Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-02
Old Maids and Old Bachelors.

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| O,d ,,;d. o,ouo,,,, Tbsv c., c,os sew
" N-.1o 'I:,,. III. .onI, ,n1
ana take care OF cnildreo, nuIs' sleA p'up'e ana
| GENERALLY psy the piaUo Oid bachelors ara
uoo,ee, The, a,rot cv.n t,og how TO drive
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oana VI 'p,' "''e' :,
| Via maids arc aulasse' IL one "aols aoy'
thing done that rtulrss pstle5c, and kind
ness Of heart. sioplo LADY is surc 10 be tho
.oao;,
ooo " w i'
Od Dachcior5 a:o E'1stutcd. iaey stuo
| children, desnls, babies and hate Young meth.
ers, and arc always 50 bu'liy emp!oged 10 stc~
| ing that other pcOple take gooo care ol tGem
| that they have no: Gloinelt 70 give 70 any cne
else,
O!d maids ara u!cl !oohIrg AMI 'y2uOE loT
ttelr years. - Oid bachelors generally have
red ncs's. rheumatism ie their Knees oala
heads, and mouths thIt tura doTa ct the
corocfs.
Od nads en- Lake h2m; OF ooe USE room'
acd cook de!lc:ou: n;1sa t1t ca' ov:r too gas
lst 10 cuGil1g !i;ti. M Kettles. casldes making
| al. thee o8o wlrdr1bea. o baoheICrs need
sp arny oi ta;lora, waitets, c,oki, dstaot
relatives aud ho!oi landlords 10 keep them
comfort able Hhen o!G maids arc i'll they tic
up W. their heads in pack k.thsadkerchicts. take
home rlthic p.!ia;s ou. Of tw, bottles, alter
oatrly. aad &c: Will ag,in When old baohe'
Iors are i'll tEoy 20 10 h.I 2ni send for four
dcc:ols have lousu'tatioD, mante piece
foil OF black bottles, ail tbc ami2ble married
mon who bal3ng 10 the ciuo 70 81. up With
them at night. besides hired nurse; they
to impres, tie world with the idea that they at,
dying.
hen an ol miId ID nJ .r1vi's o;,:o Tas sAxs' xs,,
Of Of I Iemorsae mona I il taad basket, AID uuohss com
for,ab!y 10 The carriage. Wh,u aa old baohe.
lor travels ne orders di72er 10 c}ufs2i at tue
statnp, aud raves baeau:e il' has 5of simo TO
eat 1t hatdrl the 'h!'cca mnu:es l1f rlife51'
mcnts sro over.
O:d maids dtlok weak tcc. aoo II cures theiF
head aches. Va Dacheio15 or!hH s'FonR Hqaoe
which gives them hca1aClc3.
Cd maids are modest; they thick their
youth is over aud their b,auiy gJn3. 1t, st.er
awhile. some au:unoal love is given them,
they take it ss q sort OF miracle. aud hopa
people viii not laugh o. them FOR marrying
so ste 10 Iife."
Cd bachelors believe that all womeu arc ia
love with them, aud that they must carefully
guard themselves f.on traps laid to ioveigle
them into na!rimoo7. They also fondly cher
ish the belief that, should they eventually BE-
com. married men, tho Yor.d expects them to
exhibit great tasts in wJnsn By their CHOICE.
aod that lhc "o!her fa!Ioa." vii! laugh il
thei, por,iou 3, not tender youth aud beauty;
also the. ghen they marry. many women viii
eypi-c Of i.a!ou3I;. .-RuraL New Yorker,
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HANDS OFF.-Some men ere never happy
u,,cse thr;r hand, oro in motinD. Tbey are
,L, or ,ho man
e'c'Us"y :" * wv N'sA'i' '. .Ao .'"
VITA whom ihey orc talking, or tumoiIug with
his watch chajc, or picking sneck, of lint or
a,., f,o,, l:s o,,t cr n;,t;,c ~ hntton. nr
;iI,,s,r,,;n, hon ,ho baord snon,d orow Viii
I:S .t.ho 81" r;,, ~ ;os,g,rah,e Tbov Gnd
L"a,,n a',' 20 nI.,u, nr ha;,n, scting
sixtocrth cf an jnah furthcr cut thauit should,
er i'ck OF hai' asEls7, or a |stci sapplns ou.
s,;,cs;ng ~ the 4 ,var in tho hat droons n lit,Ie
or the shawl bin don't hang lust 50. and they
iosist upcn Gxioe these matters, and keep fun
bling and p.,jog aid p:csing away at lady
mill attention il drawn to the performsncs.
and an auuoqsa,c Il Ike result. O,c of these
fellows will pu. ii, haud under ladya
or across a six ioch gutter and when going up
a risa Of TWO or throc steps will insist Don put.
uug bis hand upon hsr waist s1d partially lifting
gapts 10 liz her 10, aa, ia assis og her to alight
hs uskes tcr lump iu.o his aims. where be
holds her as long a5 lie dsrrs. While riding