Nebraska advertiser., 1881-02-10
ADVICE TO GIRLS.
Words of Warning that May Prevent
Unhappiness.

The following advice to girls is being
extensively distributed among families
of the eastern states: Don't go with a
man who is stranger to you, or one
whose reputation you are not acquain-
ted with. Remember that in ordinary
business the same rule is applied as a
protection against the loss of money.
No banker or money lender would trust
stranger; no business man would sell
him goods on time without guarantee
against loss or deception. Why, then,
should woman, young or old, trust
her virtues to man she does not know
whether he is honorable or notp Look
at the footprints of time, and see how
many of your sex have been driven to a
life of shame by ignoring this rule.
Avoid all Sunday and Sunday night
dances and the wine cup. In marrying
make your match; but wait till you
reach the age of twenty-three or TIVE ty-
five. Do not marry man to get rid of
him, or to obligC him, or to save him.
A man who has formed bad habits,
what is hep What is there of him you
can loveP The man who would 90 to
destruction without you would quite as
likely go with you, and, perhaps, drag
you along. Remember your future hap
piness depends altogether on the kind of
partner you get, as it is he that makes
your home on earth heaven or home
of sorrow. Therefore, be sure, take
none other than one that's equally pure
as yourself. Remember that man,
when he looks for wife, seeks sobriety,
rp-ft md 1fry in Nlnr-
should not woman then demand the
same of manP Drunkenness turns a
man out of himself and leaves a
beast in its place. Do not marry for a
home and living when, by taking care
of your health, you can be strong
enough to earn your own living. Do
not 90 with licentious man, as his
words will ultimately prove as the bite
of an adder and the sting of serpent.
Be kind and true to your own sex. If
by chance one should fall to-day, do not
shun her, but help her, as she may be
up tomorrow. Do not let fathers,
mothers or aunts sell you into bondage,
tears and lifelong miseries, which you
alone must endure. Do not meet any
man clandestinely, as it may be to your
sorrow. Do not place yourself habitu-
ally in the society of any suitor until you
have decided the question of matrimo-
nv. Human wills are weak-girls,
especially, often become bewildered, and
do not know their error until it is too
late. Therefore wait until the age of
twenty-three or twenty-five is reached.
If younger you are but children. Get
oil ofI 90,
''good mothers" Settle your head and
make up your mind alone. A word
from good mother will not harm you,
as she is the last and crOwning handi-
work of God, the link connecting heaven
and earth, the endowment of purity,
holiness and heavenly grace, the most
perfect combination of modesty, pa
tience, devotion, affection, gratitude,
and fit for-any high or holy trust. Did
not she watch over you from infancy to
from childhood to girlhood?
And mother is more of mother than
a father is a father. Mother knows
that husbands work is from sun to
sun, and a wife's work is never done.
Forget not, a promise may be made in a
moment of sympathy, or even hall deli
rious ecstacy, which must be redeemed
through years of sorrow, toll and pain
Forget not, he only that is free from
vice is fit to De your companion, and no
other. Drop the company of him at
once who has uttered word unbecom-
ing true manhood, for if a man is
true to himself, then it must follow as
the day the night, he cannot be false to
a woman. As you make your bed, so
you must sleep. Take none that has
ever slandered or betrayed one of your
own sex, or broken a promise. He is
not worthy a wife. nor will he ever be
true to one.