The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-11-01
WARNING TO OLD LOVERS,
AN ENGLISH PICTURE, WITH sopIx
mDvLCE THAN ~ WORTH ATTRN-

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How Old Mon .Becouo Infatuated with
fonnE Girls nnd Loso Their Better
Is Elt t2
The London World has the followina
ssPlcy communication, signed ,"Sweet
Sixteen:
- wonder ii you ever condescend
70 accept the i6cas of women on men,
VIII try and draw one picture for Won
/ "hlCh strikes tho feminine mind rs ab-
snrdiy amuslng--the spectacle of n re-
Specialize, elderly, steady.going married
man making TOOL of himself with n
yHm,nG girl. Girls feel happy freedom
WIN man old enough to be their
in'herr, and with daughters older
t!Hn Ihey are themselves; and he on his
Soc Soc am sorry to say, allows himself n
lttle TOO much freedom of manners in
return; Tho young girl puts on, rs you
say nor pretty manners for him, be-
cause she is better brought up than her
brothers, and is taught to bo civil TO oll
com, rS. and tho cldorly gentleman
what OF him? IIo forgots his gray and
! probably bald head, his bulky propor.
tlons and general heavy fathcrish np-
pearal"o. He pulls himself together
! and s'rnis behind his young friond feel
ing again tho young and jaunty beau of
| days Como by. He becomes almost in
solcnt in his depreciation of women Of
| his own nge, especially of his wifo
Sometimes ho is weak enough to imoniuo
that wcro it not for that hard and inst
knot which ties him no might again
enter Tho lists with Younger mcn and
carry of his prize; his elderly and rather
ruhcrnd face glows aud shines with tho
Thought. Every look of the girl who is
the present object Of his heavy alton
tons II transformed by his sclf-concot
INTO token OF admiration. Ho rivrs
her l'ti" presents, which arc received
guShrgiy 10y the young lady, and after
warI shown ny her to her friends, with
Inil%t ana the remark, What a dcac
oII thlhg he Is You know nc was nm
oli lflc''d OF papa whom they were both
young And the girls have n rood.
natn"cd laugh at his expense; for Inc rcts
up correspondence with her, smiles
bln'dIy when he secs lettcr frc n her
and If in the family circle he places if
on ono side, turning tho address inside. |
lest his wife (whO knows all about it, |
and, II sensible woman, only laughs to |
hcrSrIO should sec it. And when alone |
he reads and rc-rcnds tho cpistlc, an.
8wrrS 1t at once and looks out for mn
other with almost the cagcrness of
young lover.
Now, word of advice to my dear,
elderly, -ycars-of-ngo married man,
suck 40 your wlsc aud your own daugh
,crs or nlrces. They appreciate 5ou and
l"Vc You; they know you for what you
arc and do not laugh at your gray hairs
and heavy civiitics. Remember what
you arc all, at yonr age, so apt to forget
that, give you always n ten years start
you grow old just Mt tho snmo rate os
women do; and your pridoin yourself rs
a man is SO great that you often take lit
t!o pains to preserve any of those yonth.
iul Ernces of manner or appearances
which helped you, when Young. to
charm women and win your wife: tRero-
fore Your growing old is often not q
pleasant sight, and your lubbcrly flirto-
tlo"S with young girls mako YOU tho
laughing stock Of your own sex both
young and old. You havo captivntcd
one woman, and by your own acconnt
twenty others were ready to succumh 10
your charms had you given them the
chance. Therefore, you say. 'Whv not
now as evcr?' My dear friend, look in
tho glass; then you will know. And
Dear THIS III mind: We're you freed to-
morrow from tho tic which binds Won No
young girl who is what is called snice'
marrles n man older, perhaps, thnn her
Iathcr, except under strong pressure
from the authorities that be. Parents
may tel! her that the provcrlial old
mans darling gots tho best of hfc-hcr
heart does not respond, and, should her
lceImGs bo ovcrborno, she may. and
oitou does, get the best of it. but sho
never does it of her own free will. md
She always retains more Of the daughter-
ly than of the wifely feeling for her
spouse. And, if Providence is kind nnd
removes tho parental husband she rushes
INTO mntrlmony second time, either
with her old lover or with man of hcr
own age, and they together enjoy the fat
lointnro tho doting old gentleman has
left her, and for which, if she be not
nice, but on the contrary O calculating
young lady who has voluntarily put her
neck under the yoke, she probably mar
ned hlm. Now will bid the dear, bald
headed, grizzly and stout elderly gentle
man goOd-by, and l beg him in the
future to keep up his dignity. Let him
De polite, fntlicrly and kind to his Young
lady friends, but trcspass not on the
lover, and take no absurd liberties in
speech or look, for as sure as he does he
Will get laughed ut aB an old silly behind
his back, if not to his face.