The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-01-31
1t That Girl Live!

Girls are especially doomed to cruel
treatment, while the b VS. ''act So" ii
con- ned as q rls are, that they are per-
miited to have little more freedom
turned loose into the yard, where they
are able to invent plays, etc, enough
to keep them in a good physica condi-
ton, aside from bad habits of living.
But the girls, delicate creatures, a
different class of mortals, as it might
seem, consiitutionally frail, born to I
have curve spines, n delicate stoma n,
= pale face. 4 contracted chest, of the
wa sp-forn, household pets or tender
house plants must be treated as if they
were intended only for the house, as it
might seem. Their delicate stomachs
are treated to pie, cake, doughnuts, a
lit cracker. some rich preserves, ice
cream, with figs, candy, raisins, nuts
and The like for dessert, on the false
supposition that thev cannot bear sub
stantial food, and that this trash is real
ly nourishing as compared with sim
pie food, while, IA tically, it is nearly
WORTHLESS on account OF the little which
can be appropria' ed bv such weak
stomachs. Besides being practical y
nearly starved, the tender mother sus-
poets that the appetite is not as good as
it should lie, and would be If proper
lOOtl WAS allOWeu. Win Oul-Oi-uOOT tN-
ercise, and the innocent and delicate
child is dosed with power. ul drugs
powerful for harm-with but tile
knowledge of the real wants of her
child, and less of the patent medicines
in icted on the victimi 1t may be that
she foolishly resorts to the Sc of ar
dent spirits for such a delicate girl.
when much. il not most. in the market
is un afe for strong man. If made
peevish, nervous, irritable by such
harsh treatment, unable to sleep, TIE
symptoms, remonstrances, are hu he'd
by the use OF some soothing syrup"
rich in opium!
Mothers, let your girls live! Allow
them more liberty in the pure air of
heaven, in the glad sunlight DO you
fear that they will be tanned? That
tan j. only the certificate of Nature
that she has commanded her blessing
upon them, the evidence of invigora.
on. ct them rlav like good boys
and with them. certainly till they have
gained some muscular power. as q
| foundation or what awaits them in the
tut. re. Do YOU fear that such associa-
ton wi h bows will make them rude?
Select good boys for them, and re
member that they were placed in this
world to mingle with society. of both
sexes, and that if you will allow them
| to ming with bows. the boys may be-
come less rude, better associat for
them. Remember that they were placed
here. not simply TO be pets, to live an
| indolent Ii in careful retreat. but to
| We for BOYS and wi h bows, to associate
w tn them in the family, in the school.
at church, everywhere in active life.
Good bows will not harm good girls.
| Io fhaxT
ciaie together in after life, and should
do so now. Let them run and jump,
hop and sip, frisk and play Just like
the dear little lambs, for this is the way
in which the young indicate the eX-
uberance of their spirits, and promote
the r growth and health. Let them
ion their brothers and neighbor
associates in innocent games OF
/ amusement and recreation. Let them
make bone, muscle, sinew. nerve, just
like Their brothers. for they have the
S me muscles, and need TO have them
we developed. to be strong and endur-
ing, Just as certainly as their brothers.
| As the uture wives and mothers they
need muscle development as certainly
as the boys, and perhaps ust as much.
Let them wear loose clothing that their
lungs may be expanded. strengthened,
1 SO ludI InSEC uccu uOt OC III VIC AubuAS
such a 'earrul mortality among the
girls. just emerging into womanhood'
as at present. let the chest be un-
trammelled. so that the six hundred
millions (h of air cells NAV not be
Closed by compression, thus paving the
way for consumption. Let them be nat
ural in their motions, their gait and they
viii be graceful, or su Gently so fol
rirls at that ace. Do not allow any prin
tsNrs. Grundv" to insil into their ten
der minds the idea that it is ''imprnp
err to be natural. and that they mus
walk in lust such a st lie, cramped ant
art fetal in the eVtreme. Remembe
not only that health is as imrortant TO
mothers as for fathers but that 1t can
not he obtained by living on the fash
ionable goodies" shut out from the al
an sun. in indolence; but in the natura
e ercise of all of our faculties, body
m nd and soul. Let the girls liUe!!-
Golden Rule.