Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-01-11
Some Limitations.

The extract lLelow, from Miss Leslie'S new
''Behavior Book" we commend TO our lady read
ers In these days of the equalitp of the sexes it
sounds oddly.
Generally speaking, il is injudicious for ladies
10 attempt arguing with gentlemen on political or
financial topics. All the information that q woman
can possibly acquire or remember on these subjects
is SO small in comparison with the knowledge OF
men, that the discussion will not elevate them in
the opinion of masculine minds. Still, 1t is well
for woman to desire enlightenment, that she may
comprehend something of these discussions when
she hears III m from the other sex; Therefore, let
her listen as unueIstandngly as she can, but Ie
frain from controversy and argument on such topics
as the grasp Of female mind is seldom capable oil
seizing or retaining. Men are very iniolerant
toward women who are prone to contradiction aud
contention, when the talk is Of things c. nsideTed
out OF their sphere; but very Indulgsmt toward
modest and attentive listener, who only asks QueS
lions for the sake of information. Men like To dis
perse knowledge but lew Of them believe that, IN
departments exclusively their own, they can profit
much by the sugl eStioms Of women. II is true,
there are, aud have been, women who have dIstin-
guished themselves greatly in the higher branches
Of literature and on whom the light OF genius has
clearly descended. But can the annals of woman
produce female Shakespeare, a female Milton, q
Goldsmith, Campbell, or ScoltY What woman
has painted like Raphael Titan, like the best
artists Of our own timeSl Mrs. Damer and Mrs.
SiddonS had talent for sculpture; 50 had Marie
Of Orleans, the accomplished daughter OF Louis
Philippe. Yet, what are the productions of these
talented ladies compared 10 those Of Thorwaldsen,
Canoya, Chautrey, and the master chIsels Of the
great american slaiuariesl Women Lave been
excellent musicians, and have made fortunes by
their voices; but IS Ihere among them Mozart
a Bellinn, Micheal Kelly, an hubeT, BUildIeuI
Has woman made an improvement on Stranen-
gines, or on any hing connected with the mechanic
artsl And yet these things have been done by men
Of no early educatio1-by self-taught men. good
tailor fits, cuts out, anu sews better Than the
most celebrated female dreSSInaksT. good
hancock far excels good woman-cook. Whit
ever may have been their Ineuts as assistants,
women are rarely found very successful at the
head of any abishment that requires energy and
originality Of la ind Men make fortunes, omen
make livIngs. And none make poorer living than
those waste tneir time, and bore their friends,
by writing and leciurng upon the equalityot the
sexes anu what they call 'tW Omen's Rights."-
How is it that most Of these ladies live separately
from tile husbands, either despiSing them, being
despised by them2 Truth is, the female sex IS
really as inferior to the male YigorO mind as in
strength of body; aud all arguments to the contrary
ries that can never be reduced to practice. Be-
of SaragoSso, should females expose themselves to
all the dangers and errors cf "the battleheld'S
dreadful uGray2" The women of the American
Revolution effected much good to their couRtIy'S
cause. without encroaching upon the province of
lis bEaye defenders. They were faithful and patri=
otto; but they left the conduct of that Tremendous
struggle to ADLER heads, stronger arms aud 5terner
hearts,"