Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-03-25

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REV o. r. HALL thought that Wom-
ans sphere in the world was to cook,
darn, wash. scrub, milk the cows and
keep the house. But to-day. while she
may do all these things, she is eX-
pecied TO ne capable OF rising above
them. Then few women We're ecu
Gated. To-day the parent who does
not give his daughter an equal chance
with his son in securing a higher edu-
cation is hardly considered honorable.
Our girls have now greater privileges
than ever before and with these privi-
legeS come serious duties and dangers.
l wish to make the following sugges-
tions:
First Remember this is the twenti-
eth century and the world expects
something of you more than a butter
dy or r.irror-tester. You are unworthy
of the glorious age in which you live
unless YOU are ambitious enough to
try TO excel in something.
You should be an all-around woman
-well-balanced physically, mentally,
socially and spiritually. Don't be
sIckly-take long walks, ride the BIZ
cycle, play golf bowl, skate. row.
Spend as much time as possible in the
open air, drinking in the pure ozone OF
Gods atmosphere and bathing in the
sunshine. To be strong is TO be beau
tiful Men pity, but as a rule do not
like sckly women. To be well is
largely a matter of will and exercise.
Don't be ignOrant-study. think, in
vestigate If possible. get a thorough
collegiate training before you qG't.
But don't go too far. and get too
smart to marry. Without a good eGu-
cation, however, you cannot hope to be
a real companion to the kind of man
you ought 10 choose for your life's
partner.
And this leads me to say that right
training for the higher social ami eth
ical duties does not come through por-
ing over the insipid society novels with
which our news stands are cursed
nowadays
Read something nobly stimulating.
Something which will fire in your
heart a desire to do something in the
world worthy of remembrance. Such
readiIs will keep you from foolish
ness and blunders.
Second-If you want to be happy go
to work Do something-teach, sew.
cook, paint,-anything rather than re-
main idle God pity an idle woman,
for the devil viii surely get her sooner
or later
If you are rich, and do not have to
work for living. then be a Helen
Gould. Co visit the poor and needy,
and make somebody happier for your
visit.
If you are poor, don't wait for some
thing to turn up 0r hope in vain that
some rich man Il propose. Go to
work, if only as domestic,
One of the best fields in the world
to-day for young girl thrown ON her
own resources is that of a domestic.
At the end of the year you will have
more money than the average stenog-
rapher, and you viii have mastered
the science of housekeeping. without
which you cannot be model wife.
In the third place, young girls
should keep good company All we'll
balanced girls expect to marry some
time The bachelor girl Y choice is
not well balanced. There is something
wrong with the girl who don't want
to marry and never expects to marry.
But in your search for man look
UP, not down.
Don't chum with an inferior.
Avoid illlterate fellows. Shun the
dude as you would the cholera.
The man who prides himself in be-
ing "ladies mo i" should not be
trusted.
Flrts and "r.9shers'' are unworthy
Of a good evils second thought l
think as little of them as 1 do of the
young lady who cares more for a
poodle dog than she does for a child.
Marry. sister, but marry a mana
true man. clean man, a man who be-
Iieves there is a God whether he be-
longs to church or not. Don't marry
an infideI Better marry a drunkard
than a man who can see no higher
power than himself-he viii break
your heart in the end.
Marry a nan you can look up to
and Who will lead you higher not
lower
Cultivate \ cheerful spirit. Look on
the bright side Help others. remem-
bering that he best serves God who
serves his fellow beings,