New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-06
Girls Viz Nary Presidents,

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fore she married that the man she mar
RED would one day be president Of the
United States, and that there are letters
now in existence written to friends Of
her youth in which she reiterated the
assertion. = having quite run in tho
papers. and some are inclined to l00k
upon the prediction Of tho girl as mar
velous. We do not look upon It -
marvellous at al. It Is simply one girl
out OF . million guessing right All girls
think the same thing when they get
married. and before. and as somebody
has to DO elected president. about one
girl out OF : million hits it right. 1t 10
safe to say that no girl ever married .
man unless she thought he had the
making OF the smartest man in this
country. That is, where they marry for
love. and are really mashed to begin
with. A girl who is in love with
young fellow. never sees his disadvan-
tages. She feels that by proper tre.t-
ment and advice there is no position in
the world that he cannot gil, in time,
and she decides then and there to put
him in training for tho presidency. No
matter II his head 10 . number six, and
slopes the wrong way, she thinks it viii
h!l out She il going to do her best on
him anyway. Take nine girls in ten
who marry little shrimps or big awk-.
ward boys, and talk to them in conf
dence. and they will tell you that their
husband Il bound to make his mark in
the world, and that he will be president
some day. OF course nearly al Of them
fail. Hundreds that start out with tho
intention Of being president. never get
above working in . paint shop. or max
ing shoes, or driving team, or farming.
They lose their grip before the cam
paign opens. In / short but brilliant
career We have seen hundreds Of young
fellows who started out from the dis
trict school to win the presidency. Up
to this time none Of them have rot there.
They have al got married to girls who
expected them to be presidents, but they
have gone ashore al along the stream
that leads to the White House. One 10
holding down . dry goods box in front
Of store. while his vile supports him,
working in . millinery store. Another
don't do much except on election day,
when he peddles tickets, Or clerks st
tho polls, and makes four dollars, and
lunches that day on herring and crack
ers at grocery. Another IL tending
bar, and ho was the smartest Of tho LOT,
when tho presidential fever was on.
Dozens Of tho boys who never had any
ambition % b. president, arc succeed
ing in business Of various kinds. though
their wives have an, idea yet, that IL tho
husband fails TO b president tho child
ron will. some OF them, take tho cake.
II Is > proud day for woman when she
takes . husband, and thinks how she
win surprise the other girls when she
escorts that husband to the White
House, but how disappointed she IL
when he gets the nomin alton for ward
constable, and then gets beat. She then
begins to realize the horrors Of disap-
pointed ambition. It Is well for girls 70
have high ambition for the men they
marry, but whore thore il such a
enormous supply Of presidential mater
~. and only one Office, It looks 70 M %
though IL would be better to settle on
some smaller Office. say town supervisor.
That u IN ONCE any woman may aspire
70, for her husband. and greater por-
portion win cstch on. When girl mar
1es young fellow and desires to
stimulate biz ambition to become :
statesman. let her point to some super.
visor or alderman, and say to him that
she win never rest contented until hex
husband occupies that exalted position.
Then fellow won't be 20 apt 70 b die.
couraged, but Il you spring tho presi-
dency on him he il apt to lose his cud.
-RecEs SAn.