Show nice girls from an ait a article icle icie under this caption in the philadelphia bulletin the of the california farmer condenses a few paragraphs that will find a hearty response from more mere sensible men than many a dashing belle would i imagine a ine lne there is nothing half gh so sweet in I 1 life ilfe i f I 1 calfi a I 1 f so beautiful or delightful or loveable love able as a nice girl not a pretty or a dashing or an elegant girl but a nice girl one oue of i those ose lovely lively good tempered good ht hearted arted sweet faced amiable neat natty domestic creatures met with n the sphere of home diffusing around the domestic hearth the influence of her goodness like the essence of sweet flowers A nice girl is not the languishing languish ng beauty danding on a sofa and discussing discussion the las novel or opera nor the giraffe ilk lik like e creature sweeping majestically through a drawing room the nice girl may not even dance or play well and knows nothing about using her eyes or coquetting with afan a fan she never languishes ashes too active she is not given giren to sensation novels she is too busy at the opra she is not in front showing her bare shoulders but sits quiet and unobtrusive at the back of the box most likely in fact it Is is D not A often scenes that we discover her home nome is her place I 1 who rises betimes and superintends super intends the morning meal who makes the toast and the tea and buttons the boys shirts and waters the flowers and feeds the chickens and brightens up the parlor and the sitting room Is it the languisher or the giraffe or j the eleante ele eie ginte not a bit of it its the nice girl j her unaided toilet is made in the shortest possible time yet how charmingly it is done and bow elegant her neat dress and plain collar what hearty kisses she ehe distributes among the family not presenting of cheek or brow like the fine girl but an audible smack which says plainly 1 I coveyou love iove you ever so much if I 1 ever coveted anything it is one of the nice girl girls Y s kisses i breakfast overdown over down into the kit kitchen chento to I 1 see about dinner and all day long she is up and down always doing and always cheerful and light hearted she never dever ceases to be ac tive and useful until the day is gone I 1 she is a perfect treasure is the nice giral girl 1 when illness comess comes it is she that attends with patience the sick chamber there is no risky risk no fatigue that she will not undergone under gono sacrifice ahat she will not make she is all love all devotion I 1 have often thought that it would be happiness to he be ill hil 1 to be watched by such loving eyes and tended by such fair hands bands one of the most strongly marked characteristics of a nice girl is tidiness and simplicity of dress she is invariably associated in my mind with a high frock a plain collar and ani the neatest of neck ribbons bound with the most modest little brooch in the world I 1 never new a nice girl yet who displayed a j profusion of rings arid and bracelets or who wore low low dresses or a splendid bonnet I 1 say again there is bothin nothing in the world half so beautiful half so intrinsic intrinsically cally caily good as a nice girl she is the sweetest flower in the path of life there are others far more stately far more gorgeous but these we merely admire as we go by it is where the daisy grows that we lie down to rest |