The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-04-28
LAURA ,EMLBMYS
4.1DAIIY IALKSONHEANeS
Rea TOpICS8
Too Young for Wisdom.
ITO idolize our very dreams.
Women were given ms for this.

TO idolize our very dreams
Women were given for this.
And every power in nature seznE
To teach Us how to lore and kiss
Was there ever a mother who did not
believe her daughter the embodiment Of
good judgment?
She will tell her friends with pride:
| My girl is only sixteen. but she knows
more than many a girl of twenty. or
over. She can be depended upon 10 take
: care of herself" II the daughter Is
obliged to seek an occupation early the
mother seldom looks beyond the fact
that the firm is well known. The girl
is thrown in with an entirely new set Of
companions of both sexes, but the parent
thinks her child will make friends with
the best of them. and let's II go at that
While there are some maidens OF six
teen demure and thoughtful, there's more
truth than poetry in the old saying.
You can't put an old head on young
shoulders"
1t takes either years, which bring their
fullness of knowledge or passing through
fluctuations to unfold wisdom in the
mind. A girls surroundings, and COM
panions have everything to do with
choosing the path into which she will
walk
1t Is not always the merry. rollicking
companions OF either sex that lure a
girl from the straight and narrow way
II is usually the wolf IN Sleeps cloth
ing which entices the lamb. Through
her business. she is brought in contact
with married as we'll as single men She
does not know how much to believe and
how much to reject OF what they tell
her She feels sorry for the man who
conffdes TO her the secret OF his signs,
that he is welded to a woman who Is
old enough to be his mother and dis
covered their unsuitability each for the
other when IL was too late: that they
had lived apart for years, although bound
by chains which would not break
His doleful tales work upon her sym
pathy She is too young for wisdom 10
understand that he is feeding her on a
| tissue OF faIsehoOd. hoping TO gain her
attention and sympathy. An older girl
who had heard Of just such men, would
I turn a deaf ear TO his plant.
With the girl too young for wisdom, II
her pity Is aroused. she IL unsuspecting.
and her tender heart. which has been
too easily moved may cause her to err
! in her Judgment Such man may
vary his story to that of having an in
valid wife: that he has no companion
ship. and is lonely. Unless a girl is IN
usually suspecting she realizes that by
I this talk he is trying to befOol her, that
no sympathy should be extended 10 the
man who is seemingly aggravated be-
cause his heart mate has been stricken
with illness. \ mother should be the
/ Confdant OF young daughter. and
should inform herself as to a girls as
sociates and encourage the maid to re-
! peat to her the dritt Of their converse
/ tion. and she should be able to guide
the girl ard to ward OF evil influences.
She might alter what would otherwise
end in the tragedy Of a Young life.
Miss LILbey's Replies to Your Let
! Correct name and address must be
! given TO insure attention)
! GIRL. FRIEND AND CHUM'S BEAU.
! Dear Miss IIbbey-I read. and ask
| your advice My girl friend I like very
much. And I've a boy friend They
were always friendly up to several
weeks ago. Now have fallen out. and
are not on speaking terms. Please ad-
/ wise me as to how | can get them to-
Eether best. as I am anxious to do
so. r. u.
L they are as deeply interested in