The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-02-02
LITTLE GIRLS,

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l eauuot we'll imagine . home more
incomplete than that one where there 10
no little girl to stand 10 the void of tho
domestic circle which boys eau never
fill, aud to drsw all hesrts within the
magic ring BY she namelsss charm Of her
presence. There is something about lit.
tie girls which is especially lovable even
their willful, naughty ways seem utterly
void Of evil where they are so soon fol-
lowed by the sweet peniteuce that over.
flows 10 such gracious showers. It Your
boys are great, noble fellows, generous.
loving, and full Of good inpulses, bus
they, are noisy aud de,Nous.ra.ive, sud
dearly as you love them, you are glad
their place is out of doors but Jennie,
with her light step, is always beside youj
she brings the slippers for paps, sod
with her pretty dimplsd fingers, uufolds
the paper for him to read she puts ou .
thimblo no bigger than fairy's. and,
with some very mysterious combination
Of "doll rags" fills up small rocker BY
mamma, with wonderful assumption of
w6mauly dignity. Aud who shall, tell
how the little thread of speech tha. hows
with such sweet, silvery liYhtuess from
those innocent lips, twines itself around
the mothers heart, never to rust, not even
when the dear little face is hid amouK
tho daisies, as 50 many mothers know.
But Jennie grows to be woman, and
there is long aud shihine track from the
half-latched door Of childhood till the
girl blooms into tho mature woman.-
There are the brothers who always lower
their voices when they talk to their sis
ter, aod tell Of the sports ia which shs
takes almost as much interest as they DO,
while in turn she iustructs them in all
tho little minor details of home lifo, Of
which they would grow up ignorant II
not for her. And what shield she is
upon the dawning manhood wherein 20
many temptations lie. Always her sweet
presence to guard an ] inspire them,
check upon profanity, living sermon on
Immortality. How fragrant the cup Of
tea she hands them at the evening meal;
how CHEEKY her voice as she relates the
little incidents Of the day No silly talk
of incipient beaux, or love of young mcn
met on the promenade. A girl like that
has no empty space iu her head for such
thought. to run hot in, aud you don't find
her spending the evening 10 the dim par.
lor with a questionable young man for
her company. When her lover comes,
he must say what he has to say in the
family sitting room with father and moth.
or; or, if he is ashamed to, there 10 no
room for him there. Jennis's young
heart has not been filed by the peruicious
nonsence which results in 80 many Nm
happy marriages or hasty divorces -
Dear girl, she thinks all the time of " hat
a good home she has, what dear brothers,
aud on bended knees, Graves the blessings
Of Heaven to rest on them; how it will
radiate as n blessing into other homes
where sisters memory will be tho con.
secrated ground of the past. l..-...,.
Gherjsh. .tbcn.tha Gt'LpIJsL, sGd rs1
the table cloths, and eat the sugar, and
are themselves the su gar and salt Of life!
Let them dress and undress th cir doll ba-
bies to their hcart's coRtebt. and don't
tell them Tom Thumb and Red Riding
Hood are fiction, but leave them alone
till they find it out, which they win all
too soon. Answer all the funny ques 4
tions they ask, and don't make fun Of
their baby theology, and when you must
whip them, do it SO that If you should
remember it, it would not be with tears,
for a great many little girls lose their
hold suddenly before the door from which
they have escaped is shut, and find their
way back to the angels. So be gentle
with the darlings, and see what track
Of sunshine will follow in the wake Of the
little bobbipg heads that daily find great
many hard problems to solve.