Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-04-27
mice Girls.

Some incorrigible old bachelor, who pretends
to understand his subject, writes long article
on the above very interesting topic, from which
we make the following extracts. not. however,
vouching for their truth.
I say again, there is nothing in the world half |
so beautiful, half SO intrinscally good, as a
mice 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. 1t is where the daisy grows that
we lie down to rest.
Under every condition, every aspect, admire
nay, that is too cold a world love the nice
girl - Under every condition, every aspect,
save one that one is the condition Of matri-
mony. When hear that one Of the mice
girls of my acquaintance is about to be mar
ried-about to be monopolzed by some jealous
beast with whiskers, and an ugly sister to be
brides maid, | come over faint and sick at
heart Where mice girls dwell it should be
written up as on gates of choice gardens: ''Do
not pick the fowers!' Oh, it is horrid, horrid
| to see that spruce gentleman come in and take
her away into corner for the rest of the even
ing. | may not waltz with her now may not
catch her at blind man s buff | may not sit by
| her and turn over the leaves as she sings, "Auld
Robin Gray" even though it were Christmas
time: | may not any more kiss her under the
mlstetoe l may not even look at her! Inere
is that horrld spruce man with whlskers, glover
| ing at me as if he would eat me. sigh as the
remembrance comes over me OF the many nice
girls who have thus been torn, ruthlessy torn,
from me by spruce, and, am sure, stupid men
in whiskers. Why, why, are there such things
as spruce men in whiskers? | am sure we
should get on much better without them.
cannot bear to think of nice girl get
ting married. cannot contemplate with pa
| tience what she is about to become. What Is
she about to become? She is about to become
the slave of man. In less than year she will
wear sloppy dresses and wrappers OF a morning.
She will leave off garters, and her stockings will
hang loose. She will 10 the bloom in her
cheek and the merry twinkle in her eye. She
will have a baby. say cannot contemplate
this spectacle with patience. once visited one
who had been nice girl year or two after
her marriage. The figure which she presented
shocked me. l could have cried with vexation;
aud am sure if her husband had come in, l
should have kicked him. | have resolved never
to go through such an ordeal again. When
mice girl marries now, am done with her
forever.
After indulging in some very serious rehec-
| tons about the horrid consequences attending
the objectionable crime of marrying the dear,
nice girls" the author ''groweth eloquent as
follows:
No; let the mice girl alone. Let her be the
life and sunshine Of home forever Let as
many hearts pine away and die for her as will !;
| am ready to pine away and die with the rest
But, oh, change not Miss into Mrs rob her not
of her cir ishness and slmp icily, pollue not the
gushing fountain Of her love which flows for all,
and falls like dew upon the world. Let her be
a mice girl forever; for such as she never
grows DID, or lose the power to charm. 1t you
must marry. marry the beautv-the clever girl
the dashing girl-any kind of girl you like,
but leave me, OH leave me the nice girl. +" For
her sake, will live bachelor to the end OF
my days; and when die l desire nothing bet
ter than to have such one to watch over me
and close my eyes.