The daily gazette., 1883-10-09
nuGelNa AS A FINE ART.
A Chicago Parents Sensible Advice to a
BIushing Lover.

AtINhhADk A4AhUEN
Milwaukee sun.
A queer case has just come to light IN
Chicago. A young man spent an evening
with his girl, and during the evening, while
the family was present in the parlor, he was
as demure and bland and child like as could
be wished. The mother came into the room
after the family bad retired to get hand
kerchief she had left, and the young man
was eeated In q chair in the middle OF the
room, while the girl was seated on a sofa,
and nothing that the n other could see in the
actions of either led her to think tn y were
more than passing acquaintauces. II seemed
to her as though the young people had met
before, but there was no evidence that they
were very well acquainted. All night, alter
he had gone, the girl complained OF pain
in her side. and in the morning doctor was
called, and he found that .wo of the girls
ribs were broken. How it was done nobody
knew. The girl could not tell for the life of
her, though she blushed when asked about
It, and the mother looked very wise as she
looked at the doctor. The doctor made
some inquiries, set the ribs and went away,
and the girl proceeded to recover,
That evening the young man called and
was astonished when informed Of the extent
of the girls injuries, and wondered how 1t
could have happened, though the mother
wat ched his face close as he spoke and de-
tected not only blush but profuse per-
spiTation on mis- face. She had been a girl
once herself, and though she had never had
any ribs broken she had heen hugged some.
II was a.trying position for all Of them. The
father was away ON a trip to Wisconsin, and
when he came home the matter had to DC ex-
planned to him. He was told that the ribs
lust simply broke themselves, and that
neither the mother nor the girl nor the
young man could account for it, and yet all
| three of them blushed terribly. The father
patted his girl on the head, told her she
would be better when sh got over it, and
then called the young man into the library
| The young man was so weak he could hardly
walk, and when he sat down he took out {
handkerchief and mopped his brow and
young man over aud was sorry. He finally
said:
"Young man, guess l can give yousome
points on hugging You must first learn
that q pirl is not constructed on the samC
principle of an iron fence or a truss bridge
| A girl is delicate piece of mechanism, like
a fine watch, full of little springs, wheels
jewels, etc. The breaking Of any one o
these would cause her to cease keeping time
and necessitate her being sent TO a jewellel
for repairs. In hugging girl you don't wan
to go at It as II you were raking and binding
or catching sturgeon. know that wher
the family sits up late with a young coupl
| and spoils several precious hours OF hugging
that unless the young man has good heaC
when left alone with the object of his atiec
tlon, that he is liable to oYerdo the matte
and try to make up Tor lost time. He seem
TO want to hug up lot ahead and grabs tn
| girl as though he wanted TO break her II
| two. This is wrong. You should go at 1
calmly and deliberately, even prayeriully an,
| be as gentle as though she was an Lgorl
fan. The gentle pressure of the hand tina
a girl loves, even the touch, is as dear Il
her as though you run her through stone
crusher. You should not grab her as yol
would bag of oats, and leave marks on he
that will last lifetime. A LOVING woman
should not be made to feel that her life Is Il
danger unless she wears a corset made o
boiler iron. hope this will be a lesson L
you, and hereafter, If you cannot contro
your feelings, will provide wooden In
dian for you to practise on at first, until yol
have developed your muscle and got tired
| and then we can turn our daughter loose Il
a room with you and not feel that 1t is nece;
sary to keep a surgeon handy. In allowin
you TO keep company with my daughter
do not agree TO provide you with huma
gymnasium, dressed in Mother Hubbar
wrapper and wearing bangs. You ca
readily see that girl would not last Sc
: son through If she had to have ribs set on
' a week. Please think this thing over, al
II the girl is well enough next Sunday yc
can drop in and try some more ribs. No
you go home and hug a hat-rack for
hour or two, and have it repaired in Il
: morning"
The young man went out into the nigl
air, took his hat off to cool his head al
hired man to kick him.