The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-03-04

interests the set impulse is prodded
IN q hundred different ways. and vet
physically and msnraly The child is
urprepared for this change. Woman
hood has encroachsd upon childhood
and curtaiIed tn. slass Of hide-and-
| seek by several yeas She lacks the
wholesome. out-of-door objertives
which the days Of childhood should
have developed There rs a woman
in one or the large western cities
whom the business men term live
wire. she has good Judgment, en-.
thusiasm and mental alertness, and
although in middle age, she radiates
youth. Her early training came in
the midst of privations supposed to
rob life Of its zest. Yet, in converse
ton with this woman one obtains an
undeniable spiritual refreshment
How do you do it," she was asked
one day. ITO what do you attribute
your buoyancy and enthusiasm
ITO overalls,' was her startling
reply, and she smiled good naturally.
s.You see, was home missionary's
daughter We lived down near the
Mexican border and we depended upon
the little church back home for most
of our clothes. These came in the an
nual missionary box. ! suppose that
the good ladies' OF the aid society did
the best that they could: they sent us
many things that it was more blessed
to give than TO receive. Always there
were several pairs of clean new over
| ais. but never anything for a girl to
wear. So mother behind her tears,
made joke of it, and called me Bob
and dressed me in overalls. | wore
them until I was twelve. It may sounG
like boasting but l could do every
thing that my brother could do, and
some things / could do better. play
red with the boys, learning how to
hurnor them when needed. when to
discipline them, and when to fight
them"
She smiled again. The law of COM
Ipensation holds just as true in child
hood as in mature years. and came
to realize If I was to share in my
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brothers freedom / must submit to
his restrictions. The big lesson came
one day when we had been playing
srobber' on the roof of our barn, and
we made a rather dangerous descent
from the roof by way of the branch of
an overhanging tree. But the branch
broke and we came to the ground pref
| ty hard. We both ran crying to faith
! er. Me he took in his arms, soothing
my fright, but to Jack he only said,
YOU can't cry, my son; you're a
mani.
1.-THE thing worked like magic. Jack
looked at me and blurred out, Then
Bob can't either if she's going to wear
boys clothes.
II could never forget that remark.
for the logic was plain, and | have
| felt severe contempt for myself
when on rare occasions have given
away to tears Overalls gave me q
liberal education, and most of it |
have never forgotten"
/ This rare woman grew up in the
new freedom and today business
men crave her judgment and women
wonder why she has such an influence
over their husbands. She understands
life from a true anglia vision ac-
quired from a normal youthful devel-
opment.
| It may rot be wise for all the girls
of the land to wear overalls all the
time, but the mothers of girls can
dress them to permit normal physi-
cal development will produce among
the women. as among the men, effec-
tive, efficient results. Such women
are coming on the stage Of action, but
| If we want more of them we must be
gin in childhood to train them.
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