Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-12-17
WAIT A LITTLE.

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Wait q moment young man, before
YOU throw that money down on the
bar and demand q glass of brandy and
water Ask yourself II twenty-five
cents cannot be better invested in
something else. Put il back in your
pocket, and give it TO the little cripple
who sells matches on the corner
Take my word for il, you will not be
sorry.
Wait, madam-think twice before
You decide on that hundred dollar
shawl. A hundred dollars is n great
deal of money, one dollar is a great
deal. when people once consider the
amount of good it will accomplish, in
careful hands. Your husbands busi-
ness is uncertain; there is financial
crisis closoat hand. Who knows what
that hundred dollars may be etoyou YETI
Wait, sir, before you buy that gaudy
amethist breast.pin ycu are surveying
so earnestly through the jewelers.
plate-glass windows. Keep your mo-
ney for another piece Of jewelry-a
plain gold wedding-ring made to fit a
rosy finger that you wot Of A shirt
neatly ironed and stockings darned
like lace-work are better than gilt
brooches and flaming amethysts. You
can't afford 20 marry. Wait, and
think the matter over.
Wait, mother, before you speak
harshly to the little chubby rogue
who has torn his apron and sOiled his
white Marseilles jacket. He is only
a child, and another" is The sweetest
word in all the world to him. Needle
and thread and sopesuds will repair
all damages but if you once teach
him to shrink from his mother and
hide away his childish faults, that
damage cannot be repaired.
Wait, husband, before you wonder
audibly why your wife don't get along
with family cares and household re
sponsibilities, ''as your mother did"
She is doing her best, and no woman
can endure that best to be sighted
Remember the nights she set up with
the little babe that died; remember
the love and care she bestowed on you
when you had that long fit Of illness
Do you think she is made Of cast-iron?
Wait-wait with silence and iorbear-
ance, and the light will come back to
her eyes the light of the old days.
Wait, wife, before you speak so re-
proachfully to your husband when he
comes home late, and weary and 'out
Of sort" He has worked for you all
day long; be has wrestled, hand in
hand, with Care, and Selfshness, and
Greed and all the demons that follow
in the train Of money-making. Let
home be another atmosphere entirely /;
let him feel that there is one place in
the world where he can find peace,
and quiet, and perfect love.
Wait, bright young girls, before you
arch your pretty eyes, and whisper
"old maid as the quiet figure steals
by, with silver in its hair and crows
feet around the eyes Itis hard enough
to lose life's gladness and elasticity
it is hard enough TO see youth drifting
away, without adding TO the bitter
cup one drop Of scorn You do not
know what she has endured you new
er can know until experience teaches
you so wait, before You sneor at the
Old Maid.
Wait, sir, before you add a billiard
room to your house, and buy the fast
horse. that Black and White and all
the rest Of "the fellows" covet. Wait,
and think whether you can afford it
whether your outstanding bills are all
paid and your liabilities fully met, and
all the chances and changes of life
duly provided for. Wait, and ask
yourself how you would like, ten years
from now, to see your fair wife strug-
Cling with poverty, your children
shabby and want-slricken, and your
self miserable hanger-on around cor.
ner groceries and one-horse gambling
saloons. You think that is impossi-
BILE; DO you remember what Hazel
said to the seer Of old ais thy servant
a dog that he should do this .hing
Wait, merchant, before you tell
that pale-faced youth from the coun-
try"that you can do nothing for hin"
You can do something for him you
can give him a word Of encouragement
"a word ofadyice. There was time
once when you were young and poor
and friendless Have you forgotten
IL alreadyi
Wait, blue-eyed lassic, wait awhile
before you say Eyes" to the dashing
young fellow who says he can't live
without you Wait until you have
ascertained "for sure and for certain"
as the children say, that the cigar and
the wine bottle, and the card table are
not TO be your rivals in his heart a
little delay won't hurt him, whatever
he may say-just see fit will.
And wait, my friend with the brown
moustache; don't commit yourself 10
Laura Matilda until you are sure she
will be kind to your old mother. and
gentle TO your little sisters, and a true.
loving wife to you, instead Of a mere
puppet who lives on the breath of
fashion and excitement, aud regards
the sunny-side Of Broadway as second
only 10 Elysium! Asa general thing.
people are In TOO great a hurry in tie
world; we say wait, WAIT,
THE WIFE.-It is astonishing TO SEQ
how well a man may live on small