Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-26

women for some centuries - and
stopped at that. Now it's gotten to
the point of taking women seriously.
of acknowledging it's need of them,
OF slowly unfastening every rusty,
long-locled door of opportunity.
New Life For Women
It's a wonderful age for girl baby
to be born into. Just think of the
heritage awaiting that tiny, warm,
rosy creature in your lap. Consider
the privilege you've had in introduc-
ing her to a society that is making
itself over to flt her as fast as it can.
Lift ought to be a glorious, trium-
phant adventure for her from start
to- finish. Don't you see there's moth
! ing to regret in her not being a boy?
Aren't you even thoroughly glad she
is a girl?
When she's older you can teach
her what a thrilling thing it is to
be q girl in her age of the world.
You can make her understand what
it is that woman's treasure-boX has
really come to hold.
And what does it hold? Why, life
first of course. Girls are allowed
to grow up instead of being left
naked on a rock to die.
L
idea of sending girls to school is a
of work. The time has almost come
when q woman can follow any occu-
patton she pleases. Then, a self
respecting status in love and r0ar-
riage, which is very modern, too.
And, finally-citiZens
You can tell that amazed little
6nnnnfar Of vO1Ira how thin haNp
changed since your own childhood,
even shough you're only a scant short
generation older than she. And you
can make her long to be a worth
while woman, now that she finds she
has such a precious treasure-boX to
dip into.
| And you can set her dreaming as
to what the world will be like when
1t has plunged ahead for another
twenty-five years and the touch of
women's hands can clearly be seen
in the actual shaping of the condi-
tons Wen all be living under.
"Only a Girl" But
Perhaps you had not realized all
this before. Perhaps you hadn't
come to see what a responsibility
you have on your hands, even though
the baby is "only a girl"
For you'll have to fit her to lead
her life intelligently, in the world
that is and the world that is to be,
1t isn't as il she were destined for
that Sheltered and protected" exist
ence we've all heard so much about
which simply meant that she re-
manned all her life under some mans
| personal control-first her fathers
and then her husbands, for your
baby will grow up to be just as free
as her brother.
| And don't ever make the mistake
of thinking that those things the
doctor tells you about-fresh air and
sleep and food and clothing-aren't
important. It's your affair to see
that the little creature grows ul
healthy and strong. and you'll. find
that to do this is a pretty steady and
eXacting job and you'll need all the
wise help you can get.
For in the world that's coming the
half-well woman, the woman whose
mother didn't wisely guard her in
fancy, isn't going to be able to get
her share or to give her share. II
won't do for that baby of yours to
have NERVES" or a bad digestion
When you think that she's some day
probably going to be a mother and
n homemaker and an active citizen
and the follower of some useful oc-
cupation outside her home, you'll
see that she needs all the health you
can start her out with.
Do take 1t seriously, this being the
mother of a girl-baby. Do regard il
as the most deliciously real and excit-
ing responsibility you have ever had
| or can have.