The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-03-05
/ About Girls.

Girls are often wild, .wayward and hard to
govern. They give their anxious mothers and
fond fathers many, serious hours of thought
and care They principally delight in having
their OWL. way ). they. are impatientander home
restraints, and they frequently, fancy that they
know & great deal more than their mothers do.
.They giggle and act very foolish sometimes,
when anything happens to please them. They
pout and makeup faces VIXEN they feel cross
and 6hcemf ffortsbfe, or. when any one is unfor-
tunate enough to incur their youthful displeas-
ure,a aud they resort to tears and find great
deal of comfort in a good cry when the world
does notmove upon its axis exactly in confor-
nifty with their wishes. .,....
They are very romantic with regard to their
expectations of the future. They have an un-
comfortable passion for cheap, sensational lit
erature, and they usually entertain about as
unreal and exaggerated ideas of life as they
find pictured and described in the startling
narratiyes which they are in the habit of read.
ing. TKeyslook forward to find themselves IN
the same Impossible situations as the imaginary
heroiries, whose cheqnered careers they follow
with such thrilling interest, anxiety and enthu-
siasm.
They eoadescend, sometimes, to hatter and
iirt with the tender hearted and confiding
youths of their acquaintance, who at an early
age are so unfortunate as to feel that
.prhe rosy boy with cherub wing.
=, Has many shaft for his slender sling"
The girls somehow seem to delight in tor
menting and teasing such boys, nor appear to
feel one atom of pity or compassion for what
these tender youths suffer and endure by reason
of hopelessly loving them.
Girls sometimes make old and gray headed
-. 49,, nd do r,roct rnonv fnoliah and nm.
dignifed things Such instances are not un.
common, and who can fancy more ridiculous
picture than that of an old man, with hair and
whiskers freshly and ingeniously dyed, vainly
endeayoring to conceal the fact that he has the
rheumatism, frisking around like young colt
in green pasture, in futile endeavors to per-
siadc some young girl of sweet sixteen that he
is as young as he ever was.
Girls are very communicative with each
other. They are in the habit of talking over
between themselves all their joys and SORROWS,
enioininy upon each other the most solemn obli'
cations never to tell what they hear to anybody
else; how we'll they obey these mutual injunc-
tions is evident from their subsequent course
of conduct. If you would sow a secret broad,
cast the land, tell it to young girl, and make
her promise to religiously keep it.
a girl becomes complete girl only when
she does up her back hair in mature fashion,
and gets her first long dress on. Then she sails
into the beau monde, with a great many lofty
and supercillious airs, and fancies that she is q
full-hedged woman.
But with all their faiIings and shortcomings
girls are lovely, lively and interesting insti:
tuition. The world we live. in is great deal
brighter, better and more beautiful for their
being in it. When grown to perfect maturity
they make our best and loveliest women, and a
noble woman is Gods greatest and grandest
earthly creation.