El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-13
The Young Girls Love
Read This, Fathers and Mothers;
Read This, Young Misses; Read
This, Young Men.
Dorothy DIX --
Dear LITTLE Girl.


EY Dear Little Girl:
N You tell me that you are II
years old. and that you are
thinking of eIoping with a young chap
who clerks in the haberdashery store
that you pass every day. and VINO has
perfectly stunning eyes and wears the
SWEETEST clothes
Whenever you catch a glimpse of
him your heart just goes flippety-tlOps
and YOU have little chills ana levers
By these signs and tokens you know
that what YOU feel for him is a deep,
unalterable love. the passion Of life
time.
And Il doesn't seem so very young to
you You feel Quite-Quite old, and
very wise, and experienced; and you
haven't a doubt that you are perfectly
capable OF deciding the most import
ant problem Of your whole life.
OF course, your mother and rather
object, and say that you are nothing
but baby, and that therein be plenty
OF time to think OF love and getting
married when you are really grown up.
Most Divorces Follow Eiopement.
Don't do it, little girl know yous
hate figures, but just cast your eye
over the cold, hard statistics Of divorce,
and they viii show you that more than
rs percent Of the marriages that end
in disaster were the result OF elope-
ments. or where very young people got
You think that the feeling you en-
terrain for Percy is love. 1t is not II
is the daWning of sex consciousness
Your mother is too modest to talk TO
you about such things, and that IS
why you and millions Of other little
young, ignorant girls blunder into
matrimonial misery They mistake the
nutter that man in general produces
in their breasts for love Of some par
ticular individual man. Distrust your
emotions, my dear, as you would a
band of traitors that were trylng 70
deceive and lure you into slavery
And don't answer every call that
comes along, for fear you viii miss
saying yes" to the right one When
he arrives you viii hear MS voice.
through it whispered to you across the
ocean
To get a line on how taste changes
at your age Just try to recall now cray
you we're over that pink dress last
winter. YOu thought It the very Qulnt-
essence Of style, and smartness, and
beauty Now you wouldn't be caught
dead in it
Also recall the way you had your
room fixed up with college flags, and
photographs Of the girls and boys, and
dinky little souvenirs, and how per-
fectly grand you considered It. tAey
went into the discard after you TOOK
that course of art lectures and found
out that bare simplicity was the thing.
And do you remember how mad you
were over chocolate fudge until you
got an overdose Of it2 Now the very
name OF fudge gives you nausea
Young Husband May Not Develop.
Believe me, all those disasters, and
more, are almost sure to repeat tneIn-
selves il you marry when you are IL
Your taste isn't formed IN men. any
more than it is in books OF 1000 OF
clothes.
He may stay just what he was when
you married him, or he may go paeh-
ward, and then what are you SGiHs
to do2 Take it from me, little SRI, a
last years husband is sometimes hsttl-
er 10 put I'D with than last year ; ndt-
Consider. also, little girl, thal II %
marry when YOU are still cnlio 90
delibera teIv cut yourself out or the
only plav time of life that the average
woman ever has Her girlhood IS ths
golden hour OF a woman existence
FINALLY beloved don't eiOpe- 20
may moi believe ii. but your parents
are vour hest friends. They have noun
ing at heart but your interest," no
sire but for your happiness am -
they are not willing for you 70 MAJ -
resi- assured they have goou ana SUI
ficient reasons .ef .-d
Don't elOpe-. DonJ snedn - r-,-e
marry unbeknown to thoss 49,
made so many sacrifices Tor YOU
Wait until the law makes you re-
sponsible for your own aclloAS -
,IiI,ss vC,t a right to do as you ple4SSe-
Tben vou won't have TO elOpe, anu me s
chances are that you WouiuI "A -
the youth you once conternplsleu 1''-
ing off to marry H. beFore Won
Think a long long time De1oIS 80
- 7ittIe Iirl. For it takes i've
rniDufes and a dollar and naIt 70 -
.-,-;eS bT,- IL requires sorrow 80
tears. and lawyers, anu iii'--
to get a divorce