The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-13

| young man goes to the bad. his sister, II
| he has one. Is partly responsible.
Nearly every Young man is fond Of
! music Your brother probably Is. HIS
voice may be pretty bad, but IL he wants
to try to sing, play his accomplishments
for him. II he is fond of reading aloud.
beg him to read to you while you sew. or
knit. Few men care to be read to. but
selves. # your brother likes games learn
to play the ones he enjoys. Show nh In
tercst In his affairs. Get his CONFIDENCE
II you can.-and then never, OF, your life
betrayFit.
A wise old lady whose sons lad risen to
positions of honor, was asked what she
Size replied: kept them at home even.
ings and tried TO make them Happy here
1t is the use to which q young man puts
his evenings which usually makes or mars
him. If you Gun get your brother to spend
his evenings happily t home. or II you
can get him to take YOU out With him
sometimes and like to take you out YOU
have done vast deal toward eleva,ns
But some sisters Will say. and with
reason. why doesn't this work both
o %nAs 10 nR |" me Of nen Hps his
sister than she, Of 5cntertanlng him
This is all true, and some brothers
recognize the fact. and spend much OF
Of their mothers and sisters. But we fear
It Is not true of the large majority. TFo
great mass Of our well-to-do young men
WORK WORK a ali &c day. u and have more or less Of
friction and irritation in their business.
In the evenings they want to forget their
cares. Many Of them have no sistess.
Some have no home. or are far away from
1t But those who have sisters should be
constantly loved and shielded by those
sisters in every way that they can devise
from the temptations and the pern!cious
customs which prevail on every side
among young men.
And why is this task laid upon the SIS
ters?' you may ask
the Scripture command that the strong
shall help tho weak, must be oheyed, or
else the whole fabric will go to pieces.
And our girls and omen are the morally
strong because, In the first place they
arc not exposed to the same evils that
men are If they were they might also
is conserved, and this strength should be
used to help their brothers. Everything
is done. in the higher walks of lifee-al-
ways excepting among the ultra "a fon,
good. AS a rule. they arc pure and good.
On the other hand 1t sometimes seems
as though 1t were made easier everywhere
for men to be bad than to be good 1t Ger
tainly Is in many cases.
In this state of things the burden Is laid
upon the morally interrupted, and there
fore strong, to succor tho tempted and the
weak. E&E 5
Girls, do all you can to make bettnr every |
young man you know. Those of us who
are in the way of learning something Of
the inner experience of scores of young
men know that those of them who try ! o
lead upright and clean lives have hard
attic to fight. Never lower your stan.asd.
Speak the brave word whenever you II
to any and all of the young men you meet.
But especially look after your brothers
DO not be discouraged If they snub you ut
first or often. Make them love you. And I.
when you have won the real love<>of ANY,
body. then you can surely do him good
Copyright, 1901. by Joseph E.. Bowcs)