Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-11
TO STOP ELopEMrnTs-
. NO" YORK Editor Proposes a Very Uo,.
mantle and Pras.ic u,

S"''of Proposes a Very Unrs-
mantle and Prosaic Plan.
now to Keep the girls at home NAV
soon oe Il problem demanding solution
IN many households blessed with avan
"a Tess number than eight OF the dear
creatu es. ''
oome years ago writer whose naro
unfortunately, we can not recall nh
hshed thoughtful article, fully illrs.
trated' on that old and vexatious ouee-
tion OF how to keep the boys on the
iarm. we do not now recall much of
'iiis apie paper except the pictures, of
winch there were several. One of thaso
represented the boy whom it was
thought desirable to keep on the farm
confined in burglar proof room, with
heavy bars on the windows. etc.
Inc author argued that there was
nothlng better to keep a bow away
from the temptations and snares Of
city HE than this. Another showed
the boy with stout chain passea
around his body and the other end
fastened to the stove This was biphlv
recommended for making boys feel at
tached TO the farm. Still another
represented the boy placed in EASY re-
Ginning position. and considerable
pile OF bricks heaped on his legs. The
writer clearly demonstrated that there
was nothing which had a greater ten
dency to make boy cling to the old
homestead.
We know not but this author NAV
have written partly in a spirit of levi
tyi certainly some of his plans are
novel, ana we never heard that any OF
them were ever put into actual use.
We do not consider them practical,
however beautiful they may be in
theory, and if not adapted to the sue
cessful keeping of boy on the farm
how much less use would they or any
thing OF even a remotely similar nat
ure be in restraining an impetuous
young lady bent on flying with "a YOUNG
man to some accommodating and en-.
terprising justice of the peace The
notorious failure OF stone walls and
/, iron bars to make either isor
, or cage was sung OF long 40, anl
nowhere will their inadequacy be Ii ore
noticeable than when they are EN-
ployed in an attemp. to restrain CIR
from clipping when her heart is Sc
on it.
The best and only sure way to pre-
? vent the elopement and frequentll
break off the match entirely is, we BE-
lieve, to watch carefully, and whei
the young man appears to carry OF
his romantic bride. whether he come
l on white palfrey and puts up adde
/ to her window, as he should do, o.
L only jumps off street-car and meet
her in candy store-at this stage o.
i the proceedings, we say, let the farme
put in an app earance and produce
minister. either from within tn
shadow of the porch or from the rea
of the confectionery establishment an
: tarry a moment while the good ma
makes them one.
, This W Il break up the elopemer
/ and in a great many instances prever
8 the marriage entirely, and the mis-
: guided young folks will frequent
/ conclude they do not wish 10 b
r married as badly as they imagined
g Shis plan pretty effectualy kills o
@ the romance. There is nothin
e romantic, we suppose, about standin
t up in the middle of candy store an
: getting married, while the sale
g ladies litter and chew gum and Gu
Il toners drop in and wink at on
4 another. Let the fathers of the couI
u try try this plan on their elopln
i daughters and see if it is not success
# full. N. Y. Tribune.