In every girl's creed there must be some negative. The _law_ says you
must and you must not. As she reads this page perhaps some girl will
stop for a moment and write out the things to which she believes a girl
should say "no." Here is such a list, written in the form of a creed by
a girl when a sophomore at college.
"I believe that a girl should not indulge in amusements which make her
nervous and excited, give her a headache, make it hard for her to study,
cost her a good deal of money and crowd out all thoughts of duty and
which make her feel envious and jealous of those who are more popular or
fortunate than she, and sometimes make her think things she hates to
remember.
I believe that a girl should _never_ repeat what she has heard about
another person if it could in any way injure that person's character.
I believe that she should not lie even by looks or by silence. I
believe that she should never deceive another, never make fun of the
weaknesses or misfortunes of other people and never treat another girl
as she would not herself want to be treated."
This is a negative creed. It does not say _do_, it says _don't_, but
there are times when every girl needs _Don't_. Put _don't_ into your own
creed, you girls who are thinking over these things.
When you are tempted to lose your head and plunge into things you have
been taught are wrong, just because "_everybody_" that mysterious
mischief maker, is doing these things, keep steady and _Don't_.
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