Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-12

right TO vote. may be desired by some
women because they have been reserved
rights. but the majority Of women do
not care for either There IS little
doubt Tint women would propose moro
easily and gracefully than do most mon,
but then she doesn't want TO. She
wants 20 play COY; she wants TO be
begged: and. although she knows she
would be- more sclfpossesscd, she much
prefers 10 occasion him embarrassment
than 90 exhibit her sclf-posscssiou. No.
Nol Women may wear his shirt 'front.'
bis collars aud his ncck-tios, or even
other articles of mems dress, but as
long us they like artistic drapery and
lool, upon being sued MS privilege,
80 long Is IL his right TO bc a wcarer
Of trousers and TO him the sole proprio-
torship Of the right to propose is guar
anteed When woman wishes to
take 10 herself a husband, she has ways
Of her own by which 10 crafty her wish,
aud she Is perfectly willing TO leave TO
man tho form Of putting the important
question.
Conscientious mothers diOir regard
iug duty they owe their daughters.
There are some who honestly believe
that 1t Is thcir plain duty to cnigbtcu
their girls ut ana early age IN oll phys
/ lcu laws peculiar to their scN, and pre-
| pare them TO cope with the evil that
| Is in tho world, 10y having a thorough
| knowledge of its variety and extent
| That girl should know the laws OF
| hpr being from her mothers lips, and
not from another Is not 10 be- qucs-
toned but that the mother should wise
| Is choos, the time for importns this
/ knowledge is of equal moment. A
wise mother kocrs careful wotch over
| the physical development Of her boys
/ and when the proper time arrives, she
\ impurts TO them such knowledge as is
! essential for the preservation of health
and morals This she neither delays nor
| anticipates, and in this way her children
/ are taught purity aud their innocence
| is r,lir,ously guarded.
no argue that daughters must know
| of particular evils Ga 10 argue for a
/ destruction Of ilruls, and To rob the
/ pure. young nature of all iuoccncy.
/ In fact, There rs mo- reason why any
| woman. of whatever age, should bee
/ come fumlimilcd with the vice TINT
exists II Is enough 60 know that sin
| ubouuds uul thai, siuuer1 need her clc-
/ waiting influence. which Is not strength
| pucl by intimacy with evil Aud here
| let &c Doe said that it Is wiser IN any
womun's protector TO keep ont of his
| home the talk oft the street. Uul from
the hrarthstoue those whose presence
is communicating
The care which mothers exercise over
tho physical health should bc augmented
over the spiritual 10 abnormally deyel-
op the emotional ocmcnts by allowing
the reading of realistic fiction, TO en-
courage attendance upon tho sensation.
nj drama, 10 rchcarsc in the daughters
herring that which is calculated TO shock
her delicocy, is to rob her soul Of IFS
wilderness aud to lower her standards to
merely material plane. Il is fatal
mistake TO destroy girls ideals Pu-
rty of thought Is not nourished by the
crushing out of all sentiment 10 NOR
tify the flesh may transform human
creatures into monl,s aud nuns, but
who Is there that believes there Is more
iuuate-purty ncloister than in homes; or
that conycntuul families moro innocent
than those whore wise mothers gather the
children around them mud instruct
them In whatever relates to their high
er development Homes whore fathers
and brothers endeuyor 20 live up 10 the
manhood ideals Of their mothers and
sisters, aud 20 guard the homo from the
invasion Of the evil which stalks In the
dark and devious ways Of wicked
world
IL Is false logic TO argue that knowl-
edge Of physical immortality is necessary
10 the maintenance of physical morality,
and that IN order to be kept unspotted
from the world, one must handle pitch,
Quite as fallacious "a the theory that
onr daughters must know all the wiles
u unprincipled men In order to escape
the uarcs which may be set for their
unwittng feet A woman armed with
her own spiritual purity adorned with
innate modosty, and being so trained
that the grosser nature Is kept under
subsection 10 the spiritual, viii rare
D. need other safeguards, and should
sine. her delcacy viii take alarm and
she viii iiee from a danger with whcn
n she had grown familiar, she might
DO tempted TO daily
Il Is cruel thought that Il IA wiser
20 open the wells OF corruption IN or
der 20 qucnch thirst, rather than Z,
strengthen the mind in right principle
aud 20 stimulate the growth Of punty
and nobility Of soul by ooplous draught'
Of clear water drawn from living foun
taius.
49,
Il has been said that no one has D
right TO grieve over anything but their
I own mistakes. nor 20 weep over any
) thing but the loss Of their ideals Tn,
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