The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-25


aAsr the h,st week she daily
lhe foregoing rates ~
of the above except . dsmAnd for money aud the rc
section that il Clarssa and Fanny could average their
characters they would both make more useful wives Ii
one would giye 10 much Kant had almost written
for some girlish folly and the other exchange
good deal Of fshion>ke trash for sound sense each Of
the young ladies' would more resemble that good woman,
nay sister Whose poke bonnet was regularly seen Tor
forty years sitting under the preaching Of old Parson
Paintext and whose philosophy limited to the as
sertion that :" In Adams fAll We sinned all
Moral ssr Misses.
should not have said 70 much about these young la
dies If did not know chat they represent two great
olassss Of American girls snd, IN saying this, do
not deny the existence OF large middle class who
have culture and ideality enough TO look upon this
fair world as an open beck, 70 receive with thank
falness all its ministries Of beauty, II il be
bonnet and to provide for old age and wrinkles, by
using their youth in treasurng up thoughts and deeds
that help them in the days that viii But too
many of our daughters and nieces have either
manly appreciation OF life mental speculation,
or regard II y brief Of folly with gloomy ter
minstion am glad to that thinking women, with
ont usexng themselves, endeayorng to teach teir
young sisters that degraded when regarded
as fit only vs in lovely azness, fascinating fvoy
and theory manifesy flss ifeven
all female lazness were lovely all fivolity fascinating
and all helpessncss delicious which know they
not. w ~ ~ eNE' Rt i'i' - M +"
|glibaai dw "A WsmaR's Book. ,silst0l a,.fi
81 AmongsA thoss whn have spoken earnest and timely
words TO their is Miss Muock, the anthoesr of John
Hayar, Gentleman Qle; and The HNad e ns Fa"ay She
has recently published work in England, entitled
Worass TTougGn aosa Women which has been announced
AZ usnr here and yvl probably be on the shelves OF
Tsvlor Il MAury Phip Blanehari 4 Mohun and Franek
TAvlor by the time this II printed have seen the
Enalsh edition. and consider 1t very valuable contrbu
ton to an important discussion Miss Muosk evidently
does not write essays with the grace that she
ates Action for While her book Is well written indica
Gates noble spirit and great delicaey Of sentiment IL
does not gapplo with the di6ctes Of the things she
discusses but rather opinions about them
The chapters OF the book significant Something TO
Do. Self Dependence Female Professions Female Hand
crafts Female Servants The Mistress OF Family Fe
male Friendships, Gossip, Women Of the World, Happy
and Unhappy Women, Lost Women, and Women Grow
ing Old There three topics which pass betoe ,s
like horrid gmpses into doomed world - Women
of the World g Unhappy Women, and I Lost Wo-
| men r. What fearful chapters are these In that
dreadful volume which Hes SO open to our vision,
that a woman OF delicate senslo''tles uares no.
pass them over, In treating of her sex Ia not sad
that out of the tender md holy depths Of female life has
come form Of evil gigantic that in England, Paa,
ment the press and the pulpit unable to ignore It, have
been obliged to II from the gaze Of virtue under
| a name coined for it-"the great social ey" " Here We
do not say anything Of this sad chapter beeause while it
is shamelessly displayed, we either have more
shrinking modesty less real moral herois'n But let
us get out Of the sitting atmosphere in which the proper
and delicate suggestion Of topic in this valuable book
has seemed to mprison Very briefly, beseech all
! yomen Il, read Woman's Thoughts about Women and