Year: 1867

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ing his timidity entirely banished,


and his tongue loosened into a


ready flow, by the potent spell OF


an elegant lady, with whom, for


the first time, he has ventured to


converse. Such great power can


be exerted only by those who have


brilliant intellects as we'll as noble


hearts; but the desire to make 9TH


ers happy exists in every true lady.


Hence she will be actively be-


nevolent. Whatever good she finds


to do, she will enter into with all


the energy of her nature. Her eff.


forts will be made without the


sounding of trumpet; but they


will not, therefore, be the less ef


fectual in the accomplishment of


their ends. Wherever she finds


one suffering under the lash of ad-


verse fortune, or under the far more


cruel tortures which slanderous


tongues intlict, she finds an object


of charity, and flies with ready zeal


to succor and TO save. Even the
zone more unfortunate" who comes
like the Peri at the gate of Eden,
with tear-bedewed face and heavy
heart, begging to be admitted to
society, receives from her words of
encouragement and hope. The en-
terprises which aim at ameilorat-
ing the condition or elevating the
dignity of her sex, she supports
with willing heart and ready hand.
But, however deep an interest she
may feel in extending schemes of
benevolence, the true lady will
never forget her home or neglect
her duty to its inmates. She will
never, like Mrs. Jellaby, render her
household a scene of confusion
and misery, IN order that she may
benefit the savages of Booriabola
Chah. On the contrary, if she be
raised to the sublime dignity of a
wife and mother, she will deem her
husband and children the most
precious of her jewels, and feel
that in them she exhibits to the
world the noblest results of her
labor,an the worthiest monuments
of her virtues.


Not only Is she benevolent in
deed-she is likewise charitable in
her opinions.


She is not given to SANDER, to
Jealousy, nor to envy. In the pet
ty intrigues for social position and
advantageous matches, she takes
no part. Though not naughty, nor
unduly proud, she is still too proud
to contend with the vulgar and
groveling about matters which
seem vastly momentous to their
little minds. If assailed, as she
very likely will be, she moves
steadily on and lets the SANDER die.
The tenor of her life proclaims her
purity. She needs no other de-
tense. The shafts which calumny
would hurl against her, fall at her
feet as straws thrown against the
corslet of a steel-clad warrior.


But it would require a book in
stead of newspaper column, did |
we attempt to portray the true la
dy in all the fullness other beauty, |
majesty and glory. Much as we
delight in the theme, we must for
bear. We have said enough to
show that the character is too bril-
liant to be very frequent. In truth,
the genuine lady Is much more
rarely found than we could wish.-
Numbers who have many of these
elements are led astray by a de.
sire to follow the silly fashions of
the world. Others, who have a
great desire to be considered lad
les, are mistaken as to what is nec-
essary to constitute that character.
If our remarks shall inspire any ,
one with higher appreciation of
this highest type of womanhood, or
beget a desire to attain to its ex-
we shall feel abundantly |
repaid for all the labor it has cost. !
1.-The Ladies' Home.


In 1870, Bailey Guard, aged two
years, came West with his parents
from New Jersey, who settled near