The citizen., 1913-05-30
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ADVICE FOR GIRLS.

The following wholesome advice was
recently given by celebrated divine to
the young of his flock The buxom,
bright-eyed. rosy checked, full breasted,
bouncing lass, who can darn sock,
command a regiment of pots and kettles,
feed the pigs, chop wood, whistle with the
boys, handle an oar, do bit of fishing,
and be lady withal in company, is just
the girl for me, and for any other man to
marry, but you, ye plning, moping, loll-
ing, screwed up, waspy wasted, pale
faced, consumptive, music-murderlng,
novel devouring, daughters of fashion
and ideness, you are no more fit for mat
rimony than pullet is to look after a
family OF fourteen chickens. The truth
is, my dear girls, YOU want more liberty
and less fashionable restraint, more
kitchen and less parlor, more leg exer-
else and less sofa, more pudding and less
piano, more frankness and less mocking
modesty, more breakfast and less hustle.
Loose yourselves little. enjoy more lib
erty and less restraint by fashion. breathe
the pure atmosphere of freedom, and
become something as beautiful as the
God of Nature designed.
The principle of beginning no better
than we can hold out is a good one to
follow. In the good old days our
mothers began with very slim house fur
nishings. Among the middle class had
dozen silver teaspoons was the usual
amount of silverware, a rush bottom
rocking chair and half a dozen other
chairs'w thout rockers, 10 ma ch, half
dozen kitchen Windsor chairs, a few
dozen dishes, some home spun linen, a
| table or two and as many bedsteads.
were the principal part of the outfit. No
| body but the wealthy ever thought OF
wedding presents and luxuries. People
got married for love and they thought
more of pleasing each other than of stun
! ming the world with their fine appear
anCeS. 1t was a rule to live within ones
means or under and the sheriff was not
so full fed then; and even now he rarely
| gets grip on those who have made 1t a
religious duty to avoid all needless out
lay of money in houses, furnishings,
dressing table Injuries, or other useless
| things until the pocket book is full
enough to stand the drain without col
! lapsing. There were not so many lnven-
tions IN those days TO take money. and the
people did not have TO say mo- every
day to some urgent invitation to buy, or
10 get into some new scheme that bene
fits the agent more than the buyer. II a
man saved a few thousand dollars it
could be divided at his death without
any great shriveling to the disadvantage
of his heirs and advantage TO those who
hover around a dead mans estate like
the vultures over their prey. If a man
bought farm it did not cost hun from
$40 to $50 in fees to this and to that man
in making the transfer. Even funeral eX-
penses would scarcely foot up $40 where
now they cost $500. 1t is far better to
begin low and mount up. than to start
high and then fall; better to voluntarily
curb the pride that 'goeth before tall, y
than to wait for poverty TO conquer It,
Ii is sell-evident fact that those who
live in style above what their real earn
ings permit, are living lie. They may
justify themselves before men for while,
but what is an abomination in the sight
OF God cannot stand long in the sight o
man.