Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1839-04-11

| must be avoided ! feel painful sympathy
| lor those mothers. who expose Their young
daughters To- such excltcments, yet eXp'c'
| them io return unmparcd aud dorlle, I" 'hc
| restraints of school discipline. "'Those VINO
| forsnkc useful studies" said an ancient pm
osophcr, for useless spccnlaions, are Ike
the Olympic gamcsiers, who hbS'ninsd 'roni
necessary abors. that they might DC iii Tor
Il such ns were not So"
II Shall alludc Ia tho want oi expediency,
"a exhibiting very young ladies' IN mixed So
Ilciciv: Their faces become iJmlliar Ia the
public eye. The shrinking dellcacy of their
privileged period of life escapes. The dews
| of the morning are too suddenly cXha'ed.-
| They grt To be accounted old, ere tbey are
malure,-- is expected of them, than
their uniformed characters can yield, land Al
Iher discretion does not s,upsss their years,
they may encounter severe criticism, perhaps
calumny. When they should be just enierg-
lng as a fresh opened blossom, they are
hackncyed To the common gaze, ms the last
years Souvenir, which by co,irtcscy or sui
ferance, maintains place Oh the centre table
tho its value has deterorated. il not the
alternative either premature marriage, or
an obsolete continuance IN the arena oi iasl''
ion, with a somewhat notifying adherence
|
after grade. they assert their claims to fleet
ing admiration, or vnpld Hattery?
L How much more faithfully does the mother
perform her duty, who brings forth TO society,
no crude or superficial sembance OF good
ness, hut the well.ripcned fruit of thorough,
prayeriul culture. Her daughter associated
with herself, in domestic cares, nt the same
time that she gathered the wealth ot intel
lcctual knowledge, is now qualified to take
an active part in the sphere which she EN-
bnllshcs. Adorned with that simplicity
which attracts every eye, when combined
with good breeding, and n right education,
she Is arrayed IN better ponoply than The
armor of ScmIrau,is, or the wit and beauty of
Cleopatra. for whom the Roman lost world
Simplicity of language, as well as OF garb
aud manner, is powerful ingredient IN that
arr of pleasing, which the young and lovely
OF our sex are supposed To study. The con
versaton of children is rich IN tins charn'.--
| Books intended for their instruction or
| amusement. should consult their idiom.-
| Ought not females to excel IN the compost
| tion of elementary works for the juvenile
intellect, associated ns they ore with 1t, IN Ms
| earliest and least constrained Developments! !!
| The talented and learned man is prone to
| lind himself embarrassed by such labor.-
! The more profound his researches III science,
and the knowledge Of the world, the farther
| must he rciTacc his steps, TO reach The Level
I %, niantne simplicity. Possibly, he might
ascend among The stars, and feel at home !;
| but To search for honey dew in the bells of
! flowers. and among the moss.cups, needs the
| beak of the bummng. bird, or the wing of the
butterfly. lie must recall with painful effort
',he far. of days, when he "thought as child,
| spake as a child, understood us a child
Il Fortunate will he be, if the "strong meats"
OH which he has so long fed, have not wholly
| ndisposed him tn relish the "milk of babes"
! Ii he is able to arrest the thoughts and feel
ngs, which charmcdhim when life was new,
4 he will still be obliged to t.ansfuse them into
the dialect Of chdhood.-lie must write in
| foreign idiom, where, not to be nngrom.
matical is praise, and not utterly to fail, is
victory. Perhaps in the attempt, he may be
| induced to eXclaim with the conscious ma
| jesty Of Milton" my mother boro me
| speaker of that which God made my own,
and not translator"
Il Ii has been somewhere asserted, that he
who would agrceaby instruct children, must
become the pupil Of children. They arc not,
indeed, qualified TO act as guides among the
steep cliffs of knowledge which they have
never traversed bat they are most skifnl
conductors to the green pas Of turf, and the
wild flowers that cncirce its base. They
best know where the violets and king cups
grow, which they have themselves gathered,
and were the clear brook makes mlrihful
music in its pebbly bed.
| Have you ever listened to little girl tel
ling story to her younger brother or sister?
What adaptation OF subject, circumstance,
and cplhet? If she repeats what she has
heard, how naturally does she simplify every
train of thought If she enters the region o.!
| invention, how wisely does she keep in view
The taste and comprehension of her auditor.
/ All, how powerful is that simplicity, which
so readily unlocks and rules the heart, and
which, seeming to have nothing, possessetli
all things"
| Those who are conversant with little chill
dren, are not always disposed sufficiently To-
estimate them, or to allow them the high
rank which they really hold in the scale OF
being. In regarding the acorn, we forget
that II comprises within the tiny round the
future oak Ii is this want of prospective
wisdom, which occasions ignorant persons to
often despisc childhood. and renders some
portions of It's early training seasons of bitter
bondage. "knowtedge is an impression of
part il to the young, ought not to Interfere
with its original nature, or divide the toll
from the reward. Educated females ought
especially to keep bright the links between
knowledge and happiness. 'Rhis is one mode
Of evincing gratitude TO tho age 10 which
they live, for tic generosity with which it has
rcnounccd those prcjudices, which in past
times circunscrbcd the intellectual culture
of their sex.
| May be excused for repeatedly urging
them 10 convince the community that it has
ost nothing by this lberalny? Let not the
other sex ba authorized in complaining that
the frc-sides OF their fathers were better
regulated than their own. Give them no
chance TO throw odIum upon knowledge. from
the faults of its allies and disciples. Rather
let them see, that by participation in the
blessings of education, you are made better
in every domestic department, in every rcla.
tive duty-more ardent in every hallowcd
effort Of benevolence and piely.
n ! cannot believe hat the dlstastc for house
hold industry, which some young ladies'
evince, is the necessary effect Of a more cx.
panded system Of education. Is il not rather
the abuse Of that system or may II not radI-
ca,ly be the fault Of the mother, in neglect.
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