The Red Cloud chief., 1881-06-09
IlOu ;ellold Discoveries.

extravaganza. Because she is extrava
giant. it does not follow that she i
heartlesS. Extravaganza may be tht
result OF unwise training, ignorance o
the value of money, social inexperience
may exist with heroic traits. Ever
that which is called ~coluetry and flirt
ing is often but the development O
mental brilliancy. social tact and til,
amiable desire 10 please. She who win!
all hearts is often capable OF an intens,
aud lifelong devotion. / have in mine
a young girl, exceedingly fair. accom-
pliShcd, graceful, witty, at once adj
mired and beloycd-but a little wiilfu
withal, vet always gentle and gracious
III high hats ruled, hers scared aloft un
rivaied. Panicrs rose. and she wore
OSsa On Pelion piled. Women scolded,
and the more venerable, even amona
her male admirers, suggested that she
would be ridiculed on the street. She
received their remonstranceS wilh un
varying sweetness, and Immediately put
4 French roof on the hat, and added 8
new puff on the panicr. | do not men
ton this admiringly. | wish the little
mink had had more sense or better
taste. But cainot deny that present
", when trouble came, when her whole
fortune was swept away, she went tC
the front as suave and smiling Us ii il
were but putting another feather to heI
cap. she never adjusted a silken fold
more deity or more calmly than she
set about self-support, and nothing in
her days of ease and wealth became hel
like the dignity. the determination. thC
self-rcspect and the simple grace of hel
poverty.
What a girl will do for necessity will
she not do for love? If she will doom
herself to d~isagrceablc or uninterestina
toll rather than be dependent on rela
tives, will she not accept the cares ol
housekeeping for the joys of home
making. Ali believe me
=. The fault. dear Rrutus. is not in the girls
But in yoursclveS. thIt You are undcrlings.'
You are not noble enough, not manly
enough to make the girls satisfied with
you. They want 4 clearinghouse life
because You are too selfish, stupid, sOr
did TO be of yourselves interesting.
Nine out of ten, ni%nety-nine out OF a
hundred girls would like nothing better
than home and husband. They love
beauty and refinement, but their hearts
are not set on pomp. With a husband
who loved them, who ma lie them com.
Portable, who commanded their admira.
ton as well rs won their love, they
would receive and render an undying
happiness. They arc quite willing To
begin at the foot of the ladder, but they
want it to be n ladder and not an ..un-
interrupted fiat"
1t is the extravaganza of girls that
stands in the way of marriage, but ale
the young men verify guiltless? As
between boarding and housekeeping,
the comfort will come chiefly to the
man. the care to the IN In her
boarding house she has freedom and
good clothes, against which there is no
law. I'm his narrow home. at the foot
of the laider, to which he has as yet. it
seems, vainly invited her, she will have
trouble. and toll, and calico; and worse
still the calico becomes quickly tumbled
and soiled. What will her husband
give in exchanges? A young mans idea
vi IpNt III Al IoSJStSC .l'tiiltNS u VIZ tVh-
table. bright silver, tidy rooms, and q
smiling wife, in a dainty white dress,
with a rosebud in her hair. But love
will not stay in n cottage unless the
silver be rubbed. The snow-white
bread has 10 be baked, and a coal stove
is n deadly foe TO white dresses, the
gown cannot be "done up at
the laundry short of two dollars, or at
home without ut least a half days work.
During the late discussion of the
on tobacco. 4 customer asked 4
to~bacconist if the expected increase of
the tax had materially diminished the
trade. mo, sir," said the grocer, a
philosopher without knowing it. "men
use tobacco. If il was women it would
be different, but men will have it,"
When Lucy condeScends from her
home of ease. if not of a~fliuence, will
Edward give up his cigar? When she
begins al the foot of the ladder, will
he honestly begin there to? He shall
not, for instance. expect a rich mans
dinner on 4 poor mans table. Having
discoursei so wisely on simple fare. he
shall partake of it cheerfully. He shall
see sundays steak in Mondays hash,
with gladness and singleress of heart.
4 woman thinks as much of her dress
as a man of hi; dinner, and if he asks
Der TO curtail in the one. let him curtail
in the other. And when she has suited
herself to his ~eyigencies, his practice
shall not give the lie to his theories.
He shall not compel her TO make her
gowns, and then lavish his adj
.iration on his neighbor who imports
all her dresses from Paris. Therei is not
The smallest use in eXhorting wives to
stay plain and sober at the foot of the
if husbands are to be forever
towering around the gav-plumed
birds who are twittering at the
1t does not signify how much
, man says or even thinks. that he
owes simplicity and his fireside, so
ong as that which really attracts
md moves him is glitter and fashion
md show. II girls love boarding-houSes
,ather than homes, it is because they
more attention there. Let the hus-
,and outshine and outServe the gallant.
let him give tenderness for attention.
he watchfulneSs of love for the watch
illness OF s~eif-love, protection where
'nce he only asked permission. When
he little hands have become rough and
lard in his service let him bate no jot
If fondness, but touch them just as
enderly, seeing the delicacy and shape
mess which once made them beautiful,
till living soft and lovely under the
mask ~wherewithal he has forcedthem to
Be you. dear friend. upright, high
minded. Interesting. commanding, un-
and when YOU fall in love with
nice girl, make her fall in love with
-ou. and be sure these boarding house
;pecters will vanish in thin air before
he actualities of an honest and hon.
'srly-protfered living afTect'on.-Gai
ia Household Magazine.
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lavy. has not seen the ocean or a ship
~ urar for tho Lost forty roars