Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-02-22

nice girl. .$.2 ..ls58.
Q One such girl comes to my mind as
! write. She has led what may be
called q sheltered life. Her family
possess means and she has had all the
advantages any girl could desire. She
studied in one Of the best New Eng
lands high schools and there &C.
CURED freedom from snobbishness-|
a character trait that is impaired to
the. right type of girl by the associa-
tion with all sorts and conditions of |
students. When, she left the high |
school she was taken abroad and after !
having travelled extensively, was given
year in an English and French |
school near Paris. From this she |
came home to the small town in which |
she was reared and went happily to
work to live her life. She has taken
one or two small classes in languages,
because, as she sensibly says, that is
the work by which she would live if
she had to support herself and she
does not wish to let her accomplish
ments become rusty. But she Is also
the daughter OF the house, in the old
fashioned meaning of the phrase, tax
ing her share in the housekeeping and
home making, helping her mother
when it Is necessary, being COM
panion to her father and friend to
her younger brothers and sisters. The
gentleness Of manner which makes
her charming to strangers may be due
partly to nature and training, but
portion Of 1t is surely the result Of
effort on her own part. She has
found herself" ss . s-... T., /. Z
I know another girl Of the same
type, although Of different environ
ment. The second Is Middle states
girl and comes of a parentage in very
moderate circumstances, Always the
girl knew that when she left school
she would have to earn her own liv-
ing. By the time she was eighteen
she had mastered stenography and
type -writing and had obtained a posi-
ton. All day she is in her Office,
working hard. But when she leaves
the office, she throws it aside entire
ly: One who met her would never
suspect that she, too, did not lead the
sheltered life. Gentle. considerate,
deferential to her seniors, not vehe-
ment in pressing her own opinion up
on others. She is thoughtful about
doing 'the little kindnesses that most
leave undone or despise."
Here are. two specimens of what 1
call really nice girl. There are a
good many of them in the world--for
which we may thank Heaven and ju-
dicious mothers. But, alas! there are
others of another type.
l know several of the latter sort,
but one will serve as an example. She
is college graduate and splendid
looking young woman. She has her
good points and they are many Those
who know these and love her because
of them depreciate the flaws which are
so much more conspicuous than the
virtues that the latter sink almost out
of sight. m
This girl is self assertive. She has
no doubt that she knows all there is
to know. Question any statement
made by her and no matter how gent
ly you advance your own judgment you
are summarily snubbed.> There, is no
admission that you may have a grain
Of right on your SIDE, Has not the
girl been to college? Is she not young?
Does she not keep up with the times?
Go to, ye back numbers! The girl of
the period has spoken and the point
is settled! ~ a *s,E
As a matter Of course, the two girls
of whom I spoke first have as good a
right as the third to claim to be girls
Of the period. That is. they would
have II there were as many of them
as there are of her. This sounds in
volved. but ! fancy the meaning is
tolerably clear. The girls who have
an undue sense of their own import
ance, who are lacking in difference to
their elders, in nnselfish thoughtful
ness for those about them and in q
modest esteem Of their own import
ance. are IN the majority I don't
| like to own It, but am afraid It is the
truth? Il It is, what is the matter?
There will be found q large number
Of conservatives who viii lay It all,
or nearly all, to athletics. They will
declare that the outdoor sports for
which girls have become 80 keen dur
ing the past few years are responsible
Tor Z loss OF what the old writer's
would have called feminine delicacy.