The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-06-13
BOYS VERSUS GIRLS.


I wonder how many of the little boys
saw what Fanny Fern said about them,
in the New York Ledger? If they have
not, they need ut look, for they would Mt
feel at all elated, after reading it she
iHlagines that they ought to enter chry-
sails state, and remain there until they
could bud forth into young men, with no
capacity for playing tricks. or tearing
their clothes, and being up to all kinds OF
mischief in general Now, I can't help
disagreeing with Fanny on the boy ques-
ton; experience teaches me that all the
boys don't tear their clothes, nor use bad
language. smoke cigars, get into mischief
all the time, and If he meets his sister
out Of doors, tells her to go home or she'll
catch it +! Some boys do these things, but
not all of them, no more than girls do,
and yet Fanny Fern thinks there is no
prettier sight than drove of little school
girls. [ allow they re very nice, but why
an orderly set OF school-boys can't be just
as nice, can't see; and the little girls
viii change as they grow older, and gen
orally for the worse in appearance, while
the boys viii grow up brave and strong,
ready to battle for the right at all times,
| while the girls, as they are at present,
| are SO filed with the pomp and parade
of fashion, that they forget that they
| e. I,,t
mere showcases of the latest styles If
you are In their company, you hear of
| little more than the latest mode of doing
up the hair, and whether ruffles or bias
folds are most becoming, and have you
seen Miss so and so with her Dolly Warden
suit2 wasn't it splendid, and the hats,
broad brims and rimless ones; and the
whole conversation interlarded with de-
preciating criticisms On the style and
dress Of their neighbors, and to tell the
truth, you might easily conclude that
they couldn't make decent loaf of bread.
| You find very few who can converse on
any of the topics of the day, in general,
no useful information laid up, nothing
that in after years may serve to make
life and home pleasant and yet there
are exceptions, as 10 all cases, and it is a
real pleasure to know there are some who
dare to be sensible, and attend to the
adjoining of the mind, with gems which
will glieten and grow brighter with ad
vancing time, who spend their leasure IL
cultiVating those graces, which will be as
ever flowing fountains of sparkling beau
ty; a source Of constant pleasure to them
selves, and to all with whom they come
In contact. Ii girls would but reflect thai
there is more true beauty in plain calico
dress with neat white collar and cuffs
neatly arranged hair. and fresh bloom
ing face, than in all the ruf1es, folds
crimps, curls and a thousand other knick
nacks which serve to make up the attire
Of the fashionable girl. The girl who
thinks more of papa's pocket-book than
of his pleasure. The girl who will sit in
| the parlor and sing so sHeetIy about,
MAKE Home Pleasant" and, ten to one
the poor mother is in the kitchen stewine
and toiling to provide something tempt
ing for the tired husband and father OF
/ his return from the care and toll of bust
ness. ~
| Now, girls, if you wish to make home
happy, just stop singing Of what ought tt
be, roll up your sleeves, go to work
alleviate some of the cares ofyour moth
er, and believe me, you viii realize much
true pleasure, from the knowledge of vel
spent time. HALE.