The leader., 1899-07-05
"RoBINs Roosr,"

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn, March 10. 1893.
To the Bachelor:
My DEAR OLD SuIITAEY-Who mends
your socks? DO you sew on your own
buttons? How long does it take you 10
thread the needle? Why don't you
brush the cobwebS out of your soul,
and straightcn up. and get good wife
to do all Of these things for you? What
pleasure do You find in playing the
came of solitaire? Hearts are trumps,
and you cannot play happy game in
this world without partner. 1t is not
good that man should live alone. The
world owes You a rib, and You ought to
have your old ribs cracked if you don't
collect the debt.
Why don't you rig up your matrimo.
NAL tackle, cd boy, and go angling for
"frau"' Your old pantaloons look
mighty lonesome hanging there in that
dusty wardrobe without some calico to
keep them company. Your room is a
poor paradise without fair Eve to
adorn it. | know what is the matter
with You: you are afraid of grocery
bills, and dry goods bills, and doctor
bills, and curtain lectures. and the
overthrow of your independence and
freedom of speech, or else you are
afraid to pop the question" and thus
lose many a golden opportunity by
simply locking at her and grinning like
hasketful of possum heads Perhaps
you have popped the question" and
got No for an answer, but remember
mat there are as good fish in the sea
as We're ever caught" and remember
that she is somewhere in this wide
Wide world waiting for thee, darling. "
tomb the feathers out of your whis-
kers and pat little bears oil on your
mar II You have any hair. and spruce
up Don expect her to court yoa, but
10 the counting Yourself. Press your
sui gradually: and when You sec she is
determined To kick. kick" first. for
'0eh Is the tine above all other times
" SHOW Your independence. A true
woman loves an independent man next
to money.
are You accommodating fortune? If
~ Tor whom' Did you never hear
rrVatc John Aliens story of the di-
VISION OF an old bachelors estate?
"hen they were dividing it out among
ms Nnsfolk' one disgruntled relative
4e'' that he hadn't received his Just
proportion, and complainingly said: Il
SomeumeS wish the old man hadn I
died"
II you are poor, you need a good
"olnah to help YOU get rich; if You are
Ii'o you need a good woman to help
sou get POOR. In either case she is a
success
ioF man to pass through this world
"''nout helpmcet is a strange philos
Opny TO me; and yet have seen men
WV" as noble hearts as ever throbbed.
.u,l oi splendid sentiment, and in love
WIN the beautiful, live out their DAYS
:" single wretchedness.
bachelordom is a habit; the longer
;"0ulged ln' the harder to break, until
:, 'ic'im Is SO infatuated with it that
seems impossible to quit. He be-
tsnI es sot in his ways; and all the
na"s ana bangs, and bustles, and
ssaauy SHIRT waists, and lowered and
"ereo mats which the mllliner's art
S lu fashion, and all the bewitching
hives and persuasive smiles which
rs;" u'y can bestow move him not;
'"er Go they unmove him.
Vue OF the attendant misfortunes Of
Yaeneior is observation-disclosures. |
e,o heard OF an absent-minded bach.
ar5 "no bought pair of new gloves,
;sI N vent home with them and aston.
IN" inv MS nephews and nieees by throw.
on he gloves in the fire and splitting
en-, 'ne oed' OF course he intendel to
t5a - 'ne nre and throw his gloves on
49, oeu' The best way to cure absent.
t ,llI is to get live, wide-awake,
coDs. wife, whose tongue will be q
tearh "' reminder to you, and soon
II you TO think the right way.
life a all men should follow your plan OF
eivir ~na' would become of society and
ylon' NaHon? All the homes that now
Mil =, WIN the light of love and ring
won,s ne laughter and song of children
lent ' soon be transformed into the ST
and i ana sour domiciles of old maid.
not n 1as' such old things as you. dc
yOpr ta,. TO speak harshly or to wound
erro. .eelngs' but only to show you the
tut OF your way.
har. you would enjoy life, you mus,
A.vs happy home; and il YOU would
hana happy home. it must glow with
,Ocs s smiles and ring with happy
ae., ana happy hands must keep i,
door. su and plant flowers at the
Thoass. 20. merely four square walls.
Bon. 49, win pictures hung ana elIdsa,
asasFs sasssiop says.