The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-06
AUNT JENNIa's LETTER.

Sam Jones, the evangelist, asks the
following pertinent gu s5itD:
'DDyCu know that boy g are more
particular who they go with than
pIrls2 Y may think it is a strange
statement, but it is 30. A girl will go
on the streets in open day with a boy
that e 4ts drunk, but the minute a BOY
fods out that a girl drinks he drops
ner. I wish our glrls would be as par
ticular with whom they go as the
DO, g are. "-Pennsylvania Herald
Now, do not approve of all that
Sam Jones says, but he is certainly
correct in the above statement. Were
our girls to positively refuse to go
with a boy whom they know is dissI
pated how long, think you, would IL
De before that boy would be a better
mani Why, do you know That the
E. bruary Ladies' 81 me JOurnaI aetu
ally sccuseA the women of causing the
men to loss their religion, Dr. peglectiDg
to prepare for their souls welfare
after this life has endeo3
think he accusation a little urj1st.
Am I my bro hers keepeI3' ls not
each individual resp onsIOte for his own
acts Il Is true the new woman Ia
becoming quite numorCu', but 1t will
De a long, long, rma before some OF
our women adCp5 q ideas Of those
who pride the mseIves on being ad
vancsd IN their opinions OF pc Ople aid
Gbipg1. / have Feen some OF the g
women my self al d [ have no hesltancy
in saying that were our American
homes filed with such beings, and had
We not many, yea, very many, true
wives and mothers iE would not be
many years before other nations
would have a right 10 point the 6ader
of ec0rn at Us.
IL may be that tina boy learns reli
gion from his mother; but pray whose
fault is iG III It le alone must teach
nIm these great truChs9 s lould Ghe
father depend solely on the
mothers counsel fer his boys eternaI
wel!art3 venture the assertion that
were il an earthly home Cne boy pur-
posed buying he would express his
opinion as to the advIeabllICy of the
purchase and, in many instances,
m1ther would rot be co0sul ed at ell.
Is thu father toe busy to manifest in
terest; or has he he himself chosen q
path so crooked that he is ashamed to
ask his boy to go with him9 He says
that he Is too busy but is that the real
Are we to presume that the
mothers of all cur 10 busy" men died
while they were yet too young te learn
these great truth, and that their
failed to counsel and guide
them?
There are some things that We wo
men can do alone and there are some
things that we need earthly help 10 en-
able us to do we'll. A fathers help is
invaluable in advising his boy. We
women cannot know a mans DISPOSE
zion as they know each other. There
tore, I hold that we are not alone re
sponsibIe. Lat US not. no wever, be
long 60 the generation OF busy Marthas
who have taken the world in land &c
set it in order, and forget to do our
very best with AID for oar own, asking
Divine guidance in the performance OF
every duty.
Sincere's letter is interesting What
do you think OF her propo ition, and
which do you bslieve should have the
better education, the girl or the boy2
Annie Webster sends US a nice poul.
try letter this week.
Toe artic e from the Ledger Monthly,
The Girl and Fl u L lver," is long, but
go very sensible throughout that you
cannot IF Jrd to miss reading and pom
it,
Hope to hear from you all soon. /
have been thinking of ealing the roll.
Now who will answer before l b. RinR
AUNT JENNIE