Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-01-21
FAe Spirit Of the Age
Advido Girls

Remember, that Agreat object CT your
life IS to be m~arriederly and get an es-
Enlistment before ydknow hos to man
age II. Ia order to apmplish this desl-
rabie end, the first thin to be considered
is your education.
Lou need not pay anparticular atten-
ton tosuch vulgar and Unnecessary branch
es as Spelling, Reading, Arithmetic, Gram
mar, &c. Leave su;h o wsasuirements to
poor people who cannot afdd to learn the
''higher branches" SpelliE correctly is,
you must recoIlect, an iHication of a
little mind; great %intellecb never busy
themselves with tribes.
Arithmetic is of no usqto a lady, and
you should accustom yourself to look upon
it as only a curious art by which clerks are
enabled to tell you how much two yards
of tape are worth at one cent per yard.
You should cultivate a supreme con-
tempt for Grammar that is, for the Eng
Hsh grammar; but the French or German,
IS quite another affair.
Patronise all the "higher branches
Be sure to know more about the 'map of
the heavens" than the ssmap of the verdi
&nd more about a comet than you do about
your own country.
Take lessons in French, German or ItaI-
ian and you will be surprised to observe the
enect your conversation IN oreignlancuaocs
will have upon these who do not understand
them.
VI course you will study music, but as this
IS rather a difficult science you need not at
tempt to become proficient. Learn to tbunn
the piano keys with a die-away motion of the
head anu shoulders, or gracefully twang the
strings of a tortured guitar, and YOU will
know enough. Nobody expects YOU to be
amateurs in mGsic.
Learn everything which has a name end.
inG IN -onomy or -ology. These are ''high.
or branches" and consequently worthy OF
your notice. Never attend any institution
walch does not confer diplomas, for if you
can succeed IN obtaining a piece of parch.
ment with Its mysterious seals and blue rib
cons, you may justly lay claim to the title q
SGruJite.
OAce home from school, your only occapa.
tion should be to make as great a display as
possible Of all your valuable requirements
1t you are rich, desplse the poor, for they
cannot dress as extensively as you can anc
consequently have not as much sense. The,
nave no business to be poor, and you ought
to shoH them that you scorn their vulgar ant
SILLY attempts to set up virtue and good
breeding against your long Purse.
II, unfortunately, you are poor yourself
j affect to hate wealth, talk continually abou-
goldfish aristocracy, and profess to prefel
talent and intellect to Shining dross,' an
love IN a cottage to misery in a palace. B,
these means you may persuade some thick
, headed Cresus to believe that you love hin
Tor himself alone, for of course YOU mus
7 never marry q poor man, no matter how up
9 riight and deserving. 1t is an unpardonabl
sin to be poor.
, Employ your leisure hours in reading
novels, talking scandal and in working non
6escript animals in worsted ; for let it b
l deeply impressed upon your mind, tina
whatever is usefut is unrefined and unbefs
ti.g a lady.
: By following strictly the advice aoov,
gwen, you will become fashionable youn.
! adles,-beautiful parlor ornaoeeats-at til
4 ElfteF sa Gast r nj l talent the gs1et aBRa asld a Psesss
) of the wise and good. These are, howeyel
s eight considerations; for should you pursa
t an opposite course, you would be entirel
a united for the companionship of yoan
men of the present day. When these latte
shall learn to look upoa something as worth
Of their notice, besides dice, cards, wbisk
: and dancing, and strive to cultivate at leas
! a little the untitled gardens of the mind. the
T and not till then, will you require advice of
very different character.
G MEMO.
Snarto ALL