Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-11-19

WATT


Wait moment, young man, before
you throw that money down on the ban
and demand glass of brandy and wa
ter. Ask yourselfsif twenty-five cents
can not 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 Q great deal of money;
one dollar is q great deal, when people
once consider the amount Of the good it
will accomplish, in careful hands. Your
husbands busines is uncertain; there Ii
a financial crisis close at hand. Who
knows what that hundred dollars may
be to Won YETI isssz sl.-f-s-s sfs1tsn- p
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-s plain gold
wedding ring made to fit q rosy finger
that you wot Of A shir. neatly ironed,
and stockings darned like lace-work. are
better than gilt brooches and flaming
aInethysts. You can't afford to marry?
You mean, you can't afford not to mar
Wait, mother, before you speak harsh
ly to the little chubby rogue who has
torn his apron and soiled his white Mar
settles Jacket. He is only a child, and
"mothern is the sweetest word in all the
world to him. Needle and thread and
soapsuds will repair all damages now;
but ifyou 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 respon-
sibilities, "as your mother did," She is
doing her best-and no womon can en-
dure that best to be sighted. Remem-
ber the nights she sat 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 in silence and forbearance, and the
light will come back to her eyes, the old
light oftbe old daysI
Wait,wife, before you speak 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 wrastIed. hand in hand. with Care
and Selfishness. and Greed. and all the
demons that follow in the train of money
making. Let home be another atmos-
pbere entirely: let him feel that there is
one Mace in the world where he can find
peace. and Quiet. and perfect love.
wait bright Young girls before you
arch your pretty eyebrows, and whis-
per isoId maid. y as the quiet figure steals
by with silver in its hair and crow's-feet
round the ewes. 1t is hard enough to
lose life's elasticity and gladness-it is
hard enough to see youth drifting away,
without adding to the cup one drop OF
scornI You do not know what she has
endured: you never can know until ex-
perienee teaches YOU. SO wait. before YOU
sneer atthe old maid. s-e,i
Wait. sir. before vou 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-wheth-
or Observation-Disclosures bills are all paid. and
vo1r lishiIities fully met. and all the
Chance and changes of life duly pro
videds wait. and ask yeurself how YOU
would like1 ten wears from now. to see
yonr fair wife strugglingr with. poverty.
your children shabby and want stricken.
and Yourself a miserable hanger-on
round corner groceries and one horse
rambling saloons: You think that inn
poseibIe: do YOU know what Hazael said
to the seer of old: as thy servant a dog