The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-07-01
A LITTLE q ECTURE. ].
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BIZ AN OLD MAID OF THE WORLD.
Ny dears, love is like law; it's i deal
easier to get into 1t than to get out again.
There are thousands Of WAYS for the form.
er; but IS for the latter, it can't be done.
nOways. 3
Take my advice, my dears never be-
lieve . man: before marriage, and never
trust him after it. HI. al 81.
# men, my dears, were to pay, like
servants, for everything they broke, they
wouldn't be so fond Of breaking their
hearts for every pretty girl they saw.
The fortuneot q Rothschild couldn't stand
my dears, against such ruinous amount
Of breakages. Why. have known j
mans heart break as often as an AM
erican bank, and yet he would open the
next day with the same brass plate up
on n. MS tace, On which you could plain
" read ASSURANCE and his heart
would go on issuing the same amount Of
false notes as before. Besides, what be-
comes OF all their broker, hearts, I should
like to know2 Where do thew all 90 to?
Along with the old moons, ] suppose or
they may be keeping company, there's
no knowing where, with al the bins
that are lost. each heart being stuck
through with a pin, like the curious in
sects in museum.
There's no need to tell you, I am sure,
dears, about choosing husbands. a wo-
mans instinct generally guides her in
those little matters But this will tell
you, that husbands differ as much as
geese; burst the softest mind, is not
always the worst. The softer your hus-
band, the more pllablc you will find him !;
and all the easier to twist him round
your little finger. If husbands trusted
| more to their wives and less to them
selves. there would be more happy mar.
riages; but until they learn what is due
to our sex and are fully prepared to paw
it, that happy balance will never exist in
households which to the husband should
be the source of as much JOY as large
balance is at his bankers; but at present
the wife is not allowed to have any share
OF interest in the one, or to- participate
in the other. 555 mi
| will conclude, my dears, with giving.
you few rules with regard to the Choice
OF husbands in general; and though, my
dears, | have never ventured on the
stormy seas of matrimony myself (here
the fair lecturers voice slightly trembled
with emotion). still have watched from
the haven Of singled lessedness many Of
the squalls and .breezes that have taken
place on them, having derived no small
knowledge am only too willing to ina
part to all those who are anxious to en-
bark for the United States.
shall confne my observations, nv
dears, to thesmall circle of my experience
OF men such as have studied them round
the tea table. ts ,3, ii 81
It a man wipes his feet on the door-mat
before coming into the room, YOU NAV
be sure he will make good domestic
husband.
!. If man puts his handkerchief on
his knees while taking his tea, you may
be sure he will be prudent husband.
IN the same way, always mlstrust the
man who will not take the last piece Of
toast, but prefers waiting for the next
warm batch. It is not unlikely he will
make greedy, selfish husband, with
whom you will enjoy no sbrown'' al
dinner, no crust at tea, NO peace what
ever at home.
The man, my dears, who wears over
shoes, and is careful about wrapping him
self up we'll before venturing into the
night air, not unfrequently makes good
invalid husband that mostly stops at
home, and is easily comforted with Stops.
The man who watches the kettle and
prevents its boiling over. will not fail, nv
dears, in his married state in exercising
the same in always keeping the pot boil
ing.
The man who doesn' t take tea, in-treats
the cat, takes snuff, and stands with his
back to the fire, is a brute whom would
not advise you, my dears, to marry upon
any consideration, either for love or mon
ey, but most decidedly not for love.
But the man, who when the tea is over,
is discovered to have had none, is sure to
make the best husband. Patience like
his deserves being rewarded with the
best of wives and the best of mothers in
law. Ny dears, when you meet with such
man, do your utmost to marry him. In
the severest winter he would not mind
going to bed first.
Here the lecturer concluded, and the
several young ladies retired to their re-
.spective avocations.l
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