Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-08-09
PHGlNIX, FRIDAY AUGUST
THE HOUSEHOLD.
TIE .SENSLRLE GLRL.


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The sensible young woman is self reliant
She is not merely doll h. be petted, or
bird TO be supported but though she may be
blessed with a father able aud willing to
care for her every want, she cutivates her
capabilities she seeks to prepare herself for
possibilities, and though she may not need
TO- she qualities herself to feed and clothe
herself, so that if left alone she can stand
upon her own feet dependent upon no hu-
man being With the multiplied ways Of
honest toll now open for young women, it
seems quite excuseess for any one Of them
to be helpless There are few nobler sights
than that Of young woman who, though
she may have good home, with father
and mother that are willing 10 indulge her
to the uttermost, realizing the limitation Of
their means and their hard self denial, says
Father shall not be burdened 10y me l
will he relf reliant and clothe myself yes,
] will help him to educate the younger chill
dren" Such n one is thousand times su-
perior to the pale fingered, he frzzled, he
iewelled substitutes for young women, who
are good for nothing but to spend fathers
hard earned money.
The sensible young woman is brave.
Heroism is not most seen upon great occa-
sions, but in little things The strength Of
| life is in the power of each little common
act. Bravery is best exhibited, not in en-
during things we cannot help, but in the
small matters one might help. In such a
little thing as dress is field of heroism -
| in willingness to be neat and not fashiona
| BILE. in daring to wear last winters cloak or
last springs bonnet until you can afford to
have another-in being superior to the
laws of style. Some young women who
would be willing to die for the flag of their
country will almost die, in another sense,
for the want Of little ribbon
The sensible young woman makes the
best Of everything What we want and
what we need are not the same. What we
want and do not need makes life miserable.
A sensible young woman treats herself As
she does her plants She gives them all the
sunshine there is If there is but one little
window in her room, she gives them the
benefit of that and if the sun comes round
to them but once a day, she gives them the
benefit of that. She does not lock them ny
in her closet and stihe what life they have
because they are so small, but she makes
all the more of them because of their small
ness. So the sensible young woman lets al
the light there is come into her heart
pushes back her tears. and throws out her
smiles, and thus her life grows in content
ment and gladness
Lastly. The sensible young woman il
reverential. Somehow it seems more uu
natural for IA young woman not to he Q
Christian than it does for young man Il
reject Christ Such young woman is lik,
a flower refusing the sunbeams which draw
forth its beauty. 1t is by faith in Chris
that her true self reliance comes and she is
made brave and calm, and her life incarn
ate sunshine, bursting at last into the eter
nal fullness of the heavenly world Sucl
sensibeness wins the admiration of mel
aud the appreciation of God