The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-16


callous. Catholic daughters, you have
wonderful power of making the
world happier and better, and, thank
God, you have exerted it most gen
erously.
Your first field of operation is the
home, and your first duty is to your
parents. Nothing, except a spiritual
call from God, may take precedence
of your home duties. And what a
beautiful field you have for your &C.
tivities! You have it in your power
to be the greatest comfort to father
and mother. That in itself must be
a wonderful joy to a nature so ex-
quisitely good as yours. Also, you
have an influence over your brothers
second only to that of their mother.
What noble mission is yours, right
in the family!
| Good daughter and good sister,
what career of usefulness, cheer and
inspiration is yours! But suppose
you are not good daughter, what a
missed opportunity in your life! And
generally a girl who is not good
daughter gives up that wonderful op-
portunity for bauble.
Young women, you will never get
the equivalent outside for what you
lose in the home. If through frivolity
or vanity or waywardness you get
little passing pleasure at the cost of
turning your back on home duties,
you are simply indulging in froth. If
for the sake of amusement, or socia-
bility you disregard the advice and
welfare of your parents, you are
weaving a garment of unhappiness
for yourselves. No young woman ever
purchases contentment by having her
own way against the reasonable wish
es of her parents.
AS you approach closer to woman
hood you may more and more decide
for yourself in many things, but the
more you make your decision conform
to your parents views, the more, gen
Greatly speaking, will you consult your
own welfare. Besides, as good
daughter! you will be giving your pa
rents the best proof of your love and
loyalty.
Some young women act as if they
owed neither obedience, respect or
submission to their parents. The path
of these undutiful daughters is filled
with thorns, and ends frequently in
misery. For a short period of what
they call independence they pay life
long penalty. The number of women
who wear out their lives in wretched-
ness because they had their fling in
their youth is beyond estimate. Silly
girls, who prefer the attention and
: 1attery of outsiders to the wholesome
, advice of their parents, usually spend
their middle and old age repining.
1t is bad enough if your career is
made wretched when you have done
: your duty. But if it has happened
because of your disregard of duty, it
r causes inexpressible sorrow. Disas,
tiers which occurs to the girl who has
been dutiful and faithful have in them
{ the bright rays of sacrifice and 10y.
atty. But the girl who has sought
/ her own pleasure regardless of he1
parents prohibition, and unmindful OF
4 their happiness and welfare, has moth
ing to assuage her in the grief and
disappointment which generally re-
suit.
Some girls fancy that their duty
lies everywhere except at home. They
fit about here and there, and have
time and effort for everything excep
Y what their mothers require of them
Such young women never amount tt
anything. They will be of little goot
to themselves or others.
They think that by running abou
and being at this and that affair SOM
young man will be captivated b,
them. But the sensible young maj
does not care for that kind of girl
That is the reason why these run
abouts either do not get married, OF
!; if they do, they get husband who i
of their own type. And then troubl'
begins.
Other girls seek their pleasure il
going to questionable places of amuse
ment. Public dance halls and sucl
places lure many thoughtless girls t.
lifelong unhappiness. Young women
let me tell you something which mos
of you know A man, as rule, ha
no good opinion of girl he meets il
such places Men will go to these re
sorts for purposes of their own, bu
if they saw their sisters there the,
would order them home at once.
You might possibly make marriag
by frequenting places of that char
N acter, but it will be marriage tina
n you will rue. If girl, by being wha
n good daughter should be, does no
K, attract man, it is far better for he
Is never to marry.
le But it is the good daughter tina
~ usually wins the good husband. Fo
II the quality in women which most al
10 tracts men is gentleness and goodness
. The flashy, runabout girl attracts al
tention, yes; but it is not the after
ton which makes for happy wedlocE
$, One reason for so many miserabl
II marriages nowadays is the licens
h. and vanity of girls-alas, too commo
10 at present.