The Jersey City news., 1898-10-03
Our GIRLS
Rev. DR.. Scudder Gives Good
Advice as to Their
Rearing.
PHYSICAL TRAINING FIRST
He Says We Have Much to
Learn From Our Trans
Oceanic Neighbors.
PHI Z YsICAL TRAINING FIRST


At the Tabernacle last night Rev John
L. Scudaer occupied the pulpit. and. be-
fore a large congregation preached 8
sermon upon Our Girls. He said in
part:
1--WE are proud Of our American girls,
and our pride is justifiable when we place
them alongside of maidens OF other na-
tionalfties and compare their respective
Qualities davesting ourselves OF all pre-,
conceptions ard adhering to the general
testimony OF foreigners who have STUDIED
feminine pecullarlties ~ non nome al1s' ',l1 =
abroad we may truly say that the young
II omen OF America are Inferior 70 hOI9e
in beauty and surpass all others N
sprightiiness, independence and naagnelle {,
and describe when viewed from the
standpoint Of the opposite sex some one
has truly renarAeu that Woman IS Z
conundrnin we cannot guess her, put We
hate to give her up You reeollect tue
small boys composition on girls 'Glrls,
he said, are The only folks tnat has their
thousand kinds and sometimes one girl
cam be like several thousand KINDS.
This Isl all | know about girls, and latAel
says the less l know about them lhe pet-
Now i beg leave to differ with this
Juvenile pessinist boy VINO never
lningles with girls, who holds aloof from
feminine society, and never feeis the
refining influences of the gentler sex, is
almost certain to develop into an aWk-
ward boorish fellow, scarcely flt Tor the
company OF either men or women one
chief advantage of co-educatfon lies N the
nallllallizing influence OF the girls upon
the bows and the development OF Strength
and courage in the girissby coming INTO
contact with vigorous boyish life.
I'm speaking upon the training OF our
girls. / mast necessarily view it nom the
masculine standpoint. and this may pc or
value 10 mothers who already regard the
education Of their girls from a feminine
Doint of view BY way of preface l W-sh
to observe that the girl foreshadows the
woman that the character of Lifetime
is practically determined before the SIX
teenth year, hence the preemlnent mn
portance OF laying good loundataon- i',ii
ing this formative period IS IN
excusabIe for the lives wlllcn
God has entrusted to our care
Will take their own complexion 70
a very large extent from the educa-
tion and example of the parents As a
nation we are faulty in the physical edu-
cation which we give our young women
The uncomfortable animal splIats OF Tug
bow and the haaelt OF allowing MIN 70
run wild give him the requisite amount
OF exercise TO ensure a normal deVeiop-
fnent of muscle and stock nina WITH d
fund OF vitality upon Whlcn ne can IhdiNS
liberal drafts later in life. Our girl, now
ever is brought up differently. In the
average 4arn4iy she is told that 70 run
and THllfD Is Gn1AQYllfAe. xAc tnC1 al e
few out-of-dcor sports for girls, ana as
those that do exist are discouraged py
many senseless parents, the tendency Tor
them is TO spend the most OF their exist
ence under cover. and frequently in III
ventilated rooms. Such practices are
ruinous to health and constitute fertile
soil for the development Of consumption,
nervous disorders, and all matters of teiIli-
nine weakness, OF which this country has
more than its proper share. We nave a
great deal to learn yet from our English
cousins across the sea. An Engnsl,inan
believes in athletic sports for his girls as
well as for his boys, and this is one
principal reason why the British are such
hardy race
nothing about the matter, one Way or
the other His mind is centred on
wealth rather than health His ambi-
ton is to live in 8 fine house and sup
port his family IN style His wife thinks
more of what she puts on her daugh-
tersi backs than INTO their constitutions,
and the result is that American women
fade early and cannot property endure
the strain of modern life. They break
down prenlaturely, because they are fraiI
and have not had suitable bringing up.
Now / believe that for the first
twelve years of their lives girls should
be treated exactly like boys. They Should
be kept out of doors as much as possi-
Bile. They should be encouraged to play
marbles, spin tops, ride bicycles-yes, and
even play ball. II an English girl should
play cricket with her brothers, why
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