Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-11-11
WAIT!

i w ait moment young man, before yon
throw that money down on the bar and de-
mand glass Of brandy aud water. Ask
yourself if twenty-five cents can not be
better invested in something else. Put it,
back in your pocket, and give it to the lit,
tie cripple who sells matches on the cor
ner 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 a great deal when people
once consider the amount Of good it will
accomplish, in careful hands Your nus
bands business is uncertain; ; there is a
! financial crisis close at hand. Who knows
what that hundred dollars may be to you
yet ..
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 an
other piece of ofjewely-a plain gold we'd
ding-ring made to lit IA rosy finger that
you wot Of. A shirt neatly ironed and
stockings darned like lace work, are bet
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thysts. You cant offord to marry? You
mean, YOU can't afford not, to marry!-
Wait and think the Tatter oyer
Wait, mother, before you speak harsh
ly TO the chubby rogue who has torn his
apron and soiled his white Marseilles jack
ct. lie is only child, and smother" is
the sweetest word in all the world to him.
Needle and thread and soapsuds will re-
pair all damages nos but if you..:onee,
teach him TO shrink from his mother, and
hide away his childish faults, that damage
cannot be repaired. ....-.' ...f
Wait, husband, before you wonder au-
dibly, why your wife don't get along with
family cares and household responsible
ties, 'as yout mother did" She is doing
her best-and no woman care endure that
best to be slighted. Remember the nights
she sat up with the little babe that died
remember the love and care she bestowed
on you when yon bad that long fit of i'll
ness Do you think she is made of cast
iron! Wait-wait in silence and forbear-
ance, and the light will come back in her
eyes. the old light the old DAYS
Wait wife, before you speak reproach-
fully to your husband when he comes
home late, and weary, and all ''out of Sorts"
He has worked for you all day long he
has wrestled hand to 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. t
Wait, bright young girls, before You
arch your pretty eyebrows, and whisper
cold maid" as the quie. figure steals by,
with silver in its hair and crow's-feet round
the eyes. 1t Is hard enough to loose 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
never can know until experience teaches
you, so wait, before you sDeer at the Old
Maid
Wait, sir, before you add billiard
room TO your house, and buy the fast
horse that Black and " htc and all the
rest of "the fellows" coyet Wait and
think whether you can afford it-whether q,
your outstanding bills are paid and your
liabilities fully met, and all the chances and
changes of lite duly provided for. Wait,
and ask yourself how you would like ten
years from now, TO see your fair wife
struggling with poverty, your children
shabby and want-stricken, and yourself
miserable hanger on round corner grocer
les and one-horse gambling saloons
You think it impossible; do you remem-
Der what Hazacl said to the seer of old
us thy servant dog that he should do
this thing ?" -........-. .-s E.. g.. .
Wait, merchant, before you tell that
pale-faced boy from the country "that you
can do nothing for him. You can do
something for him; you can give him
word of encouragement, word of advice.
There WAS time once when you were
young, snd poor and frlendess! Have
you forgotten it already? o..
Wait, blue-eyed lassie; wait before you
say Eyes" to the dashing young fellow who
says he can't live without you Wait uI-
til you ascertain "lor 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; little delay
won't hurt him whatever he may say
just see if it will.
And wait, my friend in the brown NOUS
tache don't commit yourself to Laura
Matilda until YOU are sure she be kind to
your old mother, and gentle to your little
sisters, and true loving wife to you, in
stead of a mere puppet who lives on the
breath of fashion and excitement, and re-
CARDS the sunny side of Broadway as sec,
ond only 10 Elysium. As a general thing
people are in too great hurry in this
world, we say wait, WAIT 7..''-'
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