Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-11-21
WAIT.

Wait moment, young man, before you
throw that money down on the bar and de.
mand a glass of brandy and water. Ask
yourself if twenty-five. cents cannot DC bet.
ter invested in something else. Put it back
IN your pocket, and give it to the little
cripple who sells matches on the corner.
lake my word for it, you will not be sorry.
wait madam-think twice before you de-
ciae on that hundred dollar shawl. A hun
area dollars is a great deal of money !;
one dollar is great deal, when people
once consider the amount of good it
will accomplish, in careful hands
Your husbands business is uncertain there
is a financial crisis close at hand. Who
knows what that hundred dollars NAV be to
you yetl
Wait, sir, before you buy that gaudy
amethyst brcast-pin you are surveying SO
earnestly through the jewelers. plate GLASS
windows. Keep your money for another
piece of jewelry-a plain gold wedding. ring
made to fit rosy finger that you wot of. A
shirt neatly ironed and stockings darned
| like lace. work are better than gilt brooches
and flaming amcthysts You can't afford
to 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 child, and "mother" is the
sweetest word in all the world to him. Nee
die and thread and soap suds 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 re-
paired.
Wait, husband, before you wonder audi.
bly, why your wife don't get along with
family cares and household responsibilities
las 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 WNit-wait
with silence and forbearauce, and the light
will come back to her eyes, the old light of
the old days.
Wait wife, before you speak SO reproach
fully to your husband when he comes home
late, and weary and "out Of sorts" He has
worked for you all day long he has wrest-
led, hand in hand, with Care, and Selfish
ness, 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 nialu' as
the quiet figure steals by, with silver in its
hair and crows feet around the eyes. 1t is
hard enough to loose lifes gladness and
elasticity-it is hard enough to see youth
drifting away, without adding to the bitter
cup one drop of scorn You 10 not know
what she has endured; so wait, before you
sneer at the Old Maid.
Wait cir bnforp Won add q billiard -rOOn
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 cannot afford Whether your out
standing bills are all paid and your labil!-
ties 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 stricken, and yourself miserable
hanger-on round corner grocers and one
horse gambling saloons. You think that is
impossibe; do you remember what Hazel
said to the seer of old "Is thy servant a
dog that he should do this thingi"
Wait, merchant, before you tell the pale
faced youth from the country "that you can
do nothing for him." You can do something
for him; you can give him a word of en-
.couragement-a word of advice. There was
time once when you were young and poor,
and friendless Have you forgotten it al
ready!"
Wait, blue-eyed lassie, wait a while 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" rs the children say, that the cigar
and the wine bottle, and the card table are
not to he your rivals in his heart little
delay won't hurt him, whatever he may say
Just see if it will.
And wait, my friend with the brown
moustache; don't commit yourself to Laura
Matilda until you are sure she will be kind
to your cid mother and gentle with your
little sisters, and true loving wife to you,
instead of mere puppet who lives on the
breath of fashion and excitement, and re-
CARDS the sunny .siGe of Broadway as second
only to Elysium! We say, WAIT!