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ABOUT GIRLS. 8.


Girls are often wild wayward
and, hard to govern. They give
.tslaif anxious mothers and fond q
..fathers many serious hours Ct i
sfh ought and care. They principal.
elight.in having their own way;
| tI,eyare impatient under fome re-
s@fraints @ and they frequently fancy
that they know q great deal more
Than their mothers do.
They giggle aad act very foolish
sometimes, when anything hap;
pens to please them. They nea,
and make up faces when they leel
cross and uncomfortable, or when
ANY one, is enough to incur their
youthful displeasure, and they re:
Esort to tears and find "a great deaI
of comfort ina good cry when the
world does notimove upono its axis
exactly in conformity with tEel'
wishes.
They are very romantic with
regard to their expectations OF the
fature. They have an >uncontrolIa;
ble passion for cheap, sensational
|literatrfes and they usually enter
tain about an unread and .exagge.
rated ideassof life as they find pic
tured and described in the startling
narratives which they are in the
habit of reading. They look for.
ward to find themselves in the
same impossible situations as the
imaginary heroincs, whuse che
quered careers they follow witt
such thrilling interest, anxiety anc
enthusiasts.
They condescend, sometimes, tt
Aatter and firt with the tender
hearted and contiding youths O
their acquaintance, who at an early
age ere so unfortunate as to fec
that --~.-s .re .-.---
TIE rosy boy with his cherub wing,
Has many shaft for his tender sling
The girls somehow seem to de-
Hight in tormenting and teasing
such boys, nor appear to feel one
atom OF pity or compassion fol-
what these tender youths suffer anc
endure by reason Of hopelessly lcv
ing them.
Girls sometimes make old and
gray-headed men say and do a great
mary foolishand nndignified things
Such instances are uncommon, and
who can fancy a more ridiculous
picture than that of an old man,
with hair and wltiskcrs fresh and
ingeniously died, vainly endeavor,
ing to conceal the fact that he has
the rheumatism, frislling around
like ayoupg;cold in green-rasturc,
in fertile endeavors to persuade
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 thcm4
selves all their joys and sorrows,
enjjoining upon each other the most
solemn obligations never to tell
what they hear to anybody else
how well they obey these mutual
infunctions is evident from their
subsequent course Of conduct. If
Won would SOW a secret broadcast
the land, tell it to young girl, and
make hcr premise to religiously
keep it. -.....
A girl becomes: a';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 supercilious
airs, and .fancies that, she is,,tull-
tledgcd woman.,@..,.al W A,tn3
But with all their failings aud
short, ,eomings, girls are lovely, live
Iy andinterGsting Institutions. The
world,we live in lis a great deal
better and more beautiful
for their being in it. When grown
to perfect maturity they make our
best and lovcliest women, and a
noble woman is Gods greatest and
grandest earthly creation.