The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-05
NIe are wanting the strengLh

as they continue sincere and
they form undoubt-
edly one of the. greatest bless
ings we can enjoy.
It is said that the head of a
large linendraper's establishment
has forbidden his saleswomen to
wear dress-improvers. On be-
ing interviewed ON the subject,
he explained his action as follows
Every woman wearing a 1ress-
improver adjusts it at least five
times a day. it tekes her a
minute each tim s and she thus
loses five minutes a day. One
hundred and twenty-five women
will consequently lose six hun
dred and twenty-five minutes.
which is over tel hours. These
ten hours have to pay tor, and
we are consequently out OF pccE'
G. to that amount"
a well-huown professor of
natural science married recently
and took his young wife to II
meeting of a learned society
Another eminent professor of the
same branch Of learning took
pity on the evident shyness OF
the bride, aid came up to her
whereupon she - fishing, per
haps for little compliment
said, 81 feel so out of place
among all these clever people 7"
and he answered, gallantly, as
he thought: " We'll, you know
scientific men never do marry
cleyer wives !'
Parents-mothers especially,
often make the great mistake OF
regarding innocence and iguor-
ance as synonymous terms, and
forget that, as their children
row up, curiosity and passion
will develop 1t is for fathers
to watch over and deal with their
boys, point out to them the WORK.
ny of the eternal law Of c0pse-
lquences, and help them to with
stand temptation and wear the
white flower of stainless life.
The moral future of the girls lies
in the hand of their mother OF
aunt, or any woman who stands
to them in the place of a parent
1t is for her to see and seize the
right moment for explaining to
them the mysteries of their own
being as matter Of duty, not
; of indulgence; and they will
never be the less modest for it
Forewarned will be forearmed
,ud girls who have to go out in
to the world shielded by the
knowledge of its pitfalls are fal
less likely to stumble into then
than those whose eyes have
never been opened.
There are persons who crit
else in cold and unieeling man
ner those who are trying to dc
the very things-which they them
selves refused to attempt The,
seem to imagine that, becaus,
they will not touch a burden tina
ls to be borne, they are absolve'
: from all obligation coucernin!
1t, and that those who do tr,
manfully to carry it are expecte'
neither to faint nor lalter. The,
will look on coolly while som
brave reiormer OF generous phil
anthropist is struggling to hel
] his fellow-men, and criticise hi
, methods or his manner, and de
clare how differently they woul
! conduct the affair il they attempt
y d it They do not see thai
with all tha blln lers and fail II
ne can make. he is tar l.oble
e than they, who, assuming t
!, know better, yet refuse, throug
i, incidence or pride, to put fort
single effort in the matter
\ His feeblest attempts ought rath
rr to fill chem with shame an,
e humiliation that they have fal
y len 50 far behind him.
AS industry is habitual actiy
/ ity in some useful pursuit, so no
only inactivity, but also all effort
without the design Of ustlulnes
!. are of the nature of idlenes,
/. The supine sluggald is no NOR
is indolent than the busting do
e nothing. Men may walk mucl
and read much and talk much
and pass the daywithout All un
/ occupied moment, and yet b
} substantially idle, because indus
e try requires at least the inten
|, ton of usefulness. But gadding
d gazing, lounging, mere pleasure
5 mongering, reading for the re
= lief of ennue-these are as useles