The Forrest City times., 1894-03-02

the place Of an fiicumbrance upon the
 household. whose presence must be borne with simply for the reason that 1t Is mestss of income. This is the faalier $ fault, for, usaaly he s9nandess outrag eotts sums upon his social glass, his fish, ing excursions, and hunting expeditions: ald when his daughter asks for a new suit twice year, he swears at her. and declares that the extravaganza Ut the wo- men folks will ruin him. Indeed he is so bearish generally toward the feminine part of the household. that the daughter avoids his company except when she needs something. Then she begins weeks be- fore hand, te pet and fiatter him up. until when sb- thiAks she has him in modey- stely civilized state. she ventures to ask for the much needed outfit. If she is re- fused. she soon learns to resort to tears, After days of weeping, pefsuading and begging, she is granted the request. much in the way that Il 6one is thrown to dog. Tbe daughter soon becoDses hardened and de eliberately lays her plans foY each sue cessive campaign against the eneniy-her fathers stingihess and love of domineer- ing. Thus she developsa d character which is altogether unlovabe, and develops it through little fault of her own.
 
 the affection which he lavshes upon his horse. his cigar or lsis club. he would find her most dutiful child, the pleasure of whose companionsbig would bring to his callous and selfish heart more gensine comfort than thousand clubs or horses.
 And tl,e mother too often takes lively interest iA her daughter only tO see that she out dresses her neighbors if possible and has more bessux than other girls.
 Sl,e pushes her into society when scarce y Gut Jf her baby mUod, and leaves her to guide her fyail barque as best she can among the social breakers by which she is surrounded.
 There is no more nefariouS practice now in vogue than that of turning young girls loose to traverse alone the dark streets of cities and towns with boys and young
 nen. whose only claim to society lies in the fact that the standing of theiy families protect them from the law.
 The whole tendency of our social eHs- toms is to impress upon the young giyl the fact that to be accounted of any worth she must have a beau for every occasion. and to keep Up her reputation in this Ie- Spect, she allows herself to receive con- pany wholly nncongenial. Her standard gets lower and tower until she is not at all choice in the matter of heY escorts and masculine ac9uiantances. Under these cir cumstances our girls rapidly develop into frivolous, useless butterflies. And is it any wonder that once in a while one de- parts from the path of rectitude? 1 have in mind now, ten such cases that have cone nnder my personal observation. Of these two had no mothers. The others had, every single one. mothers who pushed them into society before they reached the age of discretion. One had no father. one had a father who was partially denented and the other eight were the unfortunate children of drunkards. Truly the sins of the parents are visited upon the children. Deprived of the protecting care which was their birthright, they were too weak to tread alone the thorny path of social life.
 It surely takes young girl of most de- ternned character. of most sterling good sense. of the greatest moral courage to keep her good name unsulied now, when virtue is at discount and vice at pre- mum in the social wtyld
 Yet we may pride ourselves upon the fact that we have many, many such. In fact. notwithstanding the many discour- agementS with which she has to contend. the girl of today, as a general thing. is su perior to the girl of thirty years ago. She is more domestic. more intellectual. more thoroughly cultured, and more self-reliant Compare one of our healthy, go ahead girls with one Of the doll-faced hot- house beauties of her grandmotheT's day, who prded herself upon having a very small foot, aud upon i'eing able to paint or draw little. In those days the maiden lolled upon the sofa and read The Chii- dren Of The Abbey" or ''Sir Char,es Grandison," and waited for her lover. who when he came poured forth his admra- tion in compliments. whose grossness was only equaled by the ease with which they flowed forth. When his stock of compli ments ran out. he rega!ed her ear with quotations from the love-sck moments Of Tom Moore IL might be stated in pass ing that this Adonis was entirely too much of gentleman to work and spent his days in fox hunting and in carousing with his friends.
 Then. deliver us from the cant about the good old times.' and let Us stand by our good girls in their every undertaking. eIeyating, uplifting them and helping them free themselves from social customs which far too long have checked the de veIopment of true wonmanly wonanhood. Yes. and let HIS stand by our bad girls too. for. two often they are 10 be pitied rather than censured. being bnt the weak and erring victims of circumstances.