Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-03-13
The C.nlnx woman.

The Coming Msman.
He il blind who would call in auss-
ton the power and influence Of woman
in directing the mind, heart and life Of
nation. This is obvious even TO
the most ineredulous when they re-
member ''as the twig is bent so is
the tree inclined," and mothers
uneqnalled opportunity 10 direct in
TO the channel Of life the mind and
heart Of her child. II We are anx-
ious (and who should not be?) to
see the character of the coming ma
tion, let us look to the character OF
our coming women who win thus
stand at its helm and direct its
course Of life.
1t is an easy matter, not laborious,
to determine the character of the
women Of the future, II we will only
look at the girls Of the present. One
whe keeps an open eye to the charac-
ter Of the young ladies Of the present
day cannot zee msay bright stara. nor
joyous hopes for the future. We
now speak of women in general, and
not the few exceptions who are like
diamonds in the dust. II it was
beauty that constituted woman, we'll
might We be proud Of our coming
race. But it is character that makes
the woman. The beauty of heaven
and earth without character amounts
to nothing. And this is an impor-
tant lesson for the young ladies of
the present day TO learn. I do not
now speak Of character, falsely SO
called by the world-that Of being
rich and worthless-but that charac-
ter-the true-approved of by God
and venerated by the Master-liying
for noble and grand purpose.
But of the young ladies of to-day,
how many do we find even with an
object in life above that Of getting
married-much less of an object
worthy Of their beauty, mind and in
tellect. The Purpose women Of to-
day are few. When we look at what
our young women should be and what
they are, we long to see some woman
of skill, brains and energy, turn the
world "upside down" IN starting a
reform in this direction. Do you
say that it is not needed! "There
is no field nor open door, that pre-.
sents such glorious opportunity to
accomplish so great good. Let us
for moment, however dark the pic.
tuTe may be, look at the true charac.
ter of our young women to-day
sour girls,' yes, "our girls"
| (D. They allow their mothers te
become their servants.
| Some one has well said, eth,
daughter at the piano and the mother
at the wash-tub." This is just th,
idea I want. In days gone by, the
good old-fashioned mother (Got
bless her!) was taking her ease; bu
now the daughter is in the parlor-
oh, how beautiful!--and the mothe
is in the kitchen. "Mamma, wher,
are my slippers? What did 1 dt
with my ribbon? Here, fix this
Hand me my hat. Stir up the fire
Shut the door. Put on little coal
Get me q drink and about tel
thousand other such orders. Lovel,
daughter she. Am I coloring to,
high! You know am not. Thes
are facts-solid facts.
2. Street walkers and Gadders.
Do you want to see them ''dow
street? Open your eyes and look
There they are. What are they dc
ing? Showing off their fine clothe
that father likely has not paid fol-
' and looking for. their "feller"-
some dude or blooded crank. Afts
: they have ''pressed all the brick" @
t the central streets, they are now
), go into the dry goods store. "shol
!. tping," having studied all day for q
!, texcuse to 60 and chat their "fellcr,
the clerk. They now spend fro
y two to four hours occupying his tin
n for which he is paid, and when 81
a leaves, the clerk draws good lor
!. breath and remarks to himsel
4 'What fool" II by chance 81
+ lives in a country railroad town. 81
: knows just when the North ar
ISouth trains are due, and there won
be a wonderful disaster If she VI
" not there to flirt with the railros
q men and the dudes on the passir
!, trans. F
), 8. Reading corrupt literature.
When not gambling" she is bu
jed in some rotten novel that shou
" make her cheek blush to read it,
reading some paper the eye Of
woman should ever sec. Every d
. she lives she is thus drinking free
from this fountain of corruption a
" poison, that will blast her life as su
as she lives.
" 4. Their language.
ls il such that should character
. a high minded, true woman? M
tis anything else. The langua
used by the young women Of tod
is enough to make a man blu