BE FAIR, BOYS.
1 say nothing.' about religion or obedience to parents, or health, or growth, or good manners. But I do say that any boy should be * square ’ with the girl that he loves. He ought to keep bis nails, his teeth, his hair, his clothes as neat as he thinks hers ought to be. He ought to keep his breath as pure, his speech as clean, as hers. If he drinks he should be roan enough not to object to her drinking. ‘lf he ‘ smokes,’ or ‘ chews,’ he should not turn away from a foul breath in her. If his speech is impure, it should nob shock him to find that her mind is defiled and vulgar. In short—and you see I speak only of things on the surface—he ought to be man enough to put up with, if he can nob admire, in her the things he allows in himsel f. But the boy who has that kind of sweetheart is already half ruined, and there is one thing a boy must do—succeed. It takes strength to do that, and a strong man is a clean man and a gentleman. Your friend, Jno. G-. Woolley. -EJn Route in Canada , March 12, ’ 97 .
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Southern Cross, Volume 5, Issue 33, 20 November 1897, Page 3
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