The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-03
Nature Studies--- The Lamb
BY DOROTHY DIX.

Consider the lamb. my daughter.
learn OF its ways and grow wise. Be-
hold the heecy Wilderness Of the lamb.
which rivaleth the snow. and when
So do thou keep myself unspotted from
the world and let not so much az a
fiecA of the mud OF gossip hang 20 the
hem OF thy petticoats.
For. verify man admreth woman
for many things-for her wit, for her
tho quality in woman that taketh the
wedding cake. is purity, and the more
of a black sheep man is the more he
demandeth that the lambkin that can
goeth with him to tn ealtar shall be
without spot or blemish.
Believe me, daughter, when 1 tell
thee that she is a foolish virgin who
knoweth not the habits of man who
pretendeth TO be q tin-horn sport. for
the ways of 4 man with maid are de-
ceitful and full of guile. For, veri-
ly, a man will coax thee to drink of the
tizz water when 1t bubbleth in the
glass, and the the cocktail when !,
winketh at thee. and then he viii
lambaste thee in the market place for
being souse.
Yea. he will tell thoo the overrips
story. and If thou laughest at the
one who knoweth too much. and he
will spend many moons proving 10
thee that there is no harm in a lit
tie teenty, weenty kiss. and II thou
his arguments, he will go forth and
pop the question to some virgin who
keepeth her lips in cold storage.
The shepherd carrieth the lamb in
his bosom because the lambkin APP
peareth wobbly on its legs, and as II
so. my daughter. for tho woman who
wearcth two-inch. French heel slip
pers, and thin silk stockings, wilt some
man hire a taxi to convey her to and
fiat heels and warm hosiery he viii
say: Come, let us walk. II Is only
sixty-nine blocks, and the exercise
Will do you good"
my child. If thou wouldst have a soft
snap in life. for the woman who know
eth how to perform upon the gas
range will have to spend her days In
pan, but she who burneth the potato
and scorcheth the meat and fainte tn
at the sight of the kitchen wil, speno
her life in an apartment hotel whers
she hath naught to do bur 10 push IN,
button and her husband payeth thu
rest.
Yea, and he payeth gladly. for 4.
maketh him feel like unto giant and
causeth him to pun out his chest un>
til his shirt studs busteth off to feel
that helpless little woman, dependent
upon him and he seemeth a god to her.
] would also call thy attention, my
daughter. to the voice of the lamb
which is naueht but a melancholy
bleat The lamb never asserteth It's
right, 1t never argueth nor quarreleth,
1t simply bleats. and thereby 1t getteth
what 1t wanteth. for a man will arise
In the night and heat milk Yer II. or
warm it by the fire. or do anything
to stop its cry.
Let this teach thee the value OF tears,
and when thou wanteth thing be not
as those foolish virgins who think to
acquire a thing because 1t is their
right. Verify. such a one will make
q man fight from the rising OF the sun
TO the going down thereof. but the wo-
man who turneth on the water works
hath him going in two minutes
Observe the innocent gambols OF the
lamb. my daughter AMI how 1t frisketh
about the green: yet in all OF its frolics,
how gentle and dainty 1t is. Initiate
the lamb in thy sports. my child; ce