The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-06-20
Home Circle Column.


The following wholesome advice was
recently given by a celebrated divine
to the Young of his flock: ''The buxom.
bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked, full-breast-
ed. bouncing lass, who can darn sock,
command a regiment of pots and ket-
ties, feed the pigs, chop wood, whistle
with the boys. handle an oar, do a bit
of fishing, and be a lady withal in COM
pany, is Just the girl for me and for
any other man to marry; but you, ye
pining, moping. lolling, screwed up.
wasp-waisted. pale-faced. consumptive,
music urmuring, novel-d ourin
daughters of fashion and idleness, you
are no more fit for matrimony than a
pullet is to look after a family of four
teen chickens. The truth is, my dear
girls, you want more liberty and less
fashionable restrain, more kitchen and
less parlor. more leg exercise and less
sofa, more pudding and less piano, more
f~rankness and less hooking modesty.
more breakfast and less hustle. Loose
yourselves a little; enjoy o liberty
and less restraint by fashion, breathe
the pure atmosphere of freedom. and
become something as beautiful as the
God of Nature designed.
Inc pTiiCipic VI ueSutnhB io UettcA
than we can hold out is a good n to
follow. In the good old days our moth
.ers began with very slim house fur
nishings. Among the middle class, a
half dozen silver teaspoons was the
usual amount of silver. a rush bottom
rocking char and a half dozen other
chairs without rockers. to match. a
half dozen kitchen windsor chairs. a
few dozen dishes, some home spun lin
en-, a table or two and as many bed
,steads. were the principal part of the
outfit. Nobody but the wealthy thot
of wedding presents and Injuries. Peo-
pie got married for love and they thot
more of pleasing each other than of
stunning the world with their fine ap-
pearances. 1t was the rule to live with
in ones means or under and the sheriff
was not so full fed then; and even 10Y
he rarely gets a grip on those who have
made it q religious duty to avoid all
needless outlay of money in houses,
furnishings, dressing table Injuries, or
other things until the p~ocketbook is !,
full enough to stand the drain without
collapsing. There were not so many
inventions in those days to take money, /
and people did not have to say mo
every day to some urgent invitation TO
buy, or to go to some new scheme that
benefits the agent more than the buyer.
If a man saved a few thousand. it could
be divided at his death without great
shri Yelling to the disadvantage of his
heirs and advantage to those who hover
around a dead mans estate like vul-
lures over their prey. If a man bought
a farm, it didn't cost him from $25 tn
$50 in fees to this and that man in ma
king the transfer. Even funeral ex
penses would scarcely foot up $50 where
they do nov $500. 1t is far better to
begin low and mount up than to start
high and far better to voluntarily curb
the pride that ''goeth before a fall
than to wait for poverty to conquer it.
1t is a self-evident fact that those who
live in style above what their real earn
ings permit, are a living lie. They may |
justify themselves before men for a
while, but what is an abomination to
the sight of God a not stand long in
the sight of man.