The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-21
very little trouble to keep their temper
in a crowded watering-place, but some

very little trouble to keep their temper
in a crowded watering-place, but some
people do not keep their tempers. Any
display of temper over u lost seat at the
table 1T Saratoga, for instance, IS very
ludicrous, and destroys a persons pres
ti.e. Women should never quarrel
with each other in public. Every one
respects a woman who ALWAYS keeps
her temper as the saying is (as If II
were something TO be bottled up). 1t
Is is doubtful if fashionable women al
way love each other. bat i, IS good
taste at a watering place to pretend to
do so. II IL Of the few occasions
when dlssimulaticn Is TO be advised as
one of the virtues. Female friendships
are often but the result Of propinquity.
Their roots ale not very deep. Rival
rIes are constant, and GOODNESS and
quarrels are sometimes inevitable. We
should at least pay society. howe yer,
the respect of not troubling 1t with our
animosities, publicity exposed.
Women should not talk too much ut
watering place, even if they talk very
well. Perhaps the better they talk,
the less they should display that de
li9htful GIFT. Some n il. snre to say,
'Oh, she is talking to make an impress
sion" Many women with high spirits.
wit, and power of expression, while
Simply gu ing fourth their charming
eloquence, are supposed to be talking
for effect.
All great talents and great beauty are
dangerous gifts. Beauty Is of itself a
suspicious circumstance, SO few Of us
have it" said Sydney Smith. There
are many hatreds and antipathies en-
gendered by the pursuit of pleasure III
our hot house atmosphere OF watering
place society. 1t is doubtful ii any
gay and idle life improves Us. Still, as
more people are thoughtless than bad,
it would be absurd to suppose that the
cultivation Of the social graces should
always result in a crop Of weeds. II
VT could only learn to dlsarm criticism
by an elegant reserve Of manner, to be
polite, graceful, and not too ELUSIVE at
watering place, we should escape much
malignant and disagreeab!e speech.
The young aspirant for fashion must
expect to receive some sharp wounds.
however. She is going into the front
of battle, anu she must buckle on heI
armOr.
No one should wear his heart on hi,
sleeve, or disclose his innermost PEI.
Sonalities of thought or character, at a
watering place. \ woman is Away,
laughed at who talks tamiliarly of hel
servants, her health, her husband, OF
her daughters tr0ussedu. Do not brae
at a watering place. There are some
people who must brag it is their daily
bread. the breath of their nostrils; they
must brag or die. Such people are tho
favorite ridicule of a watering place
circle, and deservedly SO.
Never show an irritability over small
things at a watering place. Never
>cold the servants, or complain of tn,
dinner or the beds, except to the pro
per authority Bear heat and draughl
and dust and noise, rather than make
others uncomfortable. Remember you
always have the privilege of going
away Jumpers Buzar.
We publish the above because it i:
just az true and applicable for those a
home as for those AT the mountains, OF
the sea.