St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-04-16
KEEP RE GIRLS YOUNG.

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Nothers should Try 70 prolong their
danghtsrs' childhood q much q posi-.
BILE. Lies trosblso win come TO them
fast enough And even from . selfish
point OF view. daughter who ID child
like in manner and in thought Il much
moro Of . comfort 20 mother than IN
immature little woman en- be. i'
II l. natural no loubA for . tired
woman, who has NO mother. or sister
near, 70 tell her troubles 70 her little
gif1; 70 let her know that the butcher
and blaEer want their bills settled, and
that the speculation Of pspa's hasde
layed the payment; to renark on the
conduct Of Aunt Elizabeth - ''unleind:"
to point cut the shsbbiasss Of the per-
'lor furniture; to wonder whether the
poor-house 10 the future destination Of
the family, etc But Il b awfully cruel.
nevertheless - many natural things
ara Little. pale, grsve-looking girls.
with premature sense OF responsibil.
ity, are the outcome Of this sort of
thing. and the depth of shame and 20.
row of which the little heart 10 csps.
BILE may be read in the sod eyea
Perhaps it II even worse than this 70
dilate to . child ON the faults Of friends
and sequaintances; TO point out the
spite or meanness Of people the child il
disposed to like; 70 arouse the desire
for revenge, which awakens In every
young soul 1t the thought Of. wrong or
injustice. Afterward the mother may
learn that abe was mistaken. and for
give and forget; the child seldom does
II 10 said that In China there are
strange dwarfs Of grotesque shape, kept
tor the amusement of the emperors.
who were made 50 1t birth BY being im.
prisoned at birth in jars made for the
purpose, the forms of which the wretch.
ed creatures took in growing. they be.
ing originally no different from other
children. t
We know that . foot or limb could
be thus altered; that crooked noses or
crooked ears come of the carelessuess
Of those who nurse young infants The
ring that Is put upon your finger when
Il is small will imbed itself into the
6esh aud make . depressi0n never to be
obliterated. il il Il left there - the I'm.
ger grows
Effects - distorting - these are pro-
duced ON the young heart and mind BY
fitting ehildhood's. budding love Add
faith and confidence TO the narrowness
Of adult life-to it, greed Of gold. fts in
ordinate value of appearance. its sus-
picion of others. or to the sad knowl.
edge Of what life really is
If you love your daughter. let her
laugh and prattle. Rejoice with her;
do not make her weep with you. There
are thousand things to teach her that
are bright and good and elevsting. and
you had better 60 back TO your own
youth. and help her dress her doll iks
Miss Elfrida Jane. who seems 20 lovely
in the child's eyes than tell Der that
Miss Elfrida Jane paints her cheeks,
and ID not al she ought TO be in con-
duct You had better read cinderella"
and ''Puss in Boots" with her, and BE-
lieve with her that good fairy might
come down the chimney 1t any time
and evolve . golden coach from . yel.
low pumpkin. than to teach her prema-
turely that the world u . sad place and
its dwellcrs mostly evil-minded, Per.
soma
Keep your little girls young and
hopeful and they will help you 70
keep %. too.-N. Y. Ledger.
A GOOD FIGURE.