Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
Advice to oll&. Girls.

We have charity for fast girls. We
have often found them generous and
warmhcartcd, and are fully ready to be-
lievc that their disregard Of convention
alities is often the boldness Of limo.
cence. For example, in some families
the chamber OF the sister is ths resort !
Of the broth r in the FIRST place; then
the cousin, who is almost brother, and
then Of the brothers intimate friend.
who is treated as one Of the tamily.-|
When this free style Of living is trans
tcrred from the shadow Of the family.
to tho apartments Of the crowded hotel
or clearinghouse. it gi:es free occasion
for much free speaking and Tree think
i"g-tor a style Of judgement that
often docs the young girl great injus-
ticc. We have said that our Americans
had their faults. The want Of convcn-
tional limits Of proprie'y between the
sexes is one OF them. TIE young
French girl is kept secluded aud never
suffered t" SEQ gcntlcu'1n unmatched.
In America, frou early childhood, little
girls aud buys grow up together-and
on the whole it is best they should.
But in order that this liberty should
produce good effects, parents and guar
dia"s should necessarily teach certain
limits Of propriety. There are certain
places, times aud modes Of intercourse
that are proper places, times and modes.
There arc certain other places, tunes
and modes that are improper, and it
ought to be part OF the daily training
Of every girl to teach her this. Every
approach on the part Of a young girl to
any personal familiarity with young
man, such Us she might most Innocent
ly take with another girl, exposes her
to misconstruction which it WIS the
duty OF her mother to prevent by time
" warning. A iavoritc author hns
said that such personal advances, on the
part Of woman, were " immoralities Of
manner" even where the intention was
innocent. So girls, take care-rcspect
your sex, and do not give the enemy
cause to speak responsibility. Listen
all Of you, to what man says. 1t is
out of soue old-tashioned Fathers Leg
acy, Or some such Anticipated book. He
says: "A fine woman has u power over
us which she very little dreams. but \
little too near acquaintance often dis
solves the illusion and converts the an-
gel into very ordinary girl" Let a
mother tell you, girls, that mothers,
whom they send their boys out into the
world aad its temptations, hope much
FIR them FROM the influence Of good
women. Did you think Of this when
you tell young men that you d"tc TN
smoking; when you urge wine upon
them at parties? Some m"ther some sis.
ter. may wish that you would lead her son
Or brother to nobler, purcr conceptions
Of lie. Ought not some higher motive
to govern your intercourse with the
young men Of your acquaintance than
merely the desire to fasten their ADM.
ration on yourself-to please them al
any and every hazard? BE sure that
a young man who is pleased through his
lower nature, because you encourage
his ind"lent ind sclE:indulgent habits,
and take part with his least elevated
impulses, will think of you by aud by
only rs part Of something unworthy.
which his better self will seek to out
grow.-Mrs. Harriet Beccher !SiOwc.