El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-01

grateful age
Personally, think it is the first dan
Eerous age, and there are several 9TH
ers. for woman does not stop at 90
as the heroine Of a famous story seems
TO believe.
The impressions gathered By the
child at this ungratefuI age are deep
and not easily effaced.
1t is now that she gets her first ideas
Of her own future, and she begins to
set a standard for herself. according
TO the Influences which are brought
10 bear upon her
Between u and 16 a girl gets an idea
of her own good looks and she begins
TO try and enhance them Her vanity
develops. OFTEN this vanity IS like
hot house plant stimulated by the con-
slant attention she receives from the
mem bers OF her own family, who don
hesitate to say How pretty Dorothy y
getting TO be, right before ner, ~ II
she had no ears 10 hear, or brain 10
grasp the significance Of the remark.
So many girls are spoiled at this age
that in other families the budding
charms and beauty OF the young girl
are never remarked upon, and Isabel
is frankly told that she is quite ugly
while, on the contrary, she is slowly
evolving into very pleasing, natural
young girl
think it is just as wrong 10 harp
upon d girls physical shortcomings
during this abnormally sensitive period
as it IS to tell her that she is going to
be a beauty
The Family to Blame.
Many a girl who, at IA, was aWk-
ward and lanky, and AT Is developed a
frightful crop of pimples, has. been
made desperately unhappy by the sar-
casm Of her family, and as often as not,
q girl like this viii develop into raw
n.
when. with a little help and encourage
ment. she would have overcome her
physical awkwardness and learned to
care for her skin, and become in time
a graceful and attractive woman.
The physical readjustment which
goes on in the young girl, between
u and 16, and which often lasts till Is,
IS accountable for the poor complex
ions and especially for the pimples
and blackheads, which begin to show
themsel lives. on some subjects Just after
the 15th year. Where a child is anaem-
ic you can expect blackheads to appear
about this time, and there is no use
trying lotions or salves. The anaemic
girl simply has not force enough in her
system, to throw off the impurities in
the skin The blood doesn't circulate
properly, and IL Is useless TO expect
these spots and blOtches to disappear
until the root Of the matter has been
remedied.
In our system of education the hard
est part Of school life comes just at
the time when girl needs rest, quiet
and the most care No wonder our best
scholars are nervous or anaemic and
break down at examinations
If the pretty girls parents want her
to get through her school days with
out losing the vitality and strength
which she needs, they should see that
she gets plenty OF fresh air, the most
wholesome and simple kind Of food,
enough amusement and healthy recrea-
In rld n
The average American girl Of this age
does not get enough sleep She IS al
ways trying TO keep up her. end social
IL. to 90 10 parties, to entertain and
she feels that she is much abused II
she does not get her share of the
alter going. All this with her school
work is tremendous strain on her
nervous system, and il is no wonder
that foreigners who come to our
shores insist that we have no young
girls in America, only children and
women, for the average high school
girl dresses, acts and looks at least
five years oder than she is, and at
present she affects styles which even
her mother would consider rather ad-
Vauced
When you realize how small a part
the American iather plays in the max
ing Of our pretty girl, it's a wonder
that so many OF them grow up into
charming and lovely women, making
comparatively few mistakes in
erOwnup world for which they have
in no way been fitted.
The FIfher's Duty.
To be pretty and Wen dressed and
have a good tine, that is about the
only ideal that he average male pa
rent has for his daughter. His son is
taught from ealy bOyhoOd that he
must do something, and TO accomplish
his share of the worlds work, he must
have a high STANDARD of honor, hon
esty and industry. The boy gets this
knocked into him O1e way or the other;
the daughter is Supposed to imbibe a
complete understanding Of morals
and responsibilities through that IA
nous feminine intuition which only be
gins to be understood and appreciated
after experience aid mistakes have
taught her their drary lesson Of eau
ton.
No matter how sweet and intimate
the relationship between mother and
daughter, there ar certain things
which 20 toward tie making of our
pretty girl that she can learn more
quickly and easier fpm her father, If