The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-16
GIRLS OF ALL SORTS.
What Dr.. SCudder Thinks
Of Them-DutY Of
Mothers.

The Rev. John L.. Scudder last evening
preached to a large congregation. "This
Side of Sweet Sixteen, or How to Train
Our Girls" He chose his text. Job xiii,
25:-"And In all the land were no women
found so fair as the daughter of job"
After a somewhat humorous apology
for the diffldence with which he ap-
preached his theme. and paying a pretty
compliment to the fair daughters of
America as being inferior to none in
beauty and who surpass all others in
sprightliness, independence and mag
netic power, Mr.. Scudder said:-"Vigor-
Gus, efficient womanhood is the out
growth of a hardy constitution estab-
lished before the girl is in her teens. AS
a nation we are faulty in the physical
education. Our girl is brought up diffe T.
entity from our boy. In the average
family she is told that to run
and r0mp is unladylike. Some
simpietons depart from nature SO far as to
think it vulgar to possess a good appetite
or to be robust. AS there are few out-or-
door sports for girls, and as those that do
exist are discouraged by many senseless
parents. the tendency is to spend most of
their existence unde cover, and fire.
quently in ill-ventilated rooms. Such
policy aud practice are ruinous to health
and constitute a fertile soil for the devel-
opment of consumption, nervous disor-
ders ana all manner of feminine weak
nesses, of which this country has more
than its proper share. We have a great
deal to learn yet respecting the physical
training from our English cousins across
the sea. An Euglishman believes in
athletic sports for his girls as we'll as his
BOYS, and this is one principal reason
why the British are such a hardy race.
The American mother thinks more of
what she puts on her daughters back
than of her constitution, and the result is
that American women fade early and
cannot properly endure the strain of
modern life.
JUST LIKE BOY
"For the first twelve years of their lives
girls should be treated exactly like boys.
They should be kept out of doors as much
as possible. They should De encouraged
to play marbles, spin tops, ride tricycles-
yes, even play ball. II an English girl
| can play cricket with her brothers, why
| should not our American girls play some
thing more than bean bag A lily
! white complexion may De a beautiful
sight from an artistic point of view, but
physiologically it is depressing to the
spirits of the beholder. 1t is a pretty sure
sign that the blood is weak aud I'M
nutritious, and that the much compli-
mented owner thereof is more fit for
heaven than earth, and is likely to go
there in a galloping consumption be-
fore she is thirty years of age.
None of your colorless young women
for me- if you please women Eon
unless produced by u or hectic flush.
Give me the nut brown maiden who de-
spises a s~unbonnet, is not afraid OF
| freck les, and whom no amount of per-
suasion can keep from out the fresh air
and beneath the blue sky. Give me the
little, vivacious girl who can climb a tree
nc nuick no a hpV. who ran ghOOt a Unn
jump a fence, row a boat. pull a rope and
take a fish off her own hook without
screaming and imploring every one of
the party to come to her assistance.
Give me the girl who is not afraid of per-
spring, who has more call for crash
towels than cosmetics, and has an honest
longing for roast beef who prefers a dish
of baked beans to a box Of caramels, and
corn bread TO angel cake.
A DARLING ANGEL.
"The Kind of an gel, by the way. / like to
see, weighs not less than q hundred and
thirty pounds. Her waist is more than
six inches in diameter, and her heels.
instead of being perched up on stills, are
on a level with the rest OF her feet. She
is as straight as an arrow, and needs no
artificial support to hold herself up; she
sleeps eight hours n enjoys every mo-
ment of it. She has a clear head, a pure
heart and uniformly cheerful disposition.
There is nothing artificial or assumed
about her. There is no sham, no apology.
no caficature of Il woman. She is just
what God meant her to be, healthy,
hearty and perfectly natural. She is a
Joy to those arouud her; she is qualified
to undertake the duties and cares of
motherhood and impart "a vigorous CON
stirution TO the coming generation"
MIR. Scudder said he was glad the love
we have for athletics as a nation had
invaded the feminine world. The game
OF tennis, he believed. WAS a godsend to
the notion. He was glad. too, that the
old, stupid notions of false propriety
were breaking down fast before the
determination Of the gentler sex to