The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-11
Points in Hugging.

A queer case has just come to light in
Chicago. Ayoung man spent an evening
with his girl, and during the evening, while
the family was present in the parlor, he was
a, demure and bland and child-like as could
be wished. The mother came into the room
after the family had retired to get hand
kerchief she had left, and the young man
was seated in chair in The middle of the
room, while the girl was seated on the sofa,
and nothing that the mother could see in
the actions of either led her to think they
were more than passing acquaintance. 1t
seemed to her as though the young people
had met before, but there was evidence that
they were very well acquainted. III night,
after he had gone, the girl complained OF
pain in her side, and in the morning doc.
tor was called, and ne fund that two OF the
girls ribs were broken. How it was done
nobody knew. The girl could not tell for
the lie of her, though she blushed when
asked about 1t, and the mother looked very
wise as she looked at the doctor. The doc.
tor made some inquiries, set the ribs and
went away, and the girl proceeded to re-
cover.
That evening the young man called and
was astonished when informed of the ex-
tent of the girl sinjuries, and wondered bow
It could have happened, though the mother
watched his face close as he spoke and de-
tected not only blush, but profuse per-
SEPARATION on his face. She had been girl
once herself, and though she had never had
any ribs broken she had been Rugged some.
1t was a tIying position TOR all OF them.
The father was away on a trip to Wisconsin
and when he came home the matter had to
be explained 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, and told her
she would be better when she got over It,
and then called the young man into the IL
brary, The young man was so weak lie
could hardly walk, and when he sat down
| he took out his handkerchief and mopped
his brow and wished he was dead. The IA
| Their looked the young man over ana was
sorry. He finally said:
| "Young man, guess | can give you O
few points on hugging. You must hrst
| learn that girl is not constructed on the
same principle of an iron fence or truss
bridge. A girl is delicate piece Of mechan-
| ism, like a fine watch, full OF little springs,
| wheels. Jewels, etc. Tho breaking OF any
| one of these would cause her to cease keep
| ING time and necessitate her being taken to
a ieweler for repairs. In hugging girl
you don't want to go at it as II you were
rakipg and binding, or catching sturgeon
I know that where the family sits up late
with a Young couple and spoils several
precious hours of hugging, that unless the
Young man has a good head when leit
alone with the object of his affection, he Is
liable to oyerdo the matter and try to
make up for lost time. He seems to want
to hug up lot head, and grabs the girl
as though he wanted to break her
in two. This is wrong. You should go
lAlf
fully. and be as gentle as though she was
an ivory fan. The gentle pressure OF the
hand that girl loves even the tough, Is as
dear 10 her as though you run her through
a stone -crusher. You should not grab her
as YOU would bag OF oats, and leave marks
on her that will last lifetime: A loving
woman should not be made to feel that her
life 10 la danger unless ahe wear n, cprst'
made of boiler-iron. hope this will be
lesson 10 you, and hereafter, If you cannot
control your feelings, / will provide
wooden Indian for you TO practice
on at first, until You have develop
ed your muscle and got tired. and then
we can turn your daughter loose In q
room with you and not feel that IL Is
necessary TO keep a surgeon handy: In al
| lowing you 10 keep company with my
dauehter / do not agree to provide you
with a human gymnasium, dressed In
Mother Hubbard wrapper and wearing
bangs. You can readily see that a girl
| would not last a season through IL she had
| TO have ribs set once a week. Please think
this thing over. and II the girl Is well
enough next Sunday You can drop in and
| trv some more ribs. Now You 20 home
| and hug a hat-rack for an hour or two, and
have il repaired in the morning.
The young man went out into the nighl
air. took his hat of to cool his hesd and
hired a man to kick him. Milwaukee
| Sun.