Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-09-02

Young women wns Oivs 200 Mash A'ss~s'ss
From tho brooklyn Magazine.
The nevspsper vie aims his shafts Of humor
At no ohiect with snch keen pleasure ana 40
light a. whom he directs them at the modern
young WON IN, her oaprices and tendencies
And Il must 10 acknowledged that no does -
not without cause In many instances While
there arc thousands OF young women who
represent what Is best and highest in young
womanhood, whose purposes In life extend
beyond tho frivollties Of dress and outward
sdornments, there are, on the other hand, q
large percentage thai look upon life ''as .
joke that's just begun, to borrow an express
aion from popular opera
These young women live under the deiu.
sion that social distraction, beauty OF person
They are slaves TO custom and fsahion, and
revel Tn external attractions They sccept
the glitter for the gold, the heraldry anu trap
pings OF the world for the priceless esscnce
Of woman's worth which exists within The
mind. Their highest attainment In not the
possession OF a true womanhood, but thai
their position In society may be OF . oonspi.
cuous order, and thereto they bend all their
energies. Hours are spent over the latsst
fashion plates, while days are gwen over to
tho making and perfscting OF now apparel.
They forget that n true woman exists indie
pendent of outward embellishments, that
dress 10 regarded by many - only the Ivy
that encircle- tho oak, and is never mistaken
IL is not tho queen Of fashion that sways the
sceptre Of influence or authority over mon.
II is In the hand Of the true. noble, sensible
and virtuous woman that authority In placed,
and whore she dwells there may bo refine-
msnt, culture, intelligence and moral
power be found. The influence Of such
young woman upon society In OF the most
salutsry kind.
But what Is that Of the reiRninR society
bellsY Men may admire her for the moment
when, In brilliantly lighted parlors, her
beauty and charms dazzle tho eye; but
what are the after oonclustonnY ''Silly crea-
turc. wrapped up In herself and the world"
was tho comment OF an apparent admirer
upon young belle alter an eventful social
occasion In New York only a few weeks since.
Fashion and folly never gained an ounce OF
respect worth the possession, and never Will.
Sonng women. alas too often mistake sdu-
alton for respect, only to ind ut the end that
1, was but hollow mockery, and, like pyro.
technic display, prepared for the occasion.
A true young woman's ambitions stretch
beyond the ball room and the milliners = estat-
Ishment She wisely strives to make her
lilo grand In womanly virtues, and by her
example inspires others TO secure the same
priceless CT own OF womanhood. This 10 The
woman that commands the respect and ad-
Iniration Of the world, not temporarily, but
permanently. In her, friends recognize .
rich store OF practical good sonse, and q
beautiful harmony about her character that
Mt once inspires sincere respect, which soon
warns Into love-
Young Ladies' should he Cautious In Their
Female Acquaintance.
From the san francisco Report.
It's rather the thing TO warn young girl
against the society men she meets at isshion.
able watering places but there In more
need to caution her about tho women. A
fast or easy going society woman can smudge
tho innocence Of young girl more quickly
than can the unpunished hbertina Mothers
should begin to realize that gay married
wou IN arc not tho chaperones for modest
daughters Neither should q mother permit
her daughter " make friends with women
about whom abe knows nothing. 1t In
not safe, as q society girl could tell " she
wanted To. The young lady In question is
very we'll known. II I gavethe faintest clue
her indentity would be known, 10 shall not
scatter curiosity anies seed. She was at santa
barbara last year, and there made the ac-
quaintance OF pretty dashing woman. Our
little friend WAS at first fascinated. With
Intimacy grew alarm. Suddenly the friend
ship wandered, then broke. But those three
weeks taught thar girl heap she wished they
hadn't Now innocence In displaced by sus.
piciou. Never again will her thoughts be
written on an unsoiled page That ungarded
intimacy blotted II forever