ought to teach young people to do those things which will promote their
health, and not to do those things which would injure it. The greatest
blessing to a young person, especially to a young woman, is good
health; but unless she will take care of it herself, it is an almost
hopeless task to attempt to take care of it for her. You may have heard
the somewhat slangy expression sometimes made about stupid and conceited
young men, that they "don't know enough to come in when it rains." It
is, however, an almost just complaint of many a pretty and otherwise
sensible young woman that she apparently doesn't know enough to put on
overshoes when it rains, or to change thin clothing for thick when it
grows cold. There is needed among young girls everywhere such a
development of common-sense as will prevent this senseless and
thoughtless conduct.

And now let us consider some of the rewards that will come to those who
give attention to the culture of the spirit. Emerson says that "it is
our manners that associate us," and this is one of his truest
observations. We all wish, or we all should wish, to become fitted for
association with the good, the refined, the intelligent, the cultivated,
with those who have a noble purpose in life. Into such society there is
but one passport--intelligence, and gentle, quiet, cultivated manners,
coupled with a like noble and earnest purpose. Possessed of these, any
person may be sure of a welcome in the best society, however plain in
appearance or dress. Wanting in these, good looks and fine dress are of
no avail to secure the coveted association. Remember I am now speaking
of the society of intellectual, refined, and cultivated people, and not
of mere fashionable society. But to gain friendly and equal access to
this best society, the culture of heart and mind must be genuine; it
must be thorough, deep, sincere. The young person whose education of
mind and heart is shallow and superficial, who has no definite aim in