Beautiful Girlhood compiled by Debra Maffett
Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale was written in 1922. Those years forming the transition period between childhood and womanhood are filled with wonderful interest and attractiveness, for there is nothing of more beauty and grace than the budding and blossoming of girlhood. But the young feet that travel this way are often fearful and uncertain, or willful and bold. Each and all have need of guidance; they need a helping hand along the way. This book is sent forth with a sincere desire to be a blessing. In a timeless way, this classic book offers practical, biblical wisdom on the issues every girl faces, from beauty to attitudes to relationships.
Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale was written in 1922. Those years forming the transition period between childhood and womanhood are filled with wonderful interest and attractiveness, for there is nothing of more beauty and grace than the budding and blossoming of girlhood. But the young feet that travel this way are often fearful and uncertain, or willful and bold. Each and all have need of guidance; they need a helping hand along the way. This book is sent forth with a sincere desire to be a blessing. In a timeless way, this classic book offers practical, biblical wisdom on the issues every girl faces, from beauty to attitudes to relationships.
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Childhood holds it promises; womanhood its fulfillments; and youth, those<br />
golden days of girlhood, is the transition. This change is almost too great<br />
for us to comprehend. We marvel when we see the tiny, green bud develop<br />
into a mature rose of brilliant hue; how much more wonderful is the change<br />
from the immaturities of childhood — to the beauty and grace of young<br />
womanhood! We see this miracle performed before us continually — yet we<br />
never cease to wonder at the sweetness, charm, and beauty of every woman<br />
newly budded forth.<br />
Wonderful changes take place in the body of a girl in this transition. She<br />
takes on a new form and new symmetry. Organs that have been dormant<br />
during childhood, suddenly wake into life and activity. She becomes, not<br />
merely a person — but a woman. And with this change in<br />
her physical being, comes just as wonderful changes in her nature. She has<br />
new emotions, new thoughts, and new aspirations. She has a new view<br />
of life, and takes a new course of action.<br />
It is as if she were in another world, so completely does she change.<br />
This awakening comes suddenly. Not that she will know the day or the<br />
week when the change comes, nor will she be conscious of the miracle in<br />
her nature — but the things of childhood will slip away from her. The little<br />
girl loses interest in her play world. She who did play whole days with her<br />
dolls, now leaves them in their little beds weeks at a time. And one day she<br />
will say, "Mother, I do not play with these dolls any more, and I have a<br />
mind to pack them away, for they take up so much room."<br />
Then, Marguerite and Rosemary and Hilda-May are dressed nicely and,<br />
with a last loving pat, are tucked away in a box or old trunk in the attic and<br />
left to themselves, while their little mother is hurrying away to the land of<br />
"grownups."<br />
Mother looks on with dismay as she sees these changes, for she knows<br />
that her little girl is getting away from her, and that she must make room in<br />
her heart and life for the young woman developing before her eyes. She<br />
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