The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-08-26
Have you a Daughter!

Can you look at tina, fragile iorm-see
the out-bcaming Of that ar,less spirit,
and not shudder to think oi the dangers
that surround her. A child Of Eve, irall
and fallen at best, long before her young
heart has been sobered by experience, or
learned any cold lesson Of this worlds
seliishness and falseness, she is called
upon TO take steps that must tell on the
brightness or blackness of her destiny
As she frs, steps forth upon llie's stage,
how her bounding spirit sends OH, its as
pirations in the holy confidence OF hope
and love. With her bosom unsettled to
the fascinating influence of fat.ery and
folly, as she looks OH. on life, robed in its
rainbow colorings, how bright, how beau
tiful it appears TO her! She thinks not
Of the deccption-sh suspects not boil
lowness, but believes the reality will
prove as the surface appears.
Poor child, how little does she know of
the dark, withering shades Of human de-
pravi,y, whose blighting influence she
may soon feel! How little does she
think of the deceiver, with his bland smile
and unforgiving spirit. Yet through all
these snares, these hidden fires that lie
along her un,rodden path. she must pass
unscathcd -unsoiicd. One false step,
and she is ruinea--hcf name is blacken.
ed--her happiness gone. Gold cam"
gild il, beauty cannot adofn it, tears o1
bitterest anguish cannot wash away tht
stain. Let the tribute of wealth be ial'
: a, her feet lie, pleasure breathe her soi
melody around her, let every Joy. llk'
gems Of morning, sparkle around he
path, and yet cloud is on her brow,
{ blight is Oh her character --she feels tina
9 her glory is dcpartcd--,has hers is mis-
! cradle lot. Are her imprudcnt acts
childhood ever forgotten .s
Are those loliies over which "a ma
/, would smile, and feel kind OF pride
S ever overlooked or forgotten when CON
mitted by girls He may reform wit
honor, but the very name of reform !
woman is disgrace. The summit oil MOI
al excellence and influence, the world
admiration and esteem may be gained /
him over whose youth, marked with dt
sipation aud pronigacy, the veil Of -
gctfulness has been TIN own But pos
woman, often neglected and uncnltivate
as she is, must present 10 all eXactin
!, world whole life from ciiiiiiood up III
tinged, unsuliei by single stain.
- Nor is this the arpi,rary decision
society. 1t IS written on wonans oV
!. heart. To be loved, to be esteemed,
!, stand unclouded and irreproachable abo
;. slander or suspicion, this is her natuI
- and holy ambition. interviewer with h
= nature, it concentrates the very eleme
: of her being, and Is at once the good
:. her life and the safeguard OF her hapF
As ness. s.s=.-
- This, then, IS thal oa winch woman
happiness depends, which can fling gla
ness around her life, or wiring angu,
T. from her heart, must be decided by n
ny sell long before her maturity has CIV
:, = strength OF experience. Who, then,
l. responsible for the manner In which
character IS formed, her mind mould,
).h her destiny shaped! Oh! how many
% tale Of woe, how many lille OF Ing
ing agony, Of crushed hopes, OF CO
at rayless despair might have been pfeve
ed, had a fathers time and attention,
en- expended on triles, been directed
'fe ,ha, pale and delicate flower, which,
posed to the rude blast aud seorchlng ;
,ay must bloom unsuled, or else be q
pissed