1899 - Advice to Girls

Here is a small bit of advice given by a Missouri editor to girls:

Don't hang around the depot unless you are going somewhere or there to meet friends.

Don’t go to church and take a back seat with your escort, and then whisper and giggle through the services.

Don't be loud, boisterous or slangy.

Don’t carry your heart on your sleeves or fall into the arms of every well dressed stranger or drummer who comes to town.

Be womanly, be modest, be thoughtful and serious at times.

Don’t regard your long-legged brother as a nuisance.

Don't turn up your nose at your old-fashioned father and his poor grammar.

Above all, don’t play "A Hot Time" on the piano while your old mother is having a "hot time" at the wash tub with your dirty duds—it is too suggestive.