Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-09-23

cHmr there to tell YOU that the dcs-
tiny ola nation is settled hy the
calth aud brains oG Young women
under eighteen years Of sgr APP.
plausC.
YOUNG GIRLS!
What + they? the music Of our
churches, the sunshine ofour streets,
the flowers of our social Lille. Bows
and girls are II at school, never
dreaming that one was horn to
clutch the stars and the other to
gravel in the dust. But watch the
girls as they grow up. They become
l%iSllcss and dissatisfied they have no
aim in life. Their calling is simply to
rcvolvC around some man-to-day, n
father or a brother; tomorrow, a
husband or a son Girls feel oil this
though they may never utter it. |
was once walking in Central Park,
New York, with my son, when We
came upon the frequent sign, NO
dogs admittedherc.' "Whata bless
ing tits to the dogs that they can't
read" he remarked, "for 1t would
hurt their feelings so il they could.
Now they don't know the restrictions
they are placed under" | told him
there was a great similarity between
the doors of Central Park and the
doors of useful occupation. The one
were closed to the dogs and the 9TH
rr to the girls, and neither realized
the dcprivations they suffered by
the restriction. a dog may lay drow-
silly on his rug, not dreaming th,t he
cannot enter the Park, but il he try
10 enter, a sharp rap on the nose
will remind him that he is out of his
sphere. A girl may be satisfied with
her present lot until necessity COM
pclls her to do for herself, and then
she fccls, from the sharp opposition
she meets, that she is only a girl, and
out Of her sphere.
This h~aslatcly been illustrated at
Harvard, Two young girls, after years
OF effort, had perfectly prepared
themselves to enter the colicrG. and
applied for admission, but old liar
yard slams the door in their faces
simply because they are girls. Per
haps they fare sumptuously in pala-
tlal m%antions but if they awaken to
the inspiration that they must be ac-
tive to be happy, they are doomed to
feel that they arc only girls.
What a terrible moral effect must
this have on the hundred of boyss in
Harvard. From just such actions
flow the terrible results of insults
and contumcly which are daily heap
cd upon women. And when pro-
fcssors and clergymcn uphold such
restriction, hold them responsible
for the terrible overt ctscycrvwhcrc
ShoWercd upon women by the lower
orders Ofmcn.
had more trouble in my family
to keep the boys and girls on an
equal plain than by any other dim-
Guilty. Seeing that the world dis
eliminates thus against girls the BOYS
infer that they are endowed with
superior natural gifts. Even if a
girl braces up her mind to resist,
what can ono brave girl do against
the whole world?
FALSE TRAINING.
Custom has made the boy the lord
and the girl the slave, the mere pcnd-
age to the lord, the mar on which to
hang his title of name and fame. She
Is the mother, daughter, or wife of
Major sO-and-so or Lord so-and-so.
This should not be. Women should
have an individual aim and purpose
through life. The boy has n will of
ms own. lie has self-dcpendcncc,
and is growing stronger, drawer and
nobler as he moves through life.
Alas! for the girl. The girl denies
her a field for ambition. 1t furnish
cs no career for woman, and she is
tabooed if she steps out of the con-
vcntional beaten path. Surely the
battle of life is hard enough for the
boy, but it is ten-fold harder for the
girl.
For example, look at Winnie Rcam,
really a bright, beautiful little girl,
with a love for her art. She has
done we'll, and displayed great Nrtis-
tie skill, considering the advantages
Mt her hand. But see how she las
been bounded by the press because
shc was engaged by Congress to
form a statue OF Abraham Lincoln.
That is q good statue. | have seen
1t, and it is exactly like the original.
You all know that Abraham Lincoln
was an akward, ungainly man. Is
1t expected of an artist to remodel a
subject and present the likeness un-
like the originals The Capitol at
Washington is filled with daubs of
prominent men, all made by men ar
fists, and never one of these many,
sill OF which is poorer than Winnie
Ream's statue Of Lincoln, has cver
been bounded as she has been.
There is no labor field for girls.
They are dying for want of some
thing to do, longing for the want Of
peace only found in action. | know
a beautiful girl, eighteen years of aye,
iull Of force and fire, who longs to
take the stage for a profession. Her
perfection in private :hcatricals is
marvellous. She lives in the ideal.
She will give imitation TO the life,
and will read Shakespeare, appreci-
oting all the shades Of thought. She
thinks of the stage day and night.
Her friends have power to say TO her
nay, and blast her life, but how can
they fill the void in her heart? "The
stage" say they, "is not respectable; :"
az if a royal soul could not dignity
any profession. Applause.
Can they surround her with Iuxu-
RIGS all her life? No, the skill and
cunning of a girls own hand are the
only reliance she has in time ofnced.
Give your daughters their own for
tune by teaching then to support
themselves.
THE COMING GIRL
viii he healthy, wealthy and wise.
She will hold an equal place with
her brotlcri in the various professions.
She will be an Independent, sclf-sup
porting being, not az to-day, bound
f., NVLcn nII Il.