Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-28
FOR TEHE GIRLS ONLY.
A Little Lecture by an Old Maid
of the world.

My dears, love is like law; it is
deal easier to get into it than to ge
out again. There are thousands of way
for the former; none for tie latter, i
can't be done, no how; take my ad
vice, my dears-never believe mar
before marriage and never trust hin
after it. If men, my dears, were t
pay, like servants, for everything they
broke, they wouldn't be- so fond Of
breaking their hearts for every
pretty girl they saw. The fortune
of a Rothschild couldn't stand
my dears, against such ruin
Gus amount of breakages. Why,
have known a mans heart to break as
often as an American bank, and yet
he would open the next day with the
same brass plate on his face, on which
you could plainly read Assurance,
aud his heart would go on issuing the
same amount Of false notes as before
Besides, what becomes of all their
broken hearts, | should like to know
Where do they all go to? Along
with the old moons, | suppose, or they
may be keeping company. there's no
knowing where, with all the pins that
are lost, leach heart beingstuck through
with a pin like the curious insects in a
museum. There is no need to tell You,
| am sure, my dears, about choosing Il
husband A woman's instinct gener-
ally guides her in those little matters:
Dut this | will tell you, that husbands
differ as much as geese but the soft
est mind is not always the worst. The
softer your husband, the more pliable
you will find him and all the easier
for you to twist him around your little
finger. Ifhusbands trusted more to
their wives and less to themselves,
there would be more happy marriages;
but until they learn what is due to
our sex, and are fully prepared to pay
it, that happy balance will never exist
in a household which to the husband
should be the source of as much joy
as a large balance is at his bankers;
but at present the wife is not allowed
to have any share or interest in the
one or to participate in the other. |
will conclude, my dears, with giving
you few rules with regard to the
choice Of husband in general; and
though, my dears, | have never ven
turod on the stormy seas Of matrimo-
ny myself (Lere the fair lecturer S
voice slightly trembled with emo
tom still have watched from
this h,ven Of siogle- blessedness
many of the squalls and breezes
that have taken place on them,
and have derived no small
knowledge from the numerous ship
wrecks | have witnessed in conse
auence of them, and this knowledge
| am only willing to impart to all
those who are anxious to embark for
the United States.
| shall confne my observations, my
dears, to the small circle of my ex-
perience of men, such as / have
studied around the tea table. If a
man wipes his feet on the door mat
before coming into the room, you may
be sure he viii make good domestic
husband. lfa man puts his handker-
chief on his knees while taking tea,
you may be sure he will be a prudent
husband. In the same way always mis-
trust man who will not take the last
piece of toast, but prefers waiting for
the next warm batch. 1t is not I'M
likely that he will make a greedy,
selfish husband, with whom you will
enjoy no brown" at dinner, no crust
at tea, no peace whatever at home.
The man, my dears, who wears over
shoes and is careful about wrapping
himself well before venturing into the
night air, not unfrequently makes a
good invalid husband that mostly
stops at home, and is easily comforted
with slop. The man who watches the