WORDS TO THE GIRLS.

Thames Star, Volume xii, Issue 3852, 4 May 1881, Page 1

WORDS TO THE GIRLS.

The following advice to the girls ia being extensively distributed .among families of the Eastern States:—Don't go with a man if he is a stranger to you, or one whose reputation you are not acquainted with. Remember that in ordinary business the same rule is applied as a protection against the loss of money. No banker or money-lender will trust a stranger; no business man will sell him goods on time witheut guarantee against loss or deception. Why then should a woman, young or old, trust herself to a man she does not know whether he is honourable or not f Do not marry a man to Ret rid of him, or to oblige him, or to save him. A man who has formed bad habits, what is he? What is there of him you can love ? The man who would go to deal ruction without; you would quite as likely go with you, and, perhaps, drag you along. Remember, your future happiness depends altogether on the kind of apartner you get, as it is he that makes your home on earth a heaven or a home of sorrow. Therefore, be sure take none other than one that is equally pure as yourself. .Remember that man, when he looks for a wife, seeks sobriety, rirtue and purity in a woman. .Why should not woman then demand the same of man P Drunkenness turns ' a man oat of himself and leaves a beast in its place. Do not marry . for a home and a living when, by taking care of your health, you can be strong enough to earu your own living Be kind and true to your <own sex.' Do ; not let fathers, mothers or, aunts sell you for money or position into bondage, tears and life-long miseries which you alone must endura. Do not meet any man clandestinely, as it may be to your sorrow. Do not place yourself habitually in tbe~society-_atany suitor until you have decided the qu»stTqn -..of- matrimony. Human wills are weak—girls, especially, often beco ie bewildered, and do not know their error until it is too late. Get away from all other influences except " good nj others." Settle your head and make up your mind alone. A word from a good mother will not harm you, as she is the last and crowning handiwork of God, the link connecting heaven and earth, the endowment of purity, holiness and heavenly grace, the most perfect combination of modesty, patience, devotion, affection, gratitude, and loveliness, and; fit for any high or holy trust. Did not she watch over you from infancy to childhood, from childhood to girlhood? And a mother is more of a mother than a father is a father. Mother knows that a husband's work is from sun to sun, and a wife's work is nerer done. Forget not, a promise may be made in a moment of sympathy orevea half delirious ectasy, which must be redeemed through years of sorrow, toil and pain. Forget not he only that is free free from vice is fit to be your companion, and no other. Prop the company of him at once who has uttered a word unbecoming to true manhood, for if a man is true to himself, then it must follow as the day the night, he cannot be false to woman. As you make your bed so you must sleep. Take none that has ever slandered or betrayed one of your own sex, or broken a piomiee. He is not worthy of a wife, nor will he ever be true to one.