The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-11-01
WARNING TO OLD, LOVERS,
AN ENGLISu PICTURE, WITH sOHIR
mnVlCE THAT ~ WORTH ATTRN.
Row Old Mon Become Infatuated. with
honnR Girls nud Loso Their Better
Judgment,

How Old Mon Become Infatuated with
SonnR Girls mud Lose Their better
Judgment.
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The London World has the following
sPlcy communication, signed "Sweet
Sixteen": 00'
II wonder if you over oondesoend
TO accept the ideas of women on men
WI try and draw one picture for YOU
winch strikes tho feminine mind rs ab-
! snrdiy nmusing--the spectacle of a re-
Specialize, elderly, steady-going married
man making TOOL of himself with a
S"mnG girl. Girls feel happy freedom
whh man old enough to be their
imn'hef, INNER, and with daughters older
'''" 1hey are themselves; and he on his
SiuS, nt., am sorry to say, allows himself
htlie 100 much freedom Of manners i'm
return. The young girl puts on, os Won
| say, her protty mannors' for him. be-
Gauss she is better brought up than her
brothers, and is taught to bo civil TO nil
com, rs. and tho cldorly gentleman -
whit Of him? IIo forgcts his gray and
probably bald head, his bulky Dropor.
tons and general heavy fathcrish ap-
pcaral"o. Ho pulls himself together
and struts behind his young fricnd, feel
ing hGHln tho young and jaunty bean of
days Gono by. He becomes almost in
Sol"ht IN his depreciation Of women of
ms own age, especially OF his wifo
| S"m"tlmrS ho is weak enough to imagine
| that Wcro it not for that hard md fost
knot Which ties him no might again
enter the lists with younger mcn md
carry of his prize; his elderly and rather
rnhic'lnd face glows aud shines with tho
thought. Every look of tho girl who is
the Present object Of his heavy alton
tons - transformed by his sclf,concoit
INTO n token of admiration. IIo giycs
her IL II" presents, which arc received
G"Sh' ,&Iy ny the young lady, and after
"nrI shown ny her to her frionds, with
lnm"h ana the remark, What dca-
"I1 tnlhg he Is You know ne was nm
oin lr'ci'd OF papa whom they were both
young, And the girls have n rood.
nnt""rd laugh at his expense; for ho rcts
up II correspondence with her, smiles
hlnG'Iy when he secs lettcr frc n her
and II in the family circle he places if
ON ono side, turning tho address inside.
lest his wife (who knows all about if
and, II sensible woman, only laughs to |
hcr5rID should sec it. And when alone |
ne r'ai and rc-rcnds tho cpistlc, M.
swcrs it mt once and looks ont for on.
other with almost the cagcrncss of n
youm" lover
"Aow, word of advice to nv dear
elderly, hity-ycars-uf-nge married mnn
Stick 90 Your wife aud your own daugh.
tcrs or nirccs. They appreciate Won md
love you; they know You for what Won
nrc and do not laugh Mt your gray Enirs
and heavy civilitics. Remember Whit
YOU arc all, ut your age, so upt to forget
that, give you always n ten wears start
you grow old just Mt tho unmo rute os
women do; and your pride in yourself os
a man is so great that you often take it,
We pains to preserve anyO those youth- !,
iul grnces of manner or appcnrunc,,
which helped you, when Young tn
charm women and win your wife: there, !
fore Your growing old is often not n
pleasant sight, and your lubbcrly nirtn-
tlo''S with young girls mako you tho
nnFn''5 h'orT Oh Your own sex, both
young and old. You havo captiyotcd
one woman, and by your own account
twenty others were ready to succumb TO
your charms had you given them the
chance Therefore, you say. 'Why not
now as everr My dear friend, look in
tho glass; thcn you will know ana
bear this in mind: We're Won freed to.
morrow from tho tic which binds Won M
young girl who is what is called .uicc,
marries man Older, perhaps, than her
father. except under strong pressure
from the authorities TINT be. Parents
may tell her that the provcrbial 'oll
mans darling gets tho best of lifc-hcr
ncnrt does not respond, and. should her
1rellngs DO ovcrborno, she may, and
ofton does, get the best of it, but she
never does it Of her own free will md
she always retains more of the daunLtcr.
~ than of the wifcly feeling for her
spouse. And, if Providence is kind ond
removes tho parental husband she rushcs
INTO mntrlmony second time, either
with her old lover or with n man of her
own age, and they together enjoy the fat
l"mturc tho doting old gentleman has
left her. and for which. if she be not
NICE, but on the contrary calculating
young lady who has voluntarily put her
neck under the yoke, she probably mar
RED him. Now / will bid The dear, bald.
headed, grizzly and stout elderly rcntlr-
man good-by, and l beg him in the
future to keep up his dignity. Let him
be polite, fatlicrly and kind to his Young
lady friends, but trcspass not on the
lover, and take no absurd liberties in
speech or look, for rs sure rs he does he
will get laughed Mt as m old silly behind
his back, If not to his face.