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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3035, 18 March 1881, Page 4

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In all social asscmohes there ia sure to be » row of wallflowers —plain girls who aro Accustomed to their position and accept it. Tbe typical wallflower ia the girl who is uncompromisingly plain, hopelessly dowdy, and thoroughly resigned. She enters the room defeated, and sho instinctively goes at once ■and occupies the spot sho is to retain for the rest of the evening. She conceals under her fan the card, which she knows will not be filled, and, instead of letting her gaze ■wander brightly round the room, sho keeps it fixed on the floor, lest anyone should suppose her to be looking out for partners. Now all this is very foolish, and proves that she has no tact or managing talent. Tho girl who has got it never remains a wallflower long. Where there's a will—including in the word the quality of intelligence— there's a way of getting partners ; and a most proper and legitimate way it is. It is not beauty alone that comes, is seen, and conquers. Let a girl only know how to enter and comport herself in a ballroom as one who is accustomed to receive attention, and she receives it. It is humility, timidity, ""ir of failure, that goes to tho troll. The to have the proper air ; the air of -»- *• you are about; the air of thing i- . Acid to this the talent knowing wha. ... " - battle is won. quiet self-assertion. . - wallflowers of dancing well, and too _ -f.ion" Now and then, a couple of single .. _ • combine, and make the best of the _itu_by cheerily discussing something that interests them both. This is good policy as well as good sense. Talk brightens up every face; and as soon as the 1 girls, are seen chatting merrily together, not only' do they look the better for it, but tbey wear an air of conspiracy, which piques the other sex, and prompts them to put an end to ib by asking one, at least, to dance. No girl of sense and courage need remain a wallflower long if she exerts herself to the contrary.— Melbourne Bulletin.