Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-08-18
FEMALE EDUCATION

No woman is educated, says Burknap,
who is not equal to the successful manage
ment Of family. Although it does not re.
quire so much to rule a household as it does
to govern State, still it requires talent of
the same kind As he makes the best gene
rai who has begun at the lowest post, and
passed up through every grade of office, so
he makes the best admiral who entered the
navy in the most inferior station; because,
they, and they alone are acquainted with
the whole compass Of subaltern's duty
so that woman will manage a family with
the greatest ease and efficiency, who knows
experimentally the duties of every member
of it.
Daughters who neglect this part Of edr-
cation are entirely without excuse, aud their
mothers are still more to blame. The very
apology which is often made for the neglect
Of it, is the greatest condemnation of those
who offer it. 1t is said by those who are
a-e growing up in ignorance of those things,
"Any one can learn how to keep house
when it Is necessary. And one who loves
her husband, and is devoted to his interests,
will make herself accomplished in those
things after she is married" AS we'll might
the young man say, "O,.what use is it for
me to learn profession or make myself ac-
quainted with the details of my business {!
When | am married, if love my wife, it
will then be time enough to learn profess
siou or to accomplish myself in the details
of business" Would there be any surer
~ total fo;1,ra and 6i-counfitpra p
That which woman can learn to do under
the tuition Of love, can certainly be learned
TO much greater advantage, under the tuition
Of a mother.
If it is all so easy to learn, then certainly
they are utterly inexcusable who neglect it.
1t is no degradation to the finest lady to
know all the details of domestic affairs. 1t
rs honorable and ought to be her pride. A
woman, though she may be as beautiful as
the morning, as wise rs Minerva, and as ac-
complshed as the Graces, ought to know
the details of house affairs.
MARRILD L1rE.-Julius Moser gives the
following counsel, from wife and mother
Z" try to make myself and all around me
S~SICcdUle. IL WILL uOt uO W ledfe Il IlltU llO
pains to- attract him, or to appear before
him with long face. 1t is not so difficult
as you think, dear child, to behave to hus-
band so that he shall remain forever in some
measure husband. am an old woman,
but you can still do what you like: word
from you at the right time will not fail of its
effect. What need have you to play the
suffering virtue. The tear of loving girl
says an old book, is like the dew drop on
the rose but that on the cheek of wife is
drop of poison to her husband. Try to
appear cheerful and contented, and your
husband will be so !; and when you have
made him happy, you will become so, not in
appearance, but in reality. The skill re-
CURED is not so great.
Nothing hatters man so much as the
happiness Of his wife: he is always proud ot
himself as the source Of it. AS soon as
you are cheerful you will be lively and alert
and every moment will afford you an op.
portunity to let fall an agreeable word
Your education, which gives you an i'm.
mense advantage, will greatly assist you
and your sensibility will become the no.
blest gift that nature has bestowed on you,
when it shows itself in affectionate assidui-
ty, and stamps on every action soft, kind,
and tender character, instead Of wasting
itself in secret repinings."