New-York tribune., 1873-02-13

Leon in wedding garmentsf The swarthy
skin, fine eyes, and well made clothes were
all there. If his wife's morbid fancy had pre-
pared her to receive a husband in such man
of straw, was she not to blame for her bad
bargain But what of these morbid fancies,
shared by 80 many girls, though they may
not happen to end in divorce OF felon hus-
band
When young fellow under twenty has
sudden access of fever to his brain, and
begins to fling his money about like an Irish
king. or deserts shop or Office where he has
respectable start in life, to go vagabondizng
to Santa F6 or the Pole, OF grows unreason-
ably lachrymose about the girls, we are prone
to deal gently with the lad to talk OF young
blood, of sowing wild oats, OF the
spirited colt that makes tho Dest
horse. Indeed, this kind of fermentation
in hearty, full-blooded boys, is so accepted
a fact that wise fathers make provision for IL
as for measles or whooping cough. Tom,
growing restless or disposed to frequent low
theaters or drinking-shops, is "given q little
"rope.r 1t is easy to understand the cause of
his outbreak. The world and its possibilities
them. in desk or salesman's counter, so little
Plenty of means offer themselves to tire
boys restless body and satisfy his hungry
brain-gymnasiums, societies. debating clubs
he swims, fishes, hunts, plays cricket or base
ball-rubs every day against many men OF
many minds-dabbles in politics, science, or
art-dashes away to this city or that as tar as
his money will carry him and by all these
ways gains glimpses of other regions OF thought
and circumstance than his own narrow sur
roundings. Presently satisfied, he adjusts him
self for life, steadily and whOlesOmely, Win
wider outlook and firner footing.
But is there no young blood " in womanf
What provision do we make for her safe and
contented footholdf In the large cities the
high roads of literature, art, or beneVOlence
are accessible and open to women their
physical development also is understood and
cared for But in the country and inland
towns, in the great mass of American taml-
lies, the daughter leaves school, and the
glimpses of the outdoor world which her books
there have given her, for a narrow round OF
sewing, domestic work, tea-drlnking, or balls
(as the case may be-, with the hopes OF court
ship and marriage beyond. The literature OF
" her set" consists of a magazine or two, the
local news in the papers, and shoals of SEMI
religious weak novels. Just in proportion as
she is naturally strong she feels that she is In
jail bounds and chafes against them. Usu-
ally she settles down to her narrow life, the
unsatisfed cravings of youth making it ever
after harder and more ungracious; for If op-
pOrtunity present she grasps at the first barber
swindle that approaches, and clothes him with
romance as with a garment. There are other
endings to the story than these when girl
sets ont to SOW her own wild Oats-an ugly
sight to see. The beginning of the journey
may be found in the lOud-talking, bold-eyed
school girls that crowd some of our avenue
cars, or the unprotected fast young bellies
slipping champagne at midnight in restaurants.
When parents understand that young blood
and young brains in girls and boys possess
the same vinous quality, and provide safe
escape for such fermentation in physical and
mental training, our women wild be better
fitted to answer the problems which now per-
plex their middle age.