Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-11-08

the coming of her Romeo, and while
she waited she plaintively sang:

My sweetheart's the lovely baboon,
I'm going to marry him soon;
'Twould Ill me with joy
Just to kiss the dear boy,
For his charms and his beauty
No power can destroy.
"I'll sit in the light of the moon.
And sing to my darling bsboon,
When I'm safe by his side
And he calls me his bride,
oh, my lovely. my precious baboon. ;
"Thss first paradise was colores
and charmed and beautified with tn,
spirit Of love. Every rich blessi, s
within the gift of the Almighty
Father was poured out from the cor
nucopis Of heaven. But it was soor
stained and polluted with the sin OF
mans disobedience. In the exercise
of their own God.given free agency
they tasted the forbidden fruit and
fell from their glorious estate. II
was the fall Of innocence and purity.
because Of that first sin the har.
mony Of love was broken and the
world has suffered its endless chain OF
sorrow Of disagreement and Of woe.
And because Of the disagreements,
because Of sin. this problem Of the
beau and the sweethesrt is not always
such an easy one to solve. l know.
because I've solved it. Difficult - IL
is. however. the whole problem is
simple. 1t merely is . matter Of
. boy being always q gentleman, and
girl being woman. 1t is merely
matter Of the young man being .
knight Of honor, who feels always
that it is his duty to protect woman.
kind-protect her from insult. pro-
teot her from the sins Of men. and
keep her the spotlessr beautiful.
charming creature that God intends
her to be.
Until the girl becomes a woman,
or at least of mature age. her young
men friends should be her companions
only at such times rs young men are
needed ;and they should be companions
Of whom she feels proud-who she is
not afraid or ashamed to bring into
the family circle. The mother CT the
girl will, IL she acts right in the mat
ter. invite the young man companion
Of her daughter to di ner, and all
will spend the evening together
around the same fire. This 10 a very
simple test, and can always be relied
upon both by the mother and the
daughter. 1t will prove just what
sort Of a fellow the best fellow of
the girl really is II he is evil. he
will refuse the second or third invi-
tation to take dinner or to spend the
evening with the family. and it then
becomes an easy matter to drop him.
"Our young women cannot learn too
early the responsibility that rests up
on them in the great work of making
the world better aud pursr. The
sweetest humanizing influences upon
this old earth 10 woman. 1t has been
truly said that there is no aspiration
entertained by man, no achievement
he seeks to accomplish. no great and
honorable ambition he seeks to graft
fy, which 10 not directly related to a
mother. sweethesrt or = wife.
Young women, you cannot overesti'
mate the inspiration of purity, OF
heroism aud OF un.elnsh devotion you
mould into the lives Of your young
men companions. II was for love
that Antony lost world. 1t was for
his beloved Rachel that Jacob worked
seven loug years. and seven more.
Poetry and fiction are based upon
womsn's love, and the movements Of
history are mainly due TO the senti-
meuts or ambitious she has inspired. '
From the hearthstone around which
linger the recollections Of our mother
aud sister, from the family circle
VIII, re we first met the girl comtan
ions OF our youth, comes all the
purity. all the hope and all the
courage with which we fight the bat
tie OF life.
So the young woman who does not
become an inspiration for better
thing. 20 the young men companions
can never hope TO accomplish that
which the Great Creator intended
she should accomplish; and by this
neglect she repudiates the noblest
purpose Of her life. The young
woman has a remarkable influence
for good over her young man com
pauion. She can correct his faults
and guide his erring feet she can lift
him from the depths Of -despondency
and despair up into the bright light
Of courage and hope. She can make
hin work and labor and strive 10 be
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