Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-11-27

a diasf,, OF Of a venerable Judge, taking
his feat, 10 female diihabi!le, would
fcarcely be more abftrd and ridiculous,
than that Of woman, wis thculd afcts the
airs, the manners and the peculiar purfulrs
OF the other fex. Now, as the bpGnefs OF
educstioni. not to shwsrt, but TO stitt the
dciigns Of nature, it is rlain that the &c
neral fckeme OF female intrusion houid
be Appropriate TO The female character and
lptlere Of action. A zeaioas advocate for
the righs OF women, who ID accaeosned 20
follow theory, rather than The rack Of
nature, might all+dge, that as their ga
pacities are competent 10 the profound
ef inyeeigations and d;fquiGtions on learn.
ed {ubjetts, apy limitstion 10 their ieien-
,iac pur(uits IS an arbitrary ahridgcmeps
Of thofe intellectual privileges ard enjoy
mems, which thcy ought toPoAcfs, IN com
mon with them.
Bur, without calling in quefion The
ftreogthof female intellect, OF attempting
10 ab.idge its charter. Of rights, let The
following queries be conlidered. Are tIy
not the babbi&f among wcslen, who are
contensed within the circle Of eajoyvents,
purloits ard amuiements, which are Chief
ly Of the domeGic Kind Does women
ever appear 70 graceful and lovely, as in
the domefic charatters and relations of an
affettionate filter aad dutiful daughter;
of "a faithful and loving vile and a kind
mother, rearing Up her of,priog and gaid-
ing them in willom's says; and Of dii-
Greet mifrels Of family, combining pru.
dent economy with hofpitality Wopld
not any man Of fen{e and correa tate ehuse
rather to be connected in marriage with a
woman Of plainly cultivated underRand-
ing, an obliging temper, domefic in her
habits, and capable ard dilpoftd to guide
his houGehold affairs with difcretion, than
with a M0ry Nlo592acra51, who handed
wire to genteensn-v'iifor, IN broksa
tea-cab, alleging, in ex2ufa, that Che was
too much occupied in literary matters 10
give any attention to the furnifhing Of her
rooma
{" The protection of women" Gy, a
iuAly celebrated female author,* TO
which the bent Of their inRrudion lhculd
be turned, is thar OF daughters, wives,
mothers and miRreaes of tsnil:es. They
lhould therefore be trained With view 70
thefe ityeral conditions, and be taTnilhed
with itock OF ideas and principles, and
qualifications and habits, ready 10 be ap-
piled ard appropriated, as location may
demand, to each of their reflective htoa
tons" The education and diicipIine of
girls fhouId be fucb as will tend to inlpiTe
them with love Of bare; fuch as will
quality and difpofe them to make +" well
ordered bome mans bef delight" By
The guiding hand Of prudence and friend
flip, they fhoud be led to the acquiGtion
Of ,hofe kinds Of knowledge, whether re-
lstipg TO worldly Gates and occupa-
tions, or literary fbjedfs, which will
be mott rfeful fer them in tholc particular
departments wherein they are probably to
act. They hould be early tsught that the
principal object of reading Is nor aTnufe-
ment, but the acquii5ion of practical
knowledge and tbofo books fhould be
carefully ieleaed for their porufal, which
will correct their inaginations, inform
their Judgments and improve their hearts.
Vicious & futile books are as con aniBat-
ing as bad company and therefore girls
fhorld be as careful, reiPctting the books
they read, as of the company they keep.
To be Continued.
Hannah Mare.