The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-06-03

all that follows. Girls are born, they
cannot help it, cannot choose the day
nor the land of their appearance, nor
their parentage. They may be fed
to river gods, sacrificed to idols, or
happily, find themselves in civilized
country where girls are loved as truly
as boys; in that event responsibility
for the right use of their opportunities
rest as heavily upon them as upon
their brothers.
AS for girls, their number is as the
sands of the sea shore and their
characters as varied as the moods of
April weather. There are girls white
and brown, girls beautiful and ugly,
girls good and bad, girls wise and fool
ish; society girls, home loving girls,
brave girls, helpful, common sense
girls, girls for whom good men are
willing to toll and if need be die; noble
girls ready and willing to bear their
share of life's burden; girls who love
truth and hate untruth, girls who,
when the way is dreary sing courage
and hope into the heart of the house
holu, and are not above lending hand
when the lines are hard; girls that
are worth knowing and worth having;
self-reliant girls, too wise to marry
for the sake of being supported-for
whatever else this age has done for
girls, and God knows it is the best age
of all-it has taught them the nobili-
ty Of labor, and that they are more
precious than gowns or jewelry, and
that the strongest safeguard to vir-
tue is bread winning trade.
Fifty years ago there was one wo-
man wage Garner to every ten men,
now the ratio is one to four. Without
| entering into discussion of the
causes that have brought this condi-
tilon about, it is significant to know
that woman is proving herself equal
to it, and that very large and in
creasing number of married women
are not only helping to support their
families, but are bearing all the bur-
den. There is nothing ignoble in a
womans contributing to the support
OF her family; to the contrary it is
| brave and noble for her to do it. The
mistake made by girls is in marrying
without being prepared to meet ad-
versity if it overtakes them, for no
one can tell when the strong arm of
the husband may fail, nor is the girl
positively sure that the man of her
| choice will be all that he promises to
be. Under such circumstances what
is more inspiring than to know that
she is able to supplement his defeat
with her own ability and courage;
verify, in the stress of life such a
woman is to be priced above rubies or
fine gold.
Many man who reads this article
will concede that what he is he owes
to his mother; she it was who taught
him stern lessons of integrity when
the cupboard was bare and the fire.
side cherless, leading him faithfully
by the hand, over ways that were
rough, pointing ever to the >imperish-
able value of things that were lovely
and of good report. A great deal is
being said and written these days
about success, and how girls may win
it. but no one can lay down a castiron
rule for another. If girl succeeds
sne must bring her own individuality
into the struggle, and the measure of
success attained will depend largely
upon her ideals.
There is no such thing as aiming
too high in the world of worthy en-
deavor and every soul has right
to- "hitch it's wagon to a star" The
field of usefulness is open to girls; it
is their field; just as much their field
as anybody's. Not only is it their
field but thousand voices are bid
ding them enter, and, to their credit
w ~ 1s~Aus SAOJ 1AC uAo w CIlu6 UdCE.
the present success of woman is the
pent up cry of ages voicing itself and
from this forth it means much that
girls have two eyes, two hands, two
feet, and that they may go forward.
Thirty years ago two-thirds of the
self-supporting women were domes-
tics and there were few other oc-
cupations open to them; now every
door stands open wide and their right
to enter is unquestioned.
On the whole it means much to be
a girl now, more we take it than in
any other period of history, but the
grit that fritters her time away and
wilfully deceives herself as to the true
meaning of life builds over against the
day of bitterness and lonesome sor-
row.-Mary B. Baxter.
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