The mountain Democrat., 1864-06-11
A JUVENILE PARTY.

I oihPAS' SoJ otuiplC1 OeCuuSC III NAO-
hammedan countries it is permitted to
marry more than one wife, while in our
own the precept that mo man can serve
two masters, is happily insisted upon by
the law.
The second is the position of Paterfa.
miliaS encumbered with female children.
/ The third is that of Paterfamilies ha-
rassed with boys.
The writer of these words is in the mid.
die distance; there is, he knows, deeper
depth beyond, and from that knowledge
he has sometimes reaped satisfaction, at
others derived tcrrors which it took
months to prove imaginary. have often
seen the male children of my friends, in
charge of their natural guardians, with
heartfelt gratitude for my own freedom
from such intiictions but have never
known, until the experience about to be
narrated, how much indeed | had to be
thankful for.
Let our title lack a wearer after our no.
| le self; let our landed estates descend by
entail to the offspring of our hated cousin;
but oh, ye stars. Of nativity, o Juno Ma
trona, save me, save me from being the
father Of boy!
Girls are troublesome enough at times.
have no desire to exalt them into unmit-
igated blessings; look upon them rather
as escapes from boys;' but they are ten
der and atfectionate, and, by comparison,
easily subducd. One can drive skin
hand OF them which is exactly the num-
Der fallen to my Share -harncssed to the
domestic chariot, easier than a boy in sin
gle harness. 1t is pleasant to see them
run willingly up and down stairs on mes
sages and hock to meet one, ard take
ones hat and giovcS,on coming home from
business.
| am an oidish bird, not easily caught
by chatf; but my little gilis can vile al
most anything out Of me. find myself
goius with them to the rantoLnime-
which consider to be medley of stupid
jokes and meaningless noise-at , o'clock
in the AFTERNOON, when | ought to be in
the city; and have come home in an ON
ijbus - laden with toys Oh Christmas
oyv, a to be publicly objected to by my
+ low Passengers. When one Inargics al,
Ter forty, as did, one is more induced to
make fool Of ones self in til, way, and
The younger the chi.l i,. think the more
power the lttle darling has over me. Ny
beloved Mabel, aged four, aud oal..d May
for brevity AM dearncS>, pulled NY wig
of the other day in the presence Of per-
sons Of distinction of both sexes, and vet
| had not the heart to sCold her would
certainly have pat boy 10 l.ath, and to
L. !. fll,t | ,.bt.i
;,t..a-.
1t %2> Mahyl | am afrajl who LIT me
in .,r the juy..ajc PARTY. Papa, G.ar, |
want duati.l,t tarty, was her ob>erya-
t.gu one t"orni"G when sh. came in, as
usual t. >a;uinty@d my shaving opera
,.,">; and |, t'i,.>ing that She meant
something to eat, saiG:
Nvty w,l!; then you shall have it,
luis coi.cv>>iun, made under the great
est tu.~ap?'e",Asiyn, ~as hold by the rest
of IT,. fanny, including even tue wife Of
my lgsJtm, a. promise, aud there was
no peace tor the Flesent writer until 1t was
fulfilled. did uut myself entertain any
great alprcEcnsious Of the result thu't
That ha,t a,Ivz@n ljtti6~glrls would be in
vItcd to l.'ay for few hours with our
own, and that they would have cake and
wine, and - away again. certainly did
not anticipate any pcrsu'gl Inconvenience
from their coming u,cndcd to arrive
at nome from tie city al hanr earlier than
ordinary, in order to see the young folks
enjoying themselves, ard then to dine as
comfortably as usual, with my digestion
assisted by the consciousness of having
performed domestic duty with a good
grace.
When, therefore, my wife observed at
breakfast, upon the morning Of the festa
day;
NY love, we must dine at l2 o'clock
to-day, if you please, the suggestion took
my breath away.
AT twelve o'clock at night, or at noon:'
inquired |, sarcastcalIy.
well, my dear, at noon. know you
hate dining out, Of all things, so have
managed that we shall get a dinner but
it will be rather a scramble. And they
will be taking the furniture out Of both
the drawing rooms, and the school room
must be given up for the early tea; so that
we must dine, | am afraid, down stairs in
tue servants nan.
And why not here in the dining room?'
asked |, aghast at these arrangements.
why, you dear silly old man, Of course
the dining room table will be set out for
supper long before twelve o'clock; and as
for your study
You don't mean to say, madam, that
my study will not be sacred !" calculated
|, laying down the Times newspaper, to
part with which, at such a moment, no
light thing would induce me.
Dear papa's tudy upthide down. OBJ
served the intelligent Mabel who, as usual
had taken up her post, in expectation Of
dainties, at my knee.
| rose in alarm, and sought my sanctu-
airy, to behold with my own eyes the ex-
tent of the damage. The sacred apartment
had already been turned into dressing
room. My desk and papers were thrust
into a corner, and their place upon the
table occupied by looking glass and
combs and brushes. The genius of dis
comfort had rendered, in twenty minutes,
the snuggest apartment in the house as
checrless as hairdrcsser's back room.
Good heavens!' = cried |, who is it who
demands these sacrifices? Cannot half a
dozen of the girls Of my friends Jones and
Robinson he entertained without all this
fuss? When we lived In the country my
house was never turned topsy turvy in
this manner
Because in our country house there was
lots of room, my love, returned my wife.
"A juvenile party in London requires a
good deal Of preparation, and it is neces-
sary TO cconomiZc our space.
But, my dear madam, expostulated l.,
you don't mean to say that six extra girls,
however preposterOus may be their crino-
lines, require
There are more than six, observed my