Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-11-10
Girls who want Husbandsf


Girls, you want to get married. don,f
you And. what natural thing !, !. r.,
young ladies who have such a banker;n.
for the sterner sex 1t lie o weakness ~
woman, and for this reason she is called
the weaker sex. Well, if you want 20 1ei
married, don't for conscience sake, act Ike.
fools abont it. Don't go into a ft of tha,,
nips every time you see hat or q pair Of
whiskers.
D1u't get the idea into your heads that,
you must put yourself in the way Of every.
young man in the neighborhood, in order.
to attract notice, for If you don't run after =
the men, they vii! run after you. Mark
that.
A husband-hunter is the most detestabIe
Of all young ladies. She is full of stsrch
and Fuckers, she puts on many false airs.
and she is so nice that she appears ridicu.
lous i6 the eyes of all decent peonEe. She
may be generally found at meeting, coming
in, OF course, about the last one, always a.
social parties, invariably takes the front
seat az concerts. She tries to be the BELLE
Of the place. and thinks che is. Poos eirfT
You are fitting yourself for and old maid.
just as sure as The Sabbath eomeson Snus
day. Msn viii Hirt With you and Mater.
you. simply because they love to do a:
but they have no more idea of making Won
wife than they have Of committing sui.
eide. Ii was a young man would have
no more TO do with such Q fancy than ]
would with rattlesnake.
Now. girls, let Nelly give you q pisos Of,
her advice, and she knows from experiences
that ii you practice it you will gain the
reputation OF becoming worthy girls, and
stand fair chance Of getting respectable.
husbands. 1t is we'll enough that you
Learn to finger the piona, work embroidery.
study grammar, &c, but don't, neglee. lsS
ting your grandma or dear mother teach,
you how to make bread or get q meal
good enough for a king. No part of
housekeeper's duties should be neglected /,
if you do not marry a wealthy husband
you will need to know how 70 do such'
work, and if you do, it will be an adyan,
tage for you to know how to oversee a ser,
want girl, and instruct her to do these
things as you would have them done In
the next place, don't pretend to be what
you are not Afectation lie the, most dea.
picabls Of accomplishments, and will only
cause sensible people to laugh at Won. Ma
one but fool Will be caught by afFsctatior,'
it has a transparent skin, easily to h.
seen Though. Dress plain. but neatly
Remember that nothing gives a glrI "a
modest, becoming and lovely appearances
as neat. plain dress. All the fummerv
and tinsel work of the dressnaker and mil
liner are unnecessary.
If you are really handsome, they do NOS
add to your beauty one particle; if YOU are
homely, they only make you worse. Gem
tlemen don't court your faces and jeweI-y.'
but your own dear selves.
Finger-rings and folderols NAV do well'
to look at, but they add nothing to the val
ne of wife-all young men know that
If you know bow to talk, do il naturally
and do not be so distressiDgly polite as to
spoil all that you say. Ifyour HAIR is
straight, don't put on the curling tongs to
make people believe that you have negro
blood in your veins. If your neck is very
black, wear lace collar. but don'r be so.
foolish as to daub on paint, thinking that
the people are SO blind as not to see t; and.
If your cheeks are rosy, don't apply pink
saucers FOR dece7tion, and become the goa
clip of the neighborhood.
Finally. girls, listen to the counsel Of
your mothers. and ask their advice in ey.
srytbing. Think less of fashion than vou'
10 Of kitchen duties-less of romance than
Tou do of the realities Of Iife-snd instead
# trying to catch beau, strive TO make
Yourself worth being caught by them.
The Happiness of Poor Folks.
After day of labor. and fatigue. tie
ursty of work for the ensuing week Ia
happiness to poor folks. For them there
IRE no costly pleasures, no plsy-goipg, no
thinking in tsverns no pleasure excursions.
But for the heart. the soul, there are trusr,
'weeter, and entirely inexpensive enjoy.
nen:s. To embrace your wife ;; to SUP.
port the steps of your feeble father or
mother; to dance your infant on your
knee ;-these are the pleasures of DOOR
people.
The capitalist is disturbed by the yaris.
tons on exchange; the crop owners fear
the tempest; the man of business makss
hazardous speculations the merchant Wbo
has not effected a sale lie frightened at the
approach of payday, ana trembles at his
debts; the clerk breads a reduction In his.
salary; the house-oWners fear burning:
the rich man thieves. To be ignorant Of
bill these troubles is the happiness Of poor
people.
The good liver is often sick from the eff.
ects OF intemperauce the Epglishman,.
PINNED to his chair, swesrs at the govt
which be has gained by dint of toast iba
young coxcomb hes headache for having
trunk glass of champagne; that great
Inner. Labor and sObriety preserve health
and gaiety along with it. That is the hap.
piness of poor people.
If at times ambitious desires glide into
heir souls, they depart in haste, as indo.
ence enters not along with them. Custom.
makes labor a pleasure. Contentment'
with little makes them despise the good
which they have not. They blush for hays.
ing moment envied the rich man bis
riches, and return to their families lifting
up song.