Show FOR ENGAGED GIRLS A we woman tella them sow to trent future you have a little band around the third finger of your left hand in which is set a turquoise says the ladies csome journal and when it was put there you remembered that the hindu sail ho who hath a turquoise hath a friend now what you have in the man you love best and choso whoso difo you aro going to becomer bec omea friend ho is your sweetheart your lover it is true but because to you hia heart seems best worth having his love the richest gift you can possess you will not vulgarize as many girls do the tie that binds it is true you go with him alone to hear some wonderful music or look at some fine pictures but I 1 hope it is not true that when you are at a party or in your own home you two pair off and make yourselves the objects for silly chatter and idiotic jesting ho can love you with his whole heart but ho must not make you subject to ridicule he can think you the most unselfish girl in the world but ho must not show his own selfishness by expecting you to devote your evenings exclusively clu to him ignoring those who are at home let him come in and be one of them theres a dear five minutes when ho can speak to you when he can kiss you on the lips that he knows aro only the gates to sweet pure speech and when ho can whisper the lovely nothings that moan so much to you both then too dont let him feel that ho must civo up all his friends for you dont accept valuable presents from him and dont assume an air of proprietorship with him tell him nothing about your family affairs for the secrets of the household do not even belong to the man you are going to marry guard yourself in word and deed hold his love in the best way possible tio it firmly to you with the blue ribbon of hope and never let it be eaten away by that little fox who destroys so many loving ties and who is called familiarity |