, 1872-12-08
:: nome Bad characteristics Of Amer
:: :. lean Girls---Their Mothers >.
Responsibility Therefor.
street, Carriage, House, Evening, and
w. School Dresses for Young
Misses.
-oaoy Clothes---Boys' Suits---Ho-
Siery and Underwear.

N tne social farce Of American life that it would
Dc impossible to overlook them in the chronicle
OF fashionable novelties; their toilettes, unfor-
tonately, IN too many q mothers estimation, be-
ing subject Of far deeper consideration than
shear manners. Wetl,inls this arisesin many cases
from thoughtlessness, and in more, perhaps,
from wonaan's desire that her daughters shall
be as wel--or perhaps We might more correctly
say as fashionahly-drcsse as tEe;r associates
: 1t has so long been generally received opinion
among certcln people that
AMERICAN GIRLS
are to be the principal consideration in society,
to be left perfectly free in opinion and action,
that, when one suggests the propriety Of their
beng accompanied in public by IN older person,
he Is apt to be looked upon as infringing upon
: their rights and decidedly behind the age. That
this does not obtain among people Of the highest
culture, is enphaticaly true; but, in too many
cases, it las become Q widely spread evil. At 16
eyoung girl should be fresh as q hnlf-bloHn
rosebud, with the dew Of q June morning upon
It's perfumed petals; but how often do TIE find
them instead, with
Fancies rs hoary
and gray as the world
"A series of Juvenile parties that ere fac
s1naales of the heated crushes at which older
people engage in the wearisome pursuit Of
pleasure; late srppere. incinient f3irtations
and tbo freedom, Iii, 4-1o,, t.,a~ a~o a11o-e1 ~
n+4oa5 '1- A 49, "1us1 'ues @I1 CHIMNEY ~
with young men, unchaperoned, give Us, instead
Of the modest, shy. moss-rosebud of girl. the
: Haunting marigold, who brazenly stares in the
face each passer-by, until, in conduct and
language, she is scarcely dstinguishab1e from
Anonyma. Their high-pitched voices are heard
in shr;1l sonr,ooe in 4h.etra o,nn;hr,a and rail.
uav-car,;.;1o - 49,
s' uo"AA5 "ten o1eei eien4o1l1o"n ., W.
elders. For this the girls are not
to be blamed but the onus falls
nnon +be mother Wbo+bar +hronof tbonoht-
1aa.s1' 49,. s.e A.1so,s .l ", .1.ou 'uousuI-
duty, she neglects what should be the supreme
business OF her LIE, proper sollcltude IN re-
gard to the moral health Of her children, in just
so much @ does she contribute to the quota OF tor-
ean 'RiSsnis Ra ef sssE Es and an
spirits, which must have vent IN some way, they
are offered go few proper means of exhausting
the1r supeEnuous '3Ianty .nat tney n are often ,n
guilty Of seeming 1ndlscret1ons, that are merely
the result OF an overflow Of e1uberant life.
able dissipation or household cares, grown
nervous and querulous from over-pleasure or
over-work, shrinks with feeling OF pain from
the vital redundance OF her child, and, in her
%-AA~AAe-: ~-c"S+ tH@~ ~eW@
closes, and the girl has gone for walk with
some friend, equally thoughtless, equally full Of
life, and equally ready for any mischief that
= uR a ba9 n9S m9eh hes5 5 de9 as Ss1
daughter, aired her megrims, freshened her pale
cheek, and smoothcd away some Of the lines Of
care. There might have been one less rufhe On
her chi1ds dress, or Mra. Somebody g reception
culable advantage to the daughter might
possibly overbalance these omissions. With the
artrgale1les, the Studios Which are now usually
thrown open to the public one day in the week,
ana kndred places et resort II Is PROBABLE 9 TINT
both the adult and junior lady could ind enter
tainment- We hope the day viii soon come
when, throughout tie length and breadth OF our
land, the American girl under q viii not be
found IN public places unehaperoned- Hmothers
could but realize it, 1t really looks as II their
daughters had no one to care for them. While
the French go to one extreme, and consider the
epinster Of 20 quite as unable to take Of her
self as the miss Of 16, re go
to the other end allow the
child just emnncipated from the nursery all the
freedom which should only be granted to M
ture years and Judgment. Give the young girls
al the fresh, healthfu1 amusements that you
can. Let their early days be filed to overflow
ing with happiness, as some slight pre-compen-
sation for the hours in which the grasshopper
will be burden. Let them learn TO dance, to
SELF in their annsernents, and, when they 80 to
their dancing or riding lessons, either accompa-
nv them or send some reliable person in your
place. Don't overdose them with SEN
tisnental religion. The healthy child re-
jects it as she would poor whiskey.
and, in unlimited quantities, it =. is
not infreauent1y followed By the same naudHn,
defencelcss condition. Teach her self-reiance,
so that, if necessary, she may travel unprotect-
ed from the Atlantic to the Pacific, assured Of
respect through her own frank, modest demean-
or, and not, Is is loo frequently the case annoy
ing the entire travelling public BY her blatant
seff-ssEertion. Only a mothers cars can do
Ibis. aud to it all other duties should be made
subseryient, until we get back cur sweet young
girls anain. With their happy laughing faces
Healthy rnnra}s and duiet manners in lien nj
the lond-talkins, street-firting, obtrusive miss
who too frequently infests all our public places.
And now, q Reueuous q nos n1outons," sin
back to our proper place, and detail the fats Of
Fashion. First, we Will consider
s1REEE-pREssEs
for these young Misses. In too many instances,
schoolgirls are only distinguishable from their
manamas By the difference in their years. their
toi1ettes being SO exact q copy of those Of their
elders that they look like matrons in miniature.