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Show "Butterfly" Men. We find the following in the Calendar of the Paulist church. New York, but its application Is ont confined to New-York. New-York. Many young men it) this city and elsewhere will find that it strikes them In a weak spot. It deserves to be read and remembered. "This question has often been asked, and the answer must nearly always be In the negative. Is it honest for a young man to monopolize the time of a young girl for one or two years without any definite matrimonial object in view? No, decidedly it is not honest; but, on the contrary, it Is very dishonest dishon-est and will eventually bring its own reward on the offender. "So many young men think they are perfectly justified in their butterfly acts jumping from one flower to another at will that their sense of duty, their conscience, seems to have left them. It is true that every young man who intends in-tends to wed has the right to a certain amount of time during which he may judge whether the girl whom he visits will be for him a worthy partner in life. But the average young man can settle that question in less time than it takes his employer to increase his salary, if he ls honest, noble and manly, and above all, if he is in earnest. "But the truth is that so many are not in earnest. They keep company, so to speak, just as long as it suits themselves, them-selves, and then discover some other girl in order to waste her time and spoil her chances of a better man. If you are keeping company, so to speak again, find out just how your young man treated his last girl; it's a good test, and may be of service to you in sizing up his character." |