Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1850-07-18

Profession vs.. Practice.

Standing somewhat removed by age and in
trinity from the mass of human tide as il
PUSHES on in its ever varying course, have
sometimes gazed in wondering establishment at
the strange inconsistencies that mark its char
acter; particularly, 1 mean, the contradictory
and uncomfortable feelings manifested toward
females by the other SEX Having always
found the Times" the protested champion of
the ladies-though for one indulgence granted
them it strives to apologize to its brethren by
some merciless sarcasm, perhaps, in the very
next column; fearful, too, of losing caste-I
appeal to the gallant editor for some solution
of my doubts on this subject With men
and in my panoramic view of them see few
exceptions woman is required 10 be weak
yet strong; to possess highly cultivated and
refined intellect, yet she must never lift her
thoughts above the merest drudgery of domes-
tic life; to be gay yet grave to be ever silent
aud only III retirement 10 LOOK her intelligence
At one time she is expected to be too delicate
ly sensitive to walk through her own drawing
room without the aid Of a protecting arm,
when perhaps before another days returning
sun she must be able to overcome with all a
giants strength and firmness some dire calam-
ity which had well nigh crushed :" lord of
CREATION At one time she may gracefully
swoon at the sight of the most minute speek
of animated creation, and at the next moment
she must pass unscathed and almost fearless
through those always occurring scenes of suf-
fering and death which 81 try mems SOULS In
many standard schools for the younger portion
of females, all else is subservient to the attain
ment of profound knowledge of mathematics
and II in after years the mind of one lady
should chance TO rise above the smoke of her
Kitchen chimney, she is at once pronounced
too intellectual for woman" and avoided
because, forsooth, her husband has not always
a daintily arranged breakfast. The highest
mental effort she can be allowed to make, is
the writing OF a L" sonnet to a sleeping infant,
or the preparation of an acrostic.
Again, man calls himself the Stare of woman
her most devoted, humble servant-but real
~, from the glimpses catch of the world, his
mind and manners are strangely at variance.
1t is true man will sometimes wreath with
flowers the CALLING chain that binds her to his
will, that she may not feel the depth of those
wounds inflicted by his crushing power but
if after much deliberation and many extra COM
mittee meetings, a knot of the lords should
cordially invite the ladies TO share in the fes-
tivities of q gala-day, they look with eye
askance at any one who is found so unsophis-
ticated as to take them at their word, and are
sure to make themselves ample amends for the
intrusion, by having provided for themselves a
| far more sumptuous and comfortable entertain
ment, where they can be released from the
delicate and purifying influences of her he call;
the /" fair >, and after all this injustice, the hus
band is perhaps indignant that the wife should
merely mention to her master that the hours 0
night passed heavily as she listened for his re
turning footsteps on the pavement.
| The subject seems dark to me, and if in III,
t plenitude of your wisdom you can give M
any notion of that logic by which principles Sc
discordant can be made to harmonize or say
you are sufficiently happy and contented in tn
blind devotion of your wives and daughters
you will greatly oblge JOANNA
Bath, July s, 1850.