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Show tiook After Your Children I Minlt Does Not Need an Immoral or Lawless Mind ikB Today to Lead Our Young Girls or tJW Boys Into Mischief. ir By Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1 A .M i:iK AN -.run bas been iti "t- L r',i'- ..i'i"o.."l Tor -i enr. heifflL '""'s -0,"c rirdonishiug Ltfl changes iu America, (-pet:- t hanJPlv 1,1 'V,'cw v '"J1 particularly thf American youug -jirl Bf'Wucti y r.cni .nv!ly ie Kavf, h h'IE l'0f n :l,rU!,t,,'nf,l T" x'emg jKoof- of ou'if girls going ami 1 "jnii'.1? Tom tbe public on. I t ho fc'1 K.-iK.ol.-. Ti,f. Vr,, fHir 'jjM8'' t'',,,fl. wilh childish f.y, H and i'C.rc l,r;i "v 1,1 li;nr ,1I 1,),'v wcre 1IDillB!'brrl '"'OLli-I'l'-OOUHlv mul up-j up-j tJpPri;itp. Since my return I ftB'0 looked iij 8 1lj lo M-r nv Wfiua hao seou in their place is s!!3f hmif of you nc' oc.Muri'n ?vi- T''MV " ''ler 1,1:1,1 HlP ?,'l,r,f"-jP11- I uh to admire, but these a JnBP)8litu,cs hav powdered fa.-eg. taim'"1 1111,1 bl;ll,;fn,J 'os. t Bhey sport immen-c bat- and le- T(Krl ,l,vlnM,ves like hu,n- women OJWt11'-' work. Nothiui; "nas, ;ibton ! 'WHivl a. t... rMn:.rl:;tli,. f.-:iture ayl3,fctVi" ' lu: l""""iv- of tin -o yT9 urc thiuloiie boiit?" b-Anol h.- r n,,,n, i; , ,, ,- in Bfi'T w ,,,, ,,, A-n.-riea 's col- J"v' '""df ,iiiiilar . uiii I jfM' '.;". 'hii" I -all. on the MW ,"i hl ' ' ii horrifiiTl JB l"c n,n,r lt vir,m,-, ;,ir.. w,0 --E"" 1 '''" 1 ' il e third- hl K ' :,,-,!''-' '" ''uwl i In Kirciifs; i HfPi-r'''J "nni "'' "'f --' - l'"s .difK,! ' -MOd onsc ,o wael ff 'liifE il11" ".'!'or'- ' 1 ifil ,h, 1 ''' ' ' Of tl.rm VW r,'rh. ""t.- h;,n , I.O ir,,. 0 TiaJgltf'' I'111''1'' 1 dol . -. i ;,,) i0 fl t.J I i,i,l,,r' ,,el-i5K.r, ,';ir"""" "nl hpr, lit l3Kti -t01 1 -O" t'Hc-i with " 'SMd f!iniii?"ajr,lijg i'lu'ir hotuo! if' jfifj M'Nt ,,a"' Pav.-niH, tin the l5v,i" " allow iho t iiicrtjKkf. uJ, -t 20 :" ' ' :' :" " '!lSTl "nr - Did v, rv l,' ''E," Thn;v Vouna tirle ,. aliKmi,," ,h0 nostoflPico and II S of'espoudenco with ' fl ,WftiU n 0 tb'"ir p.'Ornfs I". "fcT S' J"OVf"l " 1'" i'l,n-,r;il rr J?whalS(1ll, "r av" lt l r rieiBiu r. r"ad th0 u'"r l ittfK n ;' V-'T'-nt. -.o donl,.; (Vol ' ntldrLKVaT'tud" ' God tht.t vour tbTKw on ;! incftr''e of 9lun do i,r .trt ? :'ni1 tUrh vulpnritrv ,P tn1 L.-Vit al' Up, ? Do yoil KXOW tlio- ha to no such secrets hidden from ou? Jnet because they ar. your ohil-dron ohil-dron dues not mako tlieui models of propriety. f pour yonnc bob ha.; never talked to you about pex attraction, nevcT spoken on the subiectj it' on bare never t old him the tilings be niuai know sooner or lutiT, the Liro.-it fundamental truths of life, you need not feel at all sure that he is nut hiding some Bccret from von. rf your young daughter ha been loft "as innocent us a. babe unborn1 as parents are bo fond of declaring tbeir foH tl be. and it' you have not taken f in r to make her fool sh1 can eomo to you wjt'a over thought ami feeling, then on noed not be too sure ii(i ba uo cxperipTico wbieh she docs not tell vou. Our new papers, our free libraries, libra-ries, our moving picture shows, our theaters, .-til awakou the curiosity and feed ihe Imagination of ountr people. The loci ision and protection which our grandmothers had i" their youth ar- impossible to give t'i any girl today. n does uot nee.1 an immoral r lawless mind today to lead our young ciris vr boys into mischief. there is everything in the atmosphere to awalcen a desire for ad on i ure i n .' h mos I mora I nature, unless the parents look- to n that normal and wholesome entertainment en-tertainment is provided their ohil-dren ohil-dren during the early years of transition from childhood to fully developed men and women. in) besides th wholesome enter. ,'aionu'tit hre must be wise in-st in-st nu t inn . Qirls must understand the mean ing ol their relation 'o tlie world; i h- m iim know the impofttaBea ami respect the meaning ol k-i attract at-tract ion. They musl understand the l Bacredness of their bodies, and they nni5t not be left to an ignorant vanity, which makes bo mun young girls imagine 11 ia their own peculiar fascinations which cause nun to seek their favors. Young boys must be taughl reverence i"i- woman as the mother of the race, the companion and 2'iido of man. The most dangerous type of mother on earth is one who boasts of Ahe absolute innocence of her danghtei while glorying in the daughter's popularity with young men. On.- . uch mother refused to believe be-lieve the daughter'? innocence was lost up to (be very day when i in- groat tragedy of nnwedded motherhood Pell npon the unfortunate unfortu-nate child. Look- after your children, good people, and beionifl their be!rt friend- and comrades. |