Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-07-21
Ladies Correspondence.
For The Fayetteville Observer.

II 4sW Mo FqycUttiHS O'sefVeT.
MIR EDrToR-Yo nr fair eorrespon-
dent, Eloise, having declined. as it
would seem from bef silence, to speak
further on the subject Of educating
the youth of our sex, ] will contin-
ne il myself, provided you viii kind
" grant me the use Of your columns.
IL the laws of primogeniture OBJ
tained in this our land-and | thank
God that they do mott might be
wise, OF at least expedient to copfine
the education Of our females to the
study Of letters, and the acquisition
of the graces. and the refnements Of
polished lie. B6tSn country where
by the very natureApf its laws and
institutions, the woman who to-day
can command the services Of ready
doors of her will, may to- morrow be
under the necessity of baking a hoe
cake, and of washing a shirt, is it
not preposter Gus in the mothers of
the present day to wilfully refrain
fre m teaching their daughters the
Useful?
Look arou nd you, my dear sir,
and tell me if you can, what would
be the probable fate of ma ny of your
female acquaintan noes, ST ould they
find themselves D nder the necessity
of making the apparel, an d of cook
ing the food of their families. And
this is not taking an q xtravA gant
view Of the sub ject. He or she that
has lived long in the Uni ted States.
or, who, being yet Young, has trav-
elled much in t his greatly blessed
country, has Of ten wit lessed the
most deplorable unthrift a mong those
that, by nasur T, were evl IDENTITY de-
signed to be ornaments to society,"
and has been panied greatly at be-
holding women Of winning manners
and feeling hearts, amid ? Pverty the
most squalid and the mort hopeless,
because the most h elplesf: the mad-
am being entirely unable to acccm-
plish any thing whatever promotive
of comfort.
Now, if to study grace of manner
and motion; to learn td chnicalities
alone, to the exclusion Of the A. B.
G. Of science; to thump a piano, with
a screeching accompanimf nt, and to
thrum guitar; to study chemistry
and not know how to ma Ike soap, be
what is meant by female education,
| want it not And, in my poor
opinion, no intelligent, { blinking pa
rents will desire it for theif daughters
Will it be said that lab BID omcs-
tic labor debases the soul? ! know
that many deem it does But they
mis- take greatly Will others hold
that there is not time 10 work and
study too? They, also, ctr. | have
found no difficulty in sol9 ling prob
lem of EucIid's while ma king apple
dumplings; and | have studied the
laws by which our beautifp l langu age
is goverh bed, with more sd ccess W bile
darn my brothers stod king han
when in school
In acquiring knowledge, it is, i'll
short, as it is in achieving anything
else that is surrounded by difficulties,
be they small or great. The think
ing, active, industrious 81 udent car
ries off t he honors; while the idle
drone-s She who contents herself with
dreaming Of becoming wealthy and
happy BY a lucky maria ge5--perni-
cious effects of reading hoFels--re-
mains in ign ORANGE; and finally does
learn one hing at least when too
scorn herself fof her stupid
folly Sol Pm ROMA.
I'll, kInrn;,r 4 J.o,.E'ol,,. of ~