Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-20

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W#HN and how far may
MW~ they be trusted?.
w have infinite faith
in American young
wCmanhood, and be-
lieve it to be purer, truer and more trust
worthy than the young womanhcod of any
other nation on the face of the globe; but
there are limitations placed upon all
things human, snd ever the American
young won an must fall under the ban II
she exceeds the bounds. Indeed, fear
that, considering this free country, she
takes the same liberty that so many bump
tious foreigners do, and makes liberty and
license synonymous terms.
1 am in q moralizing humor because
have been trying to reason out with my
self my direct accountability for Rose-in-
blooms contrariness. Really. after all the
time and good advice and counsel that l
have lavished on that child. 1t Goes seem
to me that she ought to be more amenabie
to reason and able to Judge for nerseif
what is proper for young girl to do under
given conditions; but I find that cannot
trust her yet to decide nice points OF ETH
quette- In fact, after vetoing her PROPOSE
ton to go wandering off in the park after
shutdown, alcre except for young girl Of
her own age-a girl, by the way, for whom
I have no particular liking. because she Is
so ultra educated in all the up-to-date fads
of young people-Rose very emphaticaily
declared that she guessed she was about
old enough to get away from my apron
strings once in a while!
After sending the other girl home and
lecturing Rose with some severity on the
failure of age to bring accountability, l
sent her to her room to reflect on her al
most objectionable conduct, and sat myself
down to study out wherein have been re-
miss in my duty to my sister. I have not
found out yet, and l am afraid l never
shall. fear. though. that l have given
her too much leisure, left her too much to
|. " ere ended There Is nothing much worse
could happen a girl than to be left to Sc
lect her own pleasures and dispose OF her
leisure time, after she has worked her
stint, and you have got out of her all that
you want for the time being.
Discomfort and Ignorance.
A growing girl is only tender plant at
best If she is set in suitable surround
irgs, all her faults pruned. her crooked
leanings Strengthened and propped and
mind and body properly stimulated, she will
grow a shapely, well-dispositioned plant.
She may not be great beauty and her
record may not be brilliant in any direc.
ton, but "they also serve who only stand
and wait" and the plant or tree whose
| blossoms ard fruit are not counted above
| the average are often admired for the ira
grant foliage or grateful shade. A girl may
| come in tae same category and win re-
srect and admiration by the sweet fra
GRANGE of gentle acts and merit of we'll
| disciplined mind, when If the weeds of dis
| content and ignorance are permitted to
warp her soul and dwarf her body and
mind she grows INTO that unlovely thing
a scandalmonger and gadabout.
You may remove the props too soon l
| think that is what ails Rose she Is one
| of the girls whose very willfulness makes
| props necessary, but thought her strong
| oil h piy
| more freedom Of late than usual. see
| that made mistake. I did 1t through
selfishness, too. There were so many mat
ters demanding my presence ana attentlon;
| was selfish enough to seek my own comfort
| and pleasure and almost showed the child
out Of sight, rather glad than otherwise
| that she seemed to be pleasantly occupied.
| The recent escapade Of a girl, younger
than Rose, who was permitted to go to the
| parks and pleasure resorts unattended, eX-
sible years of misery that she has sowed
| the seed for, brought me to my senses, and
| I found on investigation that favorite
amusement for young girls Is to take a
| book and read 1t in one of the parks, at
least that Is the excuse to get there In
| itself it Is harmless enough. II the book is
| fit, and companions proper. The other day
1 concluded to go with Rose. She seemed
| really glad that would, declared that just
| girls were not always good company, and
herself packed the lunch and hammock,
| for we were to meet another girl on the
| way and make day of 1t. 1t was day
j of discoveries When we got settled, I cut
| the leaves of my magazine and fixed my
| self for an hour or two OF absolute en-
| joyment
The Books They Read.
Soon a sentence that Ann read from the
book with which she was entertaining
Rose caught my attention. Il am nc
saint" she read, land I will not spend all
my best days tied to the side of sickly
and sullen old man." I was half asleep
and listened to a few more sentences be-
fore got at all curious about the manner
of literature upon which they were feed
irg, The story recited that some creature
was "passonately rebellious against the
cruelties of her fate; when it was impos
sible to make duty look other than hate
full to her. and when the very peril anc
difficulty which surrounded her love story
| made it the sweeter and more irresistible t
her. The dangers of the intrigue
| which she pursued had no terrors for her
whilst the Indifference which she had fel
for years for her husband had deepened Of
late into hatred"
i Decidedly strong food for young minds,
thought, as I raised up on my arm to SCI
Ann dramatically throw up her hand AZ
she read: lone is not a stick nor stone
nor beam of timber, nor a block Of gran
lite, that one should be able to live without
love all ones days"
"Girls," called, "where did you get tina
book?"
"You left it on my dressing table a 1ons
time ago." answered Rose. II put it away
and Ann found it the other days and reaG
most of it while waiting for me to come
and now she is reading it to me. Isn't Il
create"
What could I say after that? 1t wa:
evidently something that had fed my owl
mentality upon. and Rose had right tt
believe that it was fit food for her. I sale
no more for some time, but kept up {
vigorous thinking.
!.Dear me! And he doubted her aftel
ALL" cried Rose regretfully, when Ann reat
that the lover declared that no man witt
a reputation to lose would dare marry {
woman with a furnished character! g
don't think it was quite fair of him to say
that ore loves for ones sake, but ONT
marries fer the worlds. I don't believe
that a true man would say that"
'Oh, well. you know. the same autho
says that the more she sees of men, TIL
better she likes dogs" returned Ann
sagely. 81 think myself sometimes tina
they are mighty no account"
What Might Have Been.
This from two flfteen-year-old girls IL
short dresses! Positively 1t was awful.
sat I'D in the hammock to twist up m.
tumbled hair, and wondering how coul'