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When you have sifted the motives for the outcries against the new fashion, whatever it may be, and have come to your own conclusions, go along steadily on your way, and be not disturbed, remembering always that excess in anything is undesirable and all eccentricity is vulgar in a young girl. WHEN YOU HAVE SIFTED THE MOTIVES FOR THE OUTCRIES AGAINST THE NEW FASHION WHATEVER IT MAY BE AND HAVE COME TO YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS GO ALONG STEADILY ON YOUR WAY AND BE NOT DISTURBED REMEMBERING ALWAYS THAT EXCESS IN ANYTHING IS UNDESIRABLE AND ALL ECCENTRICITY IS VULGAR IN A YOUNG GIRL
le--or has come to stay! Give no opinion upon any radically new departure, my child. Quietly and in your own mind weigh its merits and demerits, and see if they come above or below the standard of your own self-respect and the true sense of the fitness of things--and then presently decide for or against. Never be ruled by the outcries of old-fashioned people any more than you must be led away by the feather-brains of your own age. But when you have arrived at the moment for decision judge _the thing itself_ by those two standards that I have just indicated, and not by what anyone else thinks of it. Ask yourself, “If I play this game, or wear these clothes, or dance this dance, am I degrading my ideal of myself in any way? Is there really something indecent and immodest in it? Or is it shrieked at simply because some of the shriekers are too old to enjoy it, or their minds have turned to whatever side of it they can fix upon which can be developed into something suggesting impropriety?” BE VULGAR AND IMPOSSIBLE OR HAS COME TO STAY GIVE NO OPINION UPON ANY RADICALLY NEW DEPARTURE MY CHILD QUIETLY AND IN YOUR OWN MIND WEIGH ITS MERITS AND DEMERITS AND SEE IF THEY COME ABOVE OR BELOW THE STANDARD OF YOUR OWN SELF RESPECT AND THE TRUE SENSE OF THE FITNESS OF THINGS AND THEN PRESENTLY DECIDE FOR OR AGAINST NEVER BE RULED BY THE OUTCRIES OF OLD FASHION'D PEOPLE ANY MORE THAN YOU MUST BE LED AWAY BY THE FEATHER BRAINS OF YOUR OWN AGE BUT WHEN YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT THE MOMENT FOR DECISION JUDGE THE THING ITSELF BY THOSE TWO STANDARDS THAT I HAVE JUST INDICATED AND NOT BY WHAT ANY ONE ELSE THINKS OF IT ASK YOURSELF IF I PLAY THIS GAME OR WEAR THESE CLOTHES OR DANCE THIS DANCE AM I DEGRADING MY IDEAL OF MYSELF IN ANY WAY IS THERE REALLY SOMETHING INDECENT OR IMMODEST IN IT OR IS IT SHRIEKED AT SIMPLY BECAUSE SOME OF THE SHRIEKERS ARE TOO OLD TO ENJOY IT OR THEIR MINDS HAVE TURNED TO WHATEVER SIDE OF IT THEY CAN FIX UPON WHICH CAN BE DEVELOPED INTO SOMETHING SUGGESTING IMPROPRIETY
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