The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-12-10
sweetiy Solemn Thoughts.
Peck's Sun.

feck'S Sun-,
 4 young lady of seventeen writes to IA Sss for adyice. She says she is in lore with three young men. and does not krov which of them to choose. When she is with one, at party or anything, she thinks he IS too nice for any kind of use, and feels as though she could leave her father and mother and cieave to him. bu, fl one of the others comes around, she feels a sudden longing to fly to his arms. and would go to the end of the earth with him. and if he asks her to dance, she is too happy to live, and then if the third should ask her to allow hun to see her home. she would leave the one ,ha, brought her, and le, the third one escost her home, and be 70 happy, and she does not know what to do about choosing either of them for a companion for life. Well, darn a fool! 7ne Ssn does pot desire to SC, itself up as an in- telhgence office. bu, when anybody asks advice on any subJeo, that we can md ou, about, by inquiring among the neigh t.ors, we shall put in word where ii will GO the mos, good This girl does not szy how she feels when the rest ei the community. aside from the three young xcn. are around. but she would psob- ably follow of anything that wore pants The first advice would be for her to go to Ge drug store and ge; box of worm lofenges. or d bottle of verInifuge. She s.As not had the nrst symptom of love. Ter mother wants 10 ire worm medicine cown her. and sole leather slippers across he.. and take her up by the collar and po,onalse and sei her down on 4 kitchen chair til the filling viii drop out nt her uoper teeth. and take her across her knee and make Iler ic:.syet riTc oi tongs that she imagines she is in love W,;h. and send her ,o female college vnere see can learn the rudiInenis. The g:r! should never be allowed 10 look al :. r.ale person until she IS twenty years old. because she has got no sense ihe idea of calling this symptom that she has, love. IS an insult to every glri that ever sas really and truly in love. When s.rl IS in love. regular sporadic love, with 10 vauolold symptoms she canno, re- sember that there is any oiAeT person on earth except the one she loves. II the srl was in lore with one of those young toosters. the other two would seem 10 her ,o be nothing but tobacco signs. When >ae ~as ~i,h-the one she Mas gone on. 4nd he had hold of her hands. II would seem as though she had hold of gal s~Fiie battery and she could mol !e' go. ard when she tsok hold of the hand of one of the others il would seem to her as though she was catching frogs. If her oestes," had his arm around her Tn a dance, or en the parlor sofa, Il would s-tr.l ,o her as though there was glue on i sleeve, and she would think the world s'As coming 10 an end. ard she wouldn't care how soon Il occurred, while fl one of tae other fellows was there, she would have no more interest Tn the proceedings t'ar as though II was dummy that lands in front uf a clothing store, that tad its sleeve around her. The thoughts cf seeing the one she loved, If she could noi see him for three months. would be ke glimpse of the northern lights. while the presence of one of the other sa,oots would seem like fog tha, shuts o.t the face of nature. The presence of feI lover would be like the rising of the sGn ou; of the lake or beautiful morn- Ing. while the thoughts of a Nisi; from one oi the others would seem like a cloudy Ga, with ram and leet A letter from ,se true lover containing only the words. Darling. love you" would be to her ike book iilled with the choices; words F the language. while voluminous let ter from one of the others. would seem ike a las, years almanac. A poor. dead and dried up flower that her lover had i.ven her would be more beautiful than ise contents of whole hot-house. given er by another. The sound of his step CT the floor would send thrill of pleas -gS. io her ,ery soul. while that of another would be noticed no more than If Ii were To: heard. One look from the one she ;r-!y loved would please her better than ne mos, devoted attention from all the rest of ,he men on earth. Now. this IS nat ~e are told. and |, looks mighty seasonable. and the conclusion IS that the srl who seeks advice does no; know wha: ,.ils her, and she had better drop ;ae whole three. and ask her mother ..oou; II. What mother can't tell girl ..ooui love. she does mol need 10 know.
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