The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-10-18
Another Rib Broke.

n QuccI CdSo HIS Jus1 SOiho W liS III III
Chicago. A young man spent an even-
ing with his girl. and during the evening
while the family was present in the par
lor, he was as demure, and bland, and
childIike as could be wished. The
mother came into the room, after the
family had retired, to get handker-
chief she had left. and the young man
was seated in 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 pass
ing acquaintances. 1t seemed to her as
though the young people had met be-
fore, but there was no evidence that
they were very well acquainted. All
night, after he had gone, the girl COM
planned of pain in her side, and in the
morning doctor was called, 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 looked
very wise as she looked at the doctor.
The doctor made inquiries, set the ribs
and went away, and the girl proceeded
to recover. That evening the young
man called, and was astonished when
informed of the extent of the girls in
juries, and wondered how it could have
happened. though the mother watched
his face closely as he spoke, and de-
tected not only blush, but profuse
perspiration on his face. She had been
girl once herself, and though she had
never had any ribs broken, she had been
hvunuoH &px, yonSifiops
for all of them. The father was away
on a trip to Wisconsin,, and when he
came home the matter had to be ex-
planned to him. He was told that the
ribs just 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 terri
bly,. 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 SO weak he could hardly W ak,
and when he sat down he took out a
handkerchief and mopped his brow, and
wished he was dead. The father looked
the young man over, and was sorry. He
finally said:
young man, l guess can give you
some points on hugging. You must
first learn that girl is not constructed
on the same principle of an iron fence
or q truss bridge. A girl is Il delicate
piece of mechanism, like fine watch,
full of little springs, wheels, jewels, etc.
The breaking of any one of these would
cause her to cease keeping time, and
necessitate her being taken to q jewelel
for repairs. In hugging a girl you
don't want to go at it AS if you Were
raking and binding, or catching stur
geon. / know that where the family
sits up late, with young couple, ant
spoils several precious hours of hug
ging, that unless the young man has s
good head, when left alone with the OBJ
iect of his affection, that he is liable te
overdo the matter, and try to make ut
for lost time. He seems 10 want to hug
up lot ahead. and grabs the girl as
though he wanted to break her in two.
This is wrong You should 60 at il
calmly and deliberately, even prayer
fully, and be as gentle as though she
was an ivory fan. The gentle pressure
of the hand that girl loves, even the
touch, is as dear to her as though you
run her through a stone-crnsher. You
should not grab her as you would bag
of oats, and leave marks on her tha
will last a lifetime. A loving woman
should not be made to feel that hel
life is in danger unless she wears cor
set made of boiler iron. hope this will
be lesson to you, and hereafter, if yor
cannot control your feelings, l will pro
vide wooden Indian for you to prac
tice on at first, until you have developed
your muscle, and got tired, and then VIZ
can turn our daughter loose in room
with you and not feel that it is necessary
to keep a surgeon handy. In allowing
you to keep company with my daugh
ter, do not agree to provide you witt
human gymnasium, dressed in /,
mother Hubbard wrapper, and wearing
bangs. You can readily see that a gir
would not last season through if she
had to have ribs set once u week.
Please think this thing over, and il
the girl is well enough next Sunday you
can drop in and try some more ribs.
Now you 60 home and hug hat rack
for an hour or two, and have it repaired
in the morning"
The young man went out into the
night air, took his hat off to cool hi!
head, and hired man to kick him.
Peck's San.