The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-07-14
A LETTER ABOUr OUR GIRLS
Another K. f.. Cution.
4 Few words About "HraVcn'
Inst and Hest GiIt 10 Man,
''Fce simple and Il simple fee,
And all tue tees entail,
Are nothing when compaIe ed to thee
IAhn.. IL L E.n- L nnnl. -

"Fre simple and Il simple fee,
And gll Tue tees entail,
Are nothing when compare ed to thee
Thou best II .(eeS-fe- mate."
EDITOR MISUNDERSTANDING IL. a. one
would naturally suppose, n very delicate sub
ject, and my present Intention Is To treat II AZ
such for two reason,: First ,-becau'e
every lime | hear the merry peal OF laughter
from one OF 1.-The girla' it carries me back TO
IA day when l shared the joys and the sorrows
Of II little toOisy- woolsy; when to but look
at me was to bring tears to my eyes aud my
heart TO my throat when tie sight % II boy
nearly scared me to death. and when II re-
quired the sanction o. all my klnsm en-, even
down 10 eleventh cousin, to be escorted to II
sewing bee at Sister Ms. As aforesaid.
this all carries me back 10 an age that proba-
bly, was not rs enlightened as this age. bat il
would have been just tie thing for the press"t
SeRer0ttog OF our girls. You may guess thu
riddle IN my last assertion.
Secondly, | intend to touch this subjec'
lightly because Ill Almighty Hand Designed
that nan should bear the heaviest burdens IN
this hfe, and AS the UOmem already have
em0ugh TO bear, | will, therefore, deal geutiJ
with them. You may ask, then. why say
anythingT and ! answer, simply TO show "Oui
boys that glrls have not attained that stan.
durd of "Perfection" which | fear some think
they have. In N advertisement of his gaso-
| line stoves. one o! our enterprising merchants
says, "PerfectiGn is not Il Il relative term, but
is positive anl uneguivocai," and although
our girls are our pride, still we cannot SLY
that their perfection Is positive and unequivu-
cal. Feeling as deeply as | do that | can
svmputhize with our girls Ia every emo
ton, | cannot resist giving them u word.
meaning it only az a gentle reprOGi, and ha-
ping that IL will reach their hearts with the
same kindly feeling which inspires me to
write,
As Old Father Time one more took posses
sion of his blade for 1898. our girls began 10
paint bright ideal pictures of their fun for the
new Leap Year. 1t was only five days after
the girls took possession % THIS year TIM.
they gave their former gallants u leap yeaI
party. No doubt it had lam on the minds uI
these dear creatures for months before this
but January first gave them Il true right I,
WELD the scepler for this year, and you 0al
see that they were not slow III displaying
their power-ulsO their cordial hospitality.
In due time invitations were distributed, tn,
young lad es making their own engagements
The weather an the evening nj the party wa,
exceedingly inclemcnl-one that realty cllle,
for carriages, but the gris fOryot at uboul
tie CaFrtdgeS and | have no doubt that tn,
party would have been forgotten had moi tn,
bows come for them. That is quite Il goo,
showing for the beginning, Pm sure. Well
time, in It's -Uc:,sotcsa TnuderingS, muyrt
right along lnst the same ~ il nuthing Ia,
happened. The girls oycrrame thor bash
iulnnss and Ao0u taey were seen on the street
wearing slick front shirts, turned point go,
lars and the dudes own" c~rnyats. This wa
proof that they were swaying u uuwrgi:
scepter. Think of II AID c0uGt The steps tina
lie between wearing mans apparel aud IA
I handicapped Mother Hubbard, and lie
every boy ask himself if he will ever &c