The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-03-07

innocent she termed it. l was taught
accomplishments and how to dress,
and, yes, how to smirk and be an in
genuous little hypocrite, and the one
aim of my existence was to make q
brilliantly wealthy match and Justify
my mothers careful dollhouse training
of me- Even the books l was given
to read were of the then they we're
married and lived happily after order,
giving one the false idea that life
stopped at matrimony and that exist
ence thereafter was a sort Of peaceful
dream. Oh. sorrow! Why, it only
began then. And when in the midst
Of all my troubles 1 tried to remember
some one maxim, some bit of advice
which would help me out, there wasn't
a thing that would fit the case, and
had puzzled it all out myself. A nice
mess l made of it. Now that know
life it is too late"
'Yes," YEARLY assented the older
woman she was talking to. "Of course
there are some things which one can
only learn by experience but there are
lots of hers-fundamentals and rudi-
ments, as it were-that could just as
well be given to us from the start, both
In order to spare time and pain"
eff l had a child" Mrs. Brown went
on, (which it was just as well didn't,
as things turned out, l am pretty sure
l would bring her up on pure, straight
logic. / wouldn't so much tell her not
to do things because they were wicked
as because they were downright fool
ish and bound to cause her untold pain
and Inconvenience in the end The old
time doctrine that woman was made to
suffer and that she must bow her head
with all due meekness is just about ex-
ploded. Woman is finding out that If
she suffers she has mostly her own
sweet self or some parent with anti
uuated notions to blame for it. The
very first thing I should teach my child
would be to control her nerves. Nerves
pure and simple are the cause of nearly
all the troubles, real or imagined, OF
my tormented sex. Men are encour-
aged to be stoics. Even their reading
helps them to that end from the story
OF the little Spartan boy with the fox
to the tales of adventure or war. Girls
who heaven knows, need stoicism mucf
more than the boys are fed on morb1c
romances or soul dissecting Sunday
school stories. Why should girl be
encouraged to cry more than a boy
The first thing one says to boy is
Brace up and be man! The natura
thing to a girl is: Have good cry
dear. 1t will do you good and help yor
get 1t over with. Absurd! In Other
words. lay the foundation for sense
less habit Just because you are WON
an and make yourself weak for life
| should try all in my power to make my
! daughter as brave as any man; then
| should teach her the true meaning anC
| beauty of life and the common sense OF
| II I would impress on her the value OF
good friends and show her how to dis
| tinguisb the real from the false.
would illustrate from the lives of thu
people around us. l would impress hel
| with the necessity of having doctrine
Of cheerfulness and Of downright pluck
Above all. without making her conceit
ed. I would give her an honest pride II
herself. and this would make her Sc
strong it would be next to her very IN
stinct of life, for when girl has ina
pride strong enough 1t is bound TO Drlnt
her around successfully in the end.
"Then should impress her Win th'
truth that, while love is great tnlnt
IN this world 1t Is not all; that one
out into this world to cultivate one
talents and make the most OF them.
should arouse her interest In something
more than the social game; should en-
courage her to cultivate her stronges
Gift: II possible, make her hnanclah'
independent through this.
"Above all, i would teach her to Dc
simple wholesome and direct, avoidlne
self consciousness bane OF wolnal
neither running after people men OF
women, nor, on the other hano' neeieo,
ing them. And l think she conciuu
- With a sigh, 81 should have saved
49, much heartache and much fooiisn'
ness"