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Now the foregoing advice, or, more properly, suggestions, to young men and boys,
would seem to be incomplete, without a word to young women; hence we will give them an item, written for the Blade, by W. S. Frazier, under the head of " Beware. " I shall head it as follows:
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Beware, young lady, beware! A serpent lies coiled in the lees of that cup, Which your handsome "young man" has so gaily caught up And drained to the dregs. He may laugh at your fears, But if you would shun the disgrace and the tears Of the helpless, despairing, disconsolate wife Of a drunkard who has driven all hope from your life; When the years have flown by and the fiend has control Of that handsome young man, mind, body and soul—
Beware!
Beware, young lady, beware! This life has enough of pain, trouble and care For those who act wisely. Then turn from the snare Of the deadly drink demon; that promise, fair-spoken. Of reform after marriage, is sure to be broken. Oh, heed thou the counsels of wisdom and truth, That thy age be not cursed with the choice of thy youth. There are many young men, brave, noble and strong, Then choose not from Satan's Bacchanalian throng—
Beware!
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