Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-05
LADIES DEPARTMENT..
For the Spirit Of the Age.
To the Social Circle"
ARRuw DELE, u. N. ISIS

ARROW DELL, U. N. 1855. +
DIAN GIRLS Pm afraid you won't like
my way Of deing things-id est " walking
right in and hanging up my hat" (I mean
my boHnet, what there is Of it, for the scis-
sors uf Fashion. away up here, in the whirl
Of dissipation and Partisan paraphernalial
adorcrs, haven't left anything of it, hardly,
but the crocn, that takes two pins, on the
top uf my upper story" to keep it in its
proper place y and if you don't, just intimate
tho same. 10y a gentle hint, delicately admin.
istered, as S0uthern girls we'll know how, and
like I" old Blocks" famous pen Knife -
without further ceremony I'll " shut up I"
The fact is, girls, | hate talking or acting
by the line and plummet rules Of etiquette,
and though l live right in the midst of the
bon ton-the pinks of Propriety, the "Sweilsd
Ueads"-the worldly conventionalists-(N
i. though by the way I've never seen a
rightSeasiJe body thatwas'n Mt free and easy J
never could learn the lines and spaces Of
the fixed and rigid rules of the most fastidi-
Gus society, and r~epudiating the detachable
diseords, indispensable to modern and popu'
lar melody, the music of my department is
altogether Gd Id. To be sure | might say,
after the manner Of those who follow in the
beaten track of their illustrious predeces-
sors :"
Fair and gifted Ladies 1T would afford
me 'unfeigned and superlative pleasure to be
admitted TO your " Social Circle" and at
the baptismal fount Of your warm and pure
hearts, be constituted a member thereof. But
] don't do it, girls /; / despise every thing
that wears the seeming of ceremony or pre-
meditated nicoty, or cool. hearted complacen-
CIV : and as l never " strain at q gnat," j
live unapprehensive of one day exercising
nv physical energies to their utmost capaci-
8: 81 il the l''''i''' effort to '"'ll'" a cam
But, dear girls, | come to you from the
" far North" with a heart as susceptible and
loving as yours, (for il was nurtured in the
warm sunny bosom Of "the Old North State,
God bless her l') and simply say: Be
hold | stand ut the door and knock" If you
have an unappropriated place in your little
domicile, and a bit Of love for a stranger sis,
ter, "opcn unto me-" but remember, girls
I'll not " come in" without the loUe, be The
sanctum ever so inviting, and the invitation
ever so gracefully extended for
What Is life, when wanting lovo2
Night without a morning;
Loves the cloudless summer sky,
Nature gay adjoining"
I'd rather roam the leafy aisles of the sum
mer forest, and hide in dens and caves 0
the earth" in the icy winter time, "if on
faithful heart would but share it with me-
than WELD the sceptre Of an empire, unbless
ed with sympathy and love. Now what d
you think Of that
There's Kate Careless-merry, rollickin
Kate-has just been admitted to your hom
AMI hearts, and why mayn't ? TO be sur
Kate is a more bewitching, insinuating, dar
ing little creature than Florence, possessin
far greater recommendations, and q perfet
adept in the art Of saying thousands of plea
%antries, without seeming to affect a partic
Of sincerity while | alwaysexprcss the lea
where | feel the most that is, my nature
constituted in complete concordance with Il
sentiment couched in Wordsworth couple
"To mo, tho meanest flower that blows can bri
Thoughts that too often lie too deep for tears"
/ 500 by the last h~ebdomadal 1.-THE first o
that has visited the Dell for months
"Age" indeed and verify | thought t
spirit had takOn It's fight" in truth y tt
Frank +" is seeking admission tn your CO
hearth.
Now, il I were a privileged characI
amongst you, | would just tell Frank Il
where | am he cannot come" unless
has SIGNED THE PLEDGE, and vowed eterI
enmity to the barbarous way of hedging
the " human face divine" as these are
superable barriers to ingratiating ones
into my favor but rs | am not {" in the c.
met" Of course ! don't presume to arbitr
for his advantage or detrimcnt. | hope,
all events, you won't admit him, antil J
have decided my fate, as | have no do
Franks Derdict would be, after this, " 60
way for this time, &c"
Bon Jour, ma chere dmies,
FLORENCE FAY