The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-11

the poet Salu.
The girl of today needs different train.
ing from that given her mother or grand.
mother, as she will be called upon to re-
spond to conditions unlike any known in
previous years. She, as a scout, or in her
domestic science class, learns to sew: but
not to construct a ship on canvas, in cross
stitch, like that which hung in the room
of one of my aunts, or make a sampler on
the same material, as did another aunt
when a child. l have heard it said, that In
the period referred to, mems shirts were
stitched in black silk, in order to show the
perfection of the needlework. The hand
can no longer expect to equal the regulari-
ty of sewing machine stitching. Canning
of today, far eXcels that of our grand
mothers. There was a time, a hundred
years or less ago, when preserving took
the place of canning, sugar acting as the
preventative Then jugs, and tin cans came
into use, the covers, dor cOrks, being made
alright with a sealing preparation. Glass
jars are a comparatively recent introduce
ton for canning purposes, and greatly
tighten the housewives annual task. l can
remember when it was impossible to pur-
chase In the market any kind of canned
goods. Tomatoes were the first vegetables
canned, and yet it is not long ago, that
tomatoes were regarded as pOisOnOus-and
under the name Of Love Apples were
raised only for decorative purposes.
In those days, the trained nurse was
unknown; but there were plenty of ex-
ceIlent nurses, to whom this occupation
seemed second nature, and they were often
far more sympathetic, and in seine WAYS
less mechanical and more human than the
modern nurse, with her rules and regula-
lions. Like the o~ldfashiOned country doctor.
the home nurse is now in the discard.
Vinegar and brown paper were the
first-aids of Jack, when he fell down and
broke his crown, and Jill came tumbling
after" with what dire effects the nursery
rhyme fails to enlighten US, except that
she was held accountable for her brothers
disaster 1t is the woman who pays,
yesterday, and today.
There never was a time, until the present.
when girls had to be taught to be star
gaZerS. 1t was instructive, and the f1aDper
of yesterday had some natural instincts re-
naming, all of them not having been ex-
hausted by the movies; today's light litera-
But the girl OF yesterday did not 'hike"
to n extent, although she might have
walked a mile or so to school or church, or
gone into the woods in search Of wild
flowers or nuts. Be assured, however, she
mad a purpose other than saying she had
covered a certain number Of miles. The
dresses worn by girls of that day were
long and confirming, and poorly adapted for
outing wear. 1t was not considered "lady-
like" to skate; to ride horseback was per
mlssaDle, II one wore q long skirt, and
under no circumstances rode astride.
BIoomers, reaching to the ankle, were
4S1SAS AAAAOoCotg anu MCn CAG1d1mGu Wild
horror, when girls first began to attempt
bicycling.
A little girl could coast down hill, sitting
demurely on the front Of a sled. that was
guided by a boy in the rear, and she could
slide on the ice by herself, or drawn by
the strong wooden comforter worn by 8
boy skater, to which she held with might
and main.
The enfranchisement of girls did not take
place without the usual protests from pull
pit and press-but it came. And now girls
must be prepared for the free life which
awaits them, and to which they are not
yet fully accustomed. Hence the value of