The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-25

determined to bring home til. cap ve@
If their bow aud spear. who mean
matrimonv toward any eligible part
ncr. ManoeuyerlnE mamml- ieai
their daughters - the oacriice-taa-
noeuyering mamma i the correct
term. though the daughters do most
OF the nanoeuvering. Designing
Young men invest al their spare cash.
and what their friends can spare aI-p.
In hunting 1T expensive watering
places for pretty girls with ricn faith
er,. The unlnltlated have little idea
to what extent this business i caTrI-
ed. In one in9t3nc" IN TIL. city tile
parlors We're stripped Of carpets and
curtains. and part OF the furniture
sold that the daughters might - -
Saratoga-0r elsewhere. in search q
rich husbands.
Matches made 1T watering places
are not always safe. and guardians and
parents viii lac wise to keep 4 watch
ful eve on their daughters. and to III
duirr into the character and antece-
dents Of the nice young men with
whom ward or daughter scrapes ac-
au~aintance in the ball room or the
surf The convenient code which
provides hat such aclufintances are
flIllN Itfl IiiE 1INtHR.i III 49,
tule. and may cover doubtful person
are. with married women, or with
single ones wise in the way Of the
world. Still. Miss in her tens needs
to be looked after. and American
girls at watering places. as elsewhere.
are too careleSsly c~haperoned. Gam
bIers and fortune hunters have no
cIoyeu foot which cannot be hidden
by the conventional patent leather
boot. ana accidents have happened III
~Well-regulated families. For a case
in point: Years = a yo,.ng lady.
well connec ed. though hardly wealthy,
was with her mother trying the waters
of one of our famous springs. The
two made the acquaintance began by
some slight but opportune service on
his part to the two ladies. and drlfted
into an attachment between himself
and the young lady. People who
might have spoken held alOof. with
the convenient creed which has come
down to us from Caln--"Am ! my
brothers Keeper: and when the
father appeared on the stage he ound
his daughter engaged to a professional
gambler. There was a scene, OF
course. and the lovers We're parted.
The girls health failed. and later, the
dOCtoIS SdNt Tx i)iltIiiS bIiCii 1itoI
To let their daughter marry her lover
or to bury her. Fortunately the gam
bier was really III love and anxious to
marry. Contrary, too, to ail rational
expectations. he made a devoted hus-
band To the delicate young wife. who
did not long survive her marriage, and
except for the brief meSalllance to an
old family. the affair ended far better
than any one could have hoped. Still
it was a terrible risk and one which no
SANE man would willingly let any one
dear To himself run.
Because a man waltZeS we'll shall
he, without other passport, dance with
our daughters: Shall Mr.. Smiths in
PRODUCTION suffice for Mi. Jones, when
all we know Of Mr.. Smith is that lie
wears a good coat, boards at a good
hotel, and drives a pretty team: Ii
an unc of prevention is ever equal
tO a pound of cure, it is in such mat
tiers. All the soap In the universe
cannot cleanse snow once Suilled. and
no wOman can afford to indulge III
promiscuous tiirtations. As for the
men, they can take care OF Them
selves, and usually do it. 1t might be
a convenience If the custom common
among some German peasants We're
introduced With Us; the custom OF IN
dicating the dowry OF each maiden by
the stripes on her bodice; but possibly
that is too much tO ask of Congress in
a land where heiresses are III the mi
nOrity. So the deserving young man
who wishes to endow a fortune with
his heart and hand must take his
chances. and when the bitter is bit Mr..
and Mrs. LammIe have no cause to
complain If they do not receive much
sympathy.