Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-06-17


/ For the Republican.
Parents who wish to discharge well their
duties should train up their daughters in q
manner calculated to fit them for discharg-
inc the duties that may devolve upon them
in after life In order to do this, they
sbould be careful as to what notions they
permit them to imbibe. while young; and
to place them under such influences as will
tend to increase, rather than diminish, their
moral scnsibilitics. There are, in every
community, persons who are always ready
to instill false anil foolish notions into the
minds of young ladies'. and who conceive
it to be their especial mission to blunt and
destroy that keen sense of duty and that
scrupulous regard for common sense, with
out which a young Iady is a devil in petit
coats. Wise parents will have their eyes
open to this fact. and will endeavor to coun-
teract such ideas by few timely and prac-
teal suggestions as may be applicable to
the case. \ daughter will always first
look up to her parents for such advice and
suggestions as she may require, but when
that advice is withheld she naturally be-
takes herself to some other person, whom,
she may conceive. has more practical knowl-
edge tn IN herself This Is but natural,
anil. If the consequences hc direiul, such
parents should feel themselves responsible,
at the bar Of God, for their daughters ruin.
One great falsity abroad in this age is
the notion that = lady. unless ncempclled
by absolute necessity, is cut Of place in the
kitchen. its from such notions as this
that arguments are ,lcluced to show that
houses of ill-fame are necessary evils. In
stea,l Of letting their daughters be influ-
cnced by such notions. parents should I'M
press upon their minds the nobility and
necessity of labor; teach them that the
true lady can play the gridiron as well as
the piano. aud WELD the broom as well as
the fam In giving their daughters book
knowledge. aIlcctionate parents are apt to
neglect that education which physical ex-
ertion alone can impart. This is wrong,
for, il that daughter should ever lie called
1pon to iill the highly responsible duties
which devolve on the wife and mother, it
viii casue her many bitter tear and sore
trial to overcome those habits which she
may have formed in her moments OF idle
ness. As education means q fitting for
the duties Of life, and as woman's life is,
| pr ought to be. connected in a great meas
ure with the duties Of the domestic circle,
if the indulgent parent abstain from all de-
,nanls upon the young pupil of the school
not connected will, her books or play, will
she not infer that the matters with which
she is never asked to concern herself are,
in fact, of no concern to her, and that any
attention she may ever bestow OH them is
not a matter of simple duty but of grace
and concession on her part? Let parents
avoid this danger by teaching them that it
is required in this life to give as well as
receive, to minister as well as enjoy, and
that every person is bound to be practical
ly useful In his or her sphere, and that a
| woman's first care should be to devote the
proper attention to her family. Once thor
oughIy imbubcd with this belief, and taught
to sec how much her happiness and that Of
her family will depend upon her thus dis
charging her duty, ayouns girl will at once
tc disposed to give heed to the advice OF
her parents. anil to act accordingly, dis
charging those duties that may be assigned
her with cheerfulness and alscrity, which
high sense of duty can alone inspire.
Ifparents wish to see their daughtc:s be-
come good, happy and rational won IN,
they should never let them acquire a con-
tempt for domestic occupations, or suffer
them to regard them as secondary consider
ations, but rather teach them to love them
and to regard idlencss as vice deserving
naught save contumely and contempt. a
~ sir piss OBSERVER
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