The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-09-28
Girls in tho ParloI-Mothers i
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A ws.m battle has been raging, for some
time past, between the women-ln'EneaEr-- = 'aE
sphere party and few old maids ana uFsP-
poiled wives, The ultraists OF the loimer
an,tus Philadelphia editors, who went down
to Cane Island on tho fourth, and toasted
women as the 'best gitI'' Of God to man
thu, placing the relation between the sI'Ses
ON khe E,oting OF, chettel o'ners.'P. 1Ae
spfns.er uartY tslzs equally high ground on
tie other side, and adyt-s suspension OIL
the ladies art granted It's not Tor Us to
settle ii r6A;to, OF even to engage IN IL
We ,naAl confess, our thoughts arc tafAeu
to lea1a. 10 the universal question o' our
ccau 1orari~ I, .'will, there be war! we must
answer thst We incline to think not. Atany
rate, we l,ope.. not How Distressing IT,
,:onld be 10 sec or wives, sisters and
daughters retiring, in hands Of Am1alzons' 70
form senarate ,onnluaiGes! Suicides would
become Epidemic, Tho world would DC
without a sun. Like We liQ!llM l'at'lri'pS
when The pLEDs retirc4 70 Mnunt AYentne'
we would make every possible cQhceSSlon "
win back tho discpnt'Hted beauties. .s g,a
'fhis question is more iRaPoftant tEan. tke
Russo. Turkish c:.e. We think there will be
80 war, but it would be in vain for US TO de-
nv that there nre many signs of one. The
most ominetis OF these is the increasing DIS
affection of all grown up ladies' to 9en'eel
socic,y, As soon as lady gets married Or
old enough 10 be witty ana thoroughly "c-
complish, she in niue cases ont OF Ten alS"ap'
pears from human eyes we haHE 2i'eA
Watched with interest the gradual unfolding
Of one feminine grace aftel another, and the
slow progres, Of q Rne character TO maturity
and counted ON time to ripen these younG
creatures into ornaments Of social life. Yam
expectation! Long before thirty the age
when woman ought to be on nIy beginning 70
shine in the full glory Of her intellectual
vi.ol anl personal destinations theSe ooIecs
of interest hayeretired from social Me- loSt
their elasticity of mind their desire 70 please
and even the consciousness OF beauty Wv
ing no adj hopes of improvement, they have
abandoned the direction of society to chlts
of airls lust out Of boarding school. Our
naTIors have a smell Of bread and butter
The talk is of Emma what's. her-name,s new
bonnet, or Of the last buggy drive Or Eth
opan melody, or Of mamma not'ons' o.
pappas greatness, or Of the pic me- when II
docs not run on sweet-heart' Or lloye-letteFS,,
or some other subject suggested oy new ana.
rather heavy emotion incident to the tender
ACE of the speakers. No sustained and
cRas.enelspright ghtliness, ro repaaee with the
weigh. ling and slime Of genuine wit but q
wisHy,washy, flood el inslpid nothing, and
an unlimited exhibition OF ptrtneSs, bashtul
ness. iiippancy, rudcness, jcalou2y, envy,
famiiiariiy,, ignorance, AMI lpny. A socie.
ty led by green girls, who have never had
The advantage of association with superior
intellects and ripened characters, is fit, not
for DE art of conversation, butfor the trick
Of small talk. Its bellies are reduced to
silence by the presence Of a man ot mind 1I
and experience; AID its ssallants vote parents
bores and ioydampeners Contrast such a
society with one where old age lends It's
gathered experience and wisdom, middled
age its energy, dignity, and matured mlel,
ligence, youth its I, beauty, lnnoccense and
freshness, and infancy its Innocence, ylyac-
EtY and loveliness--a -and see how incomplete
i is. r.St.'i.i II .-i ..as. q la
The altar Of hymen stands near these
parlors full of younglings. Abandoned by
Sheir natural excmplRrs and advisers girls
hom books and seclusion, are liable to be
desperately sniittenwilh the first coat and
nantaloons they see. This. love period fol-
bws the chalk and slate pencil eating one
ss ST naturally ss spring does winter, Their Their
educations, scarcely begun At thG, time OF
leaving The .slin ishing school" arg. suspend