San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-06-02

it would b. recognized asthni Of ono 81
our m~t interesting aud nc"mpli, he'd
young ladies. Our readers will be glad
10 learn that "; are PROMISED weekly
letters irom tho same graceful baud
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My DEAR VI The sun shines and
its rays are never weary-they dart
down between the thick leaves OF our
stately o ks, aud penetrate every shad'
owy nuok aud corner OF the ynrl; dim
rcce-scs, that might claim exemption
from Their very obscuriiy, are brilliant
in the blaze OF this four O'Clock demon,
Sol is n geuerou. old fellow, aud Ger
tainly not cbary OF his beams on day
like ihis-where he cannot eater himself
ha sends his satellites, Glare and Heat,
who told everything in their broad en-
brace, and defy even thick walls aud
curtuined windows What IL mrrciless
critic this god OF d,y is! lilo not only
magni6es every blemish but moditics
every churin-a room must needs To well
swept and garnished, and face very
frank and fresh, to stand his searching
gaze, and not finch. | have seen grease
spots with the mortified energy Of de-
lection hide behind. chairs and tables
to escape bis pitiless rays, and let me
tell you, that If a man can serenely
meet your eye iD the broad glare Of day
with every tell tale line and changing
hue wildly brought out-can meet your
eye bravely, unfulterinxly and honestly
you can trust him, he has no unwhole
some secrets.
But you will begin to think that this
lunIinary has fascinated my pen TO the
exclusion Of all other subjects; aud re-
Numbering that he is yet three hours
high, will settle yourself to sun
burnt discourse of one hundred and
eighty minutes duration. ra. 'e..
TO step as it were from tho Equator
to the North Pole, will freeze You iu-
to'a statue'ot envy, by treating you to a
description Of the deliciou, ice cream
VIC have daily within our reach for the
mere trouble of walk and trife oil
filthy lucre" after you get there. lus
few words We have an ice cream saloon.
You will say this is treating you to ice
cream not 10 substance but in shadow,
and | will tell you for your consolation
that the shado,o is often better than
the substance. Not 80 in this case
however. After wandering around the
heated Plaza, this clean, dark, iucon
spicuous little retreat comes up,n you
like an oasis IN the desert; and as you
sit, cool and retired, slipping at leisure,
from the daintiest OF china saucers,
with siiOer spoon the nic,st, richest.
best favored cream ever made. you feel
that next to the one who introduced
this dainty into society. you can offer no
more fitting ciadilate for inmoitali-
z,tion, than the man who introduced
it into our town-may he live long and
prosper, L
Our town"-of course you want to
know what is going on 10 it, and being a !
woman you will be glad to know that
are coming off, and coming
on too, There never was time
in the annals of the plac-, when !
dirtations were more serious, Or love-
making moro general. In the spring I
you know "a young mans fancy lightly !
turns to thoughts of love- as tho sum
mer grows it deepens, ard the autumn :
inds it SO so matured and the light
thought turned so grave that merry :
,lamor of wedding bells gives the sweet
'olemn touch. and makes of fond dream j
! bright reality. So in the fall | may
lave TO record not few happy unions
md describe not q few handsome brides. p
The grooms-poor things-all look alike, >
uere units in the ceremony, made up
t suit OF broadcloth white tie and o
ca red expression.
| was oct at church a few Sundays
90 and was 90 bewildered by the many
nd lovely new bonncts. that did NOT
,cover for a week. l tried for two
hole days afterwards, to recall the
Minister'S text. but without success. |
o not think really That we ought to
AXE display of rich dressing in Gods
[ouse, for we too often ior.et where
Q are, and think only of the admira-
on we excite, or rather, hope to excite.
think if all would adopt simple, neat,
I'd very quiet toilet our devotions
ould be more earnest and our thoughts a a
IS diverted. | admit though that 1t W.
just little bit Of sacrifice to debar tie
resell from the qualification of sitting. 'n
rayed IN ones very best, for two hours
more, under the silent but of course :
lmiriug glances OF countless eyes. mas
lime and and feminine but to sin. AZ AZ
rely enter into the Sabbath services, o..
=, 81, POI
u must leave your self that self which Gi
tyranicallsy absobrs all one thoughts an
the exclusion OF better thiugs-with rI
silly longings, its wicked cnjoyings. =
ID petty aims, at the church door.
d bring into the inner portal only the
irit purified from thoughts of Earth iiS
a made meet TO commune with its a., ..,