The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-12-10

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you throw that money down on the bar
and demand glass of brandy and
water. Ask yourself if 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 ii, you viii not be sorry.
Wait, nladam-th think twice before
you buy that hundred dollar shawl!
A hundred dollars is a 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 business is
uncertain there is a financial crisis
close at hand! Who knows what that
hundred dollars may be worth to you
yet. '' 9ii' 'i 7f".t ssf-s i
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 jeweiry-a plain
gold wedding ring made TO fit rosy
finger that you wiot of A shirt neatly
ironed, and stockings darned like lace
work, are better than gilt brooches
and flaming aInethysts. .GYou can't af-
ford to marry?' You mean you can't
afford to marry. Wait, and think the
matter over. 72'ii.ifVf 72'a- ia 2Hils-l
Wait, husband, before you wonder
audibly why your wife don't get along
with family cares and responsibilities,
S'as your mother did" She is doing
her best,-and no woman can endure
that best to be slighted. Remember
the nights she sat up with the little
babe that died. Do you think she is
made of cast iron? Wait, wait, in 81
lence and; forbearanee andahe light
will come back to her;;i yes, the light
of the old days! p"so., 2H
Wait, wife, before you speak re-
proachfullX Xto your husband when he
comes home faint, and weary, and sout
of Sorts He has worked for you all
day long He has wrestled, hand to
hand, with Care and Selfishness and
Greed, and all the demons that follow
in the train of money-1naking. Let
home be anbther atmosphere entirely !;
let him feel that there is one place in
the world where he can find peace and
quiet, and perfect love!
Wait, sir, before you add billiard
room to your house or buy that fast
horse, wait until all chances and
changes of life are duly provided for.
Wait, and ask yourself lfhow you would
like, ten years from now, to see your
fair wife struggling with poverty, your
children shabby and want stricken, and
yourself a miserable hanger on round
corner groceries and one-horse gam
bling saloons. You think that is i'm
possible; do you remember what
Hazael said to the, seer of old "Is
thy servant dog, that he should do
this thing -. - -
Wait, blue eyed lassie, wait awhile
before you say ''yes" 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 your rivals in his heart: little
delay won't hurt him, whatever he
may say; just see ifit will.
And wait, my friend in the brown
mustache; don't connect yourself to
Laura Matilda until you are sure she
will be kind to your old mother, and
gentle with your little sisters, and a
true, loving wife to you, instead of
mean puppet, who lives on the breath
of fashion and excitement, and regards
the sunny side of Market streets as
second only to Elysium! Asa gener-
al thing, people are in too great a hur-
ry in this world we say, wait, wait.
Afraid in the Dark.
All day a little boy had gone singing
and dancing through the house as
light-hearted and happy as bird but,
when night came, like many other
children, he was afraid in the dark.
"Willy," said his mother, who sat
sewing by the lamp, ego over to my
roopo oD5 oat Tho ,oaJJo booB f1of
lies ON my bureau"
But Willie did not stir.
"'Go, my son." and his mother spoke
in firm voice.
"I'm afraid, said Willie.
"Afraid of what ?"
"It is dark over there"
"What is the dark ?" asked WHY'S
mother; nothing but a shadow
see! !" and she put her hand between
the lamp and a small work-basket on
the table. s'Now it is dark in the
basket, and now," removing her hand,
sit is light. Look at this ball. We
will call it the earth. On the side
toward the lamp it is bright; but as 1
turn the ball, the bright, or daylight
side, goes away from the lamp. 1t is
i'll the shadow now, or in its night
time. Just as / turn this ball, the
earth on which we live keeps turning
all the while. Now we arc on the
side away from the, sun, or in the great
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