Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-07-17
Females and Female Education.


There is a certain class of young ladies'
nova days, who are quite prone to fatter
themselves with the agreeable idea that
they are born to enjoy the apparent com
fort of a pet dog-to play and be played
with. And the fault does not lie wholly
with them, it rest in a greater or less de-
gree with their parents. The child may
be an only one, and the parents will natu-
rally feel that she must receive all the at
tention they are enabled to bestow upon
her. They are anxious, for instance, that
her reputation as a scholar should not be
below the average of her age, and whether
of the capacity or not, she must undergo
the severest discipline for the accomplish
ment, to the exclusion of present health
and future happiness. But this is not She
worst phase of parental instruction
| Others, with more love than wisdom leave
the subject Of mental and physical disci-
pine, to do or not to do, almost entirely
with their children. The child feeling in
a degree unrestrained and unconscious of
the better course, seek present enjoyment
trusting the future to take care of itself
This laxity on the part of the parent,
necessarily fosters a strong desire in the
child for amusement, and general hatred
! for labor, and not unfrequently coldness
and bitterness of disposition towards those
who, from inheritance or misfortune, are
forced to work for a livelihood
A daughter, in such an instance and
with such privileges, usually abandons a
portion of her natural affection, aud fore
goes the opportunity of rendering assist
ancc to her iHdulgent parent, in household
matters In that case, the mother contin-
ues the kitchen drudge, while the daugh-
ter assumes the ladyship with the parlor
for her palace, and the piano-stool or sofa
for her throne. With a cultivated dislike
| for work or healthy exercise, and a conse-
quent preference for, and indulgence in
ease and Incidence, her form becomes un-
graceful, Eer eye dull, her cheek pale and
her temper uncomfortable. Her manners
are insutferably affected. In conversation
she makes choice of the opposite that she
may exhibit her argumentative mind
She essays the belle abroad, and proves
the pest at home. At times she takes oc-
casion to aver her adherence of married
life. At length, however, fearing to be
classcd among the reputed unluclly of her
sex, She deludes poor fellow to consecrate
with her at the hymeneal altar his future
love and protection. Poor fellow, indeed
If he have not the riches of an Astor a
sterner fate awaits him. What follows is
better fancied than described. Suffice it
to say the finished q young lady becomes
a tyranical wife, and the unsuspecting
young man becomes a hen-pecked husband
Now to pretend that such girls arc fit
ted to be wives and mothers, is utter falIa-
cy. Thorough instruction in culinary and
other household matters is essential to a
complete female education and no young
lady, whether rich or poor, should be with
out it. The practice of it is conclusive
to health and happiness knowledge in
all other branches is highly useful, and
the pursuit of it commentaries but with
out this combination it will prove Of but
little real benefit to the female sex. Sound
practical knowledge among both sexes is
OF the first Importance and if but one of
the two is alone available, practical is pre-
ferable to disciplinary merely Both
however, in either sex, with due diligence
and application, can be obtained to a sat
isfactory cxtcnt.-Nc3e Eagza5od Farn1cr