The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-04

tarvais between sewing and house
hold cares she played battledore and
shnttlecock with her sister or friends
or practicei on an old fashioned
splnet or vEginal. The singing school
was the great social event and
the occasion Ct much companionship
among the village young people
In regard to sewing, cooking and
housekeeping which made up her
education. she may be said to excel
the girl of to-day. But when we think
OF the literature, higher mathematics.
art. music, and science in which the
present school girl is versed, and of
the high position she Is thus enabled
to hold, we look back with pity on the
meagre learning of the past school
girl. Also. many OF the schools are
introducing domestic science, which
when taken up by all the schools,wlIl
leave nothing for our predecessors to
excel in.
In olden times when girls were
brought up in rural communities. the
question of exercise as connected
with schools attracted little, If any,
attention. Roaming in the open
fields, climbing apple trees. basSlng
in the sun, or reclining In the shade
was a perfectly natural occupation
To-day, however. these privileges
are denied the majority OF school
girls and the question of exercise runs
smoothly along with that of education
Owing to this basketball has be-
come popular game for girls be
sides all kinds of gymnaStic drills
The former mode of exercise though
Il undoubtedly more beneficial than
the latter and made the girl OF the
past better adapted, physically, for
study.
When we hear the girl of the sun
bonnet and bingham apron SPOKEN
OF. we recognize the girl OF long ago
Her simplicity in dress added to her
charms. ~But am | not simply dress
ed" asked the girl Of to-day, and as
she speaks she points to stiff, white
collar and black tie her perfectly
,laundried shirt-waist. a tailormade
skirt. and patent leather boots. Very
charming. indeed, she looks and we
can but answer eyes" to her question.
True the latter is the more expensive
girl. and though we think with regret
that the maiden with the sun'bonnet
and bingham apron is truly thing OF
the past. we are bound to look. WITH
pride and admiration upon her sue
cessor, realizing at the same time
that the period in which We live. de-
mands girls who are better adapted
to take care of themselves, than the
girls of old.
Formerly, girls were educated win
the ideas of taking up domestic lie
at the completion of their education
now they are educated for public
career.
II Il not yet century from the
time when money was refused TO edu-
cate girls with. and lo!to-day mil
lions are spent annually to entice
girls from the remotest places to get
learning. For the unlettered house
keeper taking time from her home
duties to gather the children about
her knee. we have the young. bnt
learned president of the college
or the woman directing the move
ment Of hundreds Of pupils For
The girl accustomed TO denial
and deprecatingly asking 1or
a little instruction., we have the
bright faced trustful young woman
who expects the best the world has
to offer
"A little knowledge Is a danger
GUS thing but only because it is III
tie" So the brilliant women into
which our educated school girls are
developing, have Qiieted the fears
and grave apprehensions as to the
consequence Of much learning to her
sex, and she has abundantly proved
that she can carry the triple RESPONSE
bility of loving, serving, and know
ing.
GRACE f. JOHNSTON.