The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-07-13
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HINTS TO PARENTS.

The proper regulation of the Imagination
IS day OF questionable obligaiiOn.-
Women, especially, are prone To act np'n
mere feeling, aud it Is a kind of benefrent
provision of Providence that their lings
are 50 ollea as correct they are acute. AMI,
therefore. in snne sort, stanI them in III,
steal Of the judgment AMI priaci,'le Of mn.
But then il Is plainly rsAcal and dange-
rous error to educate thea, ,ther Il, feel than
+, reason. by their very constitution. they
naturally possess feelings more quick and
susceptible, with iudgae.t less stron. AMI
disciplined than men Hence their conduct
n,rallv viii be guided rather by feeling
th,n by reason. Their education should,
therefore. We conceive, be shaped to strength
en- that which is weak in them, and to regu-
lle thai which is too apt to he sensitive 10
excess. This is one great reason why So
much novel-reading OF aay kiad and all bad
aud trashy novels. shaml be carefully inter-
dcted. They are far more Pernic,ous to
women than 10 men Almost every man has,
OF necessity 50 much coalition with The reall-
ties Of life, going forth to his work adl labor
till the evening in this dr. .ggle,ail dfear> dun
OF a ao.d-day wnrld, that the Interference and
disturbance If real business anI worldly in
,eres's must serve to roase him perfurce from
idle dreams, and disenchint him from any
spell Of ronlnce in which he my have 81 lily
en'angls ID his Imagination. Bat with girl
il l. not 50. Living at lnmo. with no pro-
perry 10 manage, NJ interest to cultivate. no
family 10 provide for, no contention al the bar,
~ designs 10 forward ut court, in the camp,
or tbs country no bargains tn manage there
"'wherr merchants most do congregatc = no.
thing, in short. which she caunnt. in some
measure, t'r insfarm and accoinmo late TO her
own ilea worll, she NAV very easily, if she
yieidt 10 her imaginative impulses, ike, as il
were, in Il dream, n stranger to her real du-
ties. and wasting all her energies anI sv,mpa.
thies IN unlll Unable combin ltinl,s Of quail
ties Thus she msv regarl her first sutor
{, short fat, good nainred, red faced man. If
TO particular age, and an excellent estate in
the country a rep"lsive and detrstable
Wrelch I" whan she is To he sacrificed Tor
monc, or she may array thr till, ! thev Gu
rate vi The neighboiing parish. or the signing
subaitern OF marching regiment, whom she
meets at country bail, in all The gloties of
one Of her fiu,ite knights of romance In
any case she store, up mach unhrppnes- for
herself Fur. at the best and surprising no
aSNuu W TeSHl, sue must, al
length, wake up, rs married woman, to
butchers bills and brewing, u suckle babes
and chronicle small beer. to, paenry servants,
smoky ch,nneys, squalIing chi irrn, anl.
above all, 10 imagined neglect, or w,nt Of
nderness and lover like attention. on the p,rt
OF her COOL man, Cause and effect then car
~ or tieir us,iul action and reaction BIT
the natural dea.h Of love is an ungra,elul and
ungracious theme on VIII ch we desire not TO
dwell. II fret- and worries land Injuries Us,
tno.) 10 depiIt all that seems best aud most
am,able in our nature, as onl, hollow, and fu
give. aud llusory. b., it is quite another
thing TO guard against mislpprehension AMI
matake-to teach the ianciIiI and perhaps,
the wavw'rd girl that she must open her
eyes upon the ups and downs, the clou Is and
sunshine Of married lille, which. Tor our last
Ing good, are diversified, and fro u which
solid harrincss NAV he extracted nv Il well
regulated spirit, with really reasonable cx-
pectaiions bul which YET i, 50 unlike the
c'ondiess paradise Of dreamy girls im,gi-
nr'lon that The h"ufi who has d.elt in that
Intoxicating atmosphere is a creature help.
lrs>ly unit to live and breathe III the terres-
trial air OF con'n'hial reality.