Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-25

livpn social intercourse and afford agreeable re-
taxation from the lahorous, and often Irritating du'
ties Of life Vet we would net have them cu''iVa'e
even these, tor purposes of seliishness ana Vahly
but for the sake of contributing more largely TO inc
happiness of society. We would not have them
feel that they may neglect, even for the sake oi
these graceful accomplishments, but would have
them redeem time for the proper discharge OF every
Duty by habits of eGriy rising industry and order
Leaving out Of view for the present. the hack
ncyed and unwelcome topic of INSTRUMENTATION, so
prevalent in the community and the germ OF SO
much misery is it moi an undenablc fact that IN |
too many instances, The daughters of the wealthy |
attend school, I'LL they are seventeen or eighteen
become to some extent acquainted with Mathenat- |
les, French, Drawing, Music, &C., for no higher
renson than because 1t is fashionable? And Is II |
not true that the daughters of many merchants,
mechanics, and farmers, of small capital, who are
tong and struggling to sustain their standing IN
business, led to pursue the same course merely
because il is fashionable? The difficulty does not
consist chiefly in the course purSued though III
many instances, thai IS sufficiently oblectlonaOie;
but mainly in the motive for doing 1t. the making
/ mere GiSiion the moinspring OF acton, to beings
capable OF understanding the relation OF things
capable Of thinking and reasoning; capable of APP
Iprecaiing the noble stimulus OF beng useful
They have delicate sensihiliiies. which If properly
ICuti,1ted, would .Ha,o tdcm shrink from the idea
| of being only amusing toys. enjoying lie OF M
glorious ease at the expense OF many hours OF hard
/ labor stolen from mothers needlul sleep, or the
excessive toll aud perpleXy OF an indulgent Father
The care worn mother whose best years have
been spent IN toll and self denial, to procure her
daughters fashionable education. not unlrequent
" complains IN the bitterness of her soul that they
| feel no responsibility in sharing her burdens, and
no gratitude for n her painful efforts their be-
| half Poor mother she little thinks she is renping
the legitimate harvest of the seed she has with
much labor been sowing. Can she expect her
daughters to seek happiness where alone It is to be
! found in doing good in Studying to be really use
full when they have been educated to think happl-
ness consisted in the qualification of self? When
they have been accustomed from childhood TO see
the comfort of the family constantly sacrificed to
procure for them exemption from effort. tine
means of iGe and ostentatuus display? when they
have been accustomed to waste the bright and Joy
Gus mornings of youth, locked in dreamy forgetful-
ness, till the second or third call aroused to con
seriousness, and reminded them that the industrious
portion of the family were at the breakfast table !?
We'll may many a sad hearted mother, and father,
too, blush and trembe for the consequences, when
they reflect, how, morning after morning, those for
whom they endure every prlvatlon ard who, III ad-
dition to the duties of the toilet, should have at
least ain hours healthlul employment to gain good
appetite, and promote the order of the tamlly,
come from their room with nerves and muscles G.
Taxed; with feelings iuflled by the reproaches Of
cnnsc fence, and the hurry of DRESSING untitled Ell
ther for business, for social intercourse. hllser
able beings pllable objects! tinJng but little left
in the cold and deranged dishes, to tempt capri
cious appetite, they conclude to lounge perhaps on
the sofa, while away the tine with the last novel
or at the dispirlte music and wait for the Dinner,
) when they make shameful amends for their morn
ing's abstinence! or rather for their mornings lndn-
lence So their days, weeks months, years pass
away, and such uveterate habits are formed, as al
most necessarily result in gnoblc debility, nervous
, headaches loss of self-comnand, impaired looks,
and indeed ruined constitutions, both of mind and
body. Considering the alarming prevalence of
these downward habits, the result Of false, improp.
er parental indulgence, improper views of educa-
ton and of the ,eat design of life, need won
der that phllathroplss should deeply mourn over
the degenerucy OF the race, especially when we re-
fleet, that this imbecy physical and Intellectual
will be transmitted to others? Surely fathers and
mothers do not, in any measure, realize the evils
they may be entaing upon society by the vain de-
sire Of giving their daughters fashionable educa-
ton, without any adequate regard to their charac-
ter their principles, their usefulness, their per-
! manentand substantial happiness.
II the daughters of our land were early accus-
toned to share, cheeriully, in the labors and re-
: sponslbties of MOTHER to feel that the great
! end OF education to make them useful to soci
7 ety-to enable them to the best d'antage to EN-
7 pOy those peculiar powers, which may emphatic
u ally render them minlsterng angels IN worlC
D where wretchedness abounds--there would be les
complaint OF bad debts and hard times, or of inei
u fcent, ruined sons and brothers. 1t is impossible
: for brother, who is not reprobate, to resist the
influence of an atiectonate cultivated sister, whC
y devoies her best energies to the important duties
+ aud sweet charities OF domestic life; who adorns
/ the social circle with cheeriuness and intelligence
: - who exhibits at all times practical regard tC
+, order and propnety; and who thus by her example
d reminds him, habtually, of the true path OF wis
Is dom and the great end of human life. And daugh
p tiers thus educated, wearing the ornament of I"
H. meek and quiet spirit" would be helps, meet indeed
J. when they come to sustain the higher relation
+ wives. They would be able to conduct the affair
of their household with an ease and dignity, tina
at could fail to command respect and confidence
p and their husbands would delight to call then
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