The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-08-18
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THE SWEETEST GIRL EVER

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Text Favor 10 dsosftfui and beauty In
vain, but the woman that fsaretn IN"
Lord shall be praissd-"-Prov. xxi. 20.
II ever a subject needed wholesome
frank discussion Il II this Of love
and marriage. We've left ID
70 silly novel or artificial stage life
The subject has been full OF joke com
edv and litter. In modern society
Young man cannot give any attention
to young woman without every one
winking, blinking, pointing and grin
ming. II any proof II needed thae
we've descended from q race OF msn-
keys there It Isl Next 10 the altar OF
n mans conversion 10 the altar Of bis
marriage. God expects, all things be-
ing equal, every young man to marry.
The world Is fashioned by twoe-up
and down, zenith and nadir, heaven
and earth, seq and land day and
niSht, man and woman. The question
of "the girl to marry" Is one OF the
biggest young manhood has to solve.
That marriage will mako or mar the
happiness Of his whole life. 1t 10
something that's to last
Tswpsrino the atssI.
Marry in haste, repent at lenure,"
is still true. I'VE met on Wednesday,
and midnight next Wednesday We
stood at a little mission around q cor"
ner. II was SO romantic" said
young woman connected with my con-
gregation. Within a year there were
Quarreling, separation, birth and death
Of their child and application for di-
vorce at the county seat Better go
slow. Get good start at your life
work. II II is true the great depart
ment stores will not employ old men,
that the railroads will not take man
after thirty II gray hairs are no long
er dollars to the lawyer and doctor
and positive curse to the minister, II
the clamor OF the world IL for young
men, you young men in your teens and
twenties cannot afford to stand around
the corner pool room smoking ciga-
rettes. You can't afford to elbow In"
all your cash for neckties and good
times. Put 1t into books or banks.
You're up against a big proposition
when you marry. It's the acid test
that tells the metal you're made Of. 1t
means sacrifice, self Denial, self con-
troll, rigid economy and gtves in return
life's second greatest Joy. Don't ''go''
with q girl, don't make love to her,
unless you intend to marry her. Don't
wait unduly long until You have de-
clared your intentions. You wrong the
girl. Youth is her opportunity for
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she goes through life bitter and dis
appointed II you "go" with her only
and for a long time the community
takes 1t for granted you are engaged.
Other eligible fellows stay away. She
Is expecting a proposal. You ought
to give It. II you don't intend to mar
~, don't inonopolize. Give the girl r
chance.
Daughters Of JsxsbeI.
A blunder here is blunder for life.
Socrates married Zantippe and said he
endured her for the sake Of disci-
pine" The sanity John Wesiey's wife
was veritable termagant. Blind MIL
toms wife was a daily thorn in his
nesh. The names of Ruskin and Rob
great men whose lives were shadowed
by unhappy matrimonial alliances Be-
ware the flirt. II she fiirts with one
she'll fiirt with another. She's q pea
cock with claws Of eagle and self as
surance of magpie. She's shallow,
silly, superficial, artificial. Her husband
must rob God, fellows and self to sup
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dances. You do not want her for your
wife and the mother of your children.
She's half sister OF salome Don't
marry 'the woman with tho serpent's
tongue" The one who tells all the
evil and unkind things she can Of
others. With tongue goes temper.
She'll drive a man to drink quicker
than snake bite. Happy June roses
will go down before this Mach north
easter. Though she's mctel house
wife, pretty az a picture and grace
ful in manner, you'd better leave
her alone. The Bible mentions her
and warns you, Better dwell In the
corner Of the housetop than with q
brawling woman in a wide house"
The Sweetest Girl Ever.
Marry a beauty. l mean her whose
beauty Is deeper than the dressmak-
er's silk, the milliner's plume, the hair
1ressers pufrs; deeper than paint ana
powder, cosmetics and cream. Be moi
blind to ribbons that match, dresses
that At, hats that become, forms and
features that are feminine and fair,
but remember the rose Of Florida,
most beautiful Of flowers, gives no
| perfume; the bird Of Paradise, most
beautiful wingster, gives no song
There's a beauty Of soul that shines
out through the true woman, mind
you, I said woman. not a little tat
tie, gibble gable, gossiping gadabout,
but true woman that is one OF the
most refreshing things on Gods earth.
1t means sympathy and comradeship,
heart and soul. And, my boy, II you
ever come across a girl with a face
full OF roses who says as you come to
the door: II can't 60 for few min
utes. want to wash the dishes for