The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-18
Girls Anticipstions."
BY MISS JESSIE PACE,

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"Girls' AnticipRtiOns."
BY MISS JESSIE PACE.
Tomorrow we bid adieu to school, so deal
to our hearts; and though the anticipation,
that have gladdened us IN entering the world
as real young ladies have been sweet reAec,
lions of our to'morrows, yet lingering sad.
ness and tondness come over us as we, to-day,
break the chain that has bound our hearts
and minds in one cause. No more will the
stiffness OF the school-room be broken by the
teachers sharp whats that" Dement'S
we have none. Young ladies ara the whole
code OF etiquette, sometimes publicly, but
oftener more privately expressed.
Books, states, papers and pencils. retire I
Thou art gone from our gaze. We will ad-
m're, you as relics, perhsps--after awhile AS
loved relics; but now, only MS relics pertain
ing to labor. We think of Ill these thinys
connected with our school DAYS - ith kind
OF yearning and mght-be sadness; but It il
not akin to pain, and resembles sorrow
only as mist resembles rain. For how
quickly we turn from that and think of
the pleasures that await us Tomorrow! What
girl has not seen the vision of ball room
pelie' lovely form in evening dress, the
snowy folds clinging in fashions latest
mode
she walks in beauty like the night,
CfCloudless chimes and starry skies
Ana all that's best OF dark and bright.
Meet In the aspect Other eyes"
But woe. irretrievable woe we are not all
bellies! And if partners are few will wa be
among those left? VIII some one passing
us use polite society stare and lisp; "Have |
you losth your FAM" No, the sweet, inspirino
music give, US thrill and whispers, "be Of
good cheer" for happy heart will carry us
tnr0 .sh long trains, affected speeches such
as this An, 1t Is divine evening; really
the most delicious of the season." Such are
the modes ofspeech in which we must be-
come perfected before becoming "charming
young ladies" With twelve hours practice
day before the mirror, hair puffs, attitude
niZhg and eye performances, who will hone
TO become belle? Then will the beaux in
their swslow-tail coats liuger, moth.
IKE, around our shrines, "devotees to sudden
5ances, sweet and strange"
The various heroines we have all intended
% personate are far too many to name, but one
wildly portrayed in many q girls mind So
itteraluer." All mouse colored in stvle Of ,
iress, with books and essays scattered around
10 one Is permitted to enter the room. A
olemn stiffness seen the air must bold.o !!
title brothers and sisters and other articles of
household furniture not admitted; no waste Z
Il Time must be expended on dress; only :
ourteen hours to look simple and plain: all |,
ne trlvolites OF life are eschewed, and after
while she astounds the world by famous
ook, written in three acts, of the love of a >
lrl VINO graduated in June; became hone. 4.
iss'y IN love In July; wandered to the brook !.
ie In August, and, oh, sad and tormentinp '
ate, was drowned. The lover, heart broken q
ushes to battle and tlngs his life away for her y
Weet sake. But such girls as these do NOT q
ait our mothers. They say domestic girls .
re most admired; girls who will descend to =
'wlng on buttons, who will boil and stew 3
ma bake, and broil man nice beefsteak" n
ms does not harmonic at all with our no. :,
Ilca natures, but after all there ia mich
uth in what Lord Alfred says in the school. a a
IT'S text book, Lucille: o.
we may live without poetry music and art
our heart; '''e VIM a
'emRy live without frisnds ord ,i,.o ,i,, | Al
books; ' "i'houl VI
~ Civilized man can not live without %, rs az
may 1--we without books which ia know. bl
Q may i've Without hope = u
hat Is hope but deceivingq u
= may i've nA., wi'hou love- u
It where pes T. ths put mI p,o ing ~
dining?'' 'F 'n'' eau i've without II
So. perbans ne tbs wo,,a ~
will think shout Il ~ agrees WIN MN 10 20
sts Tint wa Sntar tho iifa oia teacher sug- a
cd as sweet wons n' h ,.o VI true woman, 10
the strivings % os ny women, untainted OF
sHo ssil',ngs u alscontent enter home as da
perfIi,v wbs,ovon .'o,. ~ lls inmates, doing pa
no does nnt adr,; our nahus ma to do. WI
] who hos s,'iin '1e sweet lady-like tn
rdslity is slwsvs woS "n H.. pow Tor all OF
t as from the vonnr u snu,o' ~ nappliy III
rid, the nloc. If hos io,ne Is giris GU
e. Each act should snod Ges, iaiieles ana ns
us OF her young heart to its associations ter
g can onlv obtain this perfeciion Of wo,,,nm
I'd by striving m do r;rh,, v: "oi,"o-
,nse of 1r,v III W. su.' oy acting from we
n us that inexpressjble cbonn ms VIII coi
lowed lights around nmr SOL Sn"; .u'ows W.,
.rm of a ccntle cbr;st;a, 80. n'os'ue-the Wv
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