Daily Republican., 1889-10-21
A Lesson IN LOVE.

He sat quietly looking down ut his
patent boots Ill the reflection of lis face
tpowed him looking blacker every mo.
mtnt, and bis superb suit seemed to hang
on shadow as he stammered ut his
modest request Tor tile hand Of the
daughter OF the house
THEN it was the old man'e turn, ns lo
looked over his glasses and sad bTisslv,
On, yes, ! understand all that, nv
son, have heard much Of that be-
fore. You mourn aud grleye ovcr The
isck OF true womauhood among the girls
Of your acquaintance.
Mere butterflies of fashion, YOU saw.
who can rattle the keys OF a Ia1 4 plano
dance Ike fairies, chatter mons nss aud
society n"tlings by tie hour, but for
thtir lives canuot boil potato, roast d
Joint, wash collar. or make a shirt.
you say you demand the uoblesi
| type OF yomauhoOd 10 your wife, and
| you want TO know where you can lind
the vile yon want Well, / will tell
you, my dear boy.
II that is the sort OF woman you
want, mary Nora Mulligan, your laun.
| dress dau inter-.
she wears thick boots, is lu!ltless o,
eorSets, never rad a sick day in lie life,
takes Ia washing, goes house cleaning,
and cocks for a family OF seven children,
her mother, aud three men who board
with Ler.
81 don't think she would marry you
bseaGse Con Rcgan, the navy, is hei
! style OF mau. She is the useful scrt o.
a woman YOU appear 10 want; but DOM
think she'd LOOK at you twice.
LET rs Just exam Inc into your oualif
uattlua AZ a modal huubanH
own matrimonial ideas, my boy.
can you shoulder a barrel Of noul
And carry 1t down cel,arl Can you spill
| up wood and fetch up Goals In the win
teri
''Telemachus, those twenty three irche,
OF coal padded cut over sixteen inchei
Ci Shoulders won't help you bit.
! do you know, my son--look me II
the eye-do you know how to plan ou
the carpet, aud square up the paper O
The Tooms? Do you know how TO watch
the shoeIn9 oil your own horse-I
you drive one? Can you dig up hal an
acre Of ground for a kitchen gardeni Dc
you know what will take the limy tas.t
out OF the new cIeteru, aud can you pa.c
the little leak when the snow comes in
at the kitchen roof
| 'What would you do If the chimney
gets choked upf II the front door binds
at the topi What If n mortise lock gets
out Of or elf II an extra shelf 10 wanted
In the panty Can you make two OF
three tree boxes for the trers about the
garden-if you know how to plant them
Can you do anything about The house.
that Con Regain cant
MY Gear boy, you see why NorI
Mulligan will have none OF you; sht
wants higher type of true manhood.
You expect TO hire men 10 do all The
mans work about the house, but vol
want your wife to do everything that any
| womsn can do.
"Believe me, my dear son, nine tenth
OF the girls who play piano and sling 81
cbarmingly, who YOU, In your Unite
know edge, set down as mere butteraIe
of fashion, are better fitted Tor wlye
than you are for a husband.
The girls know more about thes,
things than you do. II you want fret
ella cook AID experienced housekecper
do your counting In tie registry office.
But II you want q vile, marry tn
girl you love, with dimpled hands ana
lace like the sunlight. aud her love viii
teach her all these thlngs, my boy, lout
before you have learned e-half Of you
own lesson.