Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-11-28
THE GAZETTE.
MONDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER IS. 1859
mice GIRLS"


Some incorrigible old bachelor who pre-
tends to understand his subject writes long
article on the above very interesting topic,
from which we make the following extracts,
not, however, vouching for their truth. After
all, we think there is a great deal more than
poetry in hisviews:
II saw again, there is nothingin the world
half 50 beautiful half SO intrinslcally good.
rs a nice girl" She is the sweetest flower
in the path of life There are others far
more stately. far more gorgeous but these
We merely admire as We 90 by. 1t is
where the daisy grows that we lie down 10
rest.
Under every condition, every aspect, |
admire-nay. that is too cold a world love
the ''nice girl" Under every condition,
every aspect save one--that one l. the Con-
dtion Of matrimony When hear that one
of the "nice girls" of my acquaintance is
about to be married-about to be monopOllz-
ed by some jealous beast with whiskers,
and an ugly sister to be bridesmaid, come
over faint and sick at heart. Where nice
girls" dwell it should be written up as on
gates of choice gardens, 'Do not pick the
flowers" Oh, it is horrid, horrid, to see
away into corner for the rest of the even
ing. may not waltz with her now; | may
not catch her at blindman's buff; may not
sit by her and turn over the leaves rs she
sings "Auld Robin Gray" even though it
were Christmas time; l may not any more
kiss her under the mistetoe; may not even
look at her. There is thar borrid spruce
man with whiskers, glowerng at me as if h.
would eat me. / sigh as the remembrance
comes over me of the many mice girls" who
have thus been torn, ruthlessly torn, from me
bv spruce, and, | am sure, stupid men IN
whiskers. Why, why, are there such things
as spruce men in w.hiskers? | am sure we
should get on much better without them.
| cannot bear to think of a mice girl"
getting married. cannot contemplate with
patience what she is about to become. What
is she about to become? She is about to be-
come the slave Of a man. In less than a
year her figure will be eternally spoilt In
less than u year she will wear sloppy dresses
and wrappers of morning. She will leave
off garters, and her stockings will hang loose
She will lose the bloom in her cheek and
the merry twinkle in her eye. She will have
baby. | say | cannot contemplate this
spectacle with patience. once visited one
who had been mice girl a year or two at
ter her marriage The figure which she pre-
scented shocked me. | could have cried with
vexation; and am sure if her husband had
come in, should have kicked him. have
resolved never to 60 through such an ordeal
again. When mice girl marries now,
am done with her forever
After indulging in some very serious re-
Elections about the horrd consequences at
tending the objectionable CRIME Of marry
ing the dear mice girls the author
"sroweth eloquent" az follows.
"No; let the mice girl" alone. Let her be
the life and sunshine of "home' forever
Let as many hearts pine away and die for
her rs will; | am ready to pine away and
die with the rest. But, oh, change not Miss
into Mrs! rob her not of her girllshness and
simplicity, pollute not the gushing fountain
other love which flows for all, and falls like
dew upon the world. Let her be "A nice
girl'' forever: for such Us she never grows
old, or lose thepower to charm. lfyou must
marry, marry the beauty-the clever girl
the dashing girl-any kind of girl you like,
but leave me, oh, leave me, the mice girl. =
For her sake,5.I will live bachelor 10 the
end of my days and when | die, | desire
nothing better than to have such Il one to
watch over ne and close nv ewes"