The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-08

Advice TO Country Girls.
To the Editor of the Nrw poM,s,oy.


After reading my former letter in the
NEW DOMINION l heard a lady say
THAT is the way with newspapers
They are always slurring country girls,
why don't they pitch into the town girls
they need correction more than the coun-
try girls" l beg this lady's pardon,
but If she will refer to some of the cop
les of the New DOMINION some months
ago she will discover that it came down
rough shod upon some of the misdoings
of some OF the town girls. The New
DOMINION is no respecter of persons. II
will point out glazing faults in town on
country alike. again beg the lady's
pardon and say that Uncle Jack never
slurs or designedly hurts the feelings OF
any country girl. His object in writ
ing these letters is to point out the
dangers and pitfalls that surround the
footsteps of our country girls, so that
they may avoid great amount of mis-
cry in after life. You have all heard OF
places filed with quicksand which il
any one attempts to pass through they
will gradually sink until hidden from
sight and there perish. Now ii Uncle
Jack should discover one of these places
in one of our roads and see some one
sink therein and would pass ON and meet
some country girls and would tell them
about it and warn them to pass around
it., what would you do girls? Would
you then take Uncle Jacks advice?
Yes certainly every intelligent girl
would, and would be profuse in thank
ing him for his kindness. But when he
warns you of the moral quieksands OF
life that is sure to ruin your future happi-
ness, some of you turn up your noses
and say ''oh we know which side of our
bread is buttered, we intend ENJOYING
ourselves while we are young" There
is no one living who desires more than
do, that young people should have a
liberal amount of amusement and en-
loyment, SO that it is rational and harm
less, that il will not react and cause
misery and remorse in after life. Now
girls look around and see how very few
are entering into wedlock at this day
And also how many girls in your neigh
borhood are growing into old maids.
Examine the history of these and YOU
will perhaps find nine out OF every ten
of these who have been pretty and have
been bellies in their day, but the Young
men have passed them by.
Ii you ask why this is so, men will
tell you women are like roses. Ii YOU
cut beautiful rose and pass il around
to eight or ten persons to kiss and smell,
it has lost its charm and you throw il
away. Oh no they will tell you none OF
these for me. We want fresh rose
blossoming in the morning dew of inno-
cence and one which has never been
polluted by the lips of other men. Now
dear girls | believe that most parents
teach their daughters all they know
about how to appear in society. But
they cannot divine what events will take
place with you when they are not pres
ent. From this fact some parents pass
many sleepless nights caused by anxiety
for their children Oh dear girls il YOU
could roll back the darkness at the mid
night hour and gaze upon the anxious
faces OF your gray-haired parents with
perhaps the tears rolling down Their
furrowed cheeks, and amid tears and
sobs hear their silent cry to heaven, ooh
that my son will not be drunkard nor
a gambler; or that my daughter will
never perform any act or engage in any
indiseretion that will bring our gray
heads in sorrow to an untimely grave p
A large majority of our country girls are
naturally pure and innocent and desire
to do right, but Satan has entered into
the hearts of many Of our young men,
and they will tell the girls there is nc
harm in this or that thing, when they
know that there is. The real trouble Is
that when girls fall in love with young
man they view him through rose colored
lenses and only see the good points.
The sores OF moral depravity are hidden
beneath the veil Of love Now girls
in conclusion please remember the
advice | gave you in my first letter
Never do anything when your parents
are absent that you would be ashamed
to do in their presence.
Hoping that the lives of all our coun-
try girls will be blessed with peace and
happiness is the earnest wish OF
OLD UNCLE JACK.
May ~, 1889.