The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-02-10
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[From the Illustrated Annual I

From the illustrated Annual
Wait moment, young man, before you
throw that money down on the bar and de-
mand u glass of brandy and water. Ask
yourself if 25 cents cannot be better invest
ed 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 great deal, when people once
consider the amount Of good it will accom-
plish, in careful hands. Your husbands
business is uncertain (; there is financial
crisis close at hand. Who knows what
that hundred dollars may be to you yet?
What, sir, before you buy that gaudy am.
ethyst breast pin you are surveying SO ear
nestly 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 ironed, and stockings
darned like lace-work, are better than gilt
brooches and flaming 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 jack
ct. He is only child, and mother is
the sweetest word in all the world to him.
Needle and thread and soapsuds will >re.
|pair all damages ,,osc 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 audi
bly, why your wife don't get along with
family cares and household responsibilities,
las your mother did," She is doing her
best-and no woman can endure that best
to be sighted. Remember the night she
sat up with the little babe that died re-
member 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 of the old daysi
Wait, wife, before yon speak reproach
fully to your husband, when he comes home
late, and weary, and "out of Sorts" He
has worked for yon all day long he has
wrestled hand to hand with Care, and Self.
ishness, 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 fndlpeaee, and quiet,
and perfect love! 81
Wait, bright young girls, before you arch
your pretty eyebrows, and whisper sold
maid " as the quiet figure steals by, with
silver in its hair and crows feet round the
eyes. It is hard enough to lose life's glad
mess and elasticity--it is hard enough 10
see youth drifting away, without adding to
the bitter cup one drop Of seorn! You do
not know what she has endured; you new
er can know until experience teaches you,
so wait, before you sneer at the Old
Maid. 1af.a
Wait, sir, before you add billiard room
to your house, and buy the black horse
that Black and White, aud all the rest Of
Z" the fellows cOvet. Wait, and think
whether You can afford it, whether your
outstanding bills are all paid and your liza
bilities 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 wnat stricken, and yourself miseable
hanger-on round corner groceries and one
horse gambling saloons. You think that
is impossible do you remember what Ha-
Eel said to the seer of old Is thy servant
o dog that he should do this thing
Wait, merchant, before you tell the pale
faced boy from the country :" that You can
do nothing for him." You can do some
thing for him j; you can give him word Of
advice. There was time once, when you
we're young, and poor, aud fiiendless
Have you forgotten it already?
Wait, blue-eyed dassie wait while be-
fore you say Eyes" to the dashing young
fellow who says be can't live without you.
Wait until you have ascertained q 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-iust see if it will.
And wait, my friend in the brown NOUS
tache; don't commit yourself to Laura Ma
tilda until you are sure that she will be kind
to your old mother, and gentle with your
little sisters, and true, loving wife to you,
instead Of mere pnppe: who lives on the
breath of fashion and excitement, and re-
CARDS the sunny side of Broadway as &C.
cond only to elysium. As a general thing,
people are in too great hurry in this
world. We say wait. wA1rl
FOR SALE.