The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-12-16
Our Young People
MADE UP FROM THE BEST CLIPPINGS
words 70 Girls.

The following advice to girls i
being extensively circulated anon.
families of the eastern states
"Don't go with a man if he is
stranger to you, or one whose repu
tatlon you are not acquainted with
Remember that in ordinary bust
ness the same rule is applied as
protection against money. Nc
banker or money-lender will trust
stranger; no business man viii
sell his goods on time without {
guarantee agaiLt loss or deception
Why then should a woman, young
or old, trust her virtue and hersel
TO a man when she does not know
whether he is honorable or not
Look at the footprints of time anO
see how many of your sex have
been driven To lite of shame by
ignoring this rule. Avoid all Sun
day and Sunday night dances, and
the wine cup, as they are agents Of
the seducer. In marrying, make
your match; but wait till you reach
the age OF twenty three or twenty.
five. Do not marry a man TO ge,
rid OF him, or TO save him. A
man who has formed bad habits,
what is he? The man who would
go to destruction without you,
would quite as likely go with you.
and perhaps, drag you along Re
member you future happiness de-
ponds altogether on the kind o: a
partner you get, as it is he that
makes your home on earth a heav-
en- or home of sorrow. There
fore, be sure, take none other than
one that is equally as pure as your
self. Remember, that man. when
be looks Tor wife. seeks sobriety,
virtue and purity in woman.
Why should not woman demand
the same of man? Drunkenness
turns man cut of himself and
leaves a beast in it's place. Do not
marry for home and a living.
when by taking care of your health
you can be strong enough 10 earn
your own living. Do not go with a
iicentious man, as his words will
ultim lately prove as the bite OF an
adder and the sting OF a serpent.
BE kind and true to your sex. Ii
by chance one should fail to-day.
do not shun her. but help her, she
may be up to morrow. Do not let
fathers, mothers or aunts sell YOU
for money or position into bondage.
tears and life long miseries, which
you alone must endure. Do not
meet any man clandestlnely. as it
may be to your sorrow. Do not
place yourself habitually in the So
ciety of any sutton until you have
decided the question OF matrimo-
ny. Human wills are weak-eirIs.
often become bewildered
and do not known their error IN
IL 1t is too late. Therefore wait
until the age of % or % is reached.
set away from ali other influence
except good mothers. Settle your
lead and make up your mind alone.
A word from a good mother will |
lot harm you, as she is the last
md GROWING handiwork of God. /
he link connecting heaven and |
arth, che endowment of purity, no
mess and heavenly grace, the most
'ertect combination of modesty
'atience, devotion, affection, graft
ude and loneliness, and fit for any
Ugh or holy trust. Did not she
Eateh over you from infancy to
from childhood to girl
God? And mother is more of a
mother than father is father
iothers know that a husbands
'ork is from sun to sun, and a
Tife's work is never done. Forget
OF, promise may be made in a
loment of sympathy, or even half
elirious ecstacy, which must be
edeemed through years of sorrow,
ain and toll. Forget not, he only
nat is free from vice is fit for your
and no other. Drop I
lie company OF him who has ut
red a word unbecoming to true !
anhood, for il a man is true to :
lmself, then it must follow as the
ny the night, he cannot be false !
} woman. As you ne axe your bed !
must you sleep Take none
at has eve r slandered or BETRAYED =
re of your sex, or broken a prom t
e. He is not worthy of a wife, I
'r will he ever be true to one"
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