Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-06-09
From the Congressional Herald.
OF CHARACTER.
Az ADDRESS TO YOUNG LADIES.

Tru,htulness Of character involes far
more than mere truth telling, it is truth
thinking and acting.
Entire truth speaking is in itself a rare
attainment Watch yourself for few
days, and you will be surprised to find in
how many instances you have been be-
lrayed into an unttuthtu,ness which must
be offensive to Him whose every word is
unsulied veracitv.
Ifemeadated ialsehood is rare even in
childhood. and still more uncommon in
matuter life, out the uutruthfulne>s tha,
stains our souls almost daily, is the sur
prise OF sudden temptation, arising most
frequently from the many false position,
in which the customs OF society place us,
and from which We, at the time, see 10
other escape but by the door OF lying lips
white lies. allowable tibs, We call these
departures from strict truthfulness how
does God view them?
But it is much easier to guard our words
than to be truthful in every act Of our
daily life In this country the great sin
of our sex, the sin which uuderlies all
Others, is that of striving to appear what
we are not The whole life OF thousands
on thousands Of our countrywomen is one
long continued ialsehood; this may seem
a strong assertion assertion, but is it true !?
From childhood to old age the aim is 10
appear well. The Little Miss is ,ricked
out IN all manner ot tinery that she may
look pretty, and sent to dancing school
that she may learn to enter room grace.
fully and appear adylke. When there is
company, her own love OF admiration will
make her gentle aud smiling her petu-
lance, selfshLess and often positive rude
ness, are reserved to find vent when there
are none but the home circle to be annoy
ed aud the fond. foolish lady mother
passes by these glaring faults of character
with the very convenient reflection that
children will be children"
A few intermediate years Of boarding
school education, and the young lady gra
duates. will not say how many acts of
deception have blackened the pages of her
school.liie, how many study hours have
been misspent, how many recitations for
which she had the credit. were the result
Of trickery, and how little, after all, she
really knows. But she has graduated,
and at once enters the circle of fashions
whirlpool.
And now commences one Of the most
reprehensible Of all forms of untrulh!ul-
ness, .f,rfdtion Dear young ladies, did
you ever think what genuine Irritation is
"a cruel trifing with the best affections
Of the human heart? No young lady can
er stoop to this most fascinating form
Of deception without loss of her own
self-respect, and the forfeiture Of some de
gree at least of the esteem of the really
highminded.
Extravaganza in dress that she may be
thought rich marrying for wealth, instead
Of affection; lite Of fashionable disspa-
ton, instead of home enjoyment an un-
lamented death, and fearful judgment -
is the unwritten and almost unavoidable
history Of such childhood and youth, an
un,ruthfnl life frum first to last
But perhaps you say this is poor trail
ture Of fashionable life, it does not affect
u.s. Pardon me. this ialsi,y in fashionable
life, does affect US, every one, you and |,
and all our circle of friends, and we are
little aware to what an extent We na-
turally desire the respect and appreciation
If the circle in which we move, and We
all Judge each other by manner and CO.'S
tome, and too often by appearances of
wealth. This mode Of Judging others, and
knowing that we in turn are thus Judged,
is the snare which so often entraps us in.
to untrnthlnl seeming.
Yet how vain are these attempts TO de-
ecive; they are successful OILY so far as
ourselves are concerned. Others know
the state Of our finances nearly as well as
We do ourselves, and every attempt at de-
cepiion by lndulping IN extra,agances be
yond our well known ability, is looked up.
on with a covert contempt Our moral
and intellectual character is equally we'll
knows, and while oil rsspec, asd CON