The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-11-17
KISSES on INTEREST,
An Old Mans Curtain Lecture To tho Youpp
Indy Known as .'Sia."

Come here, sis, and sit down beside me
ana Let ME give you little talking
to. That is right. Sit clear at the other
end of the sofa. 1t makes more room for
my gouts and corns, besides being good
habit for young lady TO become addicted
to. Always pander to this habit and YOU
will in time find yourself walking through
green meadows and beside the still waters
Of selfrespect. You may be walking
alone, to be sure, but will have fewer
lawn dresses to do up on Monday morn.
ing. | wish TO speak to you of your
mother. 1t may be you have noticed
careworn look upon her face lately. or
course 1t has not been brought there by
any act OF yours. still it is you duty to
chase it away. don't mean for yon to
run Mt it and shake your skirt and tell it
to "shoo." rs you would hen, nor do |
expect you TO get on the other side ofthe
fence and throw old oyster cans and
pieces of barrel slaves at it, as you did at
the COW yesterday. But want you to get
breakfast, and when your mother comes
down and begins to express her Burpriao
60 right up to her and kiss her on the
mouth. You don't imagine how it will
brighten her dear face. Besides, YOU
owe her kiss or two. Away back. when
you were little girl, she kissed you
when no one else was tempted by your
fever-tainted breath and swollen face.
You were not as attractive then as YOU
are now. And all along through these
years of childish sunshine and shadows
she was always ready to ouTe, by the
magic of mothers kiss, the little dirty,
chubby hands whenever they were in
Jured in those first skirmishea with this
rough old world. And then the
midnight kisses with which she has
routed so many bad dreams, as she leaned
above your restless pillow, have all been
on Interest these long, long years. OF
course she is not SO pretty and kissable
as you are, but you had done your share
of the work during these last ten years
! the contrast would nc: be 90 marked.
Her face has more wrinkles than yours,
far more, and yet if you were sick that
face would appear to you to be far more
beautiful than an angels, as it hovered
over you, watching every opportunity to
minister 10 your comfort, and every ono
OF these wrinkles would seem TO be bright
wavelets OF sunshine chasing each other
! over the dear old face. She will leave
you one ofthese days. Those burdens. if
if not lifted from her shoulders. will
break her down. Those rough, hard
hands that have done so many unueces.
sary things for you will be crossed upon
her liieless breast. Those neglected lips
that gave you your first baby kiss will be
forever closed, and those sad, tired eyes
will open in eternity, aud then you will
appreciate your innther, but it will be
too late. There, there. don't cry; she
has not left you yet. She is down in the
kitchen stringing beans for dinner, and
if you feel SO badly yon might go down
and finish them, and let her change her
dress and rest an hour before dinner
you might do up the dishes while she
takes Il little nap. Then you might take
down her hair and do it up for fer.
You need not wind j. over you finger
and fuss to make little spit curls rs you
used TO do with yours but give it good
brushing and wind it up gently and ten.
derly, as if you enjoyed doing it for her
The young man down in the parlor cap
wait until you have performed these
duties. If he expresses any impatience,
you may explain to him that you feel
under more obligations to your mother
than you do TO him. If this does not
seem to satisfy him, ask him how many
times he has got up in the middle
of the night to warm peppermint for you
when You were dying with tho collie, or
how many hours be has carried you up
aud down the room just because you
would not be quieted in any other way?
Ask him to repeat Mother Hubbard
backwards, and if he is unable to do it,
il will be proof positive that he is not
the one that has repeated it, and explain
ed to you 100 times. Chatechisc him
to find out if he is the one who gave yon
the black silk dress, and sat up at
night to make it while you were off hav-
ing good time. Corner him up and
make him admit that he went without q
new bonnet last Winter that you might
enjoy IL Si2 one that you admired so
much. Wiring from him p confession
that he has stitch in his side, brought
there by doing up your finery week after
week. Then show him out the front
door, put on calico apron, and go out
and help you mother pick currents for
jelly, and l guarantee you will think
more ofyourself, the world will think more
of you, and you will be happier and
better for having done so.-Pecps Sun.