Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-30 00:00:00

PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF GIRLS•

We copy from the Few Yoqc Commercial the fe"e „Dog
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females remarks upon the proper education of 0
females in order to insure their health and vigorous 50
even till age approaches:— r iced
" Shame on us, that we, who boast of having -1
w man in this the nitneeen`h century to the positt9llee6
life which she ought to hold, so educate her that not feu
of her powers, physical or m,_ntal, can ever attain e
ir
and healthy action. Better go back to the days °f rth'S
great-grandmothers and be ccntent with Dil"e- far
spelling book and Aseembly's catechism—nay, better tfook
earlier days, when nei her catechism nor spelling -10
detained the damsel from the distaff or the loom gied
rear for the coming gene/ aticn a race of nervous viva
sickly mo'hers.
I, ea it/
" When the boy runs merrily after his ball, or uusegralk
the race, or leaps over the bound, the girl must sad
demurely in the garden, because, forsooth, runningivio
leaping, and jumping are ungraceful in the girl. ode
the boy roams freely over the fields, or through the "rri"ly
in ttie summer, or coasts down the hill, or skates ood,
over the pond in the winter, the girl, untrusted,
walks pensively by the side of her teacher to the f1.,1
or takes a two-mile airing in the sleigh once is the IWO
She never pitches the quoit, throws the ball, never e
down the hill, never roams through the woods, beta ° ja
134V6 the mark'.—all these are deemed unfemenine;, old
fict, she never thoroughly exercises her body at tnid Of
in consequence soon becomes unable to endure any
physical fatigue.
feulet
" Fit only for boys,' said a principal of a large eziw•
institute to me, the other day, when I remoustratedrcio
him on the importance of these and other like ele nby-
for girls. For boys, indeed r And has not a girl 11,.tedr
tical system to be developed, and matured, and inviga'n-fiter,
Has she not fatigue to bear obstacles to e11e,.;9 to
hindrances to overcome, enterprises to carry out, uth..,l sad
discharge? Has she not the burden of life to 08%100
its toilsome road to travel for herself? In her oVin :hr life,
does she not require, and will she not require dire% her
all the energy, and streng'h, and endurance of 1/71° he is
system should I- e capable? It matters not whether the
to live in the midst of fashion, or move quietly in
art
circles of country life, or to find her lot upon IniFttl that
ground, or to ttruggle against unforeseen adversity, 0"„ ht.
can be made of her during her years of educatiee► lr aro
sicslly, morally, and intellectually, she wall need' life
every woman, in whatever situation she may oceelltjaad
is a fact, stubborn, earnest real, to be shaped and lu
by her own efforts, or to be borne and endured by htrylier
fortitude. Happy is the who is prepared for it, Irtdieioue,
own despairing efforts in after life, but by the Jile
careful, and thorough discipline of early education.

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ILLNISS OF !H1 EARL OF ABERDEEN.—Th. tjtB; bit
Lord Aberdeen's health is causinry ouch auxietY4tcierill
frier:do. On Saturday afternoon he became nostif:o old
and serioatly ill with otatructien of the bowe,'4 1;009
complaint), that two of the leading Aberdeen ruY;io re.
were Tent for from Haddo House ; and on Sandal ob.
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latives of the noble lord were summoned by telegt
On Monday forenoon his lordship was reported
somewhat better.—Glasgow lifa2l

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