The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-25

PRACTICAL TALKS.
innocent. size termed it. | was taught
accomplishments and how to dress,
and, yes, how to slnirk and be an III
genuous little hypocrite, and the enc
aim of my existence. was TO make Il
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.
enee thereafter was a sort of peaceful
dream. Oh. sorrow. Why. it only
began then. And when in the midst
of all my troubles tried to remember
some one maxim, some bit of advice
which wol,a help me out, there wasn't
thing that would fit the ease, and !
had puZzlel it all out myself. A nice
mess I 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 others fundamental and rudi1
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 pratty 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 inconvenience in the end. The old
time doctri:se that woman was made 10
suffer and that she must bow her head
with all due meekness is just about ex=
ploeled Woman is finding out that il
she suffers she has mostly her OWN
sweet self or some parent with anti
quated notions to blame for it. nc
very first thing should teach my chile
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 encourz
o.
helps them to that end from the story
of the little Spartan boy With the FOX
60 the tales of adventure or war. Girls
| who, heaven knows. need st0icism much
| more than the boys are fed ON morbid
romanees or soul dissecting Sunday
school stories Why should girl be
| encouraged to cry more than bog
The first thing one says to boy is,
Brace up ard be II ma A. The natural
| thing to a girl. is: Have a good cry.
lear 1t will do You good and help you
! get it over with Absurd. In otiei
words, lay the foundation for a sense
| less habit just because you are Wom
an and make yourself weak for life.
should try all In my power to make III.
daughter as brave as any man; then
should teach her the true rnea ming AND
beauty of life and the common sense OF
| it. would impress on her the value u
| good friends and show her h0wSto dis
| tinguisil the real from the false.
would illustrate from the lives Of the
people around us. l would impress hel
with the necessity OF having a doctrine
of cheerfulness and of downright pluck
Above all, without making her conceit
ed, would give her an honest pride il
herself, and this would make her 81
strong 1t would be next to her very in
/ stinet of life. for when q girl has thai
pride strong enough it is bound to brins
her around successfully in the end.
i .sThpn sh0nld in1nress her with tlit