National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-11-20
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Wait q moment, young man, be-
fore you throw that money down on
the bar and demand o glass Of bran
dy and water. Ask yourself il
twenty five cents cannot be better
invested in something else. Put it
back in your pocket, and give it to
the little cripple who sells matches
on the corner. Take our word for
it, you will not be sorry.
Wait, madam-think twice before
you decide on that hundred dollar
shawl. A hundred dollars is great
deal of money; one dollar Is great
deal, when people once consider the
amount of good it will accomplish,
in careful hands. Your husband's
business 10 uncertain; there is q.
nancial crisie close at hand. Who
knows what that hundred dollars
may he to you yete
Wait, sir, before you buy that
gaudy amethyst breast-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 q rosy finger that you
wot of. A shirt neatly ironed and
stockings darned like lace-work, are
better than gilt brooches and fam
ing amethysts. You can't afford to
marry = You mean, you can't afford
not 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. Needle and thread and soap
suds will repair all damages now /;
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 won
der audibly why your wife don't get
along with family cares and house
, hold responsibilities ''as your moth
, er did" She is doing her best--and
no woman can endure that best to
!, I've sighted. Remember the nights
she sat up with the little babe that
|! died remember the love and care
J she bestowed on you when you had
r that long fit of illness! DO you
b. think she is made of cast-irOn
f. Wait-wait in silence and forbcar
+ ance, and the light will come bacl
+ to her eyes, the old light of the old
= days.
!. Wait, wife, before You speak re
: proachfully to your husband whcr
he comes home late, aud weary, anC
t tout of sorts" He has worked fol
YOU all day long; he has wrestled,
hand in hand, with Care, and Self
: ishness and Greed, and all the de
5 mons that follow in the train o.
money making. Let home be an
other atmosphere entirely let hin
feel that there is one place in th'
world where he can find peace, ant
r. quiet, and perfect love.
t. Wait, bright young girls, befor
r. you arch your pretty eyebrows, an
q whisper cold maid" as the quiet fie
Il ure steals by, with silver in it's hal
p. and crows feet round the eyes. !
@ is hard enough to lose lite's gladnes
is and elasticity-it is hard enough t
<. see youth drifting away, withOu
v adding to the bitter cup one drop {
: scorn! You do not know what sh
70 has endured; you never can kno'
k till experience teaches you SO waiI
n before you sneer at the old maid.
a Wait, merchant, before you te
70 that pale faced boy from the cour
try "that you can do nothing fO
Ie him. You can do something fc
70 him you can give him q word
"a encOuragement-a word Of advice
ar There was time once when yo
,e were young, and poor, and frien'
- less! Have you forgotten it a
m ready?
n. Wait, blue.eycd lassie /; wa
n. awhile before you say "yes' to Il
IN dashing young fellow who says !
,e can't live without you. Wait uni
70 you have ascertained "fOr sure al
va for certain" as the children sa
that the cigar, and the wine bottl
ma and the card table are not to
'is your rivals in his heart; a little d
in lay won't hurt him, whatever he ms
ne say--just see if it will.
n. And wait, my friend in the brow
he moustache; don't commit yours'
ds to Laura Matilda until you are su
"a. she will be kind to your old mOth'
rr. and gentle with your little sister
and - true, loving wife to you,
N. stead of mere puppct who liv
,re on the breath of fashion and excl
- ment, and regards the sunny side
'tb Broadway as second only to II
a stun As u general thing, pcol
tbo are in too great u hurry IN u
,ry world ; we say, wait, WAIT!
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