El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-16
IS THERE a Puritanical streak in Hy

Is THERE a Puritanical streak IN
your makeup that keeps melan-
choly account OF your affairs and as
sures you that whatever is difficult,
unhappy or humilisting must neces-
sarily be good for you
Even granted that it may be good
for you. please don't out OF the kind
ness Of your heart and the morbidity
Of your conscience. feel obliged to pre-
scribe this depressing dose for the
rest OF your family-particularl your
young daughter. II you have one.
We have expert evidence to the ef-
fort that nothing is so destructive Of
beauty and cnarm as the constant ad-
justment Of youthful high spirits TO
the yoke Of subsection II yyur daugh-
ter is never allowed 10 enjoy her
birthright OF youth ana happiness,
those two greatest assets Of beauty
will 90 by default. She may be young
IN years. but a settled aspect Of defeat
OF resentment will play havoc with
that first radiance that comes only
with youth.
Il may be well to quote Ruskin on
the subject DO not think you can
make a girl lovely II you do not make
her happy There is not one restraint
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Is not one check YOU give 70 her IN
stincts OF affection or OF effort
which Will not be indelibly written on
her features. with a hardness which is
all the more painful because IL takes
away the brightness from the eyes OF
Innocence and the charm from the
brow OF virtue"
Now please do not interpret these
remarks TO mean the turning OF your
daughter loose upon dance hall or
some doubtful recreation ground That
would be quite suicidal in fact But
] could not resist quoting Ruskin 10
bolster Up my plea for more whole
some amusement especially for young
girls who earn their own livings-
In these DAYS Of organized social
welfare work there IS no reason why
every girl should not belong 10 some
club or association that helps younE
people TO have good time The war
camp community service has done
so have many Of the
churches and community centers. and
II Is TO be hoped that their efforts TO
give young people the fun that is as
necessary as food and sunshine are
not going TO slacken- The necessity
for providing recreation for Young
people IS just as important now that
the war is over. perhaps more so. that
people are dropping back into old
grooves with their soul deadeninE
and humdrum-
A good many parents-kindest low
Inc parents. too-fail 70 realize that
after 4 long DAYS work recrea ton is
IS necessary as supper. They feel
their daughters are safer" at home.
where every breath they draw may be
observed by the family.
But that IS not the kind OF safety
that makes for ssnity-youth needs a
little wholesome fun after eight hours
u work And sensible mothers will
see that their dauEhters get Il. no
matter how much it irterferes with
he "slippered ease" Of the older mem
oers OF the family
Seek Amusement on sly.
To continually thwart your daugh-
Ter and say NO. no." TO every plan
she proposes for a little innocent
amusement is the worst sort OF a pol
Icy Either YOU viii drive her to di-
vert heraelf clandestinely or YOU will
nr1aK her spirit to the point Of max
Inc her eccentric and melancholy.
This Is the burden OF many letters
hat come to me from young selfsun-
porting girls. II an old enough To
earn my own living. but 7 an not old
enough to have friends or be given
lnv spending money"
Every thinking mother must realize
his IS an impossible state Of affairs.
md one that Is calculated 10 drive a
bread winning daughter away from
home II your daughter brings home
4 nav envelope and shares Il with the
family she is certainly entitled to
more liberty and consideration than
II she were going to school
Don't lose her friendship hv con-
inuallv blocking her plans: keep II
md her confidence nv entering heart