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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The girl should be able to launder her own clothes, and do it well. The<br />
steam will not ruin her complexion, nor will her hands be spoiled <strong>by</strong> the<br />
process. And she will have a great deal more sympathy for the one whose<br />
life is made up of hard work, if she occasionally feels the backache that<br />
comes from this kind of labor.<br />
Our girl should know how to sew, and to mend. It takes time and patience<br />
to learn these things — but it pays in the long run. There are few girls who<br />
have never come to a time when these things were necessary.<br />
The girl may plead that she does not need to do this kind of work, that her<br />
father is able to hire it to be done. That may be true; but it is also true that<br />
many girls who began life in just such an easy way, have come to<br />
circumstances where they could not afford hired help. I shall never forget<br />
the discomfiture of one dear girl who had become quite accomplished on<br />
other lines — but had not learned these homey arts, and did not begin to<br />
learn them until she had two small children to care for. Small help<br />
her music and painting were then! She needed just the things we have been<br />
talking about now.<br />
Our accomplished girl should know how to take care of her own body,<br />
keeping it clean and in a healthy condition. All her learning will be of little<br />
service, if she is sickly and weak.<br />
Our girl should learn some useful way of wage-earning, so that in case of<br />
necessity, she will be able to earn her own way. Such things happen in life,<br />
when the girl all sheltered from danger and hardship — is pushed out <strong>by</strong> the<br />
hand of providence; and if she is not able to do something that will bring<br />
her a livelihood, her lot is a sad one indeed!<br />
And every girl should have a education in economics, or at least an<br />
understanding of common business methods. Many are the women who<br />
face the world in terror, because they must do business and have no idea of<br />
how it is done.<br />
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