Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-04-24
Girls who want Husbands.

ior Vic Stcrhcr sen III is u weakness That,
woman has, and for this reason she is called
the weaker sex ! We'll, if you want to get
married, don't for conscience sake act like
fools about it. Don't so into fit of the
nips every time you SEGA hat and q pair of
whislers. Don't get the idea into your
heads that you must put yourself into a sao
way OF every young man In the neighbor-
mood, IN. order to attract notice. for if YOU
don't run after the men they will after YOU.
Mark that. .r
a husband hunter is the most detcstable
of all young ladies'. She is full of starch
and Fuckers, she puts on SO many false
airs, and she is SO nice that she appears
ridiculous in the eyes of every decent per
son. She may generally be found at meet
ing, coming, of course, about tho last one
always at social parties, and invariably takes
a front scat at concerts. She tries to be
the belle of the place, and thinks she is..-
Poor girl !, You are fitting yourself for an
old maid, just as sure as the Sabbath comes
on Sunday Men will firt with you, and
| fatter you simply because they love to do
it, but they have no more idea of making
you u wife than they have of committing
suicide. If Twas q young man, would
have no moro to do with such fancy. women
than | would with rattlesnakc.
Now girls, let Nelly give you piece of
her advice, and she knows from experience
that if you practice it you will gain the
reputation of being worthy girls and stand
q fair chance of getting respectable hus
bands tits all we'll enough that YOU learn
to finger the piano, work embroidery, study
| R,o h,,k
grandma or your dear mother teaclr YOU
how to make bread and get u meal of yict-
uals good enough for king. No part of
housekecpcr's duties should be neglected ;
II You do not marry a wealthy husband you
| will need to know how to do such work.
and if you do, it will be no disadvantage
for you to know how to oversee servant
girl, and instruct her how to do these things
AS you would have them done. In the
next place, on't'pretend to be what you
are not. Alteration is the most dospieablc
of "accomplishments," and wilHonly cause
sensible people to laugh at YOU Noone
but a fool will be caught by affectation-i it
has a transparent skin, easily to be seen
through. Dress plain, but neatly. Re
member that nothing gives girl so modest,
becoming and lovely an appearance, rs a
neat and plain dress. All the fummory
and tinsel work of the dressmaker and mil
liner are unnecessary, If you are really
handsome they do not add to your beauty
one particle --if you arc homely, they only
! make you look worse. Gentlemen don t
court your laces and jewclry, but your own
dear selves.
| Fmger-rings and folderols may do to look
at, but they add nothing to the value of a
wife--all young men know that. If YOU
know how to talk, do it naturally, and not
be SO distrcssiugly polite as to spoil all YOU
say. If your hair is straight don't put it
on the. curling tongs to make people believe
you have negro blood in your veins. If
| your neck is very black, wear a lace collar.
but don't be so toclishas to daub ON paint,
thinking that people are so blind as not to
see it; and if your checks are not ROSY.
don't apply pink sauccrs, for the deception
will be detected and become the gossip of
the neighborhood. ,-;,,s,.., y,Srt
s Finally, girls, listen to the counsel of
your mothers, and ask their advice in eve
rything. Think less of romances than YOU
do of the realities of life+-and instead of
trying to- catch, bcaux, strive to make your
selves worth being caught by Them. -
Nelly GRAY.
SOUTHERN RAlLRoAD MOVEMENT. A
! Southern Railroad Convention has recent
lybeen in session at Chattanooga, GEORGIA.
The roads represented were tic South Side.
Orange and, Alexandria, Richmond and
Danyille, Virginia and Tennessee, East
/ Tennessee and VIRGINIA Eost Tonno.,oo