The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1890-07-25
Romantic Ventures.

1t seems strange Wnen Jnefe are 50
many shocking things chronicled in the
daily papers regarding what young girls
may be pleased to call romantic ven
tvres," that many will yet persist in an
swering advertisements. A young girl
who answered matrimonial advertise
ment "iust for the fun of the thing,
came very near meeting with very Sc
rious result of her fun few weeks since.
Living in a quiet New England town
with a good father and mother, and a
happy. comfortable home, everything
surrounding her that was necessary to a
cultivated, honorable young womanhood,
she was not content until she had answer
ed an advertisement in a city paper for a
young lady correspondent, which
CHANGED to fall into her hands. She
might not have dared to make such a
venture, had she not been reading guam
tity of sensational, impractical novels,
which her practical mother knew moth
ing about.
The correspondence went on for weeks,
and the letters from the city were after
time the one looked-for, happy event
of her life. Soon photographs were
exchanged. Then came touching. plead
ing letter for this young girl to go to
the city and see her clandestine friend,
who had been seriously injured in an ac-
cident. The next mail brought note,
purpOrting to come from the injured
mans friend, who wrote that DIR
had been obliged to perform serious
operation, and as life was so uncertain he
begged the young girl to come to the bed
side of the one who loved her so dearly
and was probably very near to death.
The young girls feelings were wrought
upon to such degree that she went to
the city, telling her father and mother
she was going to spend a few days with
friend in an adjoining town.
When she arrived at the station,
young man met her with a carriage.
He told her he was her lovers friend
and it was necessary to make all possible
haste to see him. But there was some
thing about this man that the young
girl did not like. She became frighten-
ed and refused to go with him. All at
once she realized what she had done,
yet the sympathy for the man she had
become so interested in caused her to
make sure that he was not really suffer-
ing and dying. She had the physicians
name in letter in her pocket and she
found his address. He was prominent
in the city. and his name was
we'll known. What was her amazement
on calling at his Office and showing him
the photograph, that he had not seen the
young man.
The physician gave his caller some
very good advice, you may be sure, and
went to the train with her himself, and
put her in charge of the conductor and
sent her home. 1t was great escape
for her, but how many other girls might
not have been so fortunate.
"Romautic ventures are very risky
things for any girl to engage--in. The
reading of sensational, impractical sto.
ries gives young people false ideas of
life, boys as well as girls. There is
plenty of good, helpful reading; period
icals and papers that publish only such
stories as will be an incentive to carrying
out practical life in better and more
noble way. They are entertaining and
too and our young people who
are above spending their time on sensa-
tional trash enjoy them and are benefit
ed by them.
Always remember that anonymous
letters and clandestine appointments
that you cannot tell father and moth
err about are not such things as pure
minded, honorable girl will ever give
thought to.
Your fathers and mothers are your
best friends. They are the ones to coun-
sci and advise with. And if you have no
mother and father TO counsel with, take
some good, discreet Christian woman in
to your confidence. There are always
good people who will be interested in any
young girl who seeks advice from them.
f Evangelist.