SIM
PLICITY, lin department as well as in
dress.) Do not think, as some do, that
when you have once got into the garden,
you may be neglectful Of these paths.
Remember that your companion will see
your neglect, which will affect his eye,
and may ALLEVIATE his heart. Enter on
these departments, then, as soon as you
enter the garden. When you are once
fairly in, you are in for life. The dan
ger is that if you do not get into them at
an early period, you will not find them
afterwards. Near these walks is,io he