Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-21
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uah - nalI - ueJlgntful, or haIt so
IOveable as q nice girl / don't mean p
pretty girl, or daShing girl, or on elegant girl.
nut a : nice girl one of those lovely good
tempered, gOOd-hearted, sweet-faced, amiabIe.
neat, natty, domestic creatures, whom we meet
IN the sphere Of - home. " diffusng around the
domestic hearth the influence Of her goodness,
like the essence of sweet flowers
What we all know by Il nice cirli is not the
lanSuishlng beauty, who dawdleS on a sofa and
talks oil the last new novel or the last new opera:
or the great girafe-lOOking girl who creates an
effect by sweeping majestically through a draw
lpg-rOom The mice girl'' does not even dance
well, or play well, and she does not know a bit
how to use her eyes or cOquette with fan. She
never languiShes; she is too active for that; she
Is not given to novel reading, for she is always
too busy; and as to the opera, when she goes
there she does not think 1t necessary to show
her bare shoulders, but sits generally way back
In the box, unheeded and unnoticed. 1t is not
IN such scenes thatwe discover the mice girl -
hO Is IL that rise first in the morning and gets
the breakfast ready before the family comes
down! Who is it that makes papa's toast, and
carries up mama's 5 tea, and puts buttons on the
boys shirts, and waters the flowers and feeds
the chickens, and makes everything bright and
comfortable In the parlOr2 l. il the sofa beauty
or the giraffe, or the elegant creature' BY no
means. Ii Is the - nice girl Her unaided
toilet has been performed in the shortest posi-
Die space OF time; yet how charmingly her hair
IS done how simply elegant is her silk dress
and plain white collar. What hearty kisses she
distributes, unasked, among the members of
the family. She does not present her cheek or
her brow, like the q fine girl, but takes the
Initiative herself and kisses the BOYS one after
the other with an audible smack, which says
aloud, = love you, ever so much" II ever |
coveted anything in my life, il is one Of those
kisses from that " nice girl" She is quite at
home in all the domestic duties. She troubles
no one to help the kettle;' she has fetched il
from the hob, and replenished the teapot, while
some one has been thinking about offering his
assistance,
Breakfast over, she dives down into the kitch-
en- to see about dinner, and all day long she i
running up and down stairs. always doing and
ilghthearted. And she never ceases to be ac-
tive and useful until the day is gone when she
Will polka with the boys, and sing old songs,
and play cd tunes Ia her father for hours to-
Sether. and never tire. She i perfect lreds-
ure, Is the nice girl" When illness comes.
1t - she that attends with unwearic;t patience
the sick chamber. There is 10 risk ro amount
OF fatigue that che will not mder.": no sacri-
hce that she will not make. She il all love- all
devotion. | have often thought it would lie
happiness 10 be III, To he watched By such low
ing eyes and tended by such fair hands
one OF the most strongly marked character
istlcs of - nice girl is tdiness and simplicity
OF dress She is invariably associated in my
mind with high frock, plain collar and the
neateS; of neck ribbons, bound with the most
mOdestlttle brooch i'm the world never knew
= nice girl yet who displayed protusiom Of
rings and bracelets, or who wore low dresses OF
splendid bonnet. Nor can imagine nice
glrl' with curls; hat this may be u prejudice
am quite sure, however. that co3xers.'
or COS those funny little curls which il
mas been the fsshlOn to gum upon the cheek
with bdndollne, are totally Inconsistent with
the character of a nice girl And iC any
one whom have been disposed to regard as u
nice girl were to appear with her bonnet
stuck on the back of her head, should cease
10 believe In her from that moment The only
degree of latitude which I feel al all disposed
70 allow 10 my bcIU IHe0i-Or should il be in
this case Jefie tdeql lis kid boots with brass
holes There is a nameless charm about tidy
feet, which / believe the whole world recOs
nizes | maintain that a neatly booted foot
and well shaped ankle, in conjunction with IA
clean white petticoat and tight stocking, will
nearly make amends for a sluint Young mer
Is II not 80 ? Yes. you confess il ia
L say again, there is nothing in the world
half 80 beautiful half 40 intrinsically good, as
- nice girl y She is the sweetest flower IN
the path OF life. There are others far more
stately, Tar more gorgeous; but these we mere
ly admire a. we 60 by. 1t is where the daisy
grows that We lie down 10 rest
Under every condition. every aspect. | ad-
mire-nay, that is too cold a word--I love the
nice girl Cuder every condition. under
every aspect. save One-that one is the cOndi-
tion Of matrimOny. When hear that one OF
the = nice girls Of my acquaintance is about
70 be marrIed-about TO be mODopoliled by
some jealous beast with whiskers. and an ugly
sister who Is to be bridesmaid | come over
faint and sick at heart. Where - nice girls
dwell II should he written up, as on gates OF
choice gardens. - do not pick the bowers" Oh,
1t Is horrid, horrid TO see the spruce gentleman
come IN an take her away into a corner for the
rest OF the evening. / may not waltz with her
now may not catch her at blind mans buff :;
may not sit by her and turn over the leaves
as she sings = Auld Robin Gray" even though
II were Christmas time; | may not any more
kiss her under the mistletoe | may not even
look at her, There is that horrid spruce man
with whiskers glOwering at Inc "a il he would
eat me. sigh "a the remembrance comes over
Inc OF the many " nice girls who have thus
been ruthleSsly torn from Inc by the spruce.
and, am sure, stupid men in whiskers. Why,
why are there such things as spruce men with
whlskers, i am sure we should get on much
better without them.
cannot bear TO think OF nice girl get
ting married l cannot contemplate with pa
tience what she l. about To become What is
she about tO become She is about To- become
the slave Of one man In less than a year her
figure will he eternally spoiled. In less than
year she will wear sloppy drcsse- and wrap
lcT- III luoIhIil3- ~lC VIII JcdNe on CATERS,
and her stockings will hang loose She will
loDec the bloom in her check and the merry
twinkle In her 0ye. She will have a baby, and
>mell sour. ! say cannot contemplate this
subject with patience. once visited one who
had been :, nice girl, year OF two after her
marriage. The figure which she presented
shocked me. / could have cried with vexation
and am sure if her husband had come in I
should have kicked him. have resolved never
90 90 through such an ordeal again. When q
. nice girl marrieS now, have done With her
forever.
You may wonder why. since am such an al
mirer Of nice girls, - | have never made one
my Own-why. in fact, L hsve never married
one. i have loved, admired and adored them too
much for that could no more marry a ''Gicc
girl than | would wilfully trample down a bed
IT flowers. Ihave all my life considered it, and
still do consider IL, crime little short Of sacri-
lege 10 marry nice girl. - Who but a savage
would deface beautiful piece of sculpture