The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-03-13
A MODERN BELLE.
BY ELIZA BISBEE.

Look at her! Of course I shall! She'd
be disappointed If didn't. She expects
TO be looked at; else why that studied ar
rapgement in her dress?-why that min
cing, affected step? True, she may blush,
and feign confusion when she is met bv
broad stare; but that is nothing: merely
an act to make the deception more per-
feet.
Why are her rinslets SO faultlessly ar
ranged? Why the rose tint so de!icately
painted upon her cheek? Why is she lit
orally loaded down with jewelry-rings.
chains. and pins? Why every article 0,
dress put on with an eye of display, if ii
is not all to b e locked at and admred?-
She lives on haltery and admiration, and
would pine without it.
There is nothing natural about her
ail is art and aft citation. She has been
taught from earliest infancy that all re,
quired OF her sex was to make themselves
agreeable to the opposite sex and pass
life away in the most pleasant and care
less manner. Never has the idea entered
her head that she was created for high,
| er and nobler destiny, than that of toy
and pet for the amusement Of persons OF
the other sex, every whit as brainless as
herself / might do her injustice il I said
her mind took not literary tur n; for does
she not devour with an avidity worthy OF
better object, all the cheap, trashy liter
ature ofthe day? Is she not well versed
in the last new novel? and can she not re-
peat every word of those ''charming''
Stanzas thai some love-sick, would be DO
ct. has addressed to his adorable?
Her conversation is sickening. She is
posted up in the loose affairs and falling
out of Mr. Fitz Hum bu:,, and Miss Butter
Hv; Can enumerate every article of Mrs
Dash's apparel; can inform you Of the par
ticulars of Miss Amelia Heartless' firta-
t on with Mr.. Adolphus Peacock, or it
you chance to be An intimate friend, will
inpart to yoa a knowledge of the state OF
her own ceilings in regard to certain
person who has been paying his addresses
to her; but if you introduce for topic OF
conversation the character and merit OF
the production of some star just arisen
in the literary armament, or general in
terest, as the affairs Of the government,
or some newly advanced theory that
claims for itself consideration, she will an
swer with yawn, that she ''knows no.
thing about it, and thinks it improper
for ladies to trouble their heads about
such matters" She doats upon music,
but if you present her with new COM
position she is instantly struck with tor
menting sensation, md makes thousand
excuses. But she is always informed Of
the last new fashion; goes into ecstacies O.
yer Glove of bonnet," and the death
of a pet canary or poodle, or the mis6t of
an article Of dress, will cause as much
grief apparently, as we would expect her
10 manifest on the death of friend, or
some great misfortune. At least there
is no lack of tears and protestations of
sorrow. If she succeeds in ensnaring
some sensrless coxcomb, ami gets married
i woe to her if she remains an old
maid )--she knows nothing of the duties
of wife, Her children are warded over
to the tender mercies of nurses and hire
ings Her husband has to seek the
theatre, the drinking and gambling saloon
for that pleasure and comfort which he
fails to find at home; and when her daugl.-
ters are old enough, they are sent off
to boarding school to go through tn
same process of education she herself has
done, and at last come before the world
copies of their mother. | always turn
with a sigh from the contemplation OF
such character; and such compose a
large class offemales at the present day.
| might say something of the same class
Of persons of the other sex, who are near
" as numerous, but it would only be a
repetition ofthc characters already given,
only fear tba' justice would compel me
to draw the lines closer.
There is something in life that the yo-
tary offashion and folly can never realize
--can never know. 1t is something
that raises the mind above the calus and
-dlsappointmepts Of life, something that