The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-03-04

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throw that money down on the bar and
demand glass Of brandy and water. Ash
Yourself If twenty cents cannot be belter
invested in something else PUTT back
in your pocket.
! Wait, before you light that cigar Re
member, cigars are costly nonessentia]s.
You can do without them and your nerves
will be all the better for It. You smoke
at least five day, which at FIVE cents
piece makes 25 cents. Twenty-Five cents
day, for one year, makes s9l.25 and this
worse than useless expenditure for so years
amounts to s4,5s2.5o, enough to buy you
a snug farm. AZ 50
Wait, maiden-think twice before you
decide on that one hundred dollar shawl.
A hundred dollars is great deal Of mon
ey; one dollar is great deal, when people
once consider the amount of good Il WIN
accomplish in careful hands. z3 Afas'l 3
Wait, sir, before you buy That gaudy
amethyst breast pin you are surveying 50
earnestly through the jewelers. plate glass
windows. Keep your money for another
piece Of jcwelf5 pa plain gold Wedding
ring made to ct a rosy finger that you
know Of A shirt neatly ironed and
stockings darned like lacs.work, are better
than gilt brooches and flaming amethysts.
You can't afford to marryf Wai., and
think the matter over. ss4 s'9li asi
Wait, mother, before you speak harshIy
to the little chubby rogue who has torn
his apron and soiled his white MarseilIes
jacket. He is only child, and mother
is the sweetest word in all the world 70
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. s''lsss slfsls e
Wait, husband, before you wonder au-
dibly why your wife don't get along with
family cares and household responsibilities,
rs your mother did. She is doing her
best--and no woman can endure that best
to be sighted. Remember the nights she
sat up with the little babe that died. re.
member the loSe and care she bestowed
on you when you had that long ct Of III 5
II a
ness Do you think she is made of cast
iron Wait-wait, silence and forebear-g
auce, and the light win come back 10 her
eyes, the old light of other days. Z ~ re
Wait, wife, before you speak reprosch-
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 wres-
tied, hand in hand, with Care, and Selfish
ness, and Greed; and all the demons that
follow in the train Of money-making Let
home be another atmosphere entirely; lee
him feel that there is one place in the
world where he can find peace, and quiet,
and perfect love 'ss H'
Wait, bright young girls, before you
arch your pretty eyes, and whisper "old
maid, as the quiet figure steals by, with
silver in its hair and crows feet round the
eyes. 1t is hard enough TO loose lifs's
gladness and elasticity Is hard enough
to see youth drifting away, without id.
ding to the bitter cup one drop Of scorni
You do not know what she has endured;
you never can know until experience
teaches you; SO wait, before you snesr a.
old maids. Hlts 1tS'i.eA i'sr'
Wait sir, before you add billiard.
room to your house, and buy the fast horse
and all the rest the fellows covet. Wait
and think whether your outstanding bills
are all paid and your liabilities fully met,
and all the chances and changes Of life
duly provided. Wait, and ask yourself
how you would like, ten years from now
to see your fair young wife struggling with
poverty, your children shabby and want
stricken, and yourself miserable hanger.
on round corner groceries and one-horsc
gambling saloons. You think that IL i'm.
possible, do you remember that Haxsei
said to the seer Of old :-s'Is thy servant
a dog that he should do this thing2
Wait, blue-eyed lassie, wait while be-
fore you say eyes" 10 the dsshing young
man who says he can't live without you.
Wait until you have ascertained That the
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