Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-01-28


is abnormal or anemic, and needs tones
ana meulcal attention.
The great thing TO consider is how she
| thinks of these matters
Every young girl possesses 4 sort of
beauty, however plain she may be of fea-
thre-a beauty Whic! always attracts the
eve OF mature manhood The French
writer's have called that charm 1.-THE beau
~ OF the devil, because it is 50 irresist-
IDLE, probably.
The very innocence and chastity of
young womanhood attract sated and
Wern minds, and awaken within sin
hardened hearts unholy desires for pos
session.
If your daughter adds 10 the beauty of
mere youth other physical charms, she
WIZ ne sun more an object of attention
10 those human hyenas who prowl tie
world seeking for prev.
Ieit her before she goes forth into the
world, then, that such men exist Tell
her all the dangers which Turk in the
pleasures which may be offered her by
tnehl-theaterS. dances, Suppers and
gifts, which are only lures to win her
confidence and trust
tive her high ideals of love. and ro-
nance, and marriage, and motherhood
lell her thai somewhere i'll the world her
real mate lives; that he is waiting for
her; and that when he comes he must
q ialr
hume 70 bestow upon the children that
Shall crown her womanhood with life's
most holy estate-motherhood
since she must come in contact with
girls and women who have sold their
brthrlght of honor for the pottage of
line clothes and jewels, instruct her to be
careful i'll choosing her associates. and
while she has a kindly feeling and chair.
ty for ALL to avoid identifying herself
with girls who dress extravagantly, and
WAC are always in the calcium light of
publicity.
Instil pity in her heart for those who
nave not been instructed by mothers as
wise as you are, and make her realize
mat 1t is not any inherent Wickedness
which has caused other girls to go wrong.
but lack of right home training.
II you talk to your girl like this, and if
You make her feel that she can tell you
every thought of her heart and every eX-
perlence of her life, you win never have
cause to blush or weep over her indiscre-
tons
No fortune which you might bestow
upon her, no educational advantages,
could compare with such Il bringing up.
And you are not good mother I'M
less you are bringing your daughter up
in this way
1t is not necessary to give her the
impression that all men are seeking
her destruction, and that all masculine
attentions are to be distrusted. What
you want to drive home to her mind is
this: All attentions from married men
beyond the common courtesies and po-
lite acts of everyday life are to be dis
trusted; and only such advances and
invitations as men are willing her
parents and the whole world should
know are to be regarded as wholesome
and honorable and worthy of Il favor
able thought
The moment any man asks her TO keep
his regard for her secret the moment he
makes any excuse for not wishing her to
conhde in her parents, then that man Is
to be avoided.
If he is her employer and she risks the
loss of her situation by such standard
of conduct, far better lose it than lose
her reputation. Another good position
will be found by the girl who loses one
because she is determined to keep ont
of unwholesome entanglements.
Another good reputation is not to be
found easily for the girl who loses one.
When your daughter sees other girls
going contrary to the course of conduct
you have given her, tell her to keep ST.
lent and not spread the story of their
folly any faster than their own actions
will spread it.
But let her not be deceived by their
seeming good fortune and imagine they
are on the right road to permanent sue
cess and happiness Tell her just what
| such deviations from the safe right path
| mean-the shame, the crime, the disease
and the despair they lead to-
And then tell her to keep her own self
respect and your confidence and toNwait
| for the reward which time will bring
her.
Are you educating your self-support-
| ing girl in this way for her great battle
with the world?-Ella Wheeler Wilcox
! in Pittsburg Leader.