The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-03-27

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y6sme person writing for the, Springfield,
Mass., RepublicGp, under the nom De plume
Of ssTimothy Titcomb, = has given sonc ex-
cealeht' sdvise to young men h . series sf
letters. The following, h his second letter
too Young women, which We think will be.
found worthy Of perusal:, -.,s ~, !.
Every young woman who has arrived at
twenty years Of age, has passed through
three dispensatious--the chaotic, the trausi-i
tional and the crystalline. The chaotic usa-l
ally Terminates with the adoption Of the
long skirt. Then commences the process Of
crystslisation. This process may 70 on fec
bly, for years, or it may proceed % rapidly
that two years will complete it. In soms
women, It Is never completed, in consequence
Of lack Of inherent vital force. or I crin,i.l
nal disregard Of the requisite conditions.
This transitional dispensation. which for
convenience and characteralizatien,s / will
call the silly dispensatiop, is so full Of dan
gers that it calls for separate letter, and
this propose to write now zi.l'a d ztrHg
The silly dispensaaion Or stage of . young
wo,aan's life i marked By, many curious
symptoms, some Of them indicative Of dis
ease. As the cutting of the natural teeth is
usually accompanied by yarioas disorders,
% the cutting Of the spiritual teeth in awo-
man is very apt to exhibit it's results in abb
normal manifestations. They sometimes
eat slate pencils and chalk, and some have
been known to take kindly to- broken bits Of
plastering. Others take q literary turn. and
not coutent with any number Of epistles to
female acquaintances, send in contributions
to the press, which the friendly and appre-
ciasive editor kindly and carefully loses, or
fails to receive. q Others, still take to, shop-,
ping and dawdling with clerks who have
dawning boards, red cheeks, and frock coats
With outside pockets from which protude
white hsndkerchief- tips. Still othsrs yoke
themselves in pairs, drawn together, from
sympathetic attraction and by community Of
mental exercise OH the subject Of beaux.-.
You shall see them walking through the
strests, locked arm in arm, pfunging into the
most charming condolences, or IL YOU ham
pen to sleep in the house with them, YOU
shall hear them talking in their chamber ,,n-
til at midnight, the naonotopous hum Of
their voices has soothed You into sleep: and
the same voices, with the same unbroken
hum, shall greet your ears in the morning.
Others take to solitude and long curls. They
walk with their eyes down, murmuripg to
themselves, with the impression that every-
body is looking at them, 81 .s1. q, :,
If a young woman can be safely carried
through this dispensatiop. the great step Of
life will have been gained. This is the 'ern
of hasty marriages.. !. deathless / Attachments
which last until they are superseded. and
deliberately formed determinations to live 4
maiden life, which endure until the recon-
tion of an ofer of marriage. . If. dnr;np this
period, a young woman be at home. ENGAGED
more OF less in the duties Of the household,
or, if she be engaged in study with the
healthful restraints and stimulus Of general
society about her, it is very we'll for her,
But II she be among her mates constantly.
with uothinc to do, OF If she be, shut nm n
a boarding school conducted 81, the high
rress,ra nr;pc;nle1 -.ri,ora ;n,.,;,o,;o,,,S;. :.
stimulated by restraint, and dlsobedience to
law is provoked by its unreasonablenes,. Il il
indeed very bad to her. II is probable that
the theatre is school of vice Father than a
virtue, that the ballroom "a a nromoter ~
dissipation, and that indiscriminate society
has its temptations and its dangers. but =
female boarding. school. shut off from cen.
eral society by law. its members lacking free
exercise in the open air, denied the nr;v;l.
ege of daily amusements, and presided over
by teachers who fail to understand tho ma.
turc of the precious material thew have in
charge, is as much worse for mind and NOR
ais than all these combined. AZ can he we'll
imagined know female BOARDING. .scbool.
that are properly conducted. whose teacher,
know what a girl is and what she needs. and
who contrive to lead her through this transi-
tional passaee of her life into a benlthfn,
and rational womanhood: and know 9th
ers, whose yery atmo mosphere il that Of fever
know boarding schools where beaux nre
the everlasting tonic Of Conversation nnd
where On unhealthy Imagination = ~ st;mr.
lated by irrational restraints and mntnal
fellow feeling, that the Foundation Of near
ly every character is necessarily laid n rot.
tenness. s5''9@9 54ss'FF 80
g If any Young woman, in boarding. school
or out Of it, should find herself sub;ect Of
any of the diseases which / have nointed
out, she should seek remedy at once. IL
she finds herself moved to 20 shopp;nc
for the simple purpose Of talking with the
clerks, let her remember that she is mot on
thing, let her remember that she is manifest
ins .ne symptoms Oh ina: wnicn Is dan
i%as do;n menu. u'ssase ";s 10 oeg'n with, she
a.;"n !. So. X. wy T sniy sning. again sne 10
oraa a g uIi ~ onsh, "Gh Sompfomises ner IN tne
herseIf no..es.ad ,y;,t Snas - = o nnas Hua
cl;yit;e, to a mineral diet 'e =. foao .. P,v
reachino for someth;na ., o,hs. ss! ~; ,a: oa:-
tests itself in nrofonnd conSda".os "s s";.h u"" "n
s,m;larlv afa;cfed ~ AM ona of : hn-asoS a onS
absorbing Observation-Disclosures iats bs- ,an,a,o ~
her that 'she 4 mentnllv and r,or.lir ] .;aL
and that for her own comfors And ra..s e,, ~,
shouId seek 4 once for . rsmsS. . ~ III. s,,s
safety Is n seeking direct co1t.ct - w;th w.,
healthier occnnat;on for oIi her rowe-. =; !,
tellactn., and rl,,.;..I 4