Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-07

! with Ter influence, leaving the impress O
genius IN more extended sphere.
While many women are selfish snd ex
acting the lesson OF sbnegs.ion is BY
them easier learned. The motherhood OF
women soon teaches them this, although
there is Danger that an excess Of love Col
their children may render tIsm oblivioas
to the just clsims OF 8 husband. Children
should be links IN chain tas. binds hus-
bsnd and wife more closely, no. barriers
between them, and the husbands claims
i are always the same whethe there be little
ones or Motif wives were better acouain-
ted with husbands daily lite, his battle
against odGs, his devotion to business for
the sake o. those he loves, they Neuld
better sppre oiste how much 70 him are
the wifely attentions at hons, and more
readily sacrifice some ease to win q smile
OF pleasure 81 his home coming. 1t 10
not much to put on snug. fitting
dress, bright ribbon, to smooth
the hsir hehas SO of:en stro1sd, and get
what returns It brings!
Then enc Of the frs. lessons the ds1gh-
ter needs IS to cultivate haENs of PSF
sonsl neatnesp, second only to this are
habits OF o-def ard regularity; TO do the
same thing st the same time and in the
same wsY IS distasteful TO youth, but
necessary to peace.
In view Of the many mistaken marrisges
it would seem that no mother would
teach her daughter that marriage Was es-
genital to happiness, but that while It Is
state fraught With high dagree OF hap
piDess, it Dsy become condition OF ex-
quisite untold sgony. To FL, q daughter
to live Independent Of this tie, is to best
fit her to assume it, and the period when
womanhood arrives, time when mothers
frequently relax vigilance, ia the one
most demanding her care. At { tine in
woman's history wnen Der passionate
nature begins to wake the daughter is lef.
to guide herself; she reads books
OF her own selection, asso-
GATES with companions OF her
own choosing, ana her goings and COM
ings are much after her own Gictsting,
the mother .resigning all her authority
sac often having no influence. Thought
Jul women will agree that the literature q
gil reads st this time leaves its impress,
and to fill the young mind with sensuous
thoughts clothed IN PASSIONS own
language, to give the Inexperienced girl
distorted views Of life, and fill her tenn
Ing brain with visions Of the unreal, is 60
peTnicious that no mother is excusabla in
permitting iis corrup.ing influence on her
daughters character. A course Of modem
novel reading converts every msn into s
hero; thus the girls judgment is so
warped and perverted as to mako 1t i'm
possible 4or her to arrive st 8 proper es-
innate OF her male companions and some
morning the mother wakes to wTingiEg of
hands End stretching of hsartstrings,
"She's married." Tia. has been
the contamination CT bliss il all
the sentimental trash with which sae has
been fed, and the long, stretches beyond
ire 01explored terriroy, OF If her guides
have said aaght o., Eils. 1t has not been
lessons q adeli:y,; Of constancy, Of de-
yction to duty, OF the strength OF man
hood o. Of the putty Of women.
Men lave reason IN their complaint
that gizls are educated superf.i.lly, that
they are not taught the value OF health
and knowledge Of homelY dulles, that
they paint, embrcidar, slug g little and
play less, and learn lit ,s tat can avail
in lite's stem realtias.l
Train the daughters in tie Tnystsries OF
making q happy Bomestic circle, train
them to look upon Life IS no dream CT
poesy, train, them to ssli-reliapce,
train them to feel that the term sold
maid" is no longer user, and II marriage
comes to them they will no. be unpre-
psred to meet its requirements, nor will
they pine ever celibacy, Life will be too