The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1864-07-19
Something for the Girls.

The Daily Mi,sissippian now published
at Selma, Alabama, and amid all the excite.
ment of the war, finds time and space for
some very excellen, advice to the girls. As
girls are very much alike, whether in Ala
bamn or Virginia, the suggestions of Our
contemporary will not be considered alto.
gether NAL dpropos here in this gallant Ill
tie "Cockade City," where, truth requires
us to say, there are great many very
good and very pretty girls aud where too,
we shall say it, there are no doubt many
who would not object TO taking unto them.
Believing that it can do no harm, and may
do much good, We re produce the Mississ
ippidn's article, which is as follows:
You all want to marry, don't you girls
At least you are making your calculations
to do 40 SOME day, are you not? OF course
you are-you all expect to marry, and the
expectations of most, if not all Of you, will
doubtless be realized. You want good
husbands, too. We hope you may get
good ones or none at all. Better live and
die old maids than TO pair yourselves of
with worthless young men. Now, We think
we can put you in the right road TO get
good husbands. That's just the road you
have been wanting to find for some time,
but some Of you have missed it long way.
We will now point it out to you, and il you
follow IN 1t, ten to ono you will find Just
such husbands as you desire.
The important thing to be done is to
render yourselves worthy ofgood husbands.
You must put of the ways Of children
You must study 10 make yourselves use
full, rs we'll rs ornamental. You must for
time at least, lay aside the fashionable
Accomplishments Of life, and study those
things which will be Of use to YOU after
marriage. A young man who is. worth
having is not easily caught. He must see
semething in young lady to commend her
besides beauty. of person or useless accom-.
Plishments. You must set it. down IA n
fixed fact, that young man who is willing
to marry you, knowing You to be destitute
OF useful accomplishment, is not worth
having. and you should discard him at once.
4. just take it for granted that that young
man is as incapable of managing and provi-
ding for family, as you are Of assisting
him. Therefore, to secure good husbands
you must prove yourselves worthy Of them.
anxious to marry, and they put thems yea
forward little farther than prudence or
modesty would dictate. We would not &C
cuse any Of the young ladies' we are now
talking 10 of being guilty Of immodesty or
forWaIdness, but we have seen some in our
DAY whose manners were anything but
pleasing TO lever of modesty.. And now,
girls, We want to get you to talk to that
class for US, as it Is not probable that an
article in o newspaper would have any eff.
feet upon them. When ever YOU see
young lady who is very bsisterous-wbo
falkland laughs very loud when in the
comPany of young gentlmen-you ought
to take her aside and advise ber to be lit.
tie more motest-for she is certainly low.
ering the dignity of your sex. Tell her
that such conduct is seriously injuring her
In the estimation of all worthy Young men
And should you ever see one so far forget
herself as TO talk or laugh in church, be
sure to reprove her kindly for il. A gentle |
reproof may be- Of great advantage to her
it may Gauge her TO reflect, and see how |
her conduct is.
Remember, ysuDg ladies', that your girl. |
'sh days ill soon be over. Very soon YOU |
are TO become The wives and. mothers of |
anr country. You will ere lsDg be called
10 bill the stations now occupied BY your
nothera How very important then, thst
1ou get good husbands, and prepare your.
'elves to make good wives. Good old Paul
Ell some excellent advice to the ladies on
ecord: 1t was to this effect that, "woman
dorn themselves In modest apparel, with
hamefacedness and sobriety; not with
raided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly ar.
ayj bst with works"