The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-19
READ, GIRLS.
AN OPEN LETTER TO YOU,
DON'T FORGET THIS.


that rules the world" and t#at We
mans influence is the power b.
hind the throne upon which The
destinles of nations depend, | feel
greatly Impressed with the Tespon-
slbiity that Will soon rest upon
you, and | wish you could feel the
same, that you might fl yourself
for the high station that awaits YOU
in life, aud not spend your time IN
idleness or frivolous pursuits. | am
not fauIttinder by profession, and
out of lecture busires- al present,
but I will tell YOU some things for
your own Improvement, and II YOU
don't want to, you need not nay
any attention TO them.
| am sorry t. know YOU have
such taste for trashy literature.
You have wasted much valuable
time reading novels that are not tit
for any pure minded girl TO T. ad.
A good novel, one that cultirfeS
the thoughts and feelings RIGHTLY,
is not to be condemned; bHt one
that depraUeS them Is the deNli's
own seed bucket. Yon wasted
enough of sympathy on that wishy-
washy heroine and her milk sop
lover to have consoIed Your best
friend In bis hour Of trouble. 'Llte
is rtaI," aud expert Suu finG 1t
very prosalc after following an
imaginary heroine through splendid
palaces AMI stately halls of plide.
You show too by your cOnversa-
ton just what you read. \ can
talk "sweetened moon9hlnr" and
silly nothlngnese" by the hour
without once making se1-lU:c !t-
mark. such conversations MAY bt
mghly e-Ietta3H.1g TO dudes ".lh
big heads On their canes and emaIl
ones on ne il shoulders, but sensi
bic people don't admire 1t, and You
are almost IN heathen darkness re
gardlng the Bible, sometimes
wonder If you ever read it at all OF
not.
Because the heroine OF the latest
"Lakeside" was coquetfe, you
need not feel yourself called upon
to flrt. Your grandmother would
have held up her hands in holy
horror at such "behaviShness" in
her Younger days. If You want to
gain the attention of fast young
men, you can do it by flirting; but
remember you will lower yourself
in the estimation Of the honest
minded. If you wish to acquire
shrewdness, you can do SO by en-
gaging in a harmless ~ filtration,
for it is necessary TO success, but
remember it will be at the expense
of trutEfulness. And an untruthful
girl deserves the greatest pity. But
perhaps you have never thought of
all this and only want to have q
good time and several sweethearts.
To lnvert an old saying, YOU had
better not have too many beaux on
your string. You may think it adds
to your popularity, and ! don't
deny it either; but 1t Is of ones
tionable sort. A man had almost
as soon marry a widow who has had
seven husbands as woman who
has had that many sweethea!ts.
You may not believe il now, hut
when YOU are the wife of some
whip-poor-will husbands that is the
best you could pick up, (and yOu
couldn't have got him only DO one
else wanted him. you will believe it
then. But your knowledge will
come too late to be of any practical
use to you. You had better let
sweethearts alone anyway till you
learn 20 help your mother more
than you do now 1t is positive
shame the way you treat her. You
NAV BOT think the boys notice il
but you are badly mistaken. II she
has to attend to the household
duties while you act the lady ~
and spend you time in idleness,
who will attend TO the management
of your house when you have a
home Of your own Your fool of a
| husband of course.
am sorry to see that yOn paint
till YOU look like a whitened sepul-
chre. A coat of paint may improve
the appearance of an old house or
barn. but don't think 1t will have
the same effect on the countenance.
The custom was not borrowed from
! the savages. as some might sup
pose. but originated IN the haunts
of wee, and was practised IN order