Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-08-12

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to Shoot" but hers the greater work to
plant The idea. 1t has been beautifully OBJ
served; that, "He who formed the oak to
brave the fury of the tempest, constructed
also the aspin flower 10 lean its modest
cheek upon the bosom of eternal snow."-
The same benign Providence has adapted
the mental faculties Of the sexes to their re-
spective spheres of action and influence
Ii it be mans TO teach the man, it is hers to
train the child. The eaglet leaves not the
nest till strong Of wing.
1t is in this department of life she has
most blessed the present @e. We may
here trace her influence in the wonderful
changes and revolutions that are daily trans
pring in human affairs. 1t is here she has
taken rank with the powers of earth.-
And here her Present contrasted with her
Past, is almost her beginning. And as
every elevation increases the shadow, so,
from her position, her influence must IN
crease.
And as every prominent position increas-
es its weight of esponsibility, so hers must
increase. Ifit be true that mans education
is the work of women, then is not her edu-
callon more important than hlsT
And can she impart what she does not
possess? gded cloud would be very
poor foundation for granite edifice! The
! fragrance Of the rose and the honey-suckle
would scarcely sustain the vigor of the
human system. Does not the mental struc-
ture, as well as the material, need solid
basis? Does not the soul as well as the
body require substantial food? Too often at
this day the mind is neglected, whilst the
body is fringed off with all the vain decora-
tions that perverted taste can acquire
The true order of female education is per-
verted, and an error creeps in injurious as
the neglect of past ages. And this is by
no means confined TO the gentle sex; but
everywhere it is seen floating on the surface
of human society, scum washed from some
miry depth Of evil, tost from wave to wave,
finding no demand in the departments of sci
ence, because of no intrinsic value. Under
such a course of education the mind be-
comes frivolous and vain, conceives eXtrav-
agant notions Of its own importance and
personal charms, acquires great fondness
for empty Establishment and gaudy decora-
ton; mere thing of fashion, whose soul
bushes at every thought of its clay tene-
ment whom to describe, one must needs
hold his pen in velvet glove, dip it in the
colors of the rainbow, and ponder his color
ing with the dust from the wings Of butter
fiiesl The education has proclaimed the
absurd distinction, "knowledge for men,
accomplishments for women;" and opera
ting upon this absurd notion seeks to with
hold knowledge; in bestowlng accomplish
ments. And such an education is ac-
complishments without knowledge; whilst
knowledge is accomplishments! An edu-
cation without knowledge is a polish put
upon the sponge.
The vermillon and carmine upon the
wax-the silver lace and golden tinselry
that addorn the DUN wax-fgure of the mu-
seum-the glass eye that only stares 10 tell
the void that lies within. Look for a mo-
ment upon the graduates of this school,
FINISHED" eXclaims the belle of eighteen,
"finished at last" Who would have thought
me capable of acquiring so much education,
so many complishmcnts. If can't paint
: upon canvass, can paint my cheeks to per-
feet charm; and as for drawing landscapes
| have no taste, and know can't succeed
, but can draw the beaux TO perfection.-
And as for Arithmetic, I've no taste for the
Single Rule--give me the Double Rule o
e One? Grammar! l have read it through
e and there is not a love story, nor nobody
y, killed in the whole book But | have read
the last novel and all the rest | can dres.
to perfection, talk Spanish and Italian like q
parrot, and dance like fairy! Surely
shall produce no small sensation. And
: among the fops and vapids Of the sterner
d sex, her sensation as great-a PHOSPHORUS
p light; that only shines by the darkness il
:. which it is surrounded. "Alas!" solilo.
quizes the pale and wrinkled philosopher Of
> serenity, as with a sigh, he lays aside hi'
: antique volume, lifts the tarnished specta
u cles from his failing eyes and wipes thu
sweat of thought from a noble brow, Ion!
g denuded Of its natural covering--"so mucl
u toll with SO little gain have worn out IN!
life in study! My vigor is gone! My day
are almost ended? am about to sink int,
the grave before have acquired even tn,
II rudments Of knowledge! l have only gath
cred few pebbles along the strand, Will,
d the great ocean Of Truth lies all uneXplor
ed before mel" How strong the contrast
and yet how popular the butterfly education
i and the light literature of the day! An i'm
II mortal mind amusing herself with tiny
|, shell upon the beach, while navies in sigh
are rushing to the shock of battle, and ma
tions are quaking for the issues of TIN
G hour. See that fair form whirling in tn
giddy dance, while her country is falling
prey to the. deep laid plots af a perjure,
J usurper, and the constitution which secur
C ed her rights tramped beneath dancing
- feet. See that self-made idiot, dreaming il
- :, delirious abstraction over miserable puer
: ilities of some amorous poet or love-sicl
e novelist; regardless of all that is great in tn
deeds of man, or grand in the doings G
God. Are these the appropriate instrument
;, of female culture? Are these the means b
N which we shall make the grand experimer
Of female power? Is it thus you woul