The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-01-24

parents to indicate to thoughtless Wis
itors it was time to depart; but to dc
it in SO mild and gentle way as no;
to cause their daughters any mortif
cation, or to give offensc to their
friends. Sometimes very sleepy
yawn or two from the father in the
adjoining sitting room would make
itself heard; sometimes an elaborate
demonstration of lowering the Other
lights in the house, other than in the
parlor and hall, would seem to init
mate that thc price of gas or of elec.
tricity, as the case might be, had tax
EN- sudden rise, and that the econo-
my OF lights was necessary. If none
of these hints had any effect on the
obtuse visitors, the mother would oc
casionally take book and stroll into
the parlor with the transparent pre-
tense that the light was better there
for reading by the shaded lamp than
elsewhere in the house. This meas
ure was generally effective in hasten
ing the departure Of the young men;
or, at least, had the effect of throwing
a constraint over their conversation,
unless tired nature came to their aid
and sealed the mothers eyes and ears
though not always her mouth-ip
refreshing slumbers; in which case her
presence was but little embarrassment
to them, and even furnished an excuse
for them to linger in order to enjoy
her unconscious but grotesque grima-
ces, as dreams Of a varied nature
chased each other through her mind;
or to listen to the music of her gentle
snores.
But, as we said before, the time has
come when parental patience can en-
dure no more, and it had long before
ceased to be virtue. By very large
majority the members of the Early
Retiring League have decided that an
end must be put to the custom of
making evening calls, which extend
until breakfast time next morning,
since thir own health and their daugh-
ters complexion we're suffering from
the effects of such unnatural hours.
Trey embodied their sentiments1in a
series of resolutions, Of which the
following paper is rough draft-all
that has yet been made public-and
we deem ourselves highly privileged
to have been allowed to see it before
any Of our contemporaries in journal
ism.
Whereas, we, the members Of the
Early Retiring League, have long been
in subsection to our daughters in mat
ters touching the regulation Of the
family, and have suffered grievous
wrongs to mind and body through
their lack Of consideration for us, and
through the impertinence Of their
masculine friends, in imposing their
presence upon them at unsuitable
hours, and for unreasonably long pc
RODS of time;
"And whereas, every free-born
American possesses the inalienable
right to q certain number of hours of
sleep; and also to say whoo shall
be received in his house Of an even
ing, and to limit the time of their
visit;
"And whereas, any young man wor-
thy the name Of gentleman will not
impose his presence upon household
ers at unseemly hours and against
their desires; 7and will not subject
the young ladies of the family to re-
proof from their parents on his &C.
count;
"And whereas. any young man who
has serious intentions Of asking girl
to marry him does not require more
than couple of hours to mako his
proposal; and if he las no such in
tentions, has no right to monopolize
her society to the exclusion of better
men;
"Bei it therefore resolved, That, after
the 1st of January, 1900, any pre-
sumptuous youth who remains in our
houses after 10 o'clock, unless espe-
cially invited to do SO by the heads Of
the household, i. e., the father and
mother, shall be elected, vi ct armis
if necessary, with the request that in
future he will find other lodgings, even
those at. the police station, as being
more suitable for men who won't go
home till morning
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