Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-03-23

don't happen to have a baby in their
home, she borrows one from a neighbor,
gains permission to wash and dress it, and
devotes an entire morning to cuddling the
sma BOSOM and enjoying in prospective,
the delights of maternity Now, these are
some OF the reasons why want my boy to
marry Southern girl.
like the Western girl. like her
loyalty and her breeziness aud her deter
/ mination 10 have her clothes III well and
10 be up in the latest iads. Her determl-
nation is as delicious as her eyes are clear
those eyes that look right straight thro
one and all over one. as il inqnlrlng with
great rapidily WHO made your cloth
frock What's he last new book Where
are you going after you leave home, and
won't you stay with us little longer 2
| like her hospitality; there she is like
her Southern cousin. But then she Is
Just n little bit oo sure; il the Southern
girl errs on the side of ignorance, the
Western girl does on the side OF knowl-
edge. Still like her. Most OF all am !
charmed by her perfect alaptabiliiy. She
would be at ease with the Gar of all the
Ru,sias aud equally so when she is Civ
ing, and she gives generously, TO thebeg
gar at her gates.
don't like the Boston girl. She j.
aggressive with large u before. and she
is impertinent with spectacles. She wants
to inoculate you with knowledge. She
thinks she is cultured when she is merely
impudent. and she is calculated 10 freeze
lemonade into ice cream if she sits by il
long enough. have heard of Boston
men marrying, but have never heard of
Boston wcmen doing it. To them unbe-
lief is sign ( higher educaIiou. aud
love and all its sweet and noble actions
perfectly silly. lsuppose they enjoy lie.
| would't vouch for this Ifever they do
break loose they become perfect ava.
lanches, and during Lent scrub lh,
church steps for the sake of religion, and
afterwards almost publicly caress some
we'll known lion in the name of art. The
Plymouth Rock presses heavily upon
them, and it seems to have squeezed oui
the sweet syrup Of womanliness and left
in its place the sour vinegar of semi
knowledge.
About the New York girl like her, but
don't love her. She is kind, amusing, aud
daring Her kindness, however, is often
the result Of policy, and therefore one must
not value il too much The fit of her gowns
commands your respect, but you would
them. She can entertain man better than
of the other girls, but it's too apt to be any
man, and not just one man. If she marries
she makes a good housekeeper and she's a
stunning" wife. | don't like that word,
but its one that must be applied TO her,
She talks so well and so much that half the
men in New York look like fools because
she won't allow them time to prove they are
/ anything else. She is not afraid TO discuss
anything; she gets in the way of talking
things that are not quite nice entirely as
matter Of course. She will not hesitate to
tell YOU about some man who's awfulIy
mashed" on q married woman, and she
will laugh heartily at a Southern girls
look Of wonder at the existence Of such
things. She good mother. in n way
She dresses her children sensiDly and sees
that the drainage in the house is correct ;
she doesn't believe in cudding them il
they happen TO lurt themselves, for that
happens to strike her as nonsense.
She hasn't enough gentleness. There are
a few old fashioned words that will reyer
apply to her One of them has been much
yulgarized. 1t is "high-tonedp This K
it over, and you will see exactly wha; 1t
means. Now, she's not that; shes too low
in her tone, and there will never come to
her that perfect elegance Of manner, car.
riage. and richness Of heart that was meant
wears ago when this word was used. / like
her, but couldn't, if had some great sor-
row, lay bare my heart and expect a great
sympathy from her. If Iwept bitterly be-
cause of my grief, the Boston girl would an
awe my tears for me and think that what
had come to me was not real grief, but
on.y the natural succession of events. The
Western girl would put her arms around me
and say, "My dear girl, you viii only make
your nose red, and your mourning dress has
come home and looks perfectly lovely" But
the Southern girl would lean her face close
to niue, hold my hand, look at me with
eyes full of sympathy, say nothing, and yet
make me feel happier. Oh, dear oh, dear J
" hat lot I've said about girls; but if you
don't like it blame what Marie Jansen said
and the sight Of Henry Watterson daugh-
ter for it,
The Clarksburg Sun speaking Of the talk
about running Wm. l.. Wilson for governor
says:
/ s,t ,V;lso, sbouid ranaa;n gore he IL