Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-11-24
Wait.

WAIT moment, young man, before you
throw that money down on the bar and demand
glass Of brandy and water. Ask yourself if
twenty five cents cannot lie 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 my word for it, you will
not be sorry
Wait, think twice before you de-
eide 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 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 anne
thyst 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 rosy
finger that you wot Of A shirt neatly lroned
and stockings darned like lace work are better
than gilt brooches and flaming amethysts 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 soied his white Marsailles jacket. He is
only child and mother is the sweetest
word in all the world to him. Needle and
thread and soapsuds 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 repaired
Wait, husband, before you wonder audibly
why your wife don't get along with family cares
and household responsibilities as your mother
did," She is doing her best, and no woman
can endure that best to be sighted. Remem
Der the nights she sat up with the little babe
tb cd nd obo
bestowed On you when you had that long fit of
illness DO you think she is made of cast
iron? Walt-wait with silence and forbear
ance, and the light will come back to her eyes,
the old light of the old days.
Wait, wife, before you speak so reproachful-
ly to your husband when he comes home late,
and weary and ''out of sorts He has worked
for you all day long; he has wrestled hand in
hand, with care, and sel6shness, and greed
and all the demons that follow in the train of
money-making. Let home be another atmos-
phere 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 gnls, before you arch
your pretty eyes, and whisper 'old maid as
the quiet figure steals by, with silver in its hair
and crows feet around 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 en-
dured you never can know until experience
teaches you; SO wait before you sneer at the
Old Maid.
Wait, sir, before you add billiard room to
your house, and buy the fast horse that Black
and White and all the rest Of ''the fellows
covet. Wait, aud think whether you can af
ford it-whether your outstanding bills are all
paid and your liabilities 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 groceries and one horse gam
bling saloons You think that is impossible;
do you remember what Hazel said to the seer
of old Is thy servant dog that he should
do this thing ?"
Wait merchant, before you tell the pale faced
youth from the country that you can do moth
Ing for him." You can do something for
him you can give him a word Of encourage
ment.a WORD Of advice. There was a time
once when you were young and poor, and
friendless. Have you forgotten it already?o
Wait. blue eyed lassie, wait while before
Won saw ives" to the dashing young fellow who
saws 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 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, with the brown nous
tache: don't commit yourself to Laura Matilda
until YOU are sure she will be kind to your old
mother and gentle with your little sisters, and
true, loving wife to you, instead of a mere
puppet who lives on the breath of fashion and
excitement and regards the sunny side of
Broadway as second only. to Elysium! As a
general thing, people are in too great hurry
in the world we say wait. wait
Burke, the wisest and most philosophc Of
England statesmen, once said, and it is well
to consider his words:
''There is no qualification for Government
but virtue and wisdom, actual or presumptive.
Wherever they are actually found they have,
in whatever state, condition, trade or profession,
the passport of heaven to human place and
honor. Woe to the country which would mad
ly and impiously reject the service of the tai
ents and virtues, civil, military, or religious,
that are given to grace and to serve it; and
would condemn to obscurity everything formed
to dffuse lustre and glory around State
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