El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-10

gladly payeth ten tines as much for the
Rose that ornamenteth the banquet
Learn rom this, my daughter, which
Is the hot end OF matrimony, and that
there IS more profit 10 a wife in being
a Rose than there is in being a cabbage
head
Consider the Rosebud, my daughter,
how beautiful 1t IS, what charm and
mystery there are in its tightly-folded
leaves, how eager all men are to pluck
It, how surely they pass BY the full open
Rose Tor its sake.
Hold to Thy Youth
Let this teach thee to hold on TO thy
youth as long as thou canst, and 10 keep
thysef innocent and ignorant Be thou
not like those foolish maidens who
thinketh it addeth TO their charm TO APP
pear worldly wise ard blase, while vet
they are still babes
Such an one will paint her cheeks and
dye her hair and she drinketh the cock
tail and Gsteneth TO the tale that is over
T3pe and laugheth In the right place to
show. that she IS full OF knowledge
Behold such an one is like the Bud
that hath blOOmed too soon. and that
rath wasted its perfect hour Behold,
such an one knOweth not a good thing
when she hath 1t, but throweth it away,
and she shall bloom unplucked upon the
parent stem.
Consider, my daughter. that no Rose
Is ever as perfect as the Bud promiseth
to be, and that the reason why every
man desireth the Bud is because il hold
eth prophecy. 1t enshrineth a secret:
IT stirreth the sporting blood in a mans
veins Let this teach thee never TO
open up thy whole heart 10 any man
no. not even were he forty times over
thine husband. Keep always something
hidden from him which shalt keep him
guessing, and 50 shalt thou keep his in
terest in thee piqued TO the end.
10, the Husband.
LO, the husband that saveth. thirty
years have | been married to nv wife.
yet [ know not whether her hafr Is her
own or anOthers, nor whether. when I
return to her abode after having sat I'D
with Sick Lodge Member, she will meet
me with a glad. sweet smile or a flat
iron, behold such man wearieth not of
his wife, nor doth his curiosity flag con-
corning her
But if a man shalt say, MY wife Is
10 me as an open book, and / know what
she VIII DO, and what she will say, and
wherewith she Will feed me. for II
months ahead of her schedule. for she Is
TO NE even as twice told tale" Behold.
such man hath already sought out
some other woman who IS a prize cOnun-
VI AlL 70 HlHl, ut Vt1e CQleI end OF man
is to solve the riddle of woman.
Behold, my daughter, the thorns upon
the Rose that prick and sting and tam
talize, but do not wound too deeply.
Perchance were there thornless Rose
no man would try 10 gather it.
Let this teach thee to be not too easv.
but TO defend myself with little labs of
thy tongue even as the Rose uses its
thorns 80 shalt thou add sauce to thy
beauty and thy sweetness. Fall not into
the first hand that is stretched toward
thee, but only into the hand that is bold
enough and strong enough to pluck thee
in spite Of thy thorns.
Above all, oh, daughter. forget not
that woman should be fragrant with
all sweet and lovely thoughts. even as
the Rose IS fragrant with perfume. For
that IS the purpose whereuntO they were
made
Thus from the Rose mayest thou learn.
nv laughter much that viii profit thee
in life.