Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-09-30
Manner of Educating Girls.

As women are in danger of superstition.
we must try to enlighten and strengthen
their minds. We must accuStom them not
TO admit things without authority. Nothing
is so painful as to see people of intellect and
piety shudder at the thought of death. A
woman ought 10 know how TO resist weak
fears, to be firm in danger, and to feel that
a Christian of either sect, should never be
a coward; the soul of Christianity, if we
may SO call it, lies in the disregard of this
life, and the love of another.
There are several faults which are COM
mon to girls brought up in Incidence and
timidity; they are incapable of firm and
steady conduct; there is good deal of aiTec-
tation in those ll-founded alarms, and those
tears that they shed so easily. We must
begin by treating them with Indifference;
we must repress our too tender love- little
batteries and compliments. We must teach
them to speak in concise manner. Gen
uine good taste consists in saying much in a
few words, in choosing among our thoughts,
in having some order and arrangement in
what we relate, in speaking with compo-
sure; whereas, women in general are enthu-
siastic in their language. Little can be eX-
pected from a woman who does not know
how to express her thoughts with correct
ness, and how to be silent.
Girls are timid and full of false shame,
which is a source of dissimulation. To cor
rect this, we must lead them to discover
their thoughts without disguise; when thev
are tired TO say so; and not obige them to
appear to enjoy books or society, while fa-
tigued by them. When they have unforttt-
nately acquired the habit of Disgusting their
feelings, we must show them, by examples
that it is impossible TO be discreet and pru-
dent without being deceitlul, and tell them
that prudence consists in saying little, and
distrusting ourselves more than others, not
in assembling speeches. Simplicity and
truth excite more confidence. and succeed
better, even in this world, than dissmula-
ton.
What is there more delightful than 10 be
sincere, tranquil, in harmony with our con-
science, having nothing to lear and nothing
to pretend; whereas, she who dissembles
is always agitated, and under the necessity
of hiding one deception by hundred 9TH
ers, and yet with all these efforts, she never
fails to be discovered; sooner or later she
passes for what she is.
We should never coax children; if we do
we teach them TO disguise the truth, ant
they never forget it. We must lead then
by reason as much as possible. They OBJ
serve everything. We must accustom then
to speak little. The pleasure we deriv,
from playful children often spoils them
We teach them TO say everything that come.
into their minds; to speak of things of which
they have no distinct idea. This habit o
Judging with precipitation, of speaking Q
things without understanding them, remain
during the rest of their lives, and forms
very defective order Of mind.
We should never laugh at anything whicl
is in any way associated with religion. be
fore children. We sometimes indulge our
selves in ridculing the devotons of a sim
pie mind, but we commit a great fault in S
doing. We should speak of God with Sc
robustness and reverence. and never trifl
upon sacred subjects. In matters of pro
priety we must be careful before children.