The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-09-20

IA. Loula continues asIta,ed over The
missing ladies, MAnY CavnoniLb ana Bnh'
RIA amtru. Whefs indeed are their 70
spec,lye pIaces Of concealment, themselves
alone and special friends In the score
know. But II Is only a question OF Tune
when these histories will be revealed 70
the world. How II Is possible for young
lady who has been decently and other
wise duly reared, to leave her home ana
expose her own and the family's name to
national parading and neighborhood gos-
sip seems almost inexplicable. HOW IL is-
that any such can get her consent
10 exchange past unblemished
career and prospective future, OF honora-
bic tenor, as the matronly head OF nome
and heartstone of her own, for few hours
of wrong.doing, or even scandalous loiiy
we fail to conceive. 1t takes years Oh the
most unexceptionable conduct on the part
of man or woman to win ones way into Inc
popular esteem; 1t requires but moment
of error to blast and blacken, with the
whitening force of the lightning, all that
past, with all its thousand fragrant memo
ries that are dear and sacred to the heart
attuned to honor. One false step ana
she sets up crucifix on which
her dead hopes will lie forever
In that dim vale of tears that leads but to
the tomb, with never a sunbeam to lessen
the sin and sorrow, she must expect to pass
her narrowing days and sleepless nights,
stunned by the freezing treatment.of those
who have no federation for the crime and
no charity for the criminal. To loving pa
rents she has brought broken hearts, to
their eyes she has introduced an eyer-pres'
cot ghost in place of the pearl that lay on
toeir breast when the beautiful face was
aglow in the innocence OF youth, On broth
ara she has inflicted wound more horrible
than was ever inflicted in battle, and thai
knows no opiate, while to sisters she leaVes
the burthen OF a Swallowed name. how
in view of all this, a woman with any
Intelligence, with any heart, with any
lthoughtfulness, can be enticed away by the
destinations that lie in the curled hair OF
the scented kerchief, or the honied words o.
the fascinating fiend, we are at loss te
know, In the present stage of civilization
there are enjoyments OF every description
that might engage the thoughts ano
actions, without recourse to such selections
as MISS CHURCHILL and Miss SMITH have
made. But the young and giddy are Otter
thoughtless OF consequences, which indeed
they sometimes utterly fail to see. Tht
true policy is for every mother SO to tran
her daughter that she will make
confidante of her, telling bel
even beyond what she would tell to hel
most intimate class-mate friend, all the lit
tie details of her daily ,transpiring.life. This
is a state of affairs that should be epcour'
aged from the very earliest years, and con
tinued to the latest. Then with mothers
yigilant love and discerning eye, many. ar
expression used, N any suggestion offered
will appear in its true color and drift, ane
the wholesome advice, and the warning
voice, and if requisite, the prompt .actioI
will come in good time. Let mothers
adopt this course, and we will hear OF les'
play with scruples, and the wild pur
pose hanging hating dizzily on the yerg'
of discussion with the tempter, less OF sucf
scauda as now agitate the staid old city o
ST. Iouis.