The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-29

accomplishments and how to Dress
genuous little hypocrite, and the one
aim OF my existence was to make u
brilliantly wealthy match and justify
my mothers careful dollhouse training
| of me. Even the books / was given
/ to read were of the then they were
| married and lived happily after order.
| giving one the false idea that life
stopped at matrimony and that exist
ence thereafter was sort of peaceful
dream. Oh, sorrowi Why, it only
began then. And when in the midst
| of ali my troubles tried to remember
some one maxim, some bit of advice
| which woI,u help me out, there wasn't
| had puzzled it all out myself. A nice
| mess 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 ers-fundamentals and rGdi-
ments, as it Were-that could just as
well be given TO us from the start, both
In order to spare time and pain
IF I had child" Mrs. Brown went
on, (which it was just as well didn't,
as things turned out. am pretty sure
would bring her up ON pure, straight
logic wouldn't so much tell her net
to do things because they were wicked
as because they were downright fool.
ish and bound to cause her untold pain
and ineonv snienee 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-
pIoded Woman is fip5ing out that II
sweet self or some parent with anti
quated notions to blame for IT, Tie
very first thing 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 torfnented sex. Men are eneour-
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 much
more than the boys are fed on morbid
romances or soul dissecting Sunday
school stories. Why should a girl be
The first thing one says to boy is.
Brace up and be a manr The ma tural
thing to a girl is: Have a good cry.
dear. 1t will do you coed and help you
get it 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 and
beauty Of life and the common sense of
it. | would impress on her the value of
good friends and show her how to dis
tinguish the real from the false. l
would Illustrate from the lives of the
people around us. / would impress her
with the necessity of having doctrine
Of cheerfulness and of downright pluck.
Above all, without making her eonceit-
ed, would give her an honest pride in
herself, and this would make her so
strong it would be next to her very in
stinct Of life, for when a girl has that
pride strong enough it is bound to bring
her around successfully in the end
Then l should impress her with the
truth that, while love is a great thing
in this world, it is not all; that one is
put into this world to cultiyate ones
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 strongest
gift; if possible, make her financially
Independent through this.
Above all. 7 would teach her to be
simple, wholesome and direct, avoiding
self Consciousness that Bane OF worna il
neither running after people, men or
women, Nor, on the other hand, neglect
ing Them. And ! think she conciud-
ed, with sigh. So should have saved
her much heartaehe and much foolish
ness, f4 I'D Hf3BTNSGN.