The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-12
SOMETHING TO BE NOTED.
BAD MANNERS OF OUR YOUNG
FOLKS OF THE FAIR SEX.
Objectionable Ways which Lessen tho At
trnctivcnes. Of Maidenhood--A Practice
IN neutrality-suspicious. Candles in Public
placcs-An Unwise Habit.

trmcttvcne,s Of Maidenhood-A Practice
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Candles in Public
Piaccs-An Unwisc Habit.
The traveller Of years or wisdom. accus.
TONED 20 much exercise Of his powers OF
observation. or well acquainted with the
world. will have noticed that the young
women Of this period. and perhaps OF all
other periods as well, have one or two
WAYS Of their own which arc more or less
10 be regretted, and which it would BIO
we'll for them to look to and correct while
they NAV. since once established with
arouiescent usage no habit is easily to be
overthrown.
These ways of our young ladies are
WAYS which take Of from the pleasant
bloom Of their maidenhood. and give them
often coarse grained and vulgar air
which none would regret more than them
selves were they but aware of it, for they
must know that few things are more I'M
lovely in young girls than those which
venture on the bold, tho brusquc, the
assumption of too much SAVIOR faire. or
tho obtrusion of themselves upon public
nptice.
One Of these Objectionable ways of our
fravelnp-and one which could hardly
have existed before the days of railways.
ms stare coach authorities would never
have winked AZ it-of taking not only inc
whole Of n scat in the car. but OF turning
over the next seat and taking the whole OF
that. whether for parcels or for the fair
travellers feet-a custom very oDsefVapie
in the frequent suburban trains. 1t
4 N pamlnI these
yo,lnE ladies that only single seat was
naid for bv each of them. and that there
fore no moro should in decency be occu-
pied by them, on that score alone but
not orly do they take the space that does
not belong TO them but If another Traveller
comes along looking for seat. no motion
Of withdrawal from the usurpa'ion IS
made; the new conner has to ask II the
place is occupied, and instead OF pleasant
answer or rcassuring, not to say Weicoh-
ing smile receives grudging negative
or else no reply at all in words but IN
their place frown and an angry sweep
ing aside of the parcels. As for the feet
Upon the opposite seat when 1t has been
turned over it goes without saying that
lady. young or old, must be eXceedihSy
Ill or weary. and in "A much greater de-
order TO Justify her in lifting her feet into
any such position.
Another unpleasant habit of our young
ladies is that of munching candies ut
matinees. concerts, lectures, at all public
places. in fact. sometimes not even ex-
cepting church, the vulgarity Of which
act in any public place whatever is APP
parent AT a glance-vulgarity of bad taste,
a. 6 Il, .f
as well as of the scattering of the redo
Tense of the candies upon the atmosphere
In many instances. the habit being one
which has inspired the witty pencils OF
many among our eminent carlcaturlStS.
A custom as much worse than this as un-
kindness and want of consideration are
worse than vulgarity Is that of regarding
the late corners OF theatres or concert.
who enter quietly, anxious to make as
little disturbance as may be- veXed with
themselves more than any one else can be
vexel with them--as if they were some
thing only short of murderers, rising the
while with an air of unspeakable Lauteur,
and drawing back as If the touch Of their
garments were dciilement, assuming
scorn Of the proceeding and the protectors
which really is only anger at being dis
turbed OF course it is disagreeable to
gather up all ones goods and rise IN this
way, but the hardness Is 50 much
an accident that may happen to us all
that it ought to be taken in democratic
spirit and accorded the treatment that 1t
would be pleasant i'll turn to receive, our
best manners, after all, being but the ex-
preston of true Christianity.
Still another unwise and unpleasant
habit of the young people of the present
and this is not confined 10 one sex-is
that of monopoliziLg attention and taking
Oh themselves the whole burden OF CON
versation and entertainment, wherever
they happen to be- quite regardless of the
presence of their elders and superiors,
who may be thousand times more fitted
TO engross listener and observer-a habit
which makes the boy seem boOrish and
bumptious and the girl pitiably pert and
forward The young have the world be
fore them: they will do something better
with their share if they wait and learn
In silence than If they obtrude themselves
rs if they had nothing more to hear, and
wisdom would die with them. One is
tempted to say that it is enough for the
young to be young that the beauty OF
youth, the bright color, the full eye, the
velvet cheek. the gay spirit, is enough,
without taking pains TO make it all too
obvious; the rose which bushes by itself
In quiet places of the garden is far more
attractive than the rose that every wind
has rined and every bee has rumpled-
Uarper's B, Ear.