, 1874-02-15
TO THE GIRLS.
Susan VS.. John,


| mother. Never do you marry young wo1nan John
before you have contrved to happen At the hou.e
least four times before breakfast You should kooT ho-
late she lies In bed In the morning You shoad IT,
care to surprise her, that you eco her III h.
morning md observe her occupation when .he.
you could Iainly bear tie morning conversation h.
tween her and her mother. II she is il1-natu1ei
| pend upon it."-WareTiy
Profound, truly; particularly tho declaration
| that tho old lady is older than her son. or sha
couldn't be his mother, Good advice it NAV ba.
! but, girls, how are you to BECOME enlightened
| CONCERNING JOHN?
Or arc you to take it for granted that ho is al
right? Perhaps you consider it matter Of
minor importance that you should know about
him beforehand. Seeing him three OF four time,
before breakfast will not help you, should Won
| attempt to investigate. How can you find ont
his disposition and habits? How ate YOU to
know whether he intends to support You. or
whether he has planEod for you to gain live-
hood for both2 Perhaps he can almost taxa
caro- Of himself, and you may help little
It is generally understood that each takes th,
other for batter or worse; surely neither should
look for or expect perfection Even wore it Dos
sible to obtain, who. in their sober senses, on
mature consideration, would for moment wish
it, Who could abide
Who would not willingly - nay cladIy-eca
such treasure take to itself wings aud fly sway
to Heaven
Now, so long as Susan cannot follow John to
h1s haunts, in order to gain information in regard
to his habits, mode Of lfe and various other lit
tie items; cannot tell whether the gallant and
affectlonate lover will wear the bonds matrimo-
nial right royalty does not know whether the
frot and worry of everyday life will dcyalop no.
bier traits and loftier aims or IT, on the contra
TV fnynv ht1fE EYraa $f11$a rA.1
goId,-vhy should Johns mamma be so anxious
for him to go early in the morning in order To
play the spy on SuEan's movements? Why
should be not take his chances well as she7
Now, girls, my advice is: Should any such
person show himself. on any such errand, St
your Etchen~door, at the break Of day. and lind
you the very qulntcescnce of neatncss. your fsee
covered with smiles, and hands with biscuit
dough. all things favorable, and should he. hia
visage aglow with satisfaction, signify that
'' DarkiB is willn, ,-or, in other words, ask you
to marry him,-turn your back to him at onca
with
A DECIDED no.
He will make selfish. indoleat. parsimonoua
three months after you are married. if not
sooner, II What in tho world has become OF that
pound OF sugar I brought homo month and 4
hnlf ago." or, What did rou do with that
quarter Of dollar gaze yon last week p
He will overeee the Htchen-work, havo his
fingers in every pie, and weary yon with bis
everlasting talk Of wastefulness aud e1traya-
gance. In fact, such men Us John make tia
very worst kind Of husbands; they
TAKE TO MEASSEss NATURALLY
Many of both sexes are deceived, it is true:
nor eau it, taking hnman nature into account, ba
otherwise. Tho result is, some 80 through lifo
with bowed heads, aud hearts full Of bitterness;
while others, it possible profit bY the divorce
laws; and Others still clopc forthwith, a Ia FREQ
love; and thus it will be so long al the world
stands. 4 sorry state Of affairs, admit; but
Who is to be censurcd7
Tho old Serpent. or ETo? Not Adam, Of
course, becauso ''Tho woman gave unto me, oad
did eat"
Answer the question az yon may, the facts ara
tho same aud, if either sex is to be deceived,
disappointed, and dipped, prefer it should be
the rousher one. They easily throw it OF; they
go ont into the air and sunlight land Gods
blessed sunlight causes many burden to be
more lightly borne); they minglo With their
fellows; business-mattersd divert their attention;
and they are usually not so crushed {there hre
exceptions, it is true) that they cannot enjoy
their cigar, the clubroom or saloon, it ia jns:
possible, the society Of some interesting lady
at least those not lawful to be uttered under tha
circumstances and sigh as they think of ''whas
might have been"
But, girls, il sou marry enc who proves 1ndi:-
ferent to yor, whoze habits are bad and whose
soul is small, and you find yourselves neglected
and uncarod-for,
WHAT CAN YOU nor
Why, wait upon john, care for the children.
and so through monotonoua routine OF duties
with heart fuu Of pam 1..a, and every nerve m
strung (and no" these little daily dut1e5 sting
and lrrltate when the soul Is crying ont Tor
rest ,, when ono WOULD lam bury her lace IN hef
hands and think, and weep. until at leas. com,
paratlve quiet cones: until sue can iooh up;'am
with the eye OF faith, and feel that Jesuf
knows it all" ...
10 not 20 u haste to marty, nor fancy it Is taa
nam road to happlness. Ihele arc bns TOO ma'g
pitfalls in the "ay, that are not discovered unEa
it i too late to rctrace ones steps.
There are
MEN WITH NOBLE SOULS, i
who i've pure. nnsclhsh nTes, aoa VINO WI
shicld thelr 1oveo ones IN tnelt st1ons aI1ns ana
hoM them IN the lnnefmoat fecesses o1 tuea
neartss VINO usua1n uoI 60 Blu" 'ac1t aPl1ee-
ton OF little k1udnesses, and IN "hoso pfesenos
there is no restraint: I
Llttio golden ncads arc pressed 70 tne case.
OF anch man tiny, nmPiea hanas NJ aaIoae ~ j
halr; even paoy crows weieouis- ine n4o
docs noe look askance to see II nusoanu - ~
gooo hninot 700 "cl1 sne KNOWS I'M h1 uusn1
love. The days golden hours arc "hen husGAo
and father has come.
- upon sueh men, 90 tneY fee1 OF peasJ.
Nature has set her seal OF tofa1ty pus enea :
one nevor IN bis hte played the pars o. S?3 "
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