The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-03-26
OUR GIRLS.
soux GIRLS OF OUR PERIOD.

asasts: ,, ,oa,v q,
~ an many of "our boys" fare badiy al
sAN hands of American relatives anu H..
- many Of "our girls" are not muon 1!, .Toir To
ar In ehildhGGd ,sa tDss Dss,,H S'S TOYS. When
ssev reach the "troublesome age" they arc
- yid of and sent to school. Dnr,De .ns
kSstaa, a thew return homo and are dressed
=, sstc IN y and are allowed to 60 TO theA'
srles- balla. and fetes to their hearts cor,
tent. T.lis state Of things goes iaE 10 sPUA
I shean for their studies daring Tue re, nhnoi
acF pf tho year. When ss tney Thsn the
fhc aaIschief begins in earnest; hen nait,v trU
-~,sTc iaay becomes "bossess," as WHY
wyssas recently observed, "of the whole
.nslSarn.D Her toilettes eclipse those o,
% scother In gorgeous magnihcence anu
snrhiiness. In truth, she dresses lar more
ar3eAdidly than do most OF tnose Cu,n
weaps Of seventy who endeayor 10 supp'y
40 ausrages committed by time on their
80 Snlexious and forms by the aid of superb
! e~S1as,ea. and not unfrequently with pant
anS ttaac de pe,le. Many American elris
4 "A ,Sssent actually rival tho aboriglnes IN
~ tattooipg of their faces; and We ire
rrantly ace young ladies OF from eighteen
- twoI,ty years of age whose cheeks are as
shsek!y bedau ubed with paint as are those
efan Indian on the war path' "hi.e as a,o "
AheIf hair, the superabundance "i ia'se
< SsniAs which they wear would be rejected
+ ~ nny savage whose natural pride would
yeaoil from wearing so much that ls faise:
sPheae pirls wear diamonds, pearls, and
cAxhmere shawls, and, as says % brilliant
Eeeuph writer, "appear always IN the AZ
tire of mAtrons." II their costume Is over
SfilllaAt. their manners are unqnestionaoly
4nA forward. They receive gentlemen alone
! n AhA darkcned parlors of their houses,
aaSl 20 to theatres, balls, and assemblies
IN the company of persons who arc often
unknown to their parents. A girl goes 10
s n AtseoeiAbie" or TO n "coterie," and there
inlcks up with some young man whose man
aers please her, and, without committing
abyexperienced person: forthwith invites
hise 20 call upon her. Now the chance ls
Ahat this gentleman may be utterly unht
fer- her to know, bat her father and mother
ussvu 20 care little about the matter. He
nSlIa and calls again, and it sometimes hap
Nons chat by dint of calling he ends by
Winning the young dsmsers heart. Then
perhnps, her relatives will begin to make
snqniries about him, aud will find out only
4ae late that he 10 an adventurer. a sep
aratiou ensues, aud, not unfrequentiy, nj
elepement and life of misery. And ye
heW easily could ali'this mischief be avoid
- II parents only did their duty ant
watched over their children.
S}ux girls too often do not even endeavo
Ia master the rudimeuts Of an ordinar
ailuoation. They speak bad French, wors
GSTman, and play and sing in a fashio
ykieh rather provokes compassion tha
aamiration. Although they learn muc
aSat is useful while at school, yet the
eaaAt to know that education in the hiGt
1ae sense only begins after they leave i
Ak school youpg woman lays only II
feaDdatiou on which her real life trainiu
must be built by tue work Of her ow
fCr MI IL
Nmbryo when she leaves school. There
aa earthly reason why girls who hay
nothing else to do bat practice should n
be eYtistes on the piano, and with the
voices If they have musical genius. u
no, they waste hours in so called practic
hat what comes Of this ractico Nethin
because it is not earnest nor genuine.
is simply waste of time. Amelia b. Z
vvarSle, the clever novelist, once remark
that tho great sin of women'slives is was
Of time. "If girls would only practice
bar of Beethoven per day said she, 81
steAd Of rubbing their noses against I
window pane willis, waiting for dinner,
sho end Of the year they would know
heart his longest sonata"
Ooe Of the most painful of all things
aent;On in connection with too many Of I
aodeTn American girls, is their want Of
liRier and moral refinement. Ii their
7Snas took real pains to inStil into Ii
heaHts and minds genuinely pious ser
meAts, many OF the faults 40 promin
in them at present. would disappear a
by enehautmenI' For the sincerely /
Rious woman is truly modest and ind
eYious bot ''our girls" are not over pi'
and, therefore, they are not eueumhe
Rsak g supeIfluity OF modesty. The lit
.sSFe OF to day, the press, the conversa
Of tho hour, tell the world how abuut
a modern socety are these girls, W.
svpo we have endeavored to sketch. I
example is catching it lie for US Cath
paronts and Catholic instructors to
ahat neither through ignorance nor iudi
enee COR children should grow up suc
theee. II we bring them mp as Cat
shildres ought to be trained, as bec'
their state in life, We need not fear
then the dangers OF either wealth or
erey-for either eopdition has its par
lar dangers.
All Catholic girls should SO to confe
and communion at least once month
81 all great festivals. They ought al
belong to some active charitable soc
and 30 visit aud help the poor, aud
voa1R children. We think, aiso, that
houia be made good housewives, "a
Aowto work, to make and to mend,