The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-21
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! Sweet Thirteen. uattcrtaw Conn.,
Certainly your mother has II right to
open Your letters for Il good many years
yet. You must not think: that al, y,,nr
time of hfe You gan carry on cls,ndeS-
tine correspondence with military
school or an entire athletic association.
Your mother acted within the, limits
Of her rights under the constitution in
spanking: you within an inch of y;,nr life
and putting you to bed right after break
fast. Y.su must Ii0t tliinli that am go
Ing to assist you! in northumberland
tai authority. Scarcely. Parental au-
thority is n perfsct boon. 1t is a. palla-
diuEl. Also a BENSON.
You should, also RETURN the wiiiower's
ring tCshim. 1t is evidently tpss heavy
for you, and he might need it in, fight.
Truth Seeker, Indianapolis. - You
may thank youH escort as you reach the
door of your own homa,. but you made
mistaken offering tosrempnernte him.
That is not all. Twenty five dents wass
not enough, aIr.,~way. t0fi course admire,
your independence alal can see how yon
hate to think that you are indebted to
IN entire stranger, especially as he is of
sex SO different from your own, but
his return of the money was perfectly
natural, think.
Bon Joir, Adrian, Mich--1. A sa-
nana is eaten by cutting ID IN two in the
middle and removing the edible part
with spoon. The peel or outer husk of
the banana is not eaten, but may be
deftly secreted in the coat pocket Of a
neighboring guest while his attention is
directed toward the pope's retruusse
nose OH the turkey Table manners, in
order to attract attention, should be ac-
curate, however, and never by any means
interrupted by conversation. Should You
get gravy on the blade of your knife
away up near the hilt, you should not
undertake to remove it with the tongue
or insert it without reserve in the mouth,
but n keen whistle through the clinched
teeth ill bring Il servant or some passer-
| by on the street who will attend to you.
Possiblya policeman might answer your
| call. 2. l am sorry that you lost your
first, last and only love in such a dra-
matte way. 1t seems to me that if his
love had been of the right sort, when
you came to play his accompaniment and
stir up tho cold clay Of the dead rooster
that had crawled into the melodeon and
| persisted, he would have overlooked it
and loved you still. He might have still
given you his hand i'll marriage, holding
his nose with the other until help came
Such Il man could not have made YOU
happy, and I rejoice to know that Won
| got shet of him.
| Ignominnie, Tailholt, Ind. 1t is the
duty of the mother to call upon the moth
err OF the young lady to whom her sou is
cngaged-that is, it is the duty of the
son mother to call upon the mother of
the girl to whom the mothers son is ell
gagged, but as you have no mother, Your
OWN mother having accepted an invita-
ton last fall TO go TO Europe with kind
hearted roue from town, and you living
with your father, am satisfied that it
Is the duty Of the mother of your intend
ed or financier, as the French call him,
to call upon your father, and the fact
that she is a widow of good reputation
and owning prosperous tannery and
strawberry bed should cut no ice in the
matter, if you will pardon the bluntness
of scholarly man who wishes to be per-
fectly direct and honest with you
Patti do Foy Gras, Hickory, N. c.
|. Yes, Your handwriting is unique, but it
is not calculated to command large prices
from the magazines. Your idea that lit
erary excellence and Spencerian penman-
ship are synonymous is an error. 1t
often happens that the most graceful
writer's" rs you call them, do not sue
coed i'll letters. A warm friend of mine,
who went TO New York armed with let
ters from me to such men as Mr. How
ellis, is now after years of patient labor
writing Addresses on large packing cases
for store OH Twenty third street, and
his friends think that he is engaged in
literary pursuits because he tells them
that his writings go everywhere and
that his life is wholly given up to let
tiers. ,. You carried the matter little
too far, Patti, and your artistic tastes
led you to fall down, as it were, when
you skewered the rib roast with your or
namental hatpin. A hatpin may be
used to pick the kernel out of pecan,
to hold a window up, to drive away
burglar who is under the bed, to pune
ture an Easter egg, to tap dropsical
friend, to waken one S husband i'll church,
i'll eating strawberries daintily, to Sc
cure ii rare bug in the field or one not SC
rare ut a hotel, to crack ice, to cult
vate corn, to clean typewriting ma
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