Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-12-02
~ ayo. though for tie sake Of 1un.d,-
~ Il bas not been branded with such

While / shall upholu thOsc "a ~
sex, who may choose to wear the a.
ticle ofapparel commonly, IN the dan
dyscircles, called Hoops, ~ the per,
feet right to wear them, my principal
object will BIZ to call back the wander
ing mind -four rnodernd andies TO the
realities of their own sitnation--for /
feel confident that the excitement pro
duced by the Introduction Of hoops
together with other things which i
shall hereafter mention, his caused
them to loose sight of It, and---thcy
have forgotten to reform themselves
ere they lecture others.
| can remember when q dandy
would be locked upon with scorn and
contempt when true gentleman were
recognized only in the persons Of So
Der, home-loying,ind astrious and 9TH
crwisc noble young men, Of whom We
hear butlittle now-a-days in the per-
sons Of the kind brothers, the dutitul
sons who always shared their fathers
labors and their mothers caress al ]
ways dressed according to their pos
ition, conscious Of being useful and
beloved; snch only were the pride 81
the family circle" Twas not il that
day that gentlemea were found only
in the bar-room- frequcnter, or the
young men who station themselves at
the Church door Oh Sunday nights to
t'sec what man gets thrown OFT on
-crowding off true gentlemen, only
Whose company d lady is willing 81
EXCEPT. &orFdid the gentleman Of
that day consider it ail ilAPossibihty
10 speak To q acAite lady without q pint
u old rot ia them.
/. Now-a- ,lays most Young insn, es-
pecially tic Upper Ten (and near
Ii every one claims that appendix to
his el,aracter,) take great pains to
have it known that they can live on
tic interest of their. nlolley--thilik
they can play ut cards and 'ttset tight,
without violating the civil Or moral
law--but the Ladies' can I wear hoops
(no ImatterIh how much it might add
to their confort,) without some Of
these gentlemen 10 making remarks
aboutrit. Poor rule that wont work
both ways. Even the commonality
ofyoung men, in these latter days are
getting quite tasty--Coat thrown ov-
er their shoulders, stosc-pipe hat,
moustaches and a '.long ilinc," is
the complete outfit fora modern gen
tleman; and if you chance to meet one
Of these III the street, there's but one
rule by which you can distinguish
them from the real gentlemen, and
that is, a true gentlemen never makes
himself u John-donkey. II Sodom
and Gomarah .9lAd witness the pre-
tentioas and practices of' modern dan
dies, they would blush aud hidesthcm-
selves in shame. III
Out upon such follies, Young men.
What If YOU should not see the I'll
ger" as soon as Mr.. Didsec, who got
in minute before yon; Or bet on the
ace first, or drink as much, GROVE as
muck. Are You any tile worse for
that 4>> # E
Mcthinks / hear some Young men
say '.we all are not guilty Of these
things.n God forbid that such should
be the case; but then it should ,be.re
collected that all ladies do not Wear
Hoops. And they say its none ot
our business il they ao indulge in
these habits, which IS very true, and
| hope ! may be pardoned for inter-
fering, but persons living in glass
houses should ,notithrowstoncs.' First
."pluck the beam out ofthinc own eye,
/ then shalt thou see clearly to pull the
mote out Of ths brothers eye" young
men. There. is qnite an erroneous
idea cxtant among the handles, that
the Young women are allsiinple mind
led, or nearly so. They say the "old
| fashioned folks would never discover
! the charms anl mottesty Of the fem
enine GENDER sbccauseBof il, But
1.-The young ladies' repose more conf
Edence in the ollerpersops, who, they.
are assured, know they have to talk
simple. and bs somewhat affected, IL
order TO get along with our modern
handles, not one in twenty Of whom
could converse with an intelligent.
unassuniiug lady, on any subject d
importance, five OF ten minutes, And
yet tits these tops that are warned ID
the 'stextn not to marry bits Of
scraggy. bedanbed red and white, be-
hooEcd," &C., .dollar pnff a dolls
Why, the fact is these s7.squirts, " as
they are sometimes called, drive all
sensible ladies from their society; and
because the ladies' do not court their
company, or because the ladies refuse
to accompany them to and fro, arc at
all times ready to retort in such Ian
guage as conlposcs the quoted PARA
graph.
| am aware, Messrs. Editors, that
there are many vain ladies, as am
also, that there are many noble, high
minded, intelligent and useful young
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