Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-08-13
uhat Girls Most Need.

VIVA, Girls Most Need.
Girls like roses, grow best for those
w love them. Love. warmth is as
csssary for the budding soul as the
oninc rose, and whoever watches
oirl.soul with eyes OF love will
therein responsive growth. a
sneued coloring. a tender unfold
. Of the many-petaled heart.
No crime can be surer OF Gods con-
muation than that of bringing into
"a world an unwelcome life and
on abandoning it to the slow tor
re of soul starvation. The tender
antle, that finds the skies OF April
q May drear and chill may cling to
e even though its young leaves are
bst.bitten, but all its life will be
bakened and its symmetry and
|auty lessened by that early blight.
A little girl OF 5 or 6 years came up
aisle Of Northwestern train the
her cay, and the little old face with
lines Of pain and anxious thought
eady beginning to mar its young
auty made one feel sad, as if one
re looking upon blighted flower.
i the cause OF it all was only too
dent as we glanced up into the out
tune. ialsetto face of the woman
jerked her into seat, and whom
little one miscalled by the tender
me Mamma" Maternity and moth
hood may be terms widely different
meaning. The maternal parent of
|hild may have no right to the holy
me Of mother.
The girls first supreme need is
me sunshine--that is, mother sum
ne. You might as we'll expect a
e to grow and bloom in perfect
luty under the lowering gloom of q
fpetual thunderstorm as to expect
us to blossom into q b lesson
into bright, lovely girlhood in
Old, chilling atmosphere of con-
ut censure and fault-finding.
70 be welcomed into an atmosphere
Of soul sunshine is the divine right
every young soul. TO have that
bosphere kept warm and sunny
ling all the early years OF growth
debt owed by parents to their
ldren-a debt for which we can
but believe they will be held
ountable.
I the atmosphere OF the homo is
I'm and sunny and pure the young
soul may be left to develop in its
sweet way. and it will be found
ding and blossoming at every
Ppy nod. For it seems to be law
pature that children born of strong,
and loving parents, with such a
my home atmosphere, instinctively
Jose the best elements for their
ritual growth. In the early years
(oul growth there is often too much
l'meant but ill-timed solicitude on
part OF parents and teachers. l
emoer, one springtime. to have
my soul sorely vexed by a.
cious young botanist OF three
rs who insisted upon pull
up my tender plantlets
see how the woots CO." Some
'lntentioned people are perpetual
ui!ing girls up by the roots, to see
tney are growing. To such soul
plsltors we feel like saying: "Do
your girls alone" There is a d.
mystery OF growth in every soul,
III even the nearest and dearest,
Ie!her' may not penetrate. 1t is
e'h!ng too sacred for any other
TO know, save God alone,
'hls is the reason, it
be that in His wis
II is forever hidden from any
out his, And your duty as
ier seems to be to keep the home
aieh they live and move and
lheir being" warm, sunny and
'esome' so that they may reflect
soul light and absorb its
l'n and quickening power, just
N planets reflect the sunshine
are 9uickened into life and beauty
ielr mother sun.
~ 'hls home sunshine, this mother
a!ne, mears that home must be
'e1test and sunniest spot upon
~ means that all the spites.
el''es' and meanness OF the world
oe Kept olt of the home as sedu-
d. you would keep poisonous
,, ou' OF your garden. 1t means
'h s, the young girl always feels
- Ye''ef, nobler side OF her
expanding. 1t means that
a,s sae natural language of
.s ~,' IS love. and song, and prayer.
a ans mat the whole wide world
AZ ,' IN no place for her comparable
|hia nome however simple and low
noth now Is warmed and lighted by
~; v'ner $ smile. 1t means that for
bir SOU mother, comfort, peace,
-' ana soul rest are synonymous
-, ~ means that she can only
No. VI heaven as a longer and
'er dream Of home.
"en ~ Smugglers.
~. ~ .snugly away in that Wild