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Show ' The Ideal Young Lady H Two weeks ngo wo published an ex- B' cellont nrtlclo on "Tlio Ideal Young H J Man," written by a young lady of the B I Lchl First Wnrd. The article that fol- H ' lows is an answer by one of the young H , , men of the First Ward Y. M. M. I. A. H . Inasmuch as wo young men wish ! f our Ideals and osiieclally our ideal i '. young lady, to be superior to tho or- H dlnary porson, and thnt wo might i ', more clearly see her superiority, I MM have chosen to describe them IDEAL Hu Let us begin with tho homo first. j A , After breakfast Is over and tho youn- HSl s gor girls are busy washing dishes, Jr the mother (who through tho worry m'JA atfd troublo of pnst llfo lias become m more or less brokon down in health) T Isl, plodding along with swooping, K'I dusting and placing In order tho mjfi J spoils nud dlsarrangcmonts or tho H previous night, dually seizes tho scrub lJ buokot and begins tho task which she ,K was compelled to loavu over from tho H9 So far In the busy program or the ra! day wo havo not heard from our UN- H IDEAL YOUNO LADY, who. when she F3 comos In to breakfast (wltli u Trown idgs oh her faco) complains about things o being cold and tnstelcsB. Slie Is plan-1 - nlng a party for the evening, and of sf V course mother must bako pics and Mm JJ cakes of the' very best, for the oceu- Hn' Dion. x. i ;Our UN-IDEAL YOUN'U LADY goes Hf Into the parlor, and gathering her H' shaggy hair under a sllk breakfast Hlft ckp, throwB a sliawl over hershoulder Be and ships across tho road to Hit girl w friend to ubU if slio sliould happou to h know If a curtain young man (whom f wo would class as a ten-cent sport) K was in town. Her girl friend, being Bi very busy, oho promised not to detain n Iter long, so after quizzing nud plan mfk nlng for about one hour and a half !! i sho returns homo Just In lime for din i nor. After dinner she begins hci day's work cleaning and dusting the parlor. Sho commences with the broom, and having swept tho middle ri of tho floor sho seizes tho duster and k'' commences on tho table. Having dus- u ted tho top Bho forgots tho legs and mWV goes to tho piano, finishing it without u? moving a plcturo or vnsa which might Hft be standing there. Shu has alread) H I done her day's work and Is now read "' to'.toko' her usual afternoon walk. in ''i iiTiiifcr-w iwuif. ilii sho dressed? I suppose Well, slm's It, Her hut being very large and her skirts being very tight, she LOOKS TOP HEAVY, and when she Irys to step across a small ditch she rescmblco A DUCK more than any oilier animal 8h" holds her head high, not nble to Bee her poor working work-ing boy friend, whom she happens to meet. It Is only because sho cannot find enough of her kind to gossip with that sho returns homo early In the afternoon, wishing that the tlmo would hurry past so she can find nothing to do. , Sho never lias time, however, to let horsoir bo Been in the kitchen. While sho is In her dressing room finishing painting and powdering, her good old parents), after tho hard tolls of the day, go Into tho parlor Tor a few moments mo-ments of solid comfort, only to bo disturbed by her coming In and reminding re-minding them that It Is tlmo for her company to arrive, and that they nnu better vacate because they were not prescntnblo In their ordinary clothes. Tho IDEAL YOUNG LADY must bo beautiful to look upon, natural brain and natural color, truo teeth, beautiful beauti-ful form without pads. Uelng about live and ono-half feet tall and weighing weigh-ing about ono hundred and forty poundB. Sho must have a mild tcm-por, tcm-por, courageous .spirit, not lazy but imbltlouB, industrious, economical, polite, entertaining, modest, pleasant, ,iot stuck up, wltli parental reverence, rullectivo, lutultlvo, attentive, obedient, Independent and a good education. Many girls brought up In homcB of comfort and luxury are often suddenly sudden-ly thrown upon their own resources to earn their dally bread. Not this .ilono they may also bo obliged to provide for helpless children and Invalid In-valid husband. Tho poorest girls in iho world are tlioso not taught to do .omo kind or work. Tho most fortunate for-tunate 'women belong to this class. Every girl sliould learn some business trndc, whereby sho may bo ablo to earn her own living It necessity de-mand de-mand It. Tho wheel of fortune may jwlftly turn. Tho rich become poor and tlio poor rich. Skill added to labor Is no disadvantage to any one and Ib helpful to the poorwomnn with a helpless family on her hands. Sho must be ablo lo sing, reslto and read Intelligently; to button her own IrosB up tho back, brush her own .I..M..H ..... ...n.wit. ..ti.l ,.ni,i Hit tttitnn ir iieceRsary. She must bo well educated edu-cated In the lino or child training, that iho may bring tlio children up well behaved. Sho must bo a good cook, Having meals on Iho dot. In short, sho must be ablo to carry on the Jutles or tho Iioubo without being under un-der n boss, besides knowing when nnd what to feed chickens, pigs, horses, 'Hid lu a pinch be ablu to milk the cows. When alio becomes married she must bo naturally adapted to mending and dtJrnlng, that her husband's feet may bo well protected from cold. Sho must bo a patient nurse when her husband Is sick. Sho will thereby bo able to help hint and give him the needed comfort. She must boliblo to lay by a little money for, such occasions. Sho miiBt bo ablo to do her own sowing nud thnt ot her children, never nllowlng her liusband to sow on his buttons, which would endanger his fingers being pricked decp'y. . Sho should teach tho children sowing sow-ing early In lire. ( Bho should luy by n llttlo each week and In time help to bu n piano for the family use, teaching tho children In tho art of vocal nnu Instrumental music, nnd teaching her husband to sing bass. Sho should not qunrrel with the neighbors nor allow any of tho children chil-dren to do oo, Sho should always take her husband's part III any neighborly neigh-borly dispute. She -should honor her husband nnd lovo him. She should speak well of him to his enemies as well as his friends. Tho wlfo who gives her husband sympathy eases his toll, lightens his buruen and sooUicb his weary nerves, fly .this means sho may bo a moro Important Im-portant factor In tho bucccbb of his business thou if sho Inborcd by his side at tho dcBk In tho store or In the Held. Sho mny prove a greater aid to his mental and moral development by showing her appreciation of tho spirit of his efforts in every right cause, than if sho were n leader hi the public haunts or society, society often falls to appreciate tho value of a man becnuso it can not stop and discriminate, dis-criminate, but the wife or mother who cau not tnkc time to recognlzo and strengthen tho weak qualities, to encourage en-courage and fortify tho .strong ones, of her husband or son, falls short of her HIGHEST GIFT, her, greatest opportunity op-portunity for helpfulness. Half tho rownrd of a man's efforts comes often from the expressed appreciation of his wife . , '. Sho should bo tho maker or tho homo. A hundred men can mnko an encampment, but It takes a woman to make a homo. |