The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-01-05
Dsn't Stay Too late

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but charming legead Of the Seven
Sleepers-
Dsa't Stay Too late.
One OF the few advantages Of be-
ing past thirty" Is that one can aoT
aud then put . word u motbefly ad-
vice 10 the other sex So II begin
and say to eUy single gentleman
who chooses 10 listen-Don't stay
toe late.
Al the store OF Officer No. You
know very well / don't mean that
I'm not fighting imaginary dangers,
but real ones Imean simply, don't
stay too late VIXEN you 90 to spend
a quiet evening with q young lady.
Its not fair; us shO-t sighted; and
its pretty sure 10 wear out yonr
welcome. Even K the poor thing Is
eventually to allow you 10 stay IN
til death doth you part, that's 10
reason why you should bestow 50
much Of your tediogsaess upon her
az the outset. When she really
wishes your visit to be longer, you'll
know il; and even then be chary Of
the moments after eleven. At aoy
rate, don't suffer yourself 10 be
misled by the usual commonplace
forms Of detention that, ia nine cases
out Of ien, arise from a sudden con-
scious1ess on the lady's part that sic
nav have been betraying her weari-
ness rather to painly. Il won't burt
you 70 be louged for after you are
gone: bat beware Of ever causing 8
girl 10 give a sigh Of relief when the
hall-doOr closes after YOU. There's a
sandman for the pariOr as well a. for
the nursery, and after g certain hour,
except in special cases, whenever be
6ods the eyes too well drilled to sue
cumb 10 bis attacks, be spTinkies bic
sand around the heart. After that
your best efforts 10 please are wasted
Every word vii! graie. every win
ming a;temp. Of yours be met only
with the s~iIicate Of emotion az best
/ know all about it. I've received
young gentlemen callers in ny day;
yes, and eDjeyed receiving them if
ever a girl did I'd think all day
that perhaps John, for instance,
might come 10 the evening, and on
those occasions I've gone down to
tea with q rose pat in my hair and q
happy hutter il nv heart Yes, and
I've started at the ring OF the door
bell, and when al last he came 10,
smiling and bowling, I've looked just
as If | didn't care q single bit. There
were others, too-not Johns by any
means, but friends who were always
welcome, and WHOM. it was right
good and pleasant to see. But tha,
fact didn't make null aud void all
semitic law; it didn't make father
aDd mother willing that the house
should be open till midnight; it didn't
make it desirable that ! should feel a
rebuke in everybody's Good morn.
ingl" when, with tbrobing head and
weary eyes, | came down to break
fast. No, you may be sure j. didn't
Therefore, / learned sOon 10 honor
those who know enough to go wbeI
half past ten came; while those whC
didn't know were the bane Of my ex
istence. How they would linger ant
skirmish, and stand up and sit down
and move about aud look at the clock
and 10 a thousand torturing ways say
"Good-by" without goiDg-forget
ting that ! couldn't turn them out 0
the room, yet Judging by that tokel
that their presence was nectar anC
balm for all w~esrinessl
Now, never think that these friend.
stayed from kindness TO their weary
hostess-not at all. They stayed
because they didn't know enough t,
go. II ey liked the warm room per
haps, aid dreaded the cold street
but beyond that they lacked the sim
pie grace of taking themselves OF
promptly and handsomely. AM
what a gift that is in man or woman
to know when to 90, and, knowkin,
it, to stand not upon the order Of 20
ing, but to go at once! | know q few
such persons. They radiate peac
and restfulness, or they sparkle an,
scintillste, or they arouse and inspir,
you, as the case may be. An hou
glides away, then another, and 10 th.
midst Of another you are consciou
only Of a gentle "Good-by" fash
and they are gone. Then a hun
dred things rush upon you-yol
wish you had asked them this, o
told them that, you think how pleas
ant it was to meet them, and yot
long 10 e them again.
So, dear single gentleman, who
ever or wherever you are, the mex
time you 60 out to spend a quie
evening with a lady, remember m,
words. Young girls are human
they require rest and sleep; they ar
ameuable to the benefits Of domesti
system and order; they have a pre-
cious heritage o fsuength, health and
good looks to guard. Above all,
they are true, sensible girls, they sc
cretly respect a map who does no
yield to the temptation to linger pas
a reasonable hour. In a word
though they may lie glad TO Sc
YOU, an evening visit is not a specie
of eternity.
Don't go too late, aud don't 20 b
inches. GoOd-by is the flower of
welcome. lfyou wish it to retain j,
aroma, the fewer leaves it sheds th
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