Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-30
Little Girls,


incomplete than that one where there
is no little girl to fill tho void of the
domestic circle which boys can never
fill, to draw all hearts within tho mag
ic ring of her presence. There is
something about littlo girls which is
especially loveahle; even their wilfnl
naughty ways seom utterly void of all
OWL, when they arc soon followed by
the sweet penitence that overfows in
such gracious showers. Your boys
are groat, noble follows-gonerous,
loving, and full Of good impulses; but
they arc noisy and domonstratlve, and
dearly as you love thom, you arc glad
their place is out of doors. But Jen-
nic, with her light step, is always be-.
side You; sho brings the slippers for
papa, and with her pretty, dimpled
fingers, unfolts the paper for him to
read; sne puts on thimblo no bigger
than fairy's, and, with somo very
mysterious combination of "doll rag g."
fills up small rocker by mamma,
with wonderful assumption Of wo.
manly dignity, and oven more than
womanly grace.
And who shall tell how the little
thread Of speech, tia, flows with such
sweet, silvcry lightness from these
innocent lips, twincs itself around the
mothers heart, never to rust, not even
whcI tho dear litllo face is hid among
tho daisies, and comes no more forev-
CT, ~ so many mothers know!
But Jonnie grows to be woman
and there is long and shining track
from the haltlatohod door Of child
hood till tho girl blooms into the ma.
ture woman. There are the brothers
Who always lower their voices y hen
they talk to their sister, and tell of
their sports, in which she takos almost
as much interest as they do, while in
turn she instructs thcm in all the lit.
tle details Of homo life, of which thoy
would grow ur in ignorance if not for
her. And what o shield sho is upon
tho dawning manhood, wherein so
many temptations lie! Always her
sweet presence to guard aud inspire
them, check upon profanity, a living
sermon on immortality, a sweet t.exam-
Pic Of purity. :
How fragrant tho CUP of tea she
hands thom at the evening meal how,
cheerful her voice as she relates the
little incidents of the day! No silly
talk of incipient bpanx, or loves of
young mon met on the promenade.
A girl like that has no empty space in
her hoad for such thoughts to RON riot
in, and you don't find her Spending
the evening In the dim parlor with, q
questionable young man for her com.
Fpany. When her lover comes, be,
must say what -he has to say in lbe
family sitting-room With father. and
mother, or, If: ashamed to, there is no
room for him" there. .Jennie's young
heart has not besp taAted by the:
|pefnjeious nonsense which results in
90 many unhappy marriages, or hasty
divorces, Dear girt, she thinks, only
Of what aagood home she has, what
dear brothers, and, on bended knees
Graves the blessing Of heaven 70 fsst
on them; bat che does not k1ow how
| tar, very tar, for time and :.eterptty,
her own pure, example goes--how',t
will radipte as a blessing to "tother
homes whore sisters memory wilt
pc the eonsecrated ground Sef tho
( past . = = y Fe;,s'* az
Cherish, .thsp, iho ,A.tis 49, ai.ls-4im-
pist derko g.. ~hoaeaf theis aprons
and cut the7thtse-atotf,s;;F xad eat the
sugar and salt of f. Lst thom
dress and undress tho aoll-babies to
their hearts conteL, and don't tel