Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-02-02

aud the fact that fashion aud respecabj>
" so much sanction it in certain classes
| ct females it may be regarded as ono OF
The most besctting and dangerous vices Of
our young women at the present time -
There is with mul,ludes Of them an enor-
nous waste OF energy, PHYSICAL ineIlec-
tual' ead moral tho sin OF buryug the
talent Is with them crying sin.
Bat the blame is not wholly theirs. The
views entertained by many of he other
sex, and false notions of refinement en-
courages by society at large, have con
'nbn'ed to make our daughters suppose
that 1t is essential to the character and
standing Ola lady to be as indolen, and
useless as possible The least that she
can Know eXpermentally Of the manner in
which even her own daily food is prepared,
or her own clothes made or ofthe more
severe and useful labors of the MIMI
whether IN acquiring or imparrng kuowl-
edge; or OF the want and reIlets of the
poor and needy and the more ,hc spends
her mornings in bed her evening, al nov
els or amusements, her md day uoni- IN
saunlPrng and loungng about. or cyuo.
sung her person III the streets the more
OF an accomplished lady, Is she ! What 90.
ton can be more false aud pefnclou, -
YET need not tell You It /, popular, CON
mon, extending to all classes. Many
Ict all classes are aiming to bring up
Their daughters in this wav, So
countenanced is it, that the daughter Of
the poorest as well as Of the richest often
blush to have itsaid or supposed, that
they have been engaged in some useful
employment. repeat it, the fault is not
so much in the young women as in those
who have the charge of bringing them up.
and in public sentiment. For a young
man to be usefuiy engaged, is necessary to
his good standing in society; but for
young 'co"'an to be thus engaged, is not
only not necessary. but rather prejudiciai
to her character as a refined and accom-.
plished lady.
Tbs public sentiment falling in with
The natural disposition to idleness, is it
strange that the result is a wide spred and
most melancholy paralysis of female en-.
efgy? | speak within due and considerable
limits when assert, that in large class
of females no, one-ienth part the useful re.
suits are accomplished by their existence,
which might be accomplished. Their
lives, compared with what they might be,
are almost barren waste, dead blank
IN I!e scale Of being. Instead of being
anything that resembles corner stones pol.
shed after the similtude of palace, their
history is rather that Of dollhouse plants.
They spring into being, vegetaie, and are
gazed at, perhaps admired, for little sea.
son; they then fade & vanish away forever.
The evils of this incidence in females
extends to every thing with which they
have to do. A grasshopper becomes to
them burden. To accomplish even lit.
tie thing costs them prodIgious and most
eShaustlng effort. They cannot endure to
study hence they must have teachers that
will save them IRON the necessity of 1t, and
yet by superficial means tlatter them and
their parents with a fine show Of learning.
They cannot endure to M,nh thence they
must have books Of the most light and pop.
uIar character, addressed principally to
their imaginalons and feelings. They
cannot endure any domestic labor hence
'hey must remain in ignorance of The things
10 be done in their own households, and
thus subject themselves and their families
to those numerous troubles from servants.
which result from the ignorance and nelli-
cheney OF the mistress; to saw no,h,ng oil
he sacrifice of property in domestic wastes.
'of the want or some one to look well to the
ways of her household. They cannot en-
dure to walk; hence they must be provided
with coach, not only when it is really
necessary, but when they might as well
walk, and when walking would COMFORT
much better with their means. They
have not sufficient energy to sympa,hize
with the cares, the duties, and trials of their
husbands hence their husbands mus,
bear their burdens alone, uncorrd for and
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