The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-12-11
The Fast Girl.
20 No Sentlnel. /

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up without receiving any proper
training for her true mission in
life. At an early age. instead of
quietly nesting IA tie bosom oi
her family aud. and under th,
warmth and glow of parental at
lection. gradually unfolding like
a tender bud those qualities thai
are to constitute in after years her
chief excellence and glory. she
thruSts aside all wholesome re-
: ralnt~ and ruSheS into society
-ooE I. b VIctImized by it, delu-
i've prospects, it, Idle dreams, At
pa>3me>. Its dIs~ipJti"ns. it,
>naic>. she knows HO better than
60 east herself INTO the giddv whirl
of life. and has uo higher desires
than to be charmed and intoxica,-
est hy lis pleasures CIV and
frivolous ,lvie.l Is What >he ,on
Stant,y seeks and. aIasI ,Ee often
has but lttlc or nn regard TO the
moral character of the company
she keeps. She walks. rides,
dances, and maintains free and
unreStrained conversation and a.
"ciation with many of the othe,
lex who are known to be stepped
in corruption and dissipation. and
whose very touch should be re-
garded As poIlurIng. Such she
never thinks Of rcpelling if the
scent OF whIskey Il not on their
breath, If their clothes are not
sniled with the mud of the gutter.
if no horr,d oaths are upon their
lips, aud if they do not stagger "a
they walk.
liz is characteristic of her. too.
be it SAID to her shame, To Sacfifice
womanly decency and modesty by
constant efforts To attract the
attention aud to gain the admira-
ton of young men. The privilege
aid to he granted TO her sex dur
ing "leap-year" >he unbIushiuely
takes through the years Is they
come
Simple creature. Gay dreamer
of gay dreams. Like butterfly
floating over a field of flowers and
lighting here and there to- sip
their nectared sweets. she has
careersd aud revelIed amid scenes
of worldly pleasure. seeking every
Indulgence that has given the
slightest promise of enhancing her
enjoy ment.
But there comes n time-and
that not late ia lIfe-when all
these dreams shall vanquish. all
these baubies shall be dashed to
tire earth. all these gaudy toys
shall be- thrust aside. and all these
ephemeral flowers shall fade aud
wlther. She must enter upon "a
new stage-she must be ushered
Into new scenes aud be subjected
toeutirely different environments.
She must exchange all her vair,
pleasures and useless empiUyments
Tor thc sober realities aud stern
duties Of he.
But now slp--~adiy lacks train
ing. Her mother-;oo indulgen,
Cor her goOd-has been attending
TO AL the details of the house
work, while she has been acting
the lady. The poor woman has
been kept IN the kitchen, laboring
and sweating over the cooking
stove while She has been mistress
of the parlor. She has had her
place at the table and has regular
ly enjoyed her meals. But now,
il she sits down to n meal. she
must first prepare it As she j.
entirely ignorant of the culinary
art .rshe must take her first lesson.
l. she not to be pitied? Nay, Is
not her husband rather to be
pitied?
But | close the scene and LEI
| the curtain fall. leaving the reader
to draw ON his Imagination t.
picture the conjugal situation il
all its unpleasant, worrying. ant
painful details. UNO.