Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-02-22
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THE PROPER EDUCATION or AMER1.
CAN WOMEN.
"Sincc then. there is a season when tho youth
full must cease 10 be young, and the beautiful to
excite admiration, to learn how IN grov Md grnce-
fully is perhaps one Of the rares. aud most vslua-
BILE arts which can be taught 70 woman. And il
must be confessed, i. il a most severe trial for
those women to be called 10 lay down beauty.
who have nothing else to take up. 1t Is for this
sober season Of life that education should lay up
it's rich resources. However disIegsrded they
may hitherto have been, they will be wanted
now. When admirers fall away, and Asttsrers
become mute, the mind will be driven to retire
into itself, and if it find no entertainment q, home
i. will be driven back again upon Inc world with
increased force. Yet, forgetting this, do We no,
seem to educate our daughters exclusively for thu
transient period Of youth. when it is 10 ma,urer
life we ought to ADVERT DO we not educate them
for a crowd' forgetting that they are to live nj
home! For the world and not for ihemselvcs,-
For show and not for enjoyment For time. and
no, for eternity!
The chief end 10 be proposed in cul.ivating the
understandings Of women, is 10 qualify them for
the practical purposes Of life. Their knowledge
il not often like the learning Of mon, to BE- re-
produced in some literary composition, nor even
in any learned profession, but il il to como out
in conduct; it 10 to be exhibited in life and man.
ners.
A lady studies, not that she may qualify her
self to become an orator OF q pleadcr; not thst she
may learn To debate, but to net.
She is to read the best books, not 20 much 10
enable her to talk Of them, ~ to bring the i'm.
provement which they furnish to the roc,iAca.
ton Of her habits, and the instruction Of her chill
drcD.
The great uses Of study Of woman ore 10 en-.
able her to regulate her own mind, end 10 be in
strumentsl to the good Of others. To woman.
there, whatever be her rank, ! would recommend
q predominence of those more sober studies. which
not having display for their object, may make hsr
wise without vanity, happy without Witnesses.
and content without pancgy'ists; the exercise Of
which may not bring celebrity. but will improve
usefulness. Miss hannah Moore.
S1 SAH~
Bishop Por,eus, while infirm . little while BE-
fore his death, has given an example Of personal
and bold 1eproof for Sabbath b~rssking, which
should not be lost but remembered and Unlisted.
While confined to his house, he saw published.
from time to time. a meeting on The Sabbath for
several military gentlemen. One ofthe principal.
and the person ordering the meeting on the Sab
bath was the Prince Of Wales. The venerable
man of God felt that he could not die with . con.
science void of offence towards God and msn
unless he should make what effort he could 10 in
Auence the Prince and his officers, no more 10
profano the Holy Sabbath. He sought . p~ersonsi
interview with the Prince Of Wales who ordered
tina. meeting Wrapped in flannel, the aged
bishop was carried to the Carlton House, and had
a private personal conference with tho prince, on
the wickedness and influence OF this meeting on
the sabb'th for worldly purposes, when necessity
did not demand it. .
His reasons and reproofs were sufficient, snd
the meeting was ordered on another day in the
week. Let this example Of earnes,ness and bold
ness be initiated by every wa.chmsn on lions
walls. iii were Is plainly and - faithfully dons
by oil the minister. Of Christ, to oil who violassd
this holy institution of God, the Sabbath would
no. be As much profaned as it is q. the present
day in this Christian land.
WeaAh.-Excessive wealth 10 neither glory
nor happiness. The cold wretch who thinks on
Iy of himself who draws his hesd within is
she'll and never puts it out bu. for the purpose Of
Iucre and ostentation, who looks upon his fellow
-v~~tuvos MT ocf,, 1~seho,t .v~c>ek. hrS 18Th
arrogance and insolence, - if they we're to b his
vassaIs, and he wal to be their lord, % il they were
for no other purpose than TO pamper bis a~vssies.
or 10 contribute TO bis ssgrsndizemcnt; such .
man may 10 rich, hut trust mo, that hs csn never
be happy, nor virsuous, nor great. There - in
fortune a golden mean. which Is tho spDsspsisss
region Of virtue and intelligence. b eontsns
with that, aud if the horn Of plenty overflow. Iss
its dropping fall upon your fsIlow-mens let them,
fall like the droppings Of honey in The wilderness,
10 cheer the way.worn pilgrim. wish 700 in
decd to b. distinguished; bot wealth 10 not ssssp-
tiaI 10 distinction. Look at the iiIsstioos psAi-
OTIS, philosophers. and philsnthropists. Who n va
rious ages have blessed the world: wss it their
wealth that made them great! Where wss the
wealth Of Aris,idcs, Of Socrates, Of Plato. Of Fps
moni IS. Of fab'icius, Of Cincinnstus, snd .
countless host upon the rolls Of hme1 Their
wealth was in their mind and heast-These are
the treasures by which they have been immortal
lied; and such alone sre treasures that are worth
a serious struggle. =
Hone.-Nature is industrious in sdo<nins~nsf
dominions; and man, to whom this beaup~s ."
dressed, should fee! aid obey ths 1so". Lex
him, too,be inius.rious in sdornips IN hoae-n
making his domain, the dwep"g Of his wife and
children, not only eonve>s" and ssms'tsbis,
bu, ples.an,.-Le. BIZ Is far - circumstances
will admit, be indy<trious IN surrounding it with
pleasant, o~biec,rfh deeoratingit it, wi.hin and with
out, with tbngs that tend 10 make it agreeable
and affective. Let industry make hons tia
abod>of neatness and order place which briass
.><1.fac,ioa to every inmate, snd which, 10 sb-
.ence, draws back the bear. BY tho fond s.soei.-
lions Of comforts and content. Let ,hi. be done,
and this sacred spot will become mo.e surely The
seems Of ehesrfalness and peace.