Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-08
IN BRIEF.

IVA y. h4LCnt4l N me hdktr.-
IN BRIEF.
Arrowing observance among fashionable
,a,r. of the foreign custom of announcing
moments has caused some controversy
e.,o the propriety of giving publicity to
,rb,. has been considered the private affair
~. the interested parties. Hitherto any
.-t.srfu-e has been considered allowable
:. divert gossip from an engaged pair, and
conscientious young women have been put
n heir wits end to find a way to escape
,.rsI wing. Were there public an
,a,rcement much of this would be averted.
p.aly there seems but two reasons to be
,,r.ea-onc that women are tickle and men
arr false. and the other that young woman
l~5wn 10 be engaged is converted into
van-aower and left to the sole companion
sa.pof her betrothed. Giving publicity to
Al engagement would have the effect of
,rarentiur an entering lightly into this
tui would tend also to remove temptation
,oroqurtry or Irritation, and at the same
time 5isarm gossip An engagement is
rroperly only the waiting period before
marriage, and its purpose is served when
the engaged parties observe the time as one
Of probatiau that is to be used for obtaining
q more thorough knowledge Of each other
and in preparatory training for the new life
before them. Again, while to make or
break tr2th lightly is wrong, the time be-
tween promise and fulfllment is mainly to
les, each other, and if essential to future
happiness 10 sever bond not so binding as
ueuawia-e bond yet second only to it in
solemn obligation. During this waiting
period there is no good reason for RELOCATING
lie betrotAtd maiden to nunlike seclusion,
neither should her friends of the opposite
sex shuu her society. 1t is not presumed
tia, young lnen give their time and at
,e1.j0G to young women solely with an
eye TO marriage, and the girl by her en-
Fa-rmen, ought not il their eyes to lose the
charms thai heretofore attracted them; the
rather can they now bestow upon her all
those pleasant attentions that were in dam
ger Of being misconstrued in other days.
II Europe The first appearance of an en-
gagged couple after the announcement is the
sigma. FOR congratulations, and the bride
Elect almost regains the eclat that was hers
Oh first entering society. There is one Gus
'am which if followed would surely find
favor: /; IS that Of presenting silver cups
tH. F.;..7e F,,, b,,,-,,-a,. boo,-,, tho +av
L. hr fall on friends, the engaged pair
would ,4.sc no objection.
nrapress all emotion may be fashion
abe. ogt who is there who does not love
'a Sir. who welcomes you with warmth,
and who smiles at your happy sallies' To
weep with those who weep, and to rejoice
With those who rejoice, is commended by
hgh authority, and, fashion to the con-
rAry honest hearts believe in these sympa-
t"'s. fancy the most icy of girls would
hat' sli'-r who pleaded his cause in
SHt..r proper fashion, and who kept his
passion within the bounds of strictest de-
''-m. NJ, no: rather the lover who signs
'Ae i-tadre. makes sonnets to his mis-
''N eyebrows, and commits all manner of
'.-'eS !n Cupids name, and the girl who
responds perceptibly to the touch of feeling.
4a' question Of divorce laws is creating
'oa'le DISCUSSION, and as in all debatable
loaiS. there are sound arguments to be
Urged IN either side. There seems however
u -''t reason why there should not be
-..@ divorce laws throughout the
'-.ei States, rs a difference of laws
'-'''e' confusion of not criminality. The
'e-''a SAYS, Whom God has joined
-''N'F LET no man put asunder," and
''s'' whom God joins, man does not put
''-A-er, bat 10 condemn woman of deli
RESPONSIBILITIES TO live in the closest posi-
's-.-'us with man given over to vice,
ARE That she be the mother of children
-' are subject TO the visitations due the
-'heFs sin, to oe compelled to rear them in
.-'ali with evil, and it may be in dire
.''5''F. Is not cousonant with justice, and
'efarate therefrom ought not, cannot be
-e'e-c,ion Of duty.
-. -
:, ~ many cities no larger than Fort Worth
,-.'e are women who meet at stated inter-
80, 49, 70 indulge in what they style ''mother
The coming together of these
'--sa Is On the broad platform of mother
Not infrequently women who are
>, ''SSi-. teachers of children are invited
- ,'ss. with them for the purpose of inter
,sls views on the better methods of
- ing children. There seems nothing
-. .-a'-ca! in the suggestion, and surely
"a -'l OF Intelligence and experience ought
JrS mutually beneficial in the grave and
~ sS''4Ht duty of properly rearing their
h., ''eS. Thoughtful mothers know that
"a, -OFe OF nation is in the family. Why
Iolhers club in this towna
.o. -efe IS perhaps no more of pious fibbing
Man, ,uan In the practice of asking for an
=. opinion. The world may extol can
n. @la friends may ask you to tell them
H.; s44et truth about themselves, but can
ls,.u o' popular, nor the outspoken friend
d a.. Cherished. Everyone is susceptible
h,,t and no one in his heart of hearts
tn S oensure, however honest the inten-
l.. 4" the friendly critic True wisdom
0iing a perception Of faults in 9TH