The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-02-07
The Ideal Young Woman.

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 despises dudes.
She would rather meet an idiot; but
here she comes. First-and you must
not forget-she is real woman;
true, modest, girl-woman, not too
good to be discouraging, nor too wise
to make mistakes but candid enough
to own tbem and try to rectify them.
Through her own mistakes and fall
ings she grows more perfect, and re-
membering those same failures, has
abundance Of charity and forgiveness
of others-a woman with a heart that
she is not ashamed to let others know
she possesses. When she knows any
good of any one she tells it, "for
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?" Especial
ly 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 ab.ut 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 forgts
that she is "only mortal" and a
feeling of fellowship exists for all.
My girl is beautiful. I don't know
about her features, perhaps they are a
little irregular but everybody pro-
nounces her beautiful. She has a
good complexion and is always neat
and clean, but I guess it is more the
inside beauty of her pure clean life
shining out, 4 =
= My girl is jolly. Sc laughs and
you laugh with her, for the pure en-
joyment of it. She never giggles.
She is sought everywhere and is the
life Of every gathering. Her fun is
pure and she takes joke as well as
makes it. The old folks like her.
"she is like a sunbeam on dark day.
The men and boys like her-by that
7 mean real men-the men that she
honors by her friendship. She likes
them, though she doesn't "just adore
them" {" She is honest and sensible
and they go to her for advice and
counsel, and they know that they can
trust her. She is nice to have around
FOR she doesn't 'smake you tired.
She is not delicate, doesn't carry
smelling salts, and doesn't know how
to paint. She is not a slave to fash
ion and is not affected. She is not
afraid of the rain, and she helps her
self. She doesn't have sbeaus," but
that better word friends. She
would as soon swear as Airt. She is
not cutter or stunning" She
doesen' chew gum OF stare. My
girl is home girl. She is practical
and ambitious and the home folks
trust her judgment. She lis mothers
"right hand" and is proud Of it. osShe
is not ashamed to be seen working,
and is sure to succeed with whatever
she undertakes. She is not conven-
tional. IF she wants to do thing
and knows it 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 the world. You are
never sure just what she will do about
a thing but know she will always do
the right way. Her eyese ar clear and
bright and seem to say, '[ will try" !"
She despises Hattery but likes honest
praise and is glad to please. She is
not conceited and does not boast Of
her conquests, or tell how many pro-
posals of marriage she has had. In
fact she is altogether delightful, a
true woman with girlish heart-just
such woman as every man wants for
his wife-a queen among queens
Words and Works.