St. Landry democrat., 1883-01-20
Let That Girl Live!

M Let That Girl Live!
Girls are especially doomed to cruel
treatment. while the boys .'act SO, if
confined as girls are, that they are per-
mitted to have little more freedom
turned loose into the yard, where they
are able to invent plays, etc, enough
to keep them ina good physical condi-
ton, aside from bad habits of living.
But the girls, delicate creatures,
different class. of mortals, as it, might
seem, constitutionallY frail, born to
have curved spines, delicate stomach,
"a pale face. a contracted CHEST of the
wasp-form, household petsaor tender
house plants. must be treated as if they
were intended onlysfor the house. as it
might seem Their delicate stomachs
are treated to pie, cake, doughnuts,
little cracker. some rich preserves, ice
cream. with figs, candy, raisins, nuts
and the like for dessert, on the false
supposition that they cannot bear sub
stantial foo sand that this. trash is real
Nv nourishing as compared with SIM
pie food, while. pra tically, it is nearly
worthless, on account OF the little which
can DO appropriated BY such weak
stomachs Besides being practically
nearly starved, the tender mother sus-
.pecfs Nat theappetife is not as good as
it shonldh q, and~lwould4 be If proper
food was allowed, with out-of-door ex-
.rercise,, and the innocent and delicate
child is dosed with powerful drugs
powerful sfeH harm wltheA but ! tile
knowledge S0fa the real wants OF her
! child, and less of the patent medicines
inflicted on the victim! 1T may be that
she foolishly resorts to the use OF ar
dent spirits for such a delicate girl,
when much. if not most, in the market
is unsafe for a strong man. If made
peevish, nervous, irritable by such
harsh treatment, unablegto sleep, the
symptoms, remonstrances, are hushed
by the use OF some soothing syrup,
rich in opium!
Il 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 is only the certificate OF Nature
othat she has commanded her blessing
upon them, the evidence of invigora-
ton. Let them play like good boys
and with them, certainly till they have
! gained some muscular prWer, as a
foundation for what awaits tnem in the
future. Do you fear that such associa-
ton with boys 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,e with boys. the boys may be-
come less rude, better associates for
them. Remember that they were placed
here. not simply to be pets. to live an
indolent life in careful retreat, but to
i've for boys and with boys, to associate
with them in the family, in the school,
at church, everywhere in active life
Good boys viii not harm good girls.
They will live together, they must asso-
ciate together in after life, and should
do SO now. Let them run and jump,
hop and skip, frisk and play just like
the dear little lambs, for this is the way
in which the young indicate the fex-
uberance Of their spirits, and promote
their growth and health. Let them
join their brothers and neighbor
associates in innocent games of
amusement and recreation. Let them
make bone, muscle. SlneW, nerve, just
like their brothers, Tor they have the
same muscles, and need to have them
well developed, 10 be strong and endur-
ing, Just as certainly % their brothers.
AS the future wives and mothers they
need muscle development as certainly
as the boys, and perhaps lust as much.
4; Let them wear loose q thing that their
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