The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-08-13
4" Nice Girls :"


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BY YABAcHELoR.
To my mind there is nothing in all the world
half so beautiful, half so delightful. or half 50
iovable as "nice girl" don't mean a pretty
girl. or dashing girl, or an elegant glrl. but
" nice girl y one of those lively. good temper
ed, good-hearted, sweet faced, amiable, neat.
natty, domestic creatures, we meet in the
sphere of Home" diffusing around the domes.
tic hearth the influence Of her goodness like
the essence of sweet flowers.
What we all know by "nice girl" is not
! the lnpnuishinr besuty. who dawdIes on a sof,
and talks of the last new novel or the last new
opera or the great qiraf lookinu GIRL who cre-
ates an effect BY sweenng maiasficaliv through
drawing.room The mice gifl does not even
dance we'll or play we'll. and she does not know
a bit how to use her ewes or couuette with fan.
She never lunguishes she is too active for that 4;
she is not gwen to novel-reading. for she is al.
ways too husy. And as to the onera when
she goes there she does not think it noces.
sary 10 show her bare shoulders: but sits gen.
orally away in the back of the box. unheeded
and unnoticed. Ii is not in such scenes that
we discover the mice girl" 1t is at Home 4"
Who is it rises first in the morning and gets the
| breakfast ready before the family comes down 2
Who is it that makes papa's toast. and carries
/ up Uldllu ; TEA, anu DuIS buttons on the bows
shirts, and waters the flowers. and feeds the
chickens, and makes everything bright and com.
! Portable in the p0rlor? Is il the sofa beauty. or
the girai11 or the elegant creaturr? By no means.
It is the mice airl." Her mailed toilet has
been performed in the shortest possible space of
time; yet how charmingly her hair is done -
how simply elegant i the silk dress and plain
white collar? What hearty kisses she distrib-
utcs, unasked, among the members of the family.
She does not present her cheek or her brow. like
the cline girl but takes the initiative herself
and kisses the boys. one after the other. with an
audible "smlck,' which says aloud 81 love you
ever so much" II ever | coveted anything in
my life. 1t is one Of those ksse from that 90 nice
girl" She is quite a home in all the dom site
duties, She troubles no one TO {" help lift the
kettle. She has fetched it from the hob, and
rePlenished the teapot, while soma one has been
! thinking about Offering his assistance
Br ahtast over, she dives down into the kitch
Ell to S e about dinner and all day long she is
running up and down stairs, ALWAYS doing. and
always cheerful and light-haartel And she
never ceasesro be active and useful until the
day is gone, when she will polka with the hoys.
and sing old songs, and p!ay old tunes to her
father for hours together. and never tire. Sh..
is perfect treasure, is the "nice girl" When
illness mes, il is she that attends with nm
wearying patience the sick chamber. There is
Ho llSN' uo VI ldllIuN lllhI size VIII moi
undergo no sacrifice thai sb4 will mt maxi
She is all love, all devotion. have often tho't
it would be happiness TO he i'll, to b, watched
by such loving eyes and tended by such fair
hands.
One Of the most strongly marked character-
istics of " nice girl" is tidiness and simplicity
Of dress. She is invariably associated in nv
mind with nigh frock plain collar aml the
neatest ot neck-ribbpns, bound with the most
modest little brooch in the world. never know
a. " nice girl yet, who DISPLAYED profuSinn Of
rings and bracelets, or who wore low dresses or
splendid bonnet. Nor can imagine nice
glrl with curls, but this may be prejudice.
am quite sure however, that " cnaxers,' or
c-cs, those funny little curls which it has
been the fashion to gum upon the cheek with
oJndollne--are totally inconsistent with the
cnardctre ot nice girl And if any one whom
| have been disposed to regard as nice gih
were to appear with her bonnet stuck Oh the
back OF her head | should cease 10 believe in
her from that moment. The only dngr,e Of lat.
iinde which feel at all di,pnsad TO allow to my
0eaM ldeal--or, should it be in the case, belle
ideal lis kid boots with brass holes There is
a namaess charm about tidy feet which be-
lIeve the whole world recognizes, mean that
neatly booted foot and well-shapod anhle in
conjunction with clean, white pptticout, and
"A tight stocking will nearly make amends for