The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-05-30
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OUR GIRLSi
,sssr Is bY a plsu slttrai"

MEssRs EpiroRs I'm going tospeak In DE-
fence Of one Of our popular installations, e.
our giris--v,riy, our Titin girls, whose like
are MT to he found we'll, ~ say any 0here
as the geography before me shows no superior
point.
The well known poet who bad "a vision o.
Fair Women" must surely have passed thro
our delectahls City in his rambles for
"suhiects,-and 10 bis well written disserfa-
tiou on those "fair creatures was set forth
only the Just merits Of our girls.
Asa general thing our girl' can speak for
themselves but when "uneertain' individu.
ais both foreign aud domestic-persis'
in never varyiny TRADES against them then
1. the day aad hour At hand when our gal
LIANT youths should be only too ready to pick
mp the gauntlet and speak out"
In these few lines it is not my purpose to
discourse in thunder tones. on their rare vir-
tues--omitting the fact that they have a Jeio
shortcomings P s. Mrs. Caesars, are not
popular now days
handsome does" but II originated and -four
ished so long ago, that we Of these degener-
ate DAYS are hardly cognizaut Of the fact that
such an adage goes for much Now, our girls
are entitled and lustly-to both sections OF
the above-for where can the Queen of beam
" lay claim to greater number Of subjects?
Don't attempt to deny it girls-eDery body
saws SOY and as for "doing things up
handsome, the records ofthe late war amply
attest
Not that they "went to the front"-or
nursed in the hospitals, hut the big dinners
they improyised on the ret m of our veter-
ans was saving eloquence-which will eter-
nally stand to their credit. APpropos of hip
inners-'tis said that the nearest way to q
mans heart Is through The stomach" Pooh
Dom you believe it--there's a shorter way
han that Rrls--but It is not the object Of this
present paper to discuss the same
Our girls certainly graduate in that no
ble institution Of learning on N st AZ IN ca
" period Of their existence convincing eNi
dence that ntellecinality' they have heer
looked AFTER and that II "worsc comes e
rorsf' they can compose spelling books =
rs did one o. their illnstrious predecessors.
In the matter If music-whose charms arr
only rivalled by the charms Of its fair devo
.-peerless stand our girls, whose ''Warh
lings at Eve" remind one of an "AnVels Ser
euade" The "Beautifil Dreamer listens nou
to the patter Of some Little Barefoot" wh'
wants you to "write him letter from Home
to remind him Of the days
"when you end were young Maggiel''
Viva Ia the Eureka's7 and other Soeietie
, de Musicale. Th- subscriber admits that b,
finds himself IN a marc at this point wher
be is inclined to euiosiz' our girls on 'hei
style in the department of dress-for. consist
ent with the prpmphnRs Of human nature
: and womankind generally--tbey are deter
! mined to keep up with the times and fash
ions-.which are so varied, that ere one cal
determine the exact proper length for Al
Empress trair -1presto ehdnge-and we hsv
our rcharmersp out In the latest and charm
ingesi ofall robes de street-the short waIkinl
dress "a combination Of sense (and iearr
they are some cents cheaper than the oil
ptyle) neainess, and the other kindred virtue
applicable TO "Alapaca ginghAm." (Wonde
ifrm right in the article Of their compost
tion?)
Outsiders needn't come here with any fon'
/ hopes Of hearing cur girls sing
"Who will care for Mother now"
As those same girls are un to helping mothe
: and are all well versed in thear ofki'c
: parapharnaiia generally.
ofcourse You may expect 70 h1d them 4
= the parlor "towards evening'--where ''ss
Of" with the daintiest Of white aprons--a
least know one that does that'--they vii
for a reasonable length OF time. meet 20
half way in discussion Of knitting, knowl
edge or new dresses (ths latter topic predom
. inating) ifyOu are willing.
Without taxing our mental reservoir. Who'll
!. : sections and paragraphs could yet be wri'ael
in praise Of our girls-but We trust that th
n above may he convincing to unbel ever
and lead them TO ''repent and believe thu
that unsurpassed are oar girls.
In conclusion would remark that ''CEC
quet' is nice thing, and ! would sugRes
that our girls lget sorae" and become prod
cien. In the game. Physically; It Is srceIlen
. and in time they could no doubt with Safst
challspgs our "Rass BAll-ers"
0ps n which Il, yours
, JpNBLEs. ~