The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-12-13
Laura Jean Libbey's
Daily Talks on
Heart Topics
Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
Woman's Unpreparedness.

Woman's Unpreparedness.
"Soon may follow, when friendships
decay,
And from loves shining circle the
gems drop awayi
When true hearts lie withered, and
fond ones are flown,
Oh! who would inhabit this bleak
world alone?"
While warning Of our unprepared-
ness to protect ourselves is shouted to
men from one end of our smiling land
to the other, no one thinks to warn
women that, in case Of danger, they,
save in rare instances, are helpless
as babies In crisis. The man who
is well-to-do reads his morning paper
as he goes to business.
Carefully he keeps abreast Of the
times. He retrenches whatever ex-
travagances he may have INDUCED In.
If the article has has just read in his
paper Is Of grave Importance for the
minds of American men to ponder
over, he sees to it that every man in
his employ has copy Of 1t as well %
having the vital points explained. But
the last thing such man thinks of is
to bring that paper home into the
bosom of his own family, talking II
over with his wife, his young daugh-
ters and sons.
On the contrary, he endeavors Ia
keep from them the stringency Of the
times, the falling off of business. He
does not want them to know care OF
worry unless it should become inev-
table to ward it from them longer.
There was never a greater error
Women should not be kept in the dark
even before the first note Of danger
has been sounded. The rich and the
poor should be brought to a realisa-
ton of their unpreparedness. VIVA,
a national disaster would mean Il
each and every woman they should
ponder over.
If the husbands and fathers who
have shielded them from the worlds
storms were suddenly called away
how many Of them could valiantly
take up the battle Of life and fight II
as the women are doing now IN othe,
lands? Wealth and power may TAXI
fight in single hour. How are thu
women who have been used from thu
cradle to Injuries, killing time II
rirlhood in the pursuit of pleasure
to meet dire want and suffering hero.
ically if it is forced upon them Il
meet unforeseen events?
| Women should wake up to thu
crave peril Of the situation; take Thu
ieweled rinos from their manicuret
fnoers and learn the useful art o,
cooking by their own hands home
meal. frupally. They should find on
the food that would sustain life Thu
LONGEST and with the most satisfyins
results. They should acclimate them
selves by degrees to life In the open
It. is the duty of every woman to clil
off a certain amount Of Injuries tina
she will not feel the actual need o.
and to do her share to help to main
tain the great cost that is facing th'
nation, to become prepared to resis
the foes which might attack us.
| No dauehters should be brought III
in these times as helpless dolls. Ever,
girl should be taught the value o
work and how to be self supporting
They should have a thorough knowi
edge Of what is going on; knowl
edge of what they can do to he'll
their fathers and brothers. Ever.
women can help in her own way, b
it ever SO little. Let their motto be
In the time of peace prepare 70
whatever comes, ready to face dut
that lies before them.
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A Wise Youth.
Dear Miss Libbey: I am a girl {
10. A young man has been calm
on me so frequently playfully Gale
him any steady" when he was hel
last. He told me not TO think tina
as he did not want a "steady girl