The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-02
The Ways of the Girl
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al the spare time"

No teas parties, anything i go to my children
10 every young woman, at her start in life, two
ways are OPEN She may live for herself or she may
live for others.
Up to recent years. the destiny of the girl has been
largely marked out for her. 1t was set down that she
should become this or that, and even the conditions
under which she should perform her task large
" arbitrarily chosen for her. But Of woman s
independence has dawned and the very life of the
world depends upon which Of the ways she will
choose.
Is the young woman going to take the SELFISH
ways Or is she going to take the way for which the
Creator destined her? It is question between the
Creator and woman and all the of LIFE de-
pend upon it.
In one of these ways we see young women striving
to become leaders of fashion, climbers in society, or,
carried away by temperament that IS or less
tcia devoting their whole lives to the arts other
culture at sacrifice of all else. Teas parties, enter
tainments sssocal Duties in continuous string,
until old age, with it's neglect with sefretrospection
and the question, ssWhat has it all amounted to?'
1t has been the way Of the world quite generally,
to show the young woman only the flowers In this
path to promote her vanity to develop her ambition
to excel in the superfcalites, to make her believe
that the acme of HAPPINESS is reached in marry
ing well '-that is in giving herself in exchange for
EASE and LUXURY. They tell her this is a
"career." They do not tell her that it finally puts
ashes in her mouth and leaves her heart from which
HOPE and all generous IMPULSE have evaporated.
In the other path lies the real purpose and natural
destiny of woman It is MOTHERHOOD This is
word that covers all the concerns of life, without
cloud of doubt, the sky of blue the earth
clear around the horizon. Ii is WOMAN'S GLORY,
and hers alone. It is her un-shared throne upon
which she sits by divine right of God, and her
tiers are Love- Progress, Evolution and Fate.
To become good mother is the noblest achieve
ment the highest honor the greatest of possible
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higher goal sins against God and man. and lays a
trap in which all human progress and happiness may
perish.
There are no smoothly running elevators to the
heights and along this path to motherhood care
obligation, suffering and sacrifice. But none really
escape these things, and, indeed, the FLOWERS
along that other path merely temporarily cover the
THORNS and NETTLES to which all mankind is
heir. And in the end we all look backward and see
that the things worth while were won by the carry
ing OF burdens and the struggles under hard Elk
PERIENCE.
Why does grandmother sit in her rocking chair
sweet-faced, patient, waiting in content2 She has
known the glory of motherhoods She has herocaly
done woman's DUTY and is already anointed of the
Lord. Equality! Is there man among us but
should kneel at her thronef
No teas, parties, anything. / go to my
children all the spare time, said the dear Schumann-
Henk, when all Los Angeles wanted to entertain her
the other day. She is one of the very very few who
have been able to win high place in worldly affairs
and still be good mothers. She has worked for her
children. They have been life to her. and when
chance to rest from her work comes it is not enter
tainments, nor social functions, nor public honors
that she Graves.
1t is the CHILDREN! Such a career is not posi-
bic to 10 In hundred millions The millions must
choose either the pleasant easy way, that leads to
sterility of body and SOUL or the trying, but en-
nobling way to the glorious throne of MOTHER
HOOD