Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-30

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should they think aloud in your pres
enco coes. They are not vicious. but
they are In the uniformed chaotic state
of which an trying 10 warn you in re-
gard 10 your own daughter. and their
mingled curiosity. ignorance and dawn
ing kn0wle<ige reader them unsafe COZ
ndaatss for ooe another unless there IL
Sympathetic. wise counsellor back of
them.
Again your dignity asserts itself. and
you tell me your daughter has no curl
osity on forbidden subjects and no dawn
iug kpoWlc ledge and no dangerous I'M
pulssa Then. dear madam. your daugh-
ter 10 not . normal being. She In not in
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build her into . woman fitted for do
insstic duties she needs iron tonics and
blood foods
Chris Are Noe Angels.
Tho world will be much better Oh
when 10 get over tho romantic idea
that young girl 10 an angelic creature
who communcs with sesaphs ia the pri-
vacy q her room. and who h to be
guarded 10 the very altar steps from any
knowledge u evil. Such girls some
timeo exist. but they are not normal be-
insa. and they do not make good wives
and mothsra
And. again, girls Who have shown
what you would term . precocious ten
depcy n vicious thought have, when
propsrly guarded and guided over the
dangerous chssm. made ideal wives and
the mast perfect mothees later in life.
The wiss mothse, when discovering
this tendency in . young girl. docs not
strivs TO scuid. punish, and shame her
into reform: che does not cay 10 her.
This 10 poison weed; root il out oe
your mind ut once; pray to
out this noxious weed" Instead
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full vine. God implanted. which BY and
By viii make pour life sweet and fair;
but II you misuse il now it will be
dwarfed OF hideous; think Of il with
reverence and pray God TO guide II
wisely in its growth" Then she gives
her plenty Of healthful books 10 read
and enough study. and occupies all her
leisure time with physical exercise
mingled with agreeable companionship.
until nature has accomplished it's revo-
lutiouary work and the chaotic period
has passed and the girl il a woman.
But alas! and alas. for the scarcity Of
such mothers.
Alone with Imagination.
The average American girl dwells
alone With her imagination and the con-
tidences OF equally unwise companions
through these years. exposed to all the
dangerous freedom IL association which
the tapping wings OF our American
eagle proclaim 20 all the world to be her
right.
IL shc goes wrong in ever 80 light a
measure her parents arc crushed 10 the
earth by surprise and sorrow: but that
she ever goes right is an increasing
wonder to mo the moro / see OF the
world and the deeper study human
nature. Indeed. il speaks well for the
level head and the good heart IL the
American girl that ID few. comparative
~ speaking. makes serious mistakes:
and not to the wisdom Of her parents.