The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-02-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

- Nice G1fl1.0
To my mind, there is nothing in all the
world half SO beautiful, half so delightful,
or half so lovcable ss nice girl don't
mean pretty girl, dashing girl, or an el-
egant girl, but a nice GIRL one of those
lovely, good-tempered, good-hearted, sweet
faced, amiable, neat, natty, domestic crea-
lures, whom We meet in ths sphere Of
Home diffusing around the hearth the in.
fluence Of her goodness, like the essence ol
sweet flowers.
What we all know by nice girl is not
the languishing beauty who dawdles on q
sofa, and talks Of the last new novel or the
last new opera or the great giraffe-looking
girl, who creates an effect by sweeping ma.
iestically through the drawing-ro room. The
nice girl does not even dance well or play
we'll, and she does not know a bit how to
use her eyes or coQuette with fan. She
never languishcs-she is too active for this;
she is not given to novel reading, for she is
always too busy. And as to thu opera, when
she goes there she does not think it neces.
sary to show her bare shoulders, but gener-
ally sits away in the back part Of the box,
unhecded and unnoticed. 1t is not in such
scenes that we discover the nice girl 1t is
at Home Who is it that rises first in the
morning, and gets the breakfast ready be.
fore the family come DOWN. Who is it that
makes papa's toast and carries up mamma q
tea, and puts buttons on the boys shirts,
and waters the flowers and feeds the chick.
ems, and makes everything bright and com.
Portable in the parlor? Is it the sofa. beau.
ty, or the giraffe, or the elegant creature,
By no means. 1t is the nice girl Her
unaidcd toilet has been performed in the
shortest possible space OF time; yet how
charming her hair is done; how simply ele.
CANT is her silk dress and plain white collar
What hearty kiss she distributes, unask'
I'd, among the members of the family Shs
does not present her cheek, or brow, like
the fine GIRL but takes the initiative her.
self, and kisses the boys one after another
with an audible smack which says aloud
II love you ever SO much" If ever COW
cted nything in my life, it is one Of those
kisses from that nice gir.. She is quite q
home in all the domestic duties. She trou
bles no one to boil the kettle
Breakfast over, she dives down into thu
kitchen to see about dinner; and all day
long she is running up and down stairs, a.
ways doing, and always cheerful and light
and useful until the day is gone, when she
will polka with the boys, anu sing old songs
and play old tunes to her father for hours
together and never tire. She is perfect
treasure, is the nice girl When illness
comes, it is she that attends with unwear
ing patience the sick chamber. There IS M
risk, no amount of fatigue that she will moi
undergo; no sacrifice that she will mo-
make. She is all love, all devotion. hayt
often thought it would be happiness to b.
i'll, to be watched by such loving eyes ant
tended by such fair hands.
One Of the most strongly marked chaSac
teristics of the nice girl is tidiness and
simplicity of dress. She is invariably as
sociated in my mind, with high frock
bound with the most modest little broact
in the world. l never knew nice girl YET
who displayed profusion of rings and
bracelets, or who wore low dresses or ,
splendid bonnet. Nor can imagine 4 mics
girl with curls; but this may be . preju
dice. ''. ''.'
am quite sure, however, that 'coaxers
those funny little curls which it has been
the fashion to gum upon the cheek with
bandoline, are totally inconsistent with the
character, of nice girl And if any one
whom have been disposed to regard as q
nice girl were to appear with her bonnc,
stuck on the back of her head, would
cease to believe in her from that moment.
The only degree of latitude which Ifeel dis.
posed TO allow to my beau ideaI - or, should
It be in this case, belle idsal-is kid boots
with brass heels. There is nameless charm
about tidy feet which, I believe. the whole
world recognizes. l maintain that neatly
booted foot, and well shaped ankle, in con
junction with . clean white petticoat and Z
tight stocking, viii nearly make amends FOL
. squint Young man, is it not SO! Yes,
you confess Il. 'a'nat ass a@isa.E1- os
say again, there is nothing in the world
hall SO beautiful, half 50 intrinsically good
IS 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 go by. tits where
the daisy grows that we lie down to rest.
Under every condition, every aspect, l ad
miro may, that is too cold . sword-I bet