The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-10-11
Anaegspn Jntglli9eNGey,
IIugglng as Il Fine Art.

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A queer case has just come TO light in
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 demurc and bland and
child like as could be wished. Tie
mother came into the room after The
family had retired to get handkerchief
she had left, and the young man Was
seated in n 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 acquaintan-
ccs. 1t seemed 10 her as though the
young people had met before, bu, there
was no evidence that they were very well
acquainted At night after he had gone,
the girl complained Of pain in hei side,
and in the morning a doctor Vas 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 buahcd when
asked about it, and the mother looked
very wise as she looked at the doctor.
The doctor made some inquiries, set the
ribs and went away, and the girl pro-
ceeded to recover.
That evening the young man called
and was astonishcd when informed OF
the extent Of the girls injuries, and
wondered how it could have happened,
though the mother watched his face close
as he spoke and detected not only Il
blush but prolusc Precipitation on his
face. She had been Il girl once herself,
and though she had never had any ribs
broken she had been hugged some. 1T
was a trying position for all of them.
The father was away on q trip to WIS
consin, and when lie came home thc
matter h,.d to be explained to him. lie
was told that the ribs just simply broke
themselves, and that neither the mother
nor tho girl nor the young man could
account for it, and JET al three OF them
b!rshcd terribly. The father paltci hi.
girl on the head, told her she would ht
better when she got over it, and thcl
called the young man into the library
The young man was so weak he cou,
hardly walk, and when he sat down h,
took out handkerchief and moppcd hi
brow and wished he was dead. The
father looked the young man over az,
was sorry. He finally said:
young man, guess l can give yol
some points on hugging. You must frs
learn that girl is not constructed on th'
same principle Of al iron fence or :
truss bridge. A girl is delicate piece
Of mechanism, like fine watch, full o
little springs, wheels, jewels, &c Th'
breaking of any one Of these woul,
cause her to cease keeping time and ne
cessitate her being taken to u jcwelcr to
repairs. In hugging girl you don
want to 60 at it III if you wero rak!ni
and binding or catching sturgeon.
know that where the family sis up lut'
with young couple and spoils scvcra
precious hours Of hugging, that unlcs
the young man has good head whel
left alone with the object Of his affection
that he is liable to ovcrdo the matter ant
try to make mp for lost time. He Seems
to want to hug up a lot ahead and grab
the girl rs though he wanted to brcal
her in two. This is wrong. You shoul,
go at it calmly and deliberately. ever
praycrfully, aud be rs gentle rs though
she was IN ivory fan. The gentle press
ure Of the hand that girl loves, ever
the touch, il as dear to her as though yol
run her through n stone crusher. 70,
should not grab her rs you would bnl
Of oats and leave marks OH he, that vii
last a lifetime. A loving woman shoult
not be made to feel that her lie il il
uhlCSS suC NChio u tVitSt hhAS v
boiler iron. hope this will be n lessor
to you, and hereafter, if you cannot con
troll your feelings, I will provide wood
en- Indian for you to practice OH ut first
until you have developed your muscle
aad got tired, and then we can turn on
daughter loose in room with you ant
not feel that it is necessary to keep ,
surgeon handy. In allowing you to kecl
company with my daughter DO no
agree to provide you with human
gymnasium, dressed in Mother Hub
bard wrapper and wearing bangs. iol
can readily see that II girl would not las
season through If she had to have rib
set once q week. Please think this thing
over, and if the girl is we'll enough mex
Sunday you can drop in and try SOM
mora ribs. Now, you so home and hu!
q hat rack for an hour or two and hav
it repaired in the morning"
The young man went out into tin
night air, took his hat of to cool III;
head and hired n man to kick him.
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