Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-03-28
For "LOudon Free Press"

| Mr. EaitOr:-As Observer is giving Mothers
some advice l thought it advisable to assist
! him in advising as he has left out something he
should not. Yes, Mothers be careful of your
daughters, lest they heed not thy kind instruc-
| tons and walk not i'll path thou hast pointed
out to them from infancy. IT'S indeed right
they should mingle in society, and Mothers
should know with whom their daughters asso-
ciate They should mingle in society enough
to enable them to distinguish between the true
gentleman andthe popin.jay ofgoatee notoriety--
between intelligent and refined gentlemen and
those puffs of concet, possessing more brass
than brains. Mothers, be careful, see that youf
daughters only associate with the honorable and
honest of the land. poor though they may be-
Gold cannot measure mind but mind gold. See
that your daughters obey you in what you know
to be reasonable and ultimately for their future
happiness Beware, many wolf in sleeps
clothing may visit your house under the pre-
tence of friend. Many fond Mother has
been hoaxed in this way and the most unsus-
pecting of her flock captured, perhaps to spend
a life of sorrow and uuhappiness that has no
solace, because she needed not the kind warn
ing of fond Mother And vet, Mothers, you
have no right to warn or control your inexperi-
enced daughter in perhaps mere fancy for
some of these Solomons who imagine they have
common-sense conversatlon-(aad quite COM
mon at that, who have love of fame, dis
tinguished honor, gentlemanly bearing and
deportment as evidences of their good breed
ing, all of which is aped at by them to nicely
and sometimes it's hard to detect them, 80 wriI
are they up to mimicking, or perhaps they have
read few pages of medicine can repeat *
few lines of poetry and think it fame, and think
also they are comforting distinguished honor on.
your family by condescendingto visit friend
or with the intention of capturing one OF it's
loveliest members. Mothers, YOU should by alF
means meet such an one at your Threshold,
take hirl by the hand and lead him in. Do not
let the poor fellow stand ten or fifteen minutes
scraping his understandings before you lid him
enter. Poor fellow, he Is 80 iaspatiene to see
your GAL Don't "knock pdss OF the table or
kick the dog or slap the children over, now
don't. And above all you must not be proud
and not 10 k at him. Remember he has come
to see your gal, and whether you fancy him or
no, you must smile and smirk and bow, else he
may imagine you are not aware that he IS the
embodiment of honOr-the centre of attraction
and in the high road to fame. Do not talk to any
other while he is present or he will grow saw
fully suspicious that you do not rightly appre
ciate his worth, and being very sensitive You
might nip his usefulness in the bud RemeD-
Der, Mothers, It's lime lost to combat with such,
''you canr.,t elfectually break him from your
hCuse so long as he loves your GAL and she con-
| tinues to smile at him., and do not forbid her
doing that Your gal must smile even if It's in
derision and the poor fellow may imagine it
| signifies, OIL how love you'll | do not think
| it advisable to send your daughters off to the
| care relations, but show an inimicable determi-
nation to rule them in what you know - be best
| for them in defiance of host of swell heads
whose importance is of more value to themselves
than others They will floUnce and founder,
snap and snarl at all who do not acknowledge
their superiority, while hue merit shriEks from
the homage it deserves.
| In conclusion | would say to you, Mothers,
| when any of these swell-hcads condescend to
visit your gals, if you have n servant send her
out Immediately to receive his card (dont let
| him have to wait to scrape his feet if you have
not go yourself or send your gal and receive it,
and ask him in. He is one of the elite, one of
the upper ten. Be very attentive, you will gain
! information undoubtedly from his'common sense
conversation" he is very particular, very sensi-
tive, never send back the message, ''Not at
home,' 'twould wound his sensibility; he could
not survive it. And as It's generally left to old
women to manage such cases | viii leave 1t in
their hands only hoping they may give it to alb
swell heads like q duck on June bug
ooh. wad some power the gift but gle us,
To see ourselves others us.
OBSERVER THE SECOND.
| Loudon, March, "a.