Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28

A nlBnLnaT6 CnlluAOOu' heLb
moterless at birth; until she was
thirtene years of age a drudge in
racetrack boardhouse, where
the rough talk and actions of
"swipes" and stable helpers were
her daily portion; then ION her
won," a subject for all those unwel-
come experiences which fall to the
lot of a young and unprotected
girl.
No wonder she has few illusions
left in regard to either life or men.
At an age when most children are
learning kindergarten songs she
was a sophisticated woman of the
world, listening wide-eared to the
Rabelaisian jests and broad allu-
sions of the stablemen as she ran
errands and saved steps for the
overworked mistress of the board
inghouse. In the years when pink
and white girlhood awakens to ro-
nance and dreams of a possible
Prince Charming she was strug-
Cling for q living, repulsing the
attentions of would-be mashers,
face to face with crude, hard, ugly
facts of existence.
"I found my way up" she writes.
Life became easier for me and L
graduated into better environment
but on every hand there were men,
men, men. There were times when
nothing saved me but my STEADY
nerve and cool insolence. l hate
every man-almost- that L nave
| ever known.
mo, she has no illusions. Or.
rather, perhaps, she is the victim
of very great illusion when she
believes that all men are vicious,
Even she herself is compelled to
make one exception; for, as II by
way of compensation for her early
| hardships, the story she relates enos
| in q happy marriage, with nus
band whom she regards as little less
than perfection.
And so, like a second Pilgrim,
| having after many trials and tribu-
| lations attained Paradise, like a
second Eve, she promptly proceeds
/ to find her Garden of Eden some
thing to fret and worry about.
"My dear Mrs. Woodrow" she
! writes, my husband and I are con-
! fronted with q problem that we our
selves are unable to solve and
which we desire to submit to you.
We have q little daughter who is
, five months old to-day, and are anx-
! ious II possible to save her from any
such experiences and insults as
! was called upon to endure in my
| growing years. -
I'VE want to bring into her life
only beautiful and noble things
and so help her to become line,
sweet type of womanhood, who
/ will be able to choose for herself
when the time comes q man worthy
of her-one whom she can love
with all her heart ana who will
! love and cherish her in return.
We want to see her a happy wife
and mother. We want to insure her
favorable destiny.
But the question is. How to ac-
! complish this. My husband sug-
! gests going to the country in order
to give her a simpler and more
; healthful environment; yet 1 hesi-
| tate to take this step on account of
| the superior school advantages
which town life offers for we want
! to educate her in the best possible
way.
I'VE hope you will be able to help
us, because we can't feel sure in
our own nearIS just WndJ Is IHe
wisest course to follow to attain
our purpose"
| And l am supposed to be n sort
| of a fairy godmother, who, by the
mere wave of my magic wand, can
endow this baby girl with all the
blessings that humanity yearns for
"a Cinderella coach with horses
and footmen and at the end of her
| journey Prince of Dreams to
claim her! I only wish l could.
Parents have always made the
mistake of thinking that if they
were able to control circumstances
they could make certain the we'll
being of their children. Napoleon,
who was the master of the world,
tried it; and the son for whose sake
he divorced the one love of his life
and plunged Europe into a success
I sion of bloody wars, whom he pic
tured as a mighty monarch WELD
ing universal dominion died a pitt
full little exile, dependant in an
alien Court.
No one can govern the happenings
or destiny of another person. Each
child born into the world is an in
/ diyiduai with inst n little diffarant