Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-11-25
For the Girls Only.
A Little Lecture by an old Maid
Of the World.

| My ucarS, rove IS ike law ll
a deal easier to get into it than t.
get ont again. There are Thousands
of ways tor the former; none fo
the latter, it can't be done, no how
take my advice, my dears-neve
believe a man before marriage, anc
never trust him after 1t If men
my deans. were to pay, like SER
wants, for everything they broke
they wouldn't be S" fond of break
ing their hearts for every pretty
glrl they saw. The fortune of q
Rnthschild couldn't stand, my
dears, against such ruinnus
amount Of breakages. Why, |
have known a mans heart TO break
as often as an Anne, ican bank, and
yet he would open the next day
with the same brass pla'e on his
face, on which yon could plainly
read assurance" and his heart
would 90 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 90 to =!
Along with the old moons, | sup
pose, or they may be keeping COM
pany. there's II" knowing where,
with all the pms that are lost, each
heart being stuck through with a
pin. like the curious insects in a
musium. There is no need to tell
you, | ann sure, my dears, about
choosing a husband. A womans
instinct generally guides her in
those little matters but this | will
tel you. that husbands d fer as
much as geese bur the sotrest mind
is not always the worst. The SO t
er our husband, the more paliahlc
you will find him; and al the
easier for you to twist him around
your little finger. If husbands
trusted more TO t..eir wives and less
10 themselves. there would lie 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 t. the husband
should he source of as much Joy
us a large balance is at his bank
ers; but at present the wife not
allowed t" have any share or in
terest in the one or to participate
III the other. | will conclude, my
dears, with giving y"u a few rules
with regard to the choice of a hus-
band in general and though, my
dears, | have never ventured on the
stormy seas OF natrlmony myself
(here the fair lecturers voice trem-
bled with emoti"n), still | have
watched from this haven of single
bIes-edness many of The squalls
and breezes that have taken place
on Them, and have derived no
small knowledge from the numer-
Gus sllipwrecks | have witnessed in
conseu Of them, and this
knowledge l am only willing t,
lmpart TO all those who are anx,-
Gus to embark for the United
States.
l shall confine my observations,
my dears, to the small circle Of my
experience of men, such as | have
studied around the tea table. If Il
man wipes his teet on the door mat
before coming into the room, You
may be sure he will make a good
domestic husband. Ii man purs
his handkerchief on his knees while
taking lea, you may b sure he will
be prudent husband. In the
same way always mistrust mar
who will not take the last piece ot
toast, but prefers waiting for the
next warm batch. 1t is not un-
likely that he will make a greedy
selfish husband, with whom 20,
will enj "y no "brnwn" at dinner
n" crust at tea, no peace at home
The man, my dears, who wear
oversh"es and is careful abou
wrapping himself we'll before ven,
urIng into the night air, not unfre
lqnently makes good invalid hus
band that mostly stops at home
and is easily mforted with sloI
| The man who watches the kettl
and prevents its boiling over wi
not fail in his married state in ex
ercising the same care in alway
Keeping the pot boiling. TIE ma
who doesn't take tea, i'll treats I'll