Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-18

No more eloquent tribute was ever
paid 10 Southern girls than the answer Of
Virginia genlemou to the uuc,tion'
what Of the Virginia girli" put to him
In the auditorium ioiundn In Chicago,
and reported in the Tribune.
"'rhe Virginin girl is now rs her moth
or and grandmother We're before her She
IS fitted by nnurc and trained by cju-
cation to be the wife Of strong and
brave man aud mother Of sturdy huys
and virtuous girls She H. not made up
Of watcry elements, though her voice ir
ever soft, gentle aud low. She says
father aud mother IN duiiful Zones.
aud yestsr-nght When, like tn Lady
Christatel.
Her gentle limbs did she undress,
Aud lny down In her luvelipess,
she said Our Father who art In heaven
rcycrcltly, conhlingly aud trustfully
A Christian she Is. with no more doubt
Of her fVith than that the sun shines
Chastc she is without knowledge or Nls.
picicn of evil Simple she il, aud igno-
rant and needless Of the great world.
whore wealth aud position are tlic guinea
stamp that makes cGulgont hearts a.
false aud as black as hcll, and when She
marries, as marry she does, SHE will do
her husband good, aud not evil, all the
days of her life.
SLENDER she Is, with the correct line
Of beauty, lith' aud graceful. Her hand
Is not exactly small, for II has wirl,l,d
the rolling-pin NcitLcr is her foot
smnll hut 1t Is an hnunst foot-a foot
lignt enough and step trim enough to
dash the dew from heather flowers: u
foot eloquent. not like Cressidns, hut
eloquent Of surety. foot to twir IN any
sehotischr or cotillon, /, ,ut the pigeon.
wing or tread the mazes OF the reel or
execute the shuttle of the Irish jig.
Nor has her education been neglected
She was AZ Stlmton and Nassar n year
or so, and her fathers library ccataIus
some sterling books, as does nearly every
home IN old Virginia. There IL a pauo.
too and the Virginia girl is perhaps at
her hest when, with voicr like nirhtm.
gales aud eyes like u llebe's. she Sinrs
with the accompaniment the simple bal.
lads her grandmother sang when Dolly
Madison Was where Frankie Cleveland
Is nuw,"
Marriage is a topic that never loses It's
interest. for It is only in heaven TINT
there is neither marrying nor giving IN
marriage The world has its say as to
every union aud is particularly unchar.
table when the parties under discus.
sion are II rich girl and poor man.
There is little question that some of
the most estimable young men have re-
strained their hearts desire to wed some
lovely girl because of lack of cour
age to meet the slings aud arrows of an
unchoritable public opinion. 1t Is equally
true that a rich girl is often debarred
by her riches from the bettor marriage
because high-mndel honorable gem
lleman shriuks from the ordeal that lies
before the husband Of a rich wife. In
deed, he has hard time of 1t. People
talk him over with cruel carelessncss
and he can scarcely avoid hearing that
the main chance was the ruling motive.
when he knows that he was bind to
Mammop aud alive to Cupid.
Why should not rich girl have the
hope Of marrying an upright self-sup-
porting self-respectlug young fellow,
and why should dollars outweigh talent.
energy and thrfty By what course Of
reasoning does a carpibg world arrive at
the conclusion that there is no sincerity
In such marriagel Thcre Is no sense
IN making bank accounts q barrier 70
The course of true love and - reason
why the rich girl should not have the
wealth Of true love Ten chances to
one the rich girl has more personal
charms than the poor girl certain Il is
that her opportunities have been greater,
and II sln bus failed 10 Improve them
she "a ass Tie kind ca rich girl Tor whose