The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-04-17

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From the Springfield (Aass.) Republican.
TIMOTHY TITCOMB's LETTERS TO Young
WOMEN.
It is matter Of special importance to you
that you comprehend and thoroughly sppre-
ciate the difference between accomplishments
and scientific and literary acquisitions. A
woman may have many acquisitions, and NO
accomplishments, in the usual meaning of
that word, and vice vevsa. As the life Of q
woman goes in this country, these acquisi-
tions perform their most important Office in
the process by which they are achieved; that
10. the great work which they do for woman
is that Of training and disciplining her mind.
Many woman thorougly learned Algebra q
school, with decided advantage to herself
who never makes q practical use Of Algebra.
She may have been good Latin or Greek
scholar, but, having no important use fol
her acquisition in practical life, she suffers
her knowledge Of those languages to fade
out. In short, there are very few Of he,
textbooks which, in Eve years after leaving
school, she would not be obliged to review
with the severest study before she could re-
acquire the credit she won in her last exam
nation. Awoman may have pet acquisition
which she transforms, by her manner OF
treatment, into an accomplishment. Botany
is thus transformed not unfrequently, into a
very graceful thing.
An accomplishment differs from science,
or a system Of truth of any kind, acquired
during the process of education, in that il
needs to be permanent and so far as possible
perfect to be of any use to the individual OF
TO society. Music, drawing, conversation,
composition, the French language, dancing
all these in America are regarded as &C.
eomplishments; yet Of fifty women who &C.
quire either of them, or all of them, mol
more than two retain them.
Miss Georgiana Aurelia Atkins Green va.
an intimate friend of mine, or, rather, per-
haps l should say, her mothers brothel
boarded my horse, and bought my meat Of
her father. 1t was the determination OF
Mrs. Green that her daughter should be a
finished lady. During the finishing process
saw but little of her. 1t occupied three
years, and was performed at a fashionable
boarding school, between the ages of fifteen
and eighteen. regardless of expense. When
she was finished off, she was brought home
in triumph, and exhibited on various occa-
slons to crowds Of admiring friends. Iweni
one evening to seehcr She was really very
pretty, and took up her role with spirit, and
acted it admirably. Isaw a portfolio lying
upon her psass,- sad AnoSv:aysa --ALst spa1
expected to seize upon it at once, l did 90,
against Miss Green's protestation, which
she was expected to make, of course.
found in it various pencil drawings, a crayou
head of the infant Samuel, and terrible
shipwreck in India ink. The sketches were
not without merit. These were all looked
over, and praised, of course. Then came
the music. This was some years ago, and
tho most that remember is she played G
Dolce Concento with the variations, and
The Battle Of Prague, the latter of which
the mother explained to me during its pro.
gress. The piece were cleverly executed,
and then undertook to talk with the young
woman. gathered from her conversation
that Mrs. Martinez, the principal of the
school where she had been finished, was q
lady Of $50 much styleH' that Miss Kittle-
ton of New York was the dearest girl in the
school, and that she (Georgiana) and the
said Kittleton were such friends that they
always dressed alike; and that Miss Kittle-
toms brother Fred was magnificent fellow.
The last was said with blush, from the
embarrassment of which she escaped grace
fully by stating that the old Kittleton was q
banker, and rolled in money.
1t was easy to see that the parents of this
dear girl admired her profoundly. pitied
her and them, and determined, as a matter
of duty, that would show her just how
much her accomplishments were worth.
accordingly asked of my wife the favor to
invite the whole family to tea, in quiet
way. They all came, on the appointed
evening, and after tea was over, expressed
my delight that there was one young lady in
our neighborhood who could do something
to elevate the tone of our society. l then
drew out, in q careless way, q letter had
Just received from Frenchman, and asked
Of Miss Georgiana the favor to read it to
me. She took the letter, blushed, went
half through the FIRST line correctly, then
broke down on simple word, and confessed
she could not read it. 1t was little cruel;
but wished to do her good, and proceeded
with my experiment. took up piece OF
music, and asked her if she had seen it,
She had not. told her there was pleas
ure in store for both of as. had heard the
song once, and would try to sing it if she
would play the accompaniment. She declared
she could not do it without practice, but
told her she was too modest by half. So |
dragged her, protesting, to the piano. She
knew she would break down. knew she
would, and she did. Well, would not let
her rise, for Mr.. and Mrs. Green were fond
Of the old-fashioned church music, and had
been singers in their day, and in their way.
selected an old tune, and called them to
the piano to assist Miss. Green gave the
key, and we started of IN fine style. 1t was
q race to see which would come out ahead.
Georgiana won, by skipping most of the
notes. She rose from the piano with her
checks rs red as beet. aat gas4 sssgaR
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teacher Of drawing must have been an excel
lent one.' did not tell her that had seen
evidence Of this in her own efforts in art,
but touched the right spring, and the lady
gave me the teachers credentials, and told
me what such and such people had said of
her. 'Well,' said /, Il am glad If there is
,ne young woman who has learned drawing
Now you have nothing TO do
but to practice your delightful art, and you
must do something for the benefit Of your
friends. l promised sketch Of my house
o particular friend, At distance, and
!ou shall come up tomorrow and make ono.
remember that beautiful cottage among
-FOUR sketches; and should prise sketch Of
ny own, even half as we'll done very highly
The poor girl was blashing again, and from
Tho troubled countenance Of her parents,
'aw that they had begun indiseinctly to
the shaliowness- absolute
Worthlessness-of the Accomplishments that
had cost them SO much. 0eorgiana sac.
that ahe had never aketched