Right at the this moment, I know at least three young ladies who want desperately to get married. I know at least three mothers, who think their daughters should not at this moment get married. They are the mothers of the three girls who desperately want to get married. What can a mother do at a time like this, mother or a father for that matter. Well — I'd say this — give the youngster all the CONS and none of the PROS (they have enough of these on their own without YOU helping out) and then let nature take it's course. One of the rights and privileges of man is to make his or her own mistakes, and regardless of all the MANY, MANY hundreds of reasons you can give the young people for not getting married… they'll probably go right ahead and marry… and the odds are good they'll be pretty happy too. Here's a little poem I kind of like. I shall have to remember it if I ever have a daughter and if ever some man wants to marry her.
Advice to a daughter
"Daughter," I said. You have reached the age
Where advice from your father is needed.
I will take from the book of experience a page,
And I want you to take it and heed it.”
I quoted aloud as she paced the room –
(Daughter has a wonderful carriage)
“It's all right to listen to love in bloom,
But run if a man mentions marriage."
Now, daughter was always an obedient child,
Coming real close to perfection,
But her calculations were somewhat wild –
Daughter ran in the wrong direction.
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