Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-10-11
HuggiRg as a Fine Art.
A Chicago PARENTS Sensible Advice to
Blushing Lover.

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 de-
mure and bland and child.like as
could he wished. The mother came
into the rom after the family had
retired to get a handkerchief she had
left, and the young man was seated
in a chair in the middle Of the room,
while the girl was seated on sofa,
and nothing that the mother could
see in the actions OF either led her to
think they were more than passing
acquaintances. 1t seemed to her as
though the young people had met
before, but there was no evidence that
they were very we'll acquainted. At
night, after he had gone, the girl
complained Of pain in her side, and
in the morning a doctor was callei,
and he found that two 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 locked 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 lniormed
Of the extent Of the girls injuries,
and wondered how it could have hap
pened, though the mother watched
bis face close as he spoke and detect
ed not only blush but a proiuse
perspiration on his face. She had
been a girl once herself, and though
she had never had any ribs broken
she had been hugged some. 1t was
trying position for all OF them. The
f,ther was away on a trip 10 Wlscon-
sin, and when he came home the
matter had to be explained to him
He was tod that the ribs just simply
broke themselves, and that neither
the mother ror the girl nor the young
man could account Tor it, and yet al!
three Of tn N blushed terribly. The
father patted his girl on. the head,
told her she would be better when
she got over it, and then called the
young man into the library. The
young man was go weak he cond
hardly walk, and when he SAT dowp
he took out handkerchief and mop
| ped his brow and wished he was dead.
The father looked the young man
over and was sorry. He finally
said:
1" Young man, guess can give
you some points on hngging. You
must first learn that girls moi con
structed on the same principle Of az
iron fence or a truss bridge. A cir
is delicate piece Of mechanism, like
fjne watch, fall ol little springs
wheels, Jewels, g.. The breaking OF
sg 81 d}hese as would a ifanse h:f t.
her being tase' to .isweter TOT roT r
pairs Ia hagsins a girl, yon dom
van: to go al it Az i! you were rak
i z aLi o;ndIng Or catching sturgeon.
know that where tile family sI;a u
iaLe with yonng c:upe and s?ols
sev-rai precious hours Of TN .ging,
that unless Tue yonng u !. has y good
head whtn lett aloGs with the object
oi his affection, thai be IS liable 10
overdo the matter and tIy to make
ui1 for lost li;Ee. lie seems tc want
to hing up lot ahead aLd grats the
girl AS though he wan!ei 10 brea&
ber in t*o. i"is !s wrong. Io.
,hauld 60 IT il 'aialy and deibe,-
a'ely, even lrayslld!ly, and he as
g~HlIe .;e aou2'i ,@a WAS an IVORY
fan III. s~n'. pressure oi ihr
h:ud III 1;t iov,a, sven the ;ouch,
is as IT,: - III as though you ran
&c: Ihrru..h a stone crusher. lou
should lot graL ile. rs you wouid
bag of OATS Ard Leave IN r.s on hel
iIai will last 1t Lifetime. A loving
s"n4n -Lo;ld act be made to feel
1T; Ler lie Is ~ danger unless she
wears a corset male Vi boiler iron
hope tits will b. Il lesson to you,
aa'l hereafter, il you cannot control
yonr t-e.;ng' l wlI p:ovide wood
cn Indian Tor you to practice on at
hrsF, until you have developed your
uusc!e and got tired, and then We
eau iurn cur daughter loose in
room with you aMd not feel that it is
necessary to keep surgeon handy.
In allowing you to keep company
with ny daughter | do rot agree to
provide you with a human gymua.
siam, dressed in q Mother Hubbard
wrapper and wearing hangs. You
can readily see that girl would not
last season through if she had to
have ribs set once week. Please
think this thing over, and if the girl
is we'll enough next Sunday you can
drop iii ard try some more ribs. Now,
you go home and hug Il nat rack for
an hour or two and have it repaired
in the morning"
The young man went ont into the
night air, took his hat oil to cool his
head aud hir d man to kick him
--Mlvo"kee SIN.