The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-13
To the Boy s.

why don't you say something to the
boys pr
That was the question we were asked the
other day. And We balanced our pen on the
top story of the pen rack and thought the
n after over.
We don't mind confessing that we are
rather partial than otherwise to boys. We
like 'em, that is, when they have fairly out
grown the cat-persecuting, sugar stealing,
orchard-robbing, and generally diabolical
stage peculiar to the species. A frank,
straightforward, honest young man. who
looks you pleasantly In the eye as says
what ne has got to say as thong he meant
IL, is-well, he's almost equal to a frank,
straightforward young woman, and that,
according to our idea, is saying a good deal.
To begin with, why don't you talk little
more truth and reason and little less non
sense to the girls ? You do talk sense."-
That's altogether a mistake. You remember
what the chief topics of conversation were
read Photographed by an experienced report
er? Weuldn' it bring the color to your
cheeks, and make you feel a little ashamed of
yourself? 1.-The girls like it, Now do you
think that Is an honest conclusion to come toP
Have you ever given them fair chance p
Did you ever try the experiment OF rational
conversation ? The girls cannot very well
help themselves if you 60 off on the creamy
tide of fattery and trifing They will have
to follow, too. Did you ever notice the change
that comes over the spirit OF the dream when
half dozen gentlemen, talking poiitior, liz
erasure, or every day events. are invaded by
the apparition of a young lady in their midst?
Ifthey are patching high treason, or plotting
D bank burglary, they oouldn't sheer away
from the subject under discussion with more
Ina ,&op ppaa2 tok rafuna
shallow platitudes of weather, fashion and
hollow commonplace. Very complimentary
to women In general, isn't 1t? -
Boys, don's fail into this egregions error J
Talk 70 a girl az though she had the ordinary
allowance of brains, and, take our word for
u, she VII find some way Of expressing her
We should like to say something about
mat csEsr, and that package of tin foil in
your pockets,and those occasional glasses of
Hlne or something stronger THAT you be-
| bese IN, as part of your manly privileges
Dus pernsps Il ism worth while. You don't,
% general thing. do the girls Justice Ra,
cause you are poor and obscure, you fancy
they will not listen to your suit. Nonsense,
You may be as awkward a. Caliban, as Main
| as CROMWELL, as poor as Job In his most pov.
erty stricken days, but If they fix their littla
| fancies on your five or six feet of humanity.
| they will have you. and love you, and cher.
ish you as tenderly as it you were royal
| prince with all the graces of Chevalier Bay
| ard. It's a way women have! It is you
they like-not money, or rank, OF exterior
charm you, strange as ID may seeml If you
are q boy worth anything at all. there ia a
demure little girl somewhere who is just sillv
erough to believe in you most i'm plicitiy, and
that little girl will be the ally you can have
Biz fighting the battle Of livelihood
Suppose you think ever this subject we'll
sand ssriously before you decide finally and