It would seem at first thought that there could be nowhere any lack of counsel for a mother in the training of her daughter, so many articles and books are proffering advice. Yet there is one element of a girl's instruction of which no books seem to treat, though it is of the utmost importance; that is, her social, her moral instruction. When we consider the difficulty and the extreme delicacy of the subject, we do not wonder that even those most free with advice are silent here. But it is a vital subject, which often the mother of the girl feels herself entirely unfit to meet. Yet it is dangerous to let the girl go without any counsel in these matters. I doubt if there is one of us who has not had brought home in an appalling way the sad fact that some young women are not properly trained in this respect. Many teachers who have had wide experience with girls of all classes think that much of the disaster comes to girls because each mother thinks that her daughter needs no direction. She watches and criticizes her neighbor's children, but is in ignorance what her own are doing. Consider, O mothers of maidens, whether it is not possible that your own daughter, like all other girls, may not be a little foolish. Along this line a mother may make at least one suggestion, and she may take the word of a veteran chaperone that it is necessary. She can teach her daughter never to permit a boy or man to touch her familiarly. Without being a prude or unpopular, a girl can hinder anything of this sort. In my observations of girls in the varied amusements of many different places, I have seen the merry, popular girl who could discourage with one look any familiarity; a boy never so much as ventured to hold her hand a moment. Also I have seen the other type, whom some boy was always fondling under my very eyes. This simple instruction, “hands off,” every mother can give her daughter. It is needless to specify how much this means. It is evident that it will be sufficient to check all evil if the habit becomes second nature to the girl. Probably it is as a question of “good form,” that it is wisest to criticize free manners. I am quite sure that it is most unfortunate to lead a girl to think evil of all the boys with whom she associates, to criticize every impulsive act. Impress upon her that to lay her hand upon her companion, or to permit him to show her any familiarity, is a sign of ill-breeding. A strong argument to impress the rightness of the rule is found by bidding the young woman observe that the girls whom she calls “common” and “horrid” have the free manners, while the woman who is her ideal—and every girl has one—maintains a proper dignity.—Good Housekeeping.