Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-04-14
The Man who Parts his Hair down the
Middle

IL has been brought up at home, or else educa-
tea at girls school. He ma ke pies nd pud-
dIngS, and is an uniaiing hand at threading n, e.
de Ills sISt, rs have taught him 10 sew aud il is
said that he mends his Stockings but at all
events, he does not Practise the art in public. He
wears turn down collars, and cutivateS sentimen
taLpoelry. He plays the flute and loves look al
the moon. Ills great passion is reading novels
Many nights rest has lovely heroine robbed
him of His voice is soft and flute like-but
flute that only plays the very lowest notes. There
is confidential tone about his conversation, as if
lie were whispering some fearful secret that he
was MORALLY afraid would be overheard If he
goes TO the theatre, he takes his goIoShes with him.
lie is tlnlld, and has been known TO walk up and
down pa Try cooks for haitian hour before he
has dared TO 90 IN and ask Tor penny bun. AtnE
| evening patty lie drinks lemonade, or orangeade
or SherTynde, or amy other young mans sade; in
the day time, il he imblbeS anything. il is milk or
ginger beer. Beer he sets his lips against entirely
as, IN his refined opinion, j: tends 10 gruSSness-
| He contributes 10 Ladies' Albums, collects auto
graphs, writes acroStlcS, and is nJefatigabe IN his
eXerlons II q young lady should want half mil
hon OF solled postage stamps 10 complete chari-
Die wager. His Remarks upon the weather are as
Invaluable as they are inexhluStIble, but person.
ally he IS not very strong, and he SIT with
| his BACK TO the lorSeS. 1t makes Inn giddy 10
waltz he hands the mullins round with gr &c.
That no lady can refuse. He sings in the sweetest
little voice that wouldn't wake up a canaly. But
| he is very miserable in his songs, and is always
breaking his heart, or begging that lie may die, but
NC "eie uShlNS you pass Inc melted butter he
couldn't put the request more mildly. AT a mic.
nc he is invalua5le-(and we never knew q bic.
| mic 10 take place without man who parted his
hair down the middleton he rms for The plates
cleans the knives and FORKS fetcheS the sprInywa-
Ter, and does number of little useful Offices
whilst the otler gentlemen are quietly seated upon
the grass eating their dinners. More than this his
pockets nre always stocked with pincushions. ana
smelling bottles, voice loZengeS, and rocket scis
sors End combs, and iniinlty of nick nacks ser
vIceable 10 the ladies', who call him in return an
dear man," and lie is never so happy MS when he.
is carrying their s. avis and paras0ls or is tuning
their guitar, or holding their music or with his
cambria pocket handkerchief "a perfect cobweb,
that yon might roll up into less than pilr fright
cnlng away the "nasly gnatS.''
With him all children ire "dears'' and ..peis,,
all babies, "sweet little things;'' and he stabs
them playfuIly with his finger, and .scEickabid
dies them, until he makes them cry. He doesn't
IKE Children however, who romp and are noisy
d!sagreeabie children, who pull him about, and
dlSaTrange his 'rowsers by climbing up his knees
OF dirty his clean gaers by standing on his bo)ts
Oh tumble his beautiful hair. 10 conclude with
lew rapid characteristics. The man ,rho pnrts his
haT ut is generally light hair or a faint auburn,)
do,on The middle perfumes his handkerchief, likes
home made wines, is pas ionatey fond of flowers,
azores Byron canno. be ar onions, carries an eve
glass, keeps diary and cat, holds skeinS of silk
LOT ladies', is ready 10 lend hand TO tab e-t"rn-
ing or any otI.er fashionable folly of tie day rare-
~ dances, has an inveterate habit Of never naring
with his hat, and is invaluable in taking an eIJeTo
~ lady down 10 dinner.