Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-09-02
NICE GIRLS"
DY A BACHELOR.

TIC "oIlu Hdil 50 Ueaulllul, ndIL SO Ue-
lightful, or half so lovable as a "nice
girl" l don't mean pretty girl, or a
dashing girl, or an elegant girl, but a
mice GIRL" one of those lively, good
tempered, good hearted, sweet faced,
neat, natty, amiable, domestic creatures,
whom we meet in sphere of "Home,"
dilfusing around the domestic hearth, the
influence of her goodness. like the es-
sence OF sweet flowers.
What we all know by ''nice girl" is
not the languishing beauty, who daw
dies on sofa and talks cf the last new
novel, or the last new opera; or the great
giraffe looking girl, who creates an ef
feet BY sweeping maj sstically through a
drawing room. The "nice girl" does
no. even dance well, or play well, and
she does not know bit now TO use her
eyes or coquette with fan. She never
laaguishes, she is 100 active for tla'; 81 e
is no: given to novel reading, for she is
always too busy. And as to the opera,
when she goes there she does not think
it necessary to show her bare shoulders;
but sits generally away in the back of
the box, unheeded and unnoticed. 1t is
not in such scenes that we discover the
''nice girl" 1t is at ''home." Who is
it that lises first in the morning and gets
breakfast ready before the family comes
down? Who is it that makes papl's
toast, aud carries up mama's tea, and puts
buttons on the boys shirts, and waters
the flowers, and feeds the chickens, and
makes everything bright and comfort
able in the parlor? Is it the sofa beauty.
or the gilafe, or the elegant creature?
By no means. 1t is the "nice gill;
Her unaided toilet has been performed in
the shortest possible space Of time; yet
how charmingly her hair is done! how
simply elegant in her silk dress aad plain
white collar? What hearty kisses she
distributes, unasked, among the mem
bers of the family. She does not pre-
sent her cheek or her brow, like the "fine
girl but takes the initiative Ter elf. and
kisses tie boys, one after the other, with
an audible smack, which says aloud, 81
love you ever SO much" She is quite
at home in all the domestic duties. She
troubles no one 10 "help the kettle."-
She has fetched it from the hob, ard re-
plenished the teapot, while some one
has been thinking about offering his as
sistance
Breakfast OYER, she dives down into
into the kitchen to see about dinner; and
ell day long she is running up and down
stairs, always doing. and always cheer
full and light hearted. And she never
ceases to be active and useful until the
day is gone, when she will polka with
the boys, and sing old songs, and play
old tunes to her father for hours togeth-
er, and never tire. She is a perfect
treasure, is the ''nice girl" When i'll
ness comes, it is she that attends with
unwearying patience the sick chamber.
There is no risk, no amount of fatigue
that she will not, undergo; no sacrifice
that she will not make. She is all love,
all devotion. | have often thought it
would be happiness TO be i'll, to be watch
ed by such loving eyes, and tended by
such fair hands.
One of the most strongly marked
characteristics Of a mice GIRL" is tidi
ness and simplicity of dress. She is in
variabiy associated in my mind with
high frOck. a plain collar. and the neat
est Of neck ribbons, bound with the most
modest little pin. But l never did see
mice girP' yet, who displayed profu-
sion of rings or bracelets, or who wore
low dresses, or splendid bonnet. Nor
can l imagine mice girl'' with curls;
but this may be prejudice.
| am quite sure, however. the "coax-
ers," or "c-c's'-those funny little curls
which il has been the fashion TO gum
upon the check with dandoline-are to
tally Inconsistent with the character Of a
mice girl" And if any one whom l
have been disposed TO regard as ''nice
girl, were to appear with her bonnet
stuck on the back of her head, l should
cease to believe in her from that moment.
The only degree Of latitude which fee
at all disposed to allow to my beau ideal
or should il be in this case belle deut?
is kid boots with brass holes. There
is a nameless charm about tidy feet, I
which, l believe the whole world recog-
nizes. maintain that a neatly h"o'ed
foot and a well shaped ancl,', in co., INC
ton with a clean. whit p-;-ic"ar. aud
tight stocking. will nearly make amends
for a squint. Young men. is it not so?
Yes, yoa confess it.
l say again, there is nothing in the |
world half so beautiful, half so intrinsic !
ally good. as nice GIRL" She is the
sweetest flower in the path oflife. There
are others far more stately, far more
gorgeous; but these we merely admire
as we go by. 1t is where the daisy
groes that we lie down 10 rest.