Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-06-30
e.NICE GIRLS"
BY A BACHELOR.

NJ
faced amisble, neat chstty, domestic creatures
whom we meet in the sphere of Home" diffdsag
sround the domestic hearth the Influence of her
goodDess, like the essence Of sweet flowers
What we ell know by mice girl" is not the Ian
gushing beauty, who dawdles sofa and talks
of the last novel, or the lsstn opera or the
great graf looking girl, who creates an effect by
sweeping msjesteally through draWing-room. The
''Bice girl does even dsrce well, or play well,
end she docs not Know bit how to use her eyes or
cooue;te with fan. She never lsnguishes, she is
too acve for that; she is not given 20 nov. read
ing Tor she is always TOO busy. And as to the OPP
era when she goes there she does not think nee
esssry to show her bare shoulders; but sits gene
rally away in the back Of the box, Unheeded and
uunotced Ii is not ia such scenes that we dis
cover the 'nice girl" IL lie at Home" Who is
Il that rises 6rst in the morning and gets the break
fast rt adv before the family comes downi Who is
IL that makes pspa's toast. and carries up mammals
tea and puts buttons on the boys shirts and makes
everything bright aud comfortable 10 the pirlor :
l. il the sofa beauty or the giraffe, or the elegant
creature! By no means. IL is the "Hice girl"
Der unaded toilet has been performed in the shurt
est possible space Of time yet how chsrmingly
her hair is done low simply elegant is Der fix
dress aud plain white collar? What heartg kisses
she Distributes, unasked, among the members OF
the family. She does not present her cheek or her
brow, like the "uice girl" but takes the initiative
herself and kisses the boys after the other with
40 audible "smack," which says aloud, Hove you,
ever so much" II ever | coveted anyrh Thing 10 nv
life IL is one of those kisses from that mice girl"
She is quite at home in all the domestic duties. She
troub, 10 one to "belp the kettle" She bias
fetched it from the hob, aud replenshed the teapot
while some one mas been thinking about offering
his assistance.
Breakfast over she dives down into the kitchen
"a see about dinner and all day long she is running
mn and down stairs always doing.snd always cheer
fnI and light hearted. And she never to be-
active and useful until the day is gone, when she
will poka with the boys, and sing old songs, aud
NAV old tunes to her father for hours, and neves
tire She is perfect treasure, is he mice girl"
when illness cOmes ]: Is she that attends With un-
wearied patience the sick chamber. There is no
risk no amount of fatigue, that she will not I'M
dsrgo no sacrifice that she will not make. She is
oUI,ve all devotion. IhaVe often thought it would
no baDnness to be i'll, to be watched by such low
ing ewes and tended by such fair hands.
One of the most strongly marked characteristics
of "nice girl" is tidness and simplicity of dress
She is ityar ably associated in my mind with high
frcck a plain collar, and the neatest of neck-rb-
hons hound with the most modest little brooch in
the world ! never knew "nice girl' yet who dis
nl,ved A profusion of rings and bracelets or who
wore low dr. sses or a splendid bonnet Nor can
imagine mice girl" with curis; but this may be
a preu ice.
/ am quite sure, however, that "coaIers," or
''c-c's those funny little curls which iI has been
the fashion to gun upon the cheek with bsndolne,
are totally Inconsistent with the character of 'nice
pirn And if Sny one whom have been disposed
10 regard rs ''nice girl" to appear with her
bonnet stuck on the beck Of her head, / should
cease TO believe IN her from that moment The
only degree of latitude which feel at all disposed
10 allow to nv bean ideal-or should it be in this
case belle idedl?-is kid boots with brass holes-
There is a nsmeless charm about tidy feet, witch
/ believe the whole world recognizes / maintain
that a neatly booted foot and well shaped ankle,
In conjunction witt a clean white peuicoat and a
tight stocking will nearly make amends for suuint
Young men, is il not so' yes, you confess it,
say again. there is nothing in the world half so
beautiful, half 20 intrineicallv good as q " nice
girl" she is the sweetest flower in the path of
lite There are Others far stately, far more
gorgeous; but these merely admire as We 70
by il is where the daisy grows that we lie down
10 rest.
Under every condition, every aspect admire
nay, that is TOO cold world love the mice Cir"
Uuder every condition. every aspect save one
that one is the condition Of matrimony. When |
hear that oneof the mice girls" of NY acquaintance
is about TO be marie about to be mOnopolizsd
bv some Jealous beast with whiskerz, and an ugly
sister who is TO be bridesmaid, | come oyer faint
and sick AZ heart. Where mice girls" dwell it
should he written up, ms on gates of choice gar
dens, DO not pick the flowers Oh, it is horrij,
horrid, TO see that spruce gentleman come in aud
take her away into corner for che rest of the eve
ming. ! may not waltz with her now; may not
catch her at blndmau's buff; | may not sit by her
aud turn over the leaves as she sings "Auld Robin
Gray" even though il we're Christmas time; NAV
not any more Kiss her under the mistletoe; NAV
not even look at her! There is that horhd spruce
man with whiskers glowering at me as if he would
eat me. | sigh as the remembrance comes over me
of the msny ''nice girls" who have thus been ruth
leasly torn from me 10y spruce, and, | am sure,
stupid men 10 whiskers Why, why are there such
things as spruce with whiskersl | am cure
we should get on much better without them.
/ cannot bear to think of mice girl" getting
married. ! cannot contemplate with patience what
abe is about to become. What she il about 10 be-
oomet She Is about 10 become the slave Of one
man. In Ices than year her figure will be eter-
nslly spoilt In less than a year che will wear
o. ppy dresses and wrappers Of morning. she
Wnl leave of garters, and her stockings will hang
loose. She Will lose the bloom in her cheek and
the merry twinkle IN her eye. She will haze a
baby, and smell sour. | say eanno, coot,mnia,s
this spectacle with patience. once visited one.
who had been nice girl, year or two after her
her marriage. The figure which she pres.ntsd
shocked me. l could have cried with y,..tiop.
and am sure ii her husband bad come 10 shouls
have kicked him. ! have resolved never 10 20
through such an ordeal again. When a "nice Rirl"
narries now, have done with her for ever
You may wonder why, since am such an adj
inirer Of "nioe girls" | have never made one nv
osn-vby In iaot have never married one. /
have loved, admired, and adoted thrm too much
for that. | could 40 more marry a ''nics grip
than I could wliully usmple down bed of dos.
trs | have all my HE considered L. and still do
consider 1t, crime, little short OF saerilrse 10
marry mice giIL" Who but a wretch you'll d,
lace beautiful piece Of sculpture' Who but .
wretch would stand With his back 70 Abe dre and
inonopoizs oil the hes1 To the man Who al.
tempts 20 marry "nice girl. say, as Dogenr,
aaid 90 Alsxaud,r Get Gus OF my Gun
Marry a'uiee gill" NeSeH | knos What 4
would be- No mah Is a hero ~ has Vaiei De chans
bre, and no husband, l am sure, s a hns iylos ia
wife's eyes after she has needed bis socks aud pu
D. tches 10 bis drawers. On the other hand, I an
certain there must be q hound GiseBebanimrn
about skimp flannel peideoaI and cotton night
cap With irlils.
No; lot the "siee eirl" alone Let Der he n.
life ard sunshine OF Home" Cor ever Let .,
many hearts P.Hs svsy and die Tor Der a. silE
am ready 90 pine aud die With The rect. But oh
change not Miss into Mr. rob Der not OF b.
grlshness aud simplicity; polute not the gushtng
fountain Of her dove, Which hoss for alt ard fail.
ike dew upon The word. Lea her Do a 'nles eirIr
forever; foe sseh as she never grow oil, OF lose
the p0wer 70 charm. II you must marry, marry
the boanty-the hIrI--Ghe elsVeF gitl, tn dnshins
glrl-any kind OF gid, bot leave M, oh, cav ne
the "nice girl" For her sake, eli 1--we bacns,
l0r 10 the end Of my days aud when die, D.
sire nothing better than % baVe sush Oas q
watch over nae aud close my eyes.
Tue CREAN or fHK S0UTR.-lbe New York
Hotel" he overlooking with wealthy Cat ans aud
S0uthsrnefs. lt IL estimated BY a gsn'leu 80 wsi
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