The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-29

,,n Ala accent. Your dlstnfectant ts not
sOSS ss0Sa, n theirf and they: have brought you
tSeA name and address Of the cnemSS Soaa mot
you can get theirs. fopr ,nsrn n send for one Of
.tsa,w own Ms1 choosing tonight Your meolcai
man ssys you are suffering rom Ss 20 pnnG.
of iiness Well, Of course Eg nc mScS ike some.
,%in - else or they DO not go quite 90 far hsy
nn,e eis Wisn the air Of knowing all about IT,
whether he had 13t orc saV uo thew SISe YOU to
hare Their own medical man without delay, a.
thew are SO sure yoursi is making mistake. And
En- On. tin tlay have worried you into leVer;
when they take their leave and bewal your OBJ
stinacy 10 the next conner. Any calamity is
God send to them. for they have their innings
when their neighbors are so PROSTATE by distress
that they can buzz about them at their VIII. They
are elf-naturalized SamaritansI physicians With
ont diplomas, ministers independent Of the orders
or the apostolic succession; and Rthe uniucky
ones, whom it Ia their pleasure TO ASSIST, must
either keep them on with strong arm, wniSn a,;
lessly into their active and oticious hands.
Old maids, they are great In the management
OF children, and you may make mp your mno 70
much advice on the best methods OF leealng; M "
YOU lumber an ofhcluus spinster among your
friends Tney do not often err on the slde OF zen.
derrsess being generally Of decidedly Spartan
way Of thinking but nd mfeEfere s With YOU be-
cause OF Tour harshness, though On the otner
hand they win rebuke and even punish your ~ de
ones il they feel called np0nn 70 eseS seS' a that
mite complacentiy, con and think they lave deserved
your gratitude. On their OWL account and
1nasked by you, they Eadersake TO do your
business, and c:ae times out Of ten they. do
it wrong. II even they Lave your permis'
tioas, they do not wait to. hear all you have to
say, but 70 .fhalf charged, and have fired their
1 shot before they knor what they had to hit. II
intimately associated with them, they reduce you
to the state Of ed imoecile, with no win Of your
own, no individuality, no Independent action
just ma;6niktn. TO be moved according 70 tne
| win OF your oficious friend, the Wlre-puier.
| II you are asked question they answer lor you,
and they make arrangements in which you are
| tie principal person concerned, to save you tne
! trouble OF deciding for yourself. you are
tired they meunt guard against your oooI,
dearest friends, whom you specially wish adntO to
see: they buy you what you DO not want, because
they thought such and such things 'iooKeo uAe
you they commit you TO you yaacssrs
trades-peoplc, workers OF au KINDS, WIN an assn,
rance that yuu are certain TO employ them. u
they know that yon are tnSi;ed oy 3 common pna 10
| on themselves to. inform him OF your peculiar
| habits and tastes, and you, who are shy and SEN
sitive, and hate to be singular or TO give trouble,
aremade TO- appearin a. character OF all Others itrs
most distressing 70 you, because your ofacious
| friend chose to berray your little weaknesses.
Women who are prosecuted by of1lcious friends
], in society find company. manners and the Be-
fenity demanded by their caste difficult to COM
y pass The oiilcious male friend Jumps up on the
! smallest provocation and hovers about, insisting
| on doing everything for his victim she does not
want done at all, or that she wants some one else
TO do, and succeeds 10 making her Life burden to
her for the time beng.s Hes spills the wine or
conee in-hik struggle to hold her glass or cup;
4 ,carpms against her in his endearor TO wrest
-, from. her the light chair she is dragging
1 after: her. with a pretty afectation OF carry.
/ ing burdens that she Knows becomes her
4 insists on giving her foot-stool which makes
ther seat uncomfortable, and over which she trips
j when she gets up; and takes her down to supper
or her carriage before any one else can offer, when
she is praying In her heart for some other. man
hall. way across the roou and coming TOWARDS hel
now to perform that pleasant offlce-some Other
man to whom she has tender: word to say, and
from whom she hopes to hear. one yet mors
tender. In a word, he makes himself nuisance,
ana spoIls the poor creatures whole pleasure
by his ofdeiousness, when he meant only to DC
her "a service. But this is just the way with your
ondci6us people; they always mean 10 do WELL
| only they never manage TO succeed. a,