The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-10-03

About Girls.

Girls are often wild, hayward and
hard to govern. They give their anx
ious mothers and fond fathers many
serious hours ofthoughtand care They
principally delight in having their own
way they are impatient under some re-
stralnt, and they frequently fancy tn at
they know great dea! moro than their
mothers do.
They giggle and act very FOOLS h
sometimes, when anything happens to
please them. They pout aud make up
faces when they feel cross and uncom
Portable, or when any one is unfortun.
ae enough to incur their youthful dis.
pleasure, and they resort to IRIS and
6nd a great deal of comfort in good
cry when the world does not move upon
its axis exactly'in conformity with their
wishes t-#
They are very romantic with re.ard
to their expectations for the future
They have an uncomfortable passion
for cheap, sensational literature, anl
they usually entertain about as unreal
and exaggerated ideas of lite as they
find pict::red aud described in the start.
ling narratives which they are in the
habit of reading. They look forward to
find themselves in the same impossible
situations as the imaginary hcroin,s,
who2e chequered careers they follow
with such thrilling interest, anxiety
and enth husiasm.
They condasccni, sometimes, to fiat
ter and fiirt with the tender hearted aud
conhding youths of their ncquaiutanc &C.
who at an early age are SO untottua,te
as to feel that
"rhe rosy boy with chcrub wing
Has many SHAFT for his slender slim G."
The girls some howseem to delight in
torancnting and teasing such boys, nor
appear to feel one atom of pity or com
passion for what these tender youths
suffer and endure by reason OF hopelessy y
loving them.
Girls sometimes make old aud gray.
headed men say and do great ma y
foolish and undigni6ed things Su:h
instances arc not uncommon, and who
ran fancy more ridiculous picture til IN
that of IN OLD man, with hair aud
whiskers freshly ani ingen;ously dyed,
ysinlys endcavprins To conceal the fact
|sthat has Tho tlIeuniaishi, irisking tolnd
like a y, uns colt in a green pasture, in
fnli!c culeavors TO persua lie some young
girl Of sweet sixteen that he is as youn ,
as ever he was.
Girls are very communicative with
each other. they arc in the habit of
talking over between themselves all
| their joys aud sorrows, enjoininy each
other the most solemn ooli e,ations uaser
to tell what they hear to niboiy else;
how we'll they obey these mutual injuas
tion is evident irom their subsequent
couisc of conduct Ifyou would SOW u
a young girl, and make her promise to
rcliSiously keep it.
A girl becomes complete girl only
when she does sup her back hair in ma
turc fashion, and gets her FIRST long
dress on. Then she sails out into the
beau monde, with great many lofty
aud superciliouso airs and faucies that
she is q full fedgei woman.
But with all their failing and short
coninss, girls are lovely, lively aud in
teres,ins institution. Tns w,rd we
live i'll is a great deal brighter, bette r
and more beautiful for their being in it,
When grown t, perfect maturity hey
mike our best and loveliest women, and
noble woman is Gods greatest aud
grandest earthly creation.
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