Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-27

man whose name electrifes because he has
made distinguished career. Perhaps q Sc
date chaperon might have better discrimi-
mated If consulted.
once knew the wife Of man whose name
belongs to the history of the country, who,
upon being told that certain lady had
once refused her husband, pathetically ex-
claimed, 81 am so grateful to her,"
With this warning to needless girls, who
perhaps would not, if guided by chaperons,
have made such sad blunders, wish to e1-
plain that ! do not mean to say that youth
should walk with the slow and measured
step Of age. Not at all.
The gay light-heartedness Of young girl
is delightful, and, like the pearly morning
dew, exhales long before the loveliness Of
bloom is touched. It is transparent atmos-
phere Of beauty, which of its very nature
must be evanescent.
And the mother or older friend rejoices in
this to them renewed freshness that recalls
their own youth, and seeks to shield this
exquisite charm that it may expand into a
perfect flower. and not be too rudely dis
pelled.
Dear American girls, you are true in all
womanliness; you are adopts in gracious and
winning ways that are numberless; in
oAShSbA vi puIpUSC JOu uuu0uHbOut oS
becomes the daughters Of brave men; given
all this-yet-are you not-well-just q
trife too selfpoised, selfreliant and self
asserting?
THE RoSEBUD's CHARM.
Would it not add a peerless charm were
you to incline little, in graceful compli-
ance to the parent stalk?
Would it not be safer?
The sunfower holds very high head, it is
beaming. diffusive, and strong; but he who
looks upon it passes on and seeks the fragrant
heart Of the blushing rosebud, which he
Graves as his very own.
1t may be admissible to receive alone the
visits of young men, but one finds as they
grow older and make the retrospect, that If
a mother had been present an added dignity
would have been gained.
1t may be very merry to drive out alone
with an agreeable man, but it may not
always be so pleasant to realize afterward
that your innocent recreation has been mis-
construed.
A theater party must have its chaperon,
for, in the very presence of a public that Is
not always the most fastidious. there should
be every possible protection.
Parties and dances of young people with
out the restraining presence of their seniors
snoulu not De encouraged. These may De
conducted with the greatest decorum, but in
the social life of young girls it is bad form
to subject them to any hazards.
Modern society is complex and concrete.
1t has its meaning in all its rules. It ia the
result of the advanced ideas of ages of de-
velopment, and it is consequently neither
aimless nor senseless, while its convention
alities are the expressed formula Of civili-
zation.
Of course this does not imply blind SUBJ
servience to the capricious dictates of fash
ion. These are apt to be as inane as their
originators, and it is a safe rule, so far as
dress and the manner of our entertainments
go, to avoid being noticed. It is such
paltry ambition to be known for what one
has or wears rather than for what one
really is.
In conclusion, am sure that when Amer
ican girls reflect upon the advantages to be
derived from the presence of kind mother
or friend in their social life, they will di-
vest themselves Of the mistaken notion of
being watched or restrained, and really de-
sire the aid OF such affectionate or friendly
solicirude.
MADELEINE VINroN DAHLGREN,