Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-12-06
For the Vindicator.

1t seems, from an article which appeared
in last weeks issue Of this Dane-, that .sey-
eraP neglected young men, or boys, ield a
meeting to inquire into the causes Of their
having been unnoticed or rnappreciated by
the girls, when brought into competition
with the married men, That married
men are much more agreeable to the
girls than single ones, they very properly
admit; but why they are so, they vainly
task their fancy TO discover. The more they
reason, the more befogged their sense be-
comes, until each grows splenetic, and
charges on the gentler, yet more apprecia-
tive sex and unoifending Benedicts, both
alike.
! One seeks the cause in roguery. Lo
! girls are thieves, aye, worse than thieves,
for these have honor, but girls have none
Deluded Young mani thus to asperse those
thou dost net know, but whom knowing is
to love Young man, thou art dcluded,
but full well we know that no argument of
ours would cause thee to forego thy faneied
wisdom, since ttenant hates IN corna. We
pity, vet cannot afford thee any relief. We
CAR only suggest remedy. A curtain lee
.ure, which thoH imaginest comes to us
poor fellows so prenat,relys but which thy
unieignel generosity aed tenderpess,of feel
/ ing would NOT have US undergo, might prove
h9ne6cal tof thee Try it, and soon, we
think, it viii convince thee of thine error
For, unless lost to all feeling, thea lsilt
thereby discover an honesty of purpose IN
the female heart that will speedily cause the
citadel of thy strength to fall and restore
thy reason, and hence thou mayest be
taught the secret Of the married mans sue
cess. - h,
Anoiher a9ems dat Ibis success consists
in winning little ways, which Benedict has
acquired since marriaGe. y is true that
title uiaatHg eays have their effect and
/ on suitable occasions, if more generally
practised by the single would win them Tau
rels. But, on account of too frequently
installing winning little ways for little
winning ways, they reap only shame and
confusion of face These ways are not SC
difficult Of acquiremtnt, even before mar
,iage; and inalifesa effort is often made to
practise them by those who affect to despise
them most. Alas, how many signal fail
ures have we not seen. These ways, in per
lection, being alone known to the married,
or in other words, one of their secrets
might not failure to initiate them, ON the
part of the single Ones be productive Of
those mysterious wiuks.' raising the eye
brows, dc, =? And considering all unfortu-
nate single gentlemen as those most inter-
ested, we who know would suggest, that
instead las You consider it, of going through
so much to learn so little would it not re-
dound to the credit of some Of you, to just
take the pains to 60 through a little for the
sake of what would be 50 great an acauisi-
ton to yorr present requirements.
A third, not without some bitterness OF
feeling, and a slight sub-a6id trace in bis
compound, CONSOLES himself with the reflec-
ton that it is Only a few fof the siliicst of
the Benedicts who are pets Thus, seek
ing to hurt poor Benedict, he unwittingly,
and perhaps rather obtusely, bestows a mis-
cradle compliment upon the good sense and
instructive penetration of the girls. L is
but too cl arly manifest that he, poor fellow
has not yet met with that appreciation which
is undoubtedly his due, but has been sup
planted in manner very unsccouutable to
him, ly silly Benedict. 70 us, his use OF
the term familiar does not sae,n compatible