The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-10-18
BY FEATHERsTON & HOYT.
From the Penis,ular Gazette.
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From the Peni$aular Gazette
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This is emphaticalE' the age of firta-
ton. Marriage has become an institution
too old fashioned for anybody to patron
ize. The demand for white kid gloves
has diminished, and the milliner's chance
for selling that lovely bridal hat, has
agrown small by degrees and beautifully
less"
WE'LL we will now. ask who is to be
blamed Not the.eStravagant young man
as some declamers, wonld have ;is believe
No indeed, the sin must rest upon che
shoulders of female flirts
Now this is bold assertion ! know,
and 1 imagine now that [ can almost see
some halfdozen young ladies sharpening
their wits and pens to take me down~for
saying so, and l guess that their argu-
ments will be, that men arc more prone
to this evil than women.
Well, suppose we do firt, and | own
that we do; we have learned it from such
as you. No true man is a firt until dis
appointment makes him one, and then
loosing all faith in every thing, he un-
wisely determines to make others suffer
for the pang at his own young heart
which can never more leave it. Nature
did not make him So The heart must
first be poisoned by having its affections
called forth, and then thurst back, upon
itself to wither ere he proves false to the
dictates OF ms WifSO,aply -nat'sssaa~
Now who is this female tlirt? Not that
man-killer whom we meet ut the water
places or in the ball room, whose polished
brow, spotless cheek, f;aultless heaving
bosom and edrled hair-brushed with
great pains, and covering, perhaps a
thimble full of brains, all proclaim in
trumpet tones the coquette. Nor is it
this young hopeful, enat suffers you to
drive her out of evenings-hand her up
the steps, or hold her parasol-present
her with rosc-buds, or twine her fan so
clegantly-buy peaches for her. ON the
cars-picll up her fallen gloves-hand her
to her carriage, &c.
While she Aatlers you inccssantly-
comparing your eyes to stars, and your
lips to rose-buds You receive her atten-
tons for what they are worth, You lay no
stress on her hifalutin compliments, but
swallow them as dose nauseating at the
time, but producing no future bad effect.
You understand her, and her arrows
fall to the ground without so much as
reaching your heart This creature should
not be called firt. In fact, ,,every body
knows her to be simply lady OF honor
rather like your man-lliller for she
has never killed any body yet, and very
likely never will. She is convenient, for
she helps to kill time, ,.and while she fan
cies she is Staying your heart she is only
helping to murder your tedious hours.
But the genuine firt is not known as
such. The enigma of her profession is
not written upon her brow; she is not
known as coquette, for she goes about
her work quietly-keeps up her reputa-
ton and is generally known as lady.
You form her acquaintance in some quiet
zeparlor and she ut once marks you for
her victim, particularly if you are just
from school,or fresh from the country
She begins by telling you that she detesi
coquetry in every form and pAiasf, that
she seldom goes to balls, pic-nicks, &C.
because not being able to tlatter or tlirt
she is not favorte. Her manner is SO
delicate and yet so marked that our vanl-
ty is pleased. She does not telfyou that
she is happy to be in your company, OF
that your voice is sweet. Oh, oh no, she
understands her business to. well for that
She monopolises your attention, she
effectually keeps VOC from visiting 9th
ers, she seldom visits any Aersclf-~b ~bn-
cause that is not her game. She plays
her cards well, for. her only object is -to
make you believe that you are all the
world to her. She will never tell yor
that she loves you, but she will use word'
the enigma of which you can take in any
sense that you please. She will talk o
love, read love poems, sigh softly, ane
look at you. She will mark every bright
ming of the eye, every flush Of the -cheel
and every tremor of the lip. She know
exactl14 what to saw, and how much t.