The Arkansas banner., 1846-04-22
For He ,ArhrQQ&QS .RQaaer. FEMALE EDUCATION


 There is nothing which adorns the female char acter more than education. Wealth may attract and command attention. Beauty may dazzle and delight us for a time, and then vanish as meteor which spends its brlIiancy in dartng rapidly across the midnight sky. But that which polishes the manners, and commands respect among all classes IS that refinement of sentiment and deicacy of taste, which, however enyiabIe 1t may be, can nev- CT be wholly destroyed in those who possess it; neither can il ever be attained by the literate and vulgar.
 Although il is not our lot to dige deep in the mines of learning, in search of mystic lore; yet there is useful and necessary knowledg to be attained in vast and blooming field, and its hidden trcas- ares will amply reward the perseverance of those engaged in the search.
 The benefits resulting from iudicious education are too numerous to me nton-yaluable beyond es- timation and varied as the changing scenes of fife With well cultivated mind, lady is never at loss for amusement. If she should be deprived of companonshp, and the common associations of life she is not altogether solitary-her own ideas are her companions, and she can commu ne with her own mind.
 Although 1t is considered necessary to the finish of polite education, that young lady should un. derstand the art of drawing, dancing, singing, and playing, they should nevertheless be considered as mere superficial accomplishments, and not the solid and useful part of education. The destiny of wo~ man is that of wives and mothers and it IS to this end that their education should principally tend They should be furnished with principles and quail, fcatons to ii them for such situations.
 Tine young should always bear in mind, that, un less cut of by premature death, they must ere long grow old; that the morning of life is the time for study and improvement; and if that period of their life is spent in folly and idleness, they can never at any future time make amends fer it. ssA well spent youth is the only sure foundation of happy cold agc'
 The old fashioned dnoion that education in female was a vain and pedanGc pretension, has long since passed away with the ignorance which gave 1t biIth Hence it is said of the ladies of olden times, "they had no character al a except of purity and devo- ton to their families 5 which we must acknowl- edge as being very admirable qualities, and very proper in their place. But times have changed, and a modern lady, of even moderate requirements, would blush to confess the ignorance of which her ancestors boasted, to conceal the few literary at tainments which they may have possibly possessed, but which were then considered reproach instead of an honor.
 The mothers trust is sacred one, and she should be well qualified to fulfil it. To her is committed the charge of watching over, and cultvating the dawnins intellect of infancy.
 ''From natures plastic hand they come,
 To take from circumstances their woe or veal; And as the form and pressure may be given,
 They wither upon earth or ripen there for
 Heaven" From the moher the object of the childs fondest alfecion it receives its first impressions of good and evil. How many great and good men have knowledgcd that they owed their greatness to the excellent principles instilled into their minds by their mothers in their childhood.
 oWhen was little child" says good man, 'my mother used to bid me kneel beside her, and place her hand upon my head while she prayed Ere was old enough to know her worth she died, and was left too much to my own guidance. Like others, I was inclined to wild passions, but often felt myself checked, and as it were drawn back by a soft hand upon my head"
 Thus we see a mothers influence IS unlimited.- It is felt by mankind in their maturer years; and when all other associations have faded away in the lapse of time, the thoughts of their guileless in- fancy, and kind mothers prayer will oftentimes prevent them from yielding to temptaton and crime,