Girls, do' not gossip about each other nor carry tales ;
control your tempers. A temper shows force of char-
acter when used in the right way; if not used in the
right way it shows weakness. Stand for your rights
and let no man deceive you. Learn to think for your-
selves, and toi think clearly. When ladies you will
have positions w^here it will call for hard, careful
thinking. Sit down and think your work out for your-
selves instead of getting other people's opinions.
Your work will be much more successful than if you
try to use someone's else brain in your work. Advice
is good if given in the right way from people who
know more than you do, but, as a rule, careful thought
beats any advice. Girls, be polite in shopping. Think
of your needs before going intO' the store; buy just
the things you wjant and nothing else. Clerks have
a way of trying to put things off on colored girls ;
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they think they have no more will power than to buy
as long as they have a cent. This may be true of some
of them, but the reason for it is, that many of the
mothers and fathers had their wills broken when they
were children, and another reason is few fathers and
mothers are educated to the point of knowing how to
train the will of the children in the right direction.
The white race do not all know how to train the
will. Training of the will is a new feature in the
educational wt)rld. Mothers, study and learn how to
train the wills of your children instead of breaking
them.
Girls, be careful about the company you keep ; never
get too friendly with anyone, and you will always
have more friends. The reason most colored people
are always *'at outs," is because they get too friendly.
It is better to hold most people at a distance. Girls,
do not argue, avoid heated discussions, never argue
religion, never show temper in public places. Do not
buy a lot of cheap clothes ; it is better to have one good
dress, than a lot of cheap ones. Never buy or wear
cheap jewelry. Do not w'ear other people's clothes.
Do' not talk about your family or your own business
to other people. Never make sharp, satirical remarks.
Do not ask other girls questions about their own busi-
ness. In conclusion, we wish to say you will meet
many hard places in life ; learn tO' walk over them.
Make all of yourselves you can and God will bless
you. Also keep in mind if no other point in our book
be thought of by you, that your virtue is the greatest
gift that God has ever given to woman. Therefore,
let nO' man rob you of God's great gift. The woman
who lives a public, evil life is better than a pretended
pure woman.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Girls, do not gossip about each other nor carry tales ; control your tempers. A temper shows force of character when used in the right way; if not used in the right way it shows weakness. Stand for your rights and let no man deceive you. Learn to think for yourselves, and to think clearly. When ladies you will have positions w^here it will call for hard, careful thinking. Sit down and think your work out for yourselves instead of getting other people's opinions. Your work will be much more successful than if you try to use someone's else brain in your work. Advice is good if given in the right way from people who know more than you do, but, as a rule, careful thought beats any advice. Girls, be polite in shopping. Think of your needs before going into the store; buy just the things you want and nothing else. Clerks have a way of trying to put things off on colored girls ;
they think they have no more will power than to buy as long as they have a cent. This may be true of some of them, but the reason for it is, that many of the mothers and fathers had their wills broken when they were children, and another reason is few fathers and mothers are educated to the point of knowing how to train the will of the children in the right direction.
The white race do not all know how to train the will. Training of the will is a new feature in the educational world. Mothers, study and learn how to train the wills of your children instead of breaking them.
Girls, be careful about the company you keep ; never get too friendly with anyone, and you will always have more friends. The reason most colored people are always "at outs," is because they get too friendly. It is better to hold most people at a distance. Girls, do not argue, avoid heated discussions, never argue religion, never show temper in public places. Do not buy a lot of cheap clothes ; it is better to have one good dress, than a lot of cheap ones. Never buy or wear cheap jewelry. Do not wear other people's clothes.
Do not talk about your family or your own business to other people. Never make sharp, satirical remarks. Do not ask other girls questions about their own business. In conclusion, we wish to say you will meet many hard places in life ; learn to walk over them. Make all of yourselves you can and God will bless you. Also keep in mind if no other point in our book be thought of by you, that your virtue is the greatest gift that God has ever given to woman. Therefore, let no man rob you of God's great gift. The woman who lives a public, evil life is better than a pretended pure woman.
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