Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-03
GIRLS.


Dear Reader, gentle, courteous, Lind,
w''icheyeryou may be, Of course the hon,sly '
hon'ily that follows is not designed for yo,l.
Perhaps, however, II may be suited to yolr
sister, courn, or friend, in which case
please do not fail to make 1t over to her for
her Use and bohoOf, absolving the writer
from the absurd imputation Of attempting
Jingle advi 'ory suggestion to pesono bf
your consequence, since such dcsigai,i Is
hereby vehemeDtly disAvowed. ,,ston
| think she takes lie very a hrrdiy IL
aid a vivacious and obseryent frien,f III
mine, referring to a Girl of my nooua;utu
ance, whose pensive face had often atiragted
my attention. II is \ pity for befht6ot
Her fne-I wanted 10 say a exduiS;te0-'
Organization, physical aBd mental. reni,r
her capable OF the choicest pleasure Iii,,
affords She has vivid Imagination. oh,j'
she uses J; too much. This il not her ;a,lt
perhaps, wot 1t is through Ignorance. yhs'
docs It. But from this, spring all brn
She IL morbid individual. Shc ar .,.s
unnatural alimeh;. She reads !, n,,,,N ~
lirst-clnss novels Of cour.e all .o,.,, ~
dies read no other. Natural o,,o;, n. N. /,
result from this, her principql cnplo, {!
ncnt, gaps, frightful 70 b,hold, obir,rt.
themselves between the fact4 and ianci,4o Of
her life. Now novels are delightf,,i--son1a
Of them; Jane Eyre, ns we'll ia Is,ye's ia.
hOr Won, is mTstcrly work Of art. TIT
"midnight oil l'scohsnR II in lightins, the ~
citeI reader through its closing chaptrrS.
would doubtless supply an "illnniinatio,si
in honor. Of the quiet little woman wis.
composed them, snch asno political or InH-
ithry hero may ever hope tOachicve.~ Bat
there are not nHny men like Rocli;yicfT
} trust, though tlIcse pale faced, f;W'n-eitE'
g'ris WHO read OF him, straghtway begin
the,r search ior some like unto him, whici.
luckiess search they follow up, poor tI,inG1.,
win zeal AMI pettinacity, which tnaj = :
one thlnk oi the philosopher, the LniS-1,,
and the honest man. (Therel That co.,,.
plrison has been made to perform TitSV
once more.) And they win not Re "a,
Portable, because among all the tai anal lie
short, the slim an1~the stout, the f,.igFJsgf 4
the smart OF their acquaintance, he Is vot
tn be founl. (Of course they neyar Nlo;e-
to think, dear innocents, that hero W MT,
heroine for bis mate that cupid il. a
prophecy o; Psyche) = rs. I'ss
30 II happenA that when Brown G s1ncs,
along, especially ii it is Brown whose s6,st.
name Is Abiph, and with mnny an loueat
blush and stamp,ering word, offers his ,,ti !
low, manly heart to one of them, he ilnda.
--nlasl to late--thM there nre more fooIIdi
ccits IL the mind OLA romantic youn. :.,.: ~, ~
Rrl, than he hrs ever drea med IN his nhilos-l
ophy. for sho tosses from his proffarcd ai;it1 i
tions" with an air of disdain "---lii;c ,Lv.
mIk-maid in the old spellins-book--ai,
his poor heart Is left beneath '.tlie carirE'
rnLld blast" withno covering other fhS,,.
its own laccrated 'perit ardinm. But H.,
worle is made mp Of Browns and the ir like.
so all the horrors of celib,cy are hazard
by the infatu ited creatures, who. cling So
londly to mere ideal. know the. truth
is less palatable than You could wisl, to
taste, OF to offer, but thGn it is u1lL,iirst
the SANG. ..,. L. .RUM.,,
ToLBDo, Nov. 81. %. e. .Es.t.dS