The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-24
Heart toHeart
Talks.
TO A MOTHER.
By EDWIN A. NYE.

TO A MOTHER.
You love your little girl?
| VI course you do, else you would
not be a mother, and it verges on i'm
pertfnence to make the inquiry.
Taking that for granted, then. Won
will not object to a few plain words
from a man old enough to be your
girls father, will you!
Of course you know as well as I do
the Importance of maintaining conf
Dental relations with your daughter.
! But what | want to speak to you
about specifically is this:
You should impress it upon your
daughter that the man who asks her
to keep anything from her mother Is
TO be regarded with grave suspicion.
Make her realize that the fact itself
OF proposing to her to keep her family
IN ignorance of his intentions Is prima
facie evidence that such a mans pur-
| poses are not honorablesto her.
Explain to her that such a proposal
! is an insult
| Many an. innocent girl runs a ire
mendous risk because the romance of
secrecy appeals to her. She feels COM
plimented by being asked to share In
a covert love affair. What possible
harm can come of it?
But once caught In an ENHANCEMENT
OF this sort there Is no telling where
the matter may stop And clandestine
meetings spell ruin for your girl.
Girls who work for a living are in
especial danger, oftentimes-it seems
sad to say it-from their employers.
III your daughter Is employed by some
man who makes suggestion of secret
relations she ought to know that it ia
better to lose her job than her char
acter Jobs may be duplicated, reputa-
ton never.
Your girl ought to know, for in
stance, that when a married man
crosses the line of common courtesy or
polite requirement she must beware of
him.
1t Is not necessary to teach your
| child that all men are ravening wolves
or human hyenas. That would be I'M
true buy
She must know, IL she Is to be safe
from harm, that any man who gives
any sort Of reason for not wishing her
parents to know about his alleged re-
gard is dangerous
II he really cares for your daughter
he will not object to publicity; If he
really loves her he will want the
world to know 1t.
These are plain words. And the ad-
vice may be considered trite. But l
have seen the dark waters close over
many girl In her teens because her
mother failed OF her duty.
And If l may save one girl from
heartache or rueful lament or ruin it.
self By these suggestions 1t will have
been worth while.
May "a
1621-Christening OF first child born Of
French parents in Quebec.
l774-The House of Burgesses of vir-
ginia appointed June / as a fast
day.
177s-The British under Sir Henry
Clinton held a council of war and
decided to evacuate Philadelphia
17ss-South Carolina ratified the fed
eral constitution.
17S7-James T. Horehead, U. S. senator
and twelfth governor of Kentucky,
ny
Covington, December %, 1854
1S1S-Generai Jackson took Pensacola
from the Spaniards
1s1e-Queen Victoria was born. Died
January g. 1901.
1850-Jane Porter, famous novelist.
died at Bristol. Finland Born in
1875
1S54-Missouri compromise repealed.
1s59-First sod OF the Georgian Bay
canal was turned, near Toronto.
1S64-Nathaniel Hawthorne buried in
Sleepy Hollow cemetery, Concern,
Mass.
ls6s-Victoria declared the capital of
British Columbia.
1S81-Steamer Victoria" upset on the
Thames river, Canada, with loss of
several hundred lives.
THIS Is wv AzTH BIRTHDAY.
Ge.srge Grey Barnard.
george Grey Barnard. the noted
sculptor, was born in BeIIefonte Penn
May "a. 1853. He received his 1rst
training at the Art Institute in Chicago.
FROM 1884 to 1888 he studied at the
Ecoie Rationale de Beaux Arts in Paris |
ana mas since lived chiefly In that city. |
among his noted works of sculpture |
are "Brotherly Love-" Two Natures
which is in the METROPOLITAN Museum, IN |
new YORK, and The God Pan" in Gem
tral Park For the past six years he
mas worked on two groups of giant |
neures representing the life of hu-
mainly These groups. consisting of
thirty-1ve figures in all, are now on |
exhibition at the Paris Salon. where
they have attracted much favorable
NOTICE. Ultimately the groups are to be
USED for the decoration of the portals
of the Pennsylvania s+ata ca0itoI -