Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-01-30

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,,.'.+svsr stlrs this mortal frame,
.--s but monsters OF love,
,s ICED his sacred flame.
There was good sized gathering at
a, opera House last night to hear
~. Longshore-Potts deliver her IA.
Us rs,ture on Love, Courtship and
,r.-r..-e." Throughout the week the
-.,.r-,s in the afternoons have been 10
..s.ss only, but that of last night was
20 both sexes.
She began by giving a general pres
.-.,-frr of the fact that love, or some
.,f-g t5st may be defined as love, or at
.-sr-.nn. or affinity, or cohesion, exists
81. sr.ryrhing-int the rock, In the earth,
b. -ra water, in flowers, plants, fishes,
..-fs animals, and In man. The main
---t.-r Of the lecture, and the most in
-rsrnE, though it was all good, was
.1,- devoted 20 marriage. She was in
.-r.ctvs at all times, and frequently
humorous and witty
ASK the young man, how old are
r-re' Oh, I'm nineteen. The idea!
DIV a boy; just big boy. Too young
y, marry. lie ought 20 wait tin he is
s+rasst twenty-five years old. The girl
s-vs. Pm sixteen; that's as old as
,-ewmg was when she got married. ,
T,l Young again. Girls, when you are
o7rv sixteen You are undeveloped; your
muscles are soft; your bones are soft;
v7.r hraiu IS soft, especially the brain.
so Girl should think OF getting married
before she is twenty-one, and many
would DO better 10 wait till they are
twenty-five.
THE young man should select his
v very much as he selects his horse.
He knows what sort Of horse he wants
"a bay, brown, gray, etc. But when
he comes 20 select wife he takes her
s-raudOm. And that is why there are
10 Few happy married couples; one third
OF them may be happy, though that is a
LIBERAL estimate. Young nan don't you
marry sickly girl. II you do you will
ra-re. 10. We don't like sickly things.
Who picks up or adrnlres q withered,
dried uD flower? II you can span her
waist with your two hands lei her alone;
she Isn't worth marrying. She'll always
be- sick. She'll have pain in the left
side and then one in the right side, or
fn the front side. and she will make you
miserable.
The young man should have some
prospect in life before he marrieS. He
need not be rich, but he ought TO be
frugal, Industrious and a teetOtaler.
The girls ought 90 have for their mot
%, "A teetOt0ler or no husband The
young men ought 20 have for their mot
10, No corset or no wife But il is
we'll 70 remember that while love will
sweeten the food Il viii not buy the
beeisteak nor clOthe the baby.
Girls, what DO you want 70 get mar
ried for. Now, don't Shrug your shout
iers and say you don't want TO get mar
lied: / know you better than that.
You'll take the first good offer that
comes along. Almost every girl says:
II want some man % support me"
Think Of that, young man; the girls
want you TO pay their board bills, buy
their bonnets, shawls, shoes, etc. What
sn object TO get married for. And many
a man gets married because he wants
a cook or a hOusekeeper. Girls, what
do you know? Well, ] have grad
uated from the Female High School.
and after that I took music. Do you
know how TO make pies and bread and
cake? On, no; l never learned that;
mamma always did that for me. IL is
time YOU were learning something OF
the sort. a collegiate education Is .
very good thing, but you need prac-
teal knowledge as we'll as book learn
ing, and you frequently don't get prac-
tical knowledge at college. TO into the
kitchen and make yourself familiar
with the pots and kettles aud dishes
and the ingredients OF meal You'll
by-and.by discover that husbands can
eat.
"A young man who has always ad-
mlred a blonde should not marry oru-
rette. because a blonde dOn'tact like
brunette. Nor does a tall woman act
like a short woman, nor a brOsd woman
ike a narrow woman. Nor should en-
tfre oUDosites marry. The theory used
10 be that OppOsiteS attract, but thdt
has been exploded. 1 don't mean that
precisely similar compositions should
marry. People who marry should
neither be entirely opposite nor exactly
similar.
81 advise the men TO form an anti
corset society and pledge themselves TO
marry no woman who wears one or the
abominable things. Thatu make cor
sets uufashionable, as sure as you i've.
otis q very easy thing 70 get mar
ried, but terribly difficult 70 get unmar-
ried. Anybody can marry. IL costs
about ten times as much 70 undo ne
thing.