Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-02-20
From the knickerbocker
TIE ETIQUETTE OF VISITING

THOMAS BIBB BRADLEY.
Ny readers, there is nothing more delightful
than visiting pretty, bright-eyed woman, on q
pretty, starry night. can tell you, pretty
woman is a good thing-a devilish good thing
-bonam orum, A man in the presence of
lovely lady should graciously thank PRovI-
DEscE for His benignity in creating her. The
RULER of the universe arranged all those beau
tiful curls on that pearly neck, that she might
Be attractive and pleasant unto man. Those
rare lips and that snowy brow, and those heav
emily eyes, and that swelling bosom were grant
ed to her to render her suitable partner for us.
In our visits to her, then, let US remember it,
aud bow obedient to the shrine of her beauty.
OF course, every gentleman more or less fire.
quently visits the ladies. Not to do so argues
him unqualified for the balmy atmosphere of a
lady's parlor, and unsufted for the sweetest
pleasure of this short existence. The man who
has no friends among the women is in a sad po-
sition. Than to be such man, would prefer
to be suspended by hair over the cliffs of Do
yer, or navigating the Arctic Ocean in a ca
noe. Even animals are sociable: pigs confab
ulate, and swine arc capable of sustaing con-
versation. Elephants visit each other, and al
ligators enjoy evening entertainments. Horses
indeed have an established code of etiquette
in their chit-chats. In fact, l once knew a silly
beast who associated (by accident purely with
refined horse-company until he imagined HIM
self an excellent riding animal, and full of spi-
nit. The consequence was, he rendered him.
self ridiculous on all occasions by his intoler-
cradle vanity and abominablc attempts at the
imitation of his superiors.
If fondness for company is thus true of the
lower animals, how much moro true of man.
how to render society and even single visit
pleasant and profitable In the first place, it is
generally conceded that one should be
present at any entertainment, public or private,
or visit any fair lady, or in any manner what
soever protrude himself upon genteel compa-
ny, who cannot contribute his share to the in
tcrest of the occasion. Such rule excludes
BOYS with shirt-colars three inches high, and
skull six inches thick it demolishes dandies,
and depopulates the whole tribe of speckle-fa-
ced nihilities. 1t gives decent men chance,
and consigns to their merited oblivion all red
eyed boobies. Such rule works cogently, and
is a good thing-a devilish good thing-bonum
orsm. 1t should be generally adopted in this
benighted country. The dominion of boydom
would be over; it would breathe its last sigh
gently as sick hen. Misses in their facetious
teens would no more snicker and blush even
to their eyebrows at the compliments and stu
pid batteries of some sentimental, kid-gloved,
hook-nosed little gallant. Their hounces and
furbelows would infest ballroom or private
party no more; satinets, and jaconets,
and bobinets wotl0 net no more minnows
say minnows, for trout don't bite at small
bats. They are sensible fish, and know how
TO appreciate good thing.
Such rule, if adopted, would accomplish
another great desideratum in all goodly socie-
ty. It would destroy with keen and wither-
Ing frost those rare exotics which silently
bloom in their quiet simplicity. refer to the
species wall-fowers. Now they are indeed
placid plants, quite content to waste their
sweetness upon'the desert air, but they always