Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-08-14

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is no longer NEGLECTED, and the ambi-
tious, clever country girls no longer
hath need to envy the bachelor maid
Ter manisb, Independent way. for the
former is fast becoming the most pic.
turesque figure among women of today.
Eminently sane in body and mind,
capable and compaHionable, she is her
mothers most intimate friend and her
fathers beloved counselor. Abroad,
she is the marvel of the English girl
for her modest independence, aud the
horror or the envy of the German
madschen because she entertains today
the young man on the broad veranda
of her cheerful home and does not fall
in love with him tomorrow.
The truth is, the typical country
girl OF 1909 stands in her present posi-
ton, not because she has crowded her
self into il, but because she has been
carried there byth irresistible force Of
circumstances. She is more self-reliant
and self-sufficient than her mother be-
| fore her, because the conditions of her
existence have made her SO. The
worlds onward movement is bearing
the modern woman along with it, that
is all
She has moved with swifter strides
than the other sex simply because she
was behind them at the start. Tie
quickening, broadening tendencies Of
an era of unprecedented intellectual
life has caught her and moulded her as
they have moulded her brothers.
The young man of today is thor
oughly unlike the youth of the age Of
shoe buckles and powdered wigs. The
young woman has merely taken her
rightful place by his side. She has
learned it is just as honorable and nee.
essary for her to seek physical deVel-
opment as for him. She has discover
ed that rigorous mental discipline in
high school and college is no less val
liable to the student in pretty gown
than to the student in coat and trous-
ers.
Now, with such a phantom of pure
delight to commune with, the young
farmer must certainly be content to
stick to the farm and become the coun-
try gentleman which made the south
land in ante-bellum days the most
prosperous and famous spot on the
globe. With such a jewel for help
mete he will realize that it is in the
home circle where shines the eternal
star of human hope. And it is there
and there alone he must go for life's
inspiration and final victory.
I believe IN every day life that brings
families together; IN every way and in
every institution that adds to the bet
ter feelings, to the higher nature and
to the charitable instinct of the human
race. My friends, ever remember that
love should canopy the home, and that
love is not convict to be detained with
bolts and chains Love is the highest
expression of liberty, Love neither
commands nor obeys, and love is the
father and mothers silver wand to rule
and dominate the lives of the boys and
gNls III the country. Love and anxiety
go together and those whom we love
we wish to protect, Therefore, fathers
and mothers must lift their voices and
inculcats IN their daughters and sons
lsve, knowledge, courage and morality
The sheltering arms of our grand old
State University, presided over by
Chancellor Walter b. Hill, one OF
Georgia s noblest christian gentlemen,
has thrown its doors open and made it
possible for the country boy of limited
means to procure the same education
and advantages which heretofore haye
only been enjoyed by the rich man 8 son
The Girls Normal School at Milledge-
vile, one of the noblest institutions Of
the Empire State, and other like col
leges in the south, are turning cut
class of educated, self-reliant young
women who must ever inspire men to
good deeds and truly become an essen
tial element of national and individual
prosperity.
The archaeological School in Atlanta,
supported largely by the states gener-
osity, offers splendid advantages to our
boys in the country who desire to seek
an industrial training for, as l have
stated before, this progressive age does
not tolerate mediocrity, 1t is skill
that drives and pushes the wheels of
trade and traffic.
l urge upon the fathers who are
members of the Agricultural Society of
Georgia, an organization which has
taken proud frank in this state, that if
they would have their sons follow in
their illustrious footsteps, they must
impress upon them the dignity oflabor,
and the supreme duty of true Ameri-
can citizenship. To the conscientious
mother / send this message OF loving
admonltion. Be not afraid of spelling
your boy; my personal and professional
experience has taught me that boys and
girls are sensitive plants, and IN the
morning of their lives need sweet, re.
freshing dews to aid and strengthen