Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-08
LESSONS IN LOVE.
Sound Advice 20 Young Ladies'
Who DO Not Wish 10 Live In a
state Of single Cuss- or Bless
edness.
Don't love too many at once.

Don't love too many at once.
Don't do your spooning in public.
Travel on trains that go through the
most tunnels.
Give your brother tafy and get him
to bed before the chap calls.
Reeollect that a wedding ring on
your finger is worth t good many in
your mind.
If you have any objection TO tobacco,
say so in time, or hold your tongue forN
ever after.
Try to find out by some means
whether your intended can earn a de-
cent living for two.
Don't fall in love with a man on ac-
count Of a stunning ulster. OF what
use will that be next July.
Keep an extra chair within civil
distance of the one you and your
lover occupy, for lear Of q sudden
SUI prise.
BE reasonable, don't expect a MAJ
working for eight dollars a week TO
furnish you with reserved seats at the
opera every other night.
Don't be afraid to show the man Of
your choice that you love him, pro
vided Of course, he loves you. Love
is a double sided sort Of concern and
beth have a part to play.
Don't try to bring too many %suitors
to your feet They have feet as we'll
as you, aud you may see one pair Of
feet walking of from you some day
you would be very glad to call back,
Keep your temper if you expect
your other~hall>in law to keep his.
If he doesn't suit you, give him his
ticket-o leave. If you do not suit
him, don't expect him to put up with
your humors.
1t is said lovers quarrels always
end with kisses. This is partly true,
but II you are not careful those little
spats you indulge in may end in the
kisses you covet being given to some
other girl.
Hand in the names Of your father
and mother to be prayed for at
"meetin'," so they may be converted
aud 20 to church Sunday nights in.
stead Of staying at home to help you
entertain people.
Deal carefully with bashful lovers,
lead them gradually to the given point
-(of proposal of course,) but don't let
them suspect what you are at, or they
might faint on your hands or 60 crazy
on the spot.
II possible try to suit your sisters,
cousins, aunts, grandfather ,neighbors,
friends and aoquaintances when you
happen to fall in love. If you cant
suit them all don't worry, for the
thing has never been done yet.
Don't imagine that a husband can
live as a lover does-on kisses ant
moonlight. He will come to his neal
as hungry as a bear, and any littl.
knowledge OF cookery you can pick u
during courtship is about the best pro
vision you can make for future happi
ness.
Remember that nature has put ever
man under the necessity of having
mother, and the latter is not 10 an
way to blame if she is regarded as tn
bitter part of a sugar coated mstrimo
NAL pill. Ifyou feel duty bound t
be her sworn enemy, postpone tina
duty till you know something abOu
her.
If you use powder don't give your
self away. For instance, it would b
well to spread a handkerchief over tn
shoulder of his broad cloth coat be
fore you lean thereon. He will be to
green, depend on it, to suspect tn
reason. If his mustache happens t
look a little pOwdery, there are sever'
ways in which it could be brushed Of
Don't seek advice ia love affair
from an old maid who has been crosse
in love; q bachelor @ho has bee
Tilted; a woman who married her hu:
bands pocket book, or a man VIII
happens to be hen pecked. Don.
coDdde in your girl friends; to keep
secret in a love affair would kill then
Don't consult your minister, bel
have the marriage fee in view.
you go to your family physician b
will tell you your liver is affected i
place Of your heart. Above all thing
don't seek advice Of an editor. No
that there is anyone more competent
more willing or more anxious to oblig
people than no is, but then mistake
will occur in the best regulate,
printing Offices, and If your letter @
tender grievance should happen to ial
into a luokless compositor's hands
your whole story might be out in tim
for breakfast next morningl Only 10
the danger of such mishaps editor
would be delighted to take a hand il
love affairs. Time often hangs heavl
on their hands. q pile Of such romsnti
documents would DO worth a dozel
"Endymions." But don't trust them
girlsl They'd give you dead away, 10.
those letters would get mixed in Will
the reports of political and temperance
meetings just as sure as daylight
Then your big brother would be hum
for shooting the editors, and there'l
no telling where the thing would end
II you must get instructions from
somebody, why not ask your mothe.
how she managed things with you
father. True love don't run an!
smoother now than it did in older
times, and since she knows how it i
herself, we can't think, just now, o
any one better able to advise you,
A Scrap OF History.
Jonesboro Journal.