The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-14
The Ideal Young Woman.

By P. F. Madden, in Word and Works.
So you would like to meet my ideal
! young woman? Allow me to introduce
you. would not dare, if you were dude,
for above all she dispises dudes. She
would rather meet an idiot; but here she
comes. First-and you must not forget
she Isl real woman; true, modest, girl
| woman. not too good to be discouraglng.
nor too wise to make mistakes; but candid
enough to own them and try to rectify
them. Through her own mistakes and
failings she grows more perfect, and re-
membering those same failures, has abpn-
| dance of charity and forgiveness OF others
"a woman with heart that she is not
ashamed to let others know she possesses.
When she knows any good OF ang one
she tells it Tor what good will it do them
else? How do I know but what it may
come in time when their hearts are nigh
breaking with loneliness?" Especially
| does she say all the good she can of other
girls. Sometimes it is hard-when that
same girl. through jealousy perhaps, has
said some cruel little thing about her. But
my brave girl-woman delights IN doing
hard things--in gaining the victory over
herself She is everybody's friend, rich
and poor alike. and numbers her friends
| by the hundred. She never forgets that
she is "only mortal and feeling of
| fellowship exists for all. My girl is beau
! tlful. don't know about her features;
perhaps they are a little irregular, bat
everybody pronounces ber beautiful. She
has good complexion and is always neat
and clean, bat / guess it is more the
inside beauty of her pure, clean life shin
ing out. 3 x + My girl is jolly. She
laughs and You laugh with her, for the
pure enjoyment of it. She never giggles.
She is sought everywhere and is the life
OF every gathering. Her full is pure and
she takes a joke as we'll az makes it. The
old folks like her-"she is like Z sunbeam
on dark day" The men and boys like
her-0y that I mean the real men-the
men that she hoDors by her friendship
She likes them. though she doesn't Just
adore them. She is honest and sens BIZ
and they go TO her for advice and counsel
and know that they can trust her. She IS
nice TO have around for "she doesn't make
YOU tired" She is not delicate, doesn't
carr smelling salts. ard doesn't know
how TO paint She IS not q slave to fash
ion and is not affected. She is not afraid
Of the rain and she helps herself. She
doesn't have "beaus,' bnt that better word
friends" She would as soon swear AS
hirt. She is not utter or stunning"
She doesn't chew gum or stare.
< My girl is home girl. She
is practical and ambitious and the
home folks trust her judgment. She is
mothers right hand and is proud OF it,
She is not ashamed to be seen working.
and is sure to succeed with whatever she
undertakes. Sho is not afraid TO have her
own ideas, or say what she thinks. She
is not conventional. If she wants to do a
thing and knows il is right she does
it. even though others may think it is
queer" She has way Of her own. and
it is the incest way in tha world. You are
never sure just what she will GO about a
thing but know she will always do the
thing il the right way. Her eyes are clear
and bright and seem to say i will try"
She despises hattery but likes honest
praise and is glad to please. She is rot
conouests, or tell how many proposals
OF marriage she had. In fact she is alto
eether delightful, true woman with a
girlish heart-just such woman as every
man wants for bis wife-a queen among
queens.
! Only, Ill.