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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Other people have the kind of smile upon their faces that suggests sarcasm.<br />
But there are still others, and I have met girls who had mastered the art,<br />
whose smiles are tear chasers. There is something so understanding in<br />
their glance and smile, that they make you feel that they care for you and<br />
want you to be happy.<br />
Sometimes when I have been discouraged or depressed <strong>by</strong> trials all my own<br />
— a bright, hopeful smile from someone has cheered me amazingly. In fact,<br />
we are very much dependent upon each other for courage and happiness.<br />
Then let us be dispensers of joy as we go through life, smiling and glad.<br />
If I am in trouble, having acted foolishly in something or other, then I do<br />
not appreciate the grinning smile. I would rather the face that looked into<br />
mine would express a little understanding and feeling for my trouble, or<br />
that it would not notice my foolishness at all; when I find a friend who can<br />
meet me this way, then that friend becomes a real comfort and joy.<br />
Smiles and gladness are like sweet peas in that the more you gather and<br />
give away — the more you have. Leave your sweet peas on the vines, and the<br />
flowers are soon gone; but gather them each day, and they will blossom the<br />
more and last the summer through. If you save your smiles for special<br />
occasions, when there are joys abroad, you will nearly run out of them —<br />
but give them out at every opportunity, and the joy vines of your heart will<br />
thrive and grow!<br />
Live in the sunshine. Look on the bright side, for there is always a bright<br />
side. No matter how a girl is situated in life, she can find something to<br />
be thankful for.<br />
If she is the daughter of a poor father, she is saved many of the temptations<br />
that come to the rich, and she has many opportunities for helping in<br />
burden-bearing at home.<br />
If she is a daughter of the rich, many opportunities for doing good are open<br />
that never come to the poor girl.<br />
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