Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-04-05
Wild Oats.

Wnen young IelloW uuuer
twenty. five has a sudden access of
fever to his brain, and begins to
fling his money about like an Irish
king, or deserts shop or office whore
he has q respectable start in life,
to 60 vagabondizing to Santa Fe or
the pole, or grows unreasonably
lachrymoso about the girls, we are
prone to deal gently with the lad,
to talk of young blood, or sowing
wild oats, of the spirited colt that
makes the best horse. Indeed, this
kind of fermentation in hearty,
full-blooded boys, is SO accepted a
fact that wise fathers mako provis-
ion for it as for measles or whoop-
ing cough. Tom growing restless
or disposed to frequent low thea
tres or drinking shops, is "givon a
little rope" 1t is easy to UNDER
stand the cause ofhis outbreak. The
world and its possibilities appear
to the young eyes so vast, his share
of them, in desk or salesman's coun-
ter, so little Plenty of means Of
fer themselves to tire boys rest
less body and satisfy his hungry
brain-gymnasiums, societies, de-
batting clubs-he swims, fishes,
hunts, plays cricket or base ball
rubs every day against many men
many minds-dabbles in politics,
science or art-dashes away to this
city or that as far rs his money
will carry him; and by all of these
ways gains glimpses of other re-
gions Of thought and circumstance
than his own narrow surroundings
Presently satisfied, he adjusts him
self for life, steadily and whole.
somcly, with wider outlook and fir
mer footing.
But is there no "young blood" in
% woman? What provision do we
mako for safe and contented foot.
hold? In the large cities, the high
roads of literature, art, or benevo.
lence are accessible and open fol-
women, their physical develop
ment also is understood and cared
for. But in tho country and in.
land towns, in the great mass Of
American families, the daughter
leaves school, and the glimpses o.
the out door world which her books
there have given her, for narrow
round of sewing, domestic work
tea.drinking, or balls Gas the case
may be,) with the hopes of court
ship and marriage beyond. The
literature of cher sex" consists o.
mo gazine or two, tho local news
in the papers, and shoals Of semi
religious novels. Just in the pro
portion as she is naturally strong
she feels that she is in Jail bounds
and chafes against them. Usually
she settles down to her narrow life
the unsatisfied cravings of youth
making it ever after harder and
more ungracious; for if opportunity
present she grasps at the first bar
ber-swindle that approaches, AND
clothes him with romance as with
garment. There are other end
ings to the story than these when
q girl sets out to sow her wild oats
AN ugly sight TO see. The begin
ming of the journey may be found
in the loud-talking, bold-eyed
schoolgirls that crowd some of ouI
avenue cars, or the unprotected
fast young bellies slipping cham.
payne at midnight in restaurants
When parents understand the
young blood and young brains in
girls and boys possess the same vi.
nous quality, and provide a safe es-
cape for such fermentation in phys.
ical and mental training, our wo-
men will be better fitted to answer
the problems which now perplex
their middle age.-N Y. Tribune,