Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-05-28

"Nlamma, can ! dO this.
ooh! no. dear" in Mortified accents.
but, mamma, Tom does, and / want
to. Why can't |. mamma?'
'.Why, my dear, Tom is a boy. Little
BOYS can do lots of things that ism 3
nice for little girls TO do YOU know.
And this system, often begun in very
ilfa1cv is followed out till the Girl
rpws mp into Womauhood. either ac-
cpting her trammcl~ rs a matter Of
cdu~c, or chatting yain'y all the way
aong. enyying her brothers. chcrishinC
adeep-scated grudgc against old Dame
Nature, and having the thought which
mc GIRL at least expressed when she
sid; Il fairly hate myself for having
cen born GIRL Girls i'm heather
uds may well feel this. but when girls
a enlightened Christian countries feel
o something i'm their training is aWry.
ttNow, while it is true that a large girl
N many respects cannot do rs large
)oy does, and usually has no desire TO,
t is also equally true with the cNccp-
ions admitted to all rules that little
Girl can do almost exactly Wha, a little
boy can and she usually wants 10
and further. if allowed to, She
generally will do it. II mother, will
guide instead of thwart this tendency
il will be vastly to the banoli, OF their
girls and not at all to tine injury OF their
bows There would seem TO be no good
reason why the training and education
OF girls and boys should not be essen
Tally identical up TO q certain age. BE
I not in too great Il hurry to impose upon
your little Girl the burden OF her sex.
Nbe comes into the world a little, happy,
fro human being caring not whether
sbn ; Il boy or Girl so long rs her di-
vino ighta of food, love, and a good
time orc, oeraIIy are not denied TO her.
God Give uer life; do not You, because
shn i ~ riI curtail her liberty or for
hid her Tine NJ. 'rsuit Of happiness in her
own and MIN, IS way? Things that
ore "nice'' for boy are mice for his
sister while both are little children.
Thinos That are "p. 'oper for healthy
active GIRL are usual, Just as proper
for healthy, active boy ii Is Il mistaken
notion tba, certain roGEhnc,scs, a ccr-
tain disregard OF the proPrie,Iea' Il Ger
tain boisterous liberty. my be allowed
to our boys because they alc Dol.' WiVAi
they arc ocrmis-iblc to our Girls.
Would we n..Ve our girls rough and
boistcrous. then? by no means. And
lust Is little should we have our boys So.
But we would have Our boys slfon@'
athletic fond of exercise; we would Lei
them run and climb, and even shout u
the exuborancc OF their spirits demanded
it-all i'm the proper time and pace
We should not deny the same prIyi-
here's to our girls, SO far rs their strength
allows them TO take them some forms
of exercise, to be sure, such rs JUMPING
rope. running up and down stairs, an'
the like, are to bc deprecated Tor girls
Many mothers and physicians thlnh
them not desirable for boys. But II Z
yirl goes fishing with her brother ,
he can walk rs unWeauly; if she can
limb tree with as monkey-llEe faciil
i: if she can drive Il nail straight with
hut dctriment to her fingers, and has
Yankee dcXtority with a iack-kniie;
in shooting she does not have to aim
behind her to hit something in front o.
.her-thcn she is both a useful and
happy girl. She is laying up strength
against the evil days to come, when 5,
many women hclplessly capitulate f
h1cir "ncryes" She is keeping ne
brother in a purer and more rciinin,
,onpanionship than any afforded b.
the rough village boys. - Ba5yhood.