The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-02-23
GOOD HOOKS.
What Oar Girls should Road-A Lat sl
Hooks


Good Housekeeping,
Two mothers were discussing the rela
tive merits Of their daughters, Said one
to the other, MY JAMIE is a bookWorm
She reads everything and anything thai
comes in her way"
This carelesaly uttered assertion voices
thp fact that many mothers arc neglect
ing su important duty by permitting thslI
daughters toTead Unfortunately, There
10 IN abundance oigood and bad literature
published 20 day. They grow together as
tares among the wheat Evil thoughts
and inspirations ara woven so insidiously
into the fabric OF many story that the
most experienced lind them diftiCnlt Ia
detect, vi the same tins their edeCt upon
the young mind is vicions. We grow to
DO like those with Wkom we associate,
II our bosom companions are good books,
happy arc We! But ii we cherish bad
books we ahall find that we have nursed a
viper which will reward US with deadly
sting.
Ii mothers could only look within the
pages OF many dime novel or trashy
newspaper which their daughtera are per-
using, they would be horrlied at the ill.,
juries which might result, And still our
1lrls are not DESTROYS OF reading bad
books, They devour them because they
ne fascinating; and come oitenost In their
way,
One method OF interesting girls in good
literature, is by placing good books within
their reach. Give your girls ouch whole-
some stories Of young life as Miss AlCot!s
Little Women" Old.Fashioned Girl;
Miss Warmers "Wide, Wide World" "Oid
Helmet" Daisy" Mrs. A, D, L. Whit
ney's "Om Girls, ""Flith GaGtneys Girl
hoOd;" Mrs. MulOck Craik's "A Nuble
Life" "a Brave Lady," George MaCdon-
AIDS weighed and Wanting" "Warl ok
: Glenwarlock, and Sophie May'spiquaut
sketches, and we affirm that the young
ladies' will be charmed with these authors
Ind through their perusal will become
more thoughtful and wOmanly.
When girls arrive III the Sgs of fifteen
or sixteen years, they usually wish to con.
line their reading to fiction, This should
ny no means he allowed. One method for
IN erestlng girls in general literature, Is by
encouraging them to collect a library Of
their own, There are delightful poems,
books Of travel and adventure, and his.
tories which in point of interest far e1.
coed tho novel. The following list in.
Clules only a few Of the best works OF the
kinds mentioned; LonRfellow's "Evange-
line" "Song OF Hiawatha;" Whittier's
Tent on the Beach," "Snow.bound !"
Mrs, Lucy Bainbridge'S "Round the World
L.etteIs;" Mrs. Whllney's "Sights and In
iights;" Dickens History Of Eogand /"
Charlotte Yonge's "Golden Deeds;" "The
Magma Charta Stories" edited by Arthur
Gilman; "Homes OF the American Poets"
by Il. II. stoddard and others; History
Vi the United States" by 4. W. Higgin.
son, etc, A little tact and judicious adj.
vice in regard to the selection Of the best
authors will insure the implantlng Of the
good seek which, II it terminates, will
Dear an abundant harvest III good In the
years to come,
In order to prevent perniCious books
from being read, mothers must have the
confidence Of their daughters. There are
girls who hide their thoughts and acts
from their mothers, and who read books
secretly they would not read openly. Get
he confidence Of your daughters and they
will never try 10 deceive you. Show your
interest In aud for them by loving words
Of counsel rother than by Lcolding or
threats. There Is no heart 80 hardened
but what a loving word Yields persuasive
power. Be girl with your girls, and let
them never feel that mother 10 too old 10
appreciate their good times, or to sympa
thize with their youthful feelings. When
they know you have their best interests
at heart, there will be no difficulty in
leading them to choice OF good literature.