The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1883-06-07
SOME SOUND ADVICE.
Abou, Boys Who ID ink The Ar
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mother who resides in a small city at
the North writes to know if the editor Of
this paper can't say something that will
induce her daughter to quit keeping COM
pany with a young man who gets drunk
every time he takes her to a party. If a
mother cannot say anything that will in
duce the daughter to give up an escorzwho
insults her, poor, weak newspaper can
not do any good. The girl has got the
fever too bad, if she will not break off an
engagement with such young man. The
girl should look about her and make in
miries and see if she can find a case in the
experience of her friends where such a
Young man ever made a decent husband
She will not fad such case.
The mere fact of young man taking a
girl to party or buggy ride, and get
ting drunk and humiiating her, and caus-
ing her to depend upon others for her es-
cort home, is one evidence that he has no
respect for her, and she should break off
her engagement and cut him entirely. If
she puts up with such insults now before
She is married, when she is his wife he will
be liable to leave her to look out for her
self and he will get drunk from habit.
tkora l,t41a fl, Of
young fellows in this State who thought it
was smart to take respectable girls to
dances and get drunk, and let the girl ride
home with somebody who kept sober.
The girls would be vexed at the time, but
as the boys were rich and in good society,
the girls got to looking upon the sprees as
good jokes, and they would laugh about it.
We know some Of those girls to-day WHO
are earning living for several little child
rem by hard work While the smart fellows
that got drunk have filed drundard's
graves or have left their wives and are
wanderers on the face Of 'he earth,
Ii a young man loves a girl as he should
love her to marry her, look of disappro-
baton from her of any act of his will be
enough to break him of any habit that he
has that she does not like. If the words
please don't drink, Charlie" from the
lips Of Charles girl, are not enough to
spoil his appetite for herzine Farewell
Charlie, forever" would be the next and
last remark she should ever make to him.
Marry man to reform him has nevef been
a successful enterprise on the part of
woman. Girls are worth too much unmar-
RED to sacrifice their lives to beat sense in
To the head Of any man on Gods foot
stool. Too many girls take the chances of
marrying young man who has an uncon-
poIiaOIe appetite for liquor, thinking that
the surroundings of home will wean him.
Such man does not wear so easv as q
cat He will go home only to sober up
ad then not till the other places are
closed
Five years of such married life viii
make middle aged woman out of the
handSomest, sweetest dispositioned gifI
'n"t mother was ever proud Of. A girl
VIII marry such man hoping that next
year he will be better, but next year he
VIII be worse. The nose WILDE red
the eyes bleared, the clothes carelesslv
Worn and the wife who would have been
such proud and happy mother, with a
husband that had sense, becomes ashamed
70 look at herself in the glass. and had
Almost rather have a fit of sickness than
NC visited by any Of her friends, for fear
1 ner husband will give them all away.
hlSkey may be right in its place, and we
nope II IS, but the place for it is not in the
SVoiiiach OF young man who contem-
pi"'eS hatrlmony, and the girl Who takes
Sucn young man for life, for feai all the
young men will be gone, makes a foolish.
ness OF herself and will regret it as long as
she lives There are sure to be sober bows
enough Tor all the girls, and there isno need
u marrying drunkard, and the girl who
"oes 50 against the advice Of her mother
VIII deserve all the. unhappiness she mar
ries.