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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It is selfishness that would make a girl think it a trial to help with the<br />
ironing, because it might hurt her pretty hands — when her mother has to<br />
work hard all day long. Or, again, it is selfishness that would cause her to<br />
spend a whole hour dressing her hair in the morning before she is off to<br />
school, leaving her no time to help with the dishes. And when evening<br />
comes and someone must stay with the little ones while the rest go out — it<br />
is selfishness if she feels abused when her turn comes.<br />
It is selfishness that makes a girl think that she ought to have better clothes<br />
than her mother has, or that would have her want better things than her<br />
brothers and sisters possess. She has kept her mind so full of her own<br />
desires that she has forgotten that others have wants or rights. It is the<br />
most cruel kind of selfishness, that will cause a girl to speak crossly and<br />
saucily to her parents — when they must refuse her some of her notions.<br />
Those who have done most for her of all the world, who are working week<br />
in and week out for her happiness, who are denying themselves many<br />
pleasures that her life may be more full — they who because in their<br />
wisdom see that she should be denied — they must have her become cross<br />
with them!<br />
The great foe of these years is selfishness, and the girl who comes to the<br />
most complete womanhood learns soon to fight it with all her might.<br />
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