Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-07-12


vas Composed wholly Of one or wholly of the
other sex. In fact wo caupot conceive of the
best kind of society as existing in that way. At
colleges and schools there are, very properly
largo communities Of girls. and of young men,
who, have plenty to DO, and preparing for the
hard work of future life, have not much time
for mere epjoymect They get along very
we'll with tho business for the time. without
each others company, though in some quarters
oo-sducatiou has been found desirable. Still
even there 1t is we'll for the boys and we'll for
the girls to have occasional evenings for parlor
diversions. Each set can contribute to the
pleasure and benefit of the other. and the pres
ence Of the one stimulates the other to do we'll.
There arc some girls who do not take any pains
to be agreeable, however, when only their girl
friends are With them. They are as dull and
stupid as you please, and you cannot imagine
their being either bright or charming. But let
gentleman ever so young 9 gentleman. mako
animated and entertaining directly. Some girls
are always seeing possible lover 10 every oew
acquaintance, and so they lose the advantage
and pleasure they might have in knowiog their
friends brothers and cousins.
1t is rather curious that these young ladies.
so ready to appropriate attentions aud invite
affection, are seldom attractive to the persons
they 30 desire to please. 1t is a mans pre-
rogalve to WOO, womsn's to be won too easily
or too soon. LIZ is very precious gift that
youog girl makes when she surrenders herself
wholly, for ell life. to him who has asked her
heart; very sure that her ahialc, husband is
an honorable, God feariog. kind and upright
gentleman. The marriages which come from
too brlef an acquaintance, from watering place
intimacy, often end in bitter disappontments.
While you are digoi6sd and above even the
most relned Irritation, it ls not necessary that
you should be needlessly prm aud sustere. Eu-
joy conversation and music and excursions
with your friends, simply as friends, and 10 the
thorough trust of triendliuess, aud take the
sweetness of innoc ,nt hours With those young
like yourself. But, in all things wherein you
have doubt, in all questions of proprely take
counsel of your mothers. Young girls are safe
ii they give their mothers their entire conf.
dence, without reserve and without fear. No
one else can so fttingly Judge what you ought
and what you ought not to do. And, though
10 tuture lover may adore you, aud q husband
guard you with teuder fopdocss you will never
10 life meet with love purer. stronger aud
more uusel6sh than the love of your darliog
mother. Let every girl bs assured of this.
SCENES IN DAMASCUS. all Eastern
cities. the Interior is disappointing. The streets
ere dnsty ard narrow. and the effect of the
shabby hous and dilapidated walls is rather
that Of a collection Of villages buddled together
than Of large and important city. Our first
call was made at an excellent hotel kept by a
Greek. LIS court yard with fountain playing
and large orange trees shadoWing the whole
place. looked so eDticiug. its myrtles aud essa-
mioes and marble h>ors 80 c>ol. aud lis bod
rooms 90 clean aud comfortable, that we felt
quite sorry it had not been arrapged that We
should stay there, Instead of pitching our tents
in one of the far famed g,rdans of Damascus
From the hotel We madc progress through
the pictu bazars. Here there are covered.in
buildings, sHarmipg with people in every vario-
ty of oriental Costumes. Turks. Syriaus,
Maropites and Druscs of the towo jostle
each other. Now Bedouio of the
desert rides by % beautiful Arab
marc. With his long pointed lance at
rest followed by others, Bedouins 90 foot and
in rags. uusuc,essfcl robbers, possibly. Fri
day is the Mohamnedan Sabbath. aud they
make it market day as well, 80 the Bedouins of
the des r; who c,ue from long distances may
combioe their temporal aud spiritual duties
comfortably and do their marketing and 20 to
the mosque on the same day. The streets we're
even more crowded than last night. with varied
aud wonderful costumes. so closely packed that
it was difficult to make noe's way through them.
10 the corner stood Bedouin Auauzsb, of the
tribes from near Palmyra. bargaining tor cane
| to make spear, bis goat hair cloak. with its
| broad black and white stripes hangiug from
| bis stalwart shoulders. A, other of the tribe
hard by seemed to be doing his best to sell bis
horse, while others again rode by with au alb
| strscted air. the graceful mares which they
bestrode often followed by whinnying foatls.-
! I-Ddnaascus Letter.