THE FEMALE CHARACTER.
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Neatness and taste are peculiarly orna-


,,,.nta, IA tbe female character. In a female,


,ort;cula,lv they well deserve the name OF
virtues. for without them, whatever may be


her excellencies, she has none that Will be
bonored ar acknowledged. \ woman, may
hc Industrious and economical; she may pos
scss we'll cultivated and richly inrnshed


mind. bnt destitute of neatness and taste, she
Jonresses rather than elevates the character


Of her sex. and poisons, instead OF purifying,
the fountain Of domestic and public happi-


pess Whatever misinformed piety may


;nJre true pietv, we'll informed, is the nurse
nf eyery personal and social virtue. kell-


pion has not unfrequcntiy lost her pure ana
benipnant influence, by needlessiy arfay'hs
herselfagainst all those personal accomplish
ments. which, though not the hrst, CONSTITUTE


one Of the appropriate and important duties


Of the female sex. You may discover neat


ness and taste in the very mnd OF a praise-
worthy woman, be her condition III ne ever
60 humble, You shall see them interviewer
with her thoughts, expressions, ana cohauct,
and giving cast to every thlhg s'ic 49, aiiu a
every thing she does. Her manners VIII
partase largely Of these excellent qualitlcs'


and in every respect be the cmanation OF d
neat and polished mind, and well cuiliFal,
ed and benevolent heart. Eqaally removed
from that affectation of softness, which is DIS


pustfull and nauseous, and that intrepidity


which sets at defiance the maXims OF oroina-


ry discretion, they will be modest, pleasing


and dignified, with the natural and unstudied


expression of that cautic"s deliccay' whicn IS


the best guardian Of female reputation
Her dress should obviously accord with the


same mental cultivation and refinement
Comfort neatness and taste ought always to
! distinguish it. And the same neatness ana