Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-05-16
ADVICE TO GIRLS
Practical InfOrMa ion ON the
Subject of MatrimOny.

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publication of the following. Sh
said that the town was full Of youn,
girls that such an article woul,
benefit. 1t certainly contains
: vast amount of practical truth ant
may be the means of saving som,
young woman from a great deal O.
trouble. 1t is from the pen O
Edward Colnon of the Stockton
Mail and reads as follows:
| cant see, to save my life, why
young ladies take so much after the
dancing and frivolous minded
young men of the country. You
can bring sound, sold, sensible
church going young man out and
stand by his side full-tiedged
dude and tell nine girls out Of ten
to take their choice. and they will
pick the dude eleven times out of
ten. | have seen dude start down
the road and seen one hundred
girls start after him, catch-as-catch
can and -irst-shall have him,
and | never saw such running be-
fore IN my life. Here is a Young
man clerking. We will say he gets
so month. He is a magnificent
sort of peripatetic, perfumed young
man. You have seen and smelled
him, too. know him BY smell
better than | do by sight He
dresses like a prince. His opera
house bill is S25 a month, his wine
bill about $40, his cigar bill $50
his livery bill about $40 and his
board is about $40 mere, for he
boards at frst-class place. | can
count 5000 month it costs to run
that boy. and he is getting only
$40. There was one of that sort
down South in one of our places.
He had a big time with girls.
Presently the proprietor found him
out. put his hand on the lapple of
his coat and said: young man,
where are you getting the money
from to foot all these bills?" He
said his step mother was sending
it to him. Whoever heard of a step
mother sending boy money.
A girl marries that young man.
some time afterward | visit her
home. At the table | see a sad,
detected woman, about twenty-five
years old. She is introduced to me
she says nothing, and after dinner
the good old mother says: That is |
my poor unfortunate daughter She |
married what she thought was a
nice young man, but a few
months ago he left her. He had |
some trouble l never understood
exactly what it was-and he has
run away"
Let me draw the other picture. |
Here is little fellow seventeen
years old now. He comes to town
to work as an office boy, with
wool hat and jeans pants; goes to
Sunday-school and prayer-meeting
every Wednesday night. He works
on, until finally he is put in the
store. He still sticks to the wool
hat and jeans clothes and belongs
to the church. | heard two girl
talking about him. Look at that
old thing; now amt he a sight?
He Is the greatest bore | ever saw
in my life. Why, he belongs to the
church and goes to prayer meeting.
Just look at the old hat and coat.
would not give the flip of my fin
ger for that suit" That young man
clerks on. The next thing | see
aim he is book keeper Of the CON
,ern. He loves God, does right,
md is plain and unassuming. The
next thing l hear Of him he goes
,ut into the country, where he was
'aised and marrles Mary Smith,
me of the plainest and most practi-
al girls in the section. / find him
me of the firm, and In ten years
more | find the mans name at the
read of the firm. He builds an ell
giant mansion. His wife is one of
he best and purest women in the !
.hurch. And they are going along
n grandeur and beauty. That
larry Smith that married this Mr.. I
Thompson knows where her hus-
,and is.
Listen. girls. You die BY the
7ool hat sort. They will take care
f you when the spider-legged dudes