Smyrna times., 1868-07-08
THE AFFECTED WOMAN.

The affected woman may be found among all
classes and types of her sex. She is dealer
i'll pretty effects, tragic passion and dramatic
forces are not hers with which to electriiy her
audience; hers is merely the false glitter of
feeling, and the most INITIATED lOoker-on can
detect the simulated emotion which iaiterS in
the voice, whose tones have no power to re-
spond to the deeper emotions of the soul She
strives to be " everything by turns, and moth
ing long" but except among those as shallow
az herself, she is always felt to be counterfeit.
The affected woman falls into ecstacies on
every prctcXt, and she is easily hurled into the
very lowest depths of despair In the brief
space Of one evenings she will act every phase
OF emotion; at one moment rcvellng III JOY
business, anon clasping her hands i'll anguish.
She will faint on the slightest prOvOcatlon,
! though 1t takes a small amount OF shrcwdness
in lOokerS-On to detect that; like the most OF
her actions, it is mere .fctut. This phase Of
woman has little intellect, and not much cultl-
vation; She is ottcncst found among the ranks
of ultra fashionable, where effect Is valued
more than sterling qualities, unless they hap
! pen to be pound sterling, which there, as else
where, give their due weight.
! She passes her life as Il tinselled queen on a
mimic stage, with all the prestige of melodra
matte success at her command, but unhapily
the audience know all the time that it is only
| dNCluSt anu uOl VI IuC HlSuCSI tudlllS Cllucl
! The smile of the affected woman becomes
stereotypcd upon her face, and from youth to
age she wears it, until it indents itself in wrin-
kles around the mouth and almost becomes a
grimacc. While youth and freshness are hers,
her little airs are indulgcntly tolerated, but
when these are gone and an old woman with
out dignity OF years, assumes the bearing of a
Juvenile coquette, the " counterfeit present
ment ceases to be ludicrous, and becomes
absolutely painful. The Immortal Mrs Skew
ton is one of these, and we'll has the pen Of
Mr.. Dickens sketched the Superanuatcd cul-
bodilncnt Of affection and vanity.
The home OF such woman is such as might
be expected if she has the arrangement ot it.
Everything is intended for outward show, and
little attention given to home comfort The
man who is captivated by her pretty arts i,
often worthy to be her husband, and generally
agree in one thing: that it is necessary to keep
up appearances before the world. Their chill
rem are educated inthe same fashionable creed,
and grow up worthy of cmulating their parents.
\ Cure FOR BALDIIEADEDNESS. A sub
scribcr from the silver mines Of Montana write,
Us Il long and pleasant letter. from which we
make the following extract. The hint is Il good
one, and we have known i similar case In oul
observation. No doubt the exposure of the
skin to air and sunshine, under proper circum-
stances, stimulates it to healthy action, and
with it those glands upon which the growth OF
the hair depends. But to the extract:
"A friend of mine who had the misfortune
to be haldhcadcd, knowing that there is a
wonderful invgorating power in the sun rays
last spring threw away his hat and worked il
the gulch all spring, summer and fall, bare
headed, and alsodor the first few days at mid
day. For 4 few days the rays of the hot sun
on his head were almost uncomfortable after
that time he experienced no uneashe>s what
ever The result was that in the fall he had
Il good head of hair. And in this experiment
he was not alone; several of his acquaintance,
who were baldheaded, having followed the
same plan, they were all fortunate enough to
experience the samesresult"