't want to get acquainted with her, until I know
whether I shall like her or not.

Thus nothing is done to relieve her. When she does become
acquainted, all her first strange appearance is forgotten; but this
is sometimes not the case for several weeks. It depends entirely on
the character of the individual herself. If she is forward, and
willing to make the necessary effort, she can find many friends;
but if she is diffident, she has much to suffer. This arises
principally from thoughtlessness. The young ladies do not seem to
realize that there is any thing for them to do. They feel enough at
home themselves, and the remembrance of the time when they entered
school, does not seem to arise in their minds."

A SATIRICAL SPIRIT.

"I witnessed, a short time since, a meeting between two friends,
who had had but little intercourse before, for a long while. I
thought a part of their conversation might be useful, and I shall,
therefore, relate it, as nearly as I can recollect, leaving each
individual to draw her own inferences.

For some time, I sat silent but not uninterested, while the days of
'Auld Lang Syne' came up to the remembrance of the two friends.
After speaking of several individuals, who were among their former
acquaintances, one asked, 'Do you remember Miss W.?' 'Yes,' replied
the former, 'I remember her as the fear, terror, and abhorrence of
all who knew her.' _I_ knew the lady by report, and asked why she
was so regarded, the reply was, 'Because she was so severe, so
satirical in her remarks upon others. She spared neither friend or
foe.'

The friends resumed conversation. 'Did you know,' said the one who
had first spoken of Miss W., 'that she sometimes had seasons of
bitter repentance for indulging in this unhappy propensity of hers?
She would, at such times, resolve to be more on her guard, but
after all her good resolutions, she would yield to the slightest
temptations. When she was expressing, and apparently really
_feeling_ sorrow for having wounded the feelings of others, those
who knew her, would not venture to express any sympathy, for very
likely, the next moment, _that_ would be turned into ridicule. No
confidence could be placed in her.'

A few more facts will be stated respecting the same individual,
whi