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Fallacy of Premature Education.

; Through all its secret chambers SADLY stealing
Yet finds no words its mystic charm to tell.
F'allacy Of Premature Education.
" hen we are considering the health Of
children, it is imperative no, to omit the im-
por'ance OF keeping their brains f,low, as
1t were, for several of the first years of their
existence. The mischief perpetra,cd bv Il
contrary course, i'll the shape of bad health,
pecvl>h temper, an,ie-dcvcinped vanity, is
lnc;,lculablc. Some infant prodigy, which
Is Il st;!ilard Of mischief throughout lis
nc!.hborliood, mi>!eaLs them. But parents
may be assured that this early work is no,
by any means, all gain, even in the way of
work. l suspect it is i loss; !; aud that chill
drcn who beg i'm their education late, as it
would be called, will rapidly over,ake those
who have been i'll the harness long before
them.
! And what advantage can it be that
child knows more at six years old than its
comreers. especially iflhis is TO be gained
ut Il sacrifice OF health whic h may never be
reyaiucd. There may be some excuse for
this early book work in the case of those
children who are to live by manual labor.
/ 1t Is worth while, perhaps to run the risk
OF some physical injury tc them, having on
! ly their early years in which we can teach
! them book knowledge. The chance of mis-
chief, too, will be less, being more likely to
, he counteractcd by their after life. But
: for child who is to be at book-work for
! the tirS: twenty one years Of bis life, what
folly it is TO exhaust in the least its mental
energy, which, after all, is its surest imple-
. mcnt.
! a Similar course Of argument applies to
taking children carly to church, and 10 over
developing their minds in any way. There
Is no knowing, moreover, the disgust and
WEAKNESS that may grow up in the minds
OF young persons from their attention be-
ing prcmaturcly claimed. Arthur's Helps.
FHENcu WoMES.--One secs compare
lively few beautiful women in Paris. | know
! of no large city out of Egypt which has SO
little to boast Of in this respect. One may
walk for hours on the Boulevards or the
Rue de Rivoli and not meet a dozen really
lovely faces. Among the poor classes, the
women are generally hopeessy plain or pos
itlveIy ugly. In the higher ranks, there are,
OF course, many fine looking ladies, but few
positively beautiful. They have neither the
rich blooming complexion of the English,
nor the softness and delicacy Of features of
the Italian women. There is frightfui pre-
valence OF snub noses and pig eyes, and VII
famous low forcheads. Every other women
you see is chubby or thick wasted, Or round
shouldered, Or big-ankled. II she happens
to be tall, ten chances. to one she is souint-
eyed and has u horrd stoop.
| And then nothing is more common than
to meet women with. beards-huge. black
and bristling Nolhing has more forcibTy
! struck Inc than this latter popularity. 1t
is not scores, but hundreds, Of women YOU
meet daily, with upper lips black as .ihe acc
Of spades. There is this to ts, said on. the
other hand--tlIe French women of the BET.
Ter orders dress with exquisite taste. By
,his, means, detects offern, are greatly over
come, and even defects Of face are softenel
down into something half charming. Add
to this perfection ;of. toilet, "a certain pert
ness and sanciness of carrihgsSa yiyacty the
4 most sparkling, yet.the most delicate, and
thBt: udefnsble; naivete which is.,iIe crown
ing grace Of Women -Sand yo,f yliaYe,- sus-
Egeet the grand secret sof tts popularity Of
i The French, salon..
! : sCorresDoaaeaes ef tic Utica Daily. Herald:
Il -kt $ "a s-.S z .-E-sS< - sat--s
! Mxxfas AND K9tisa, eps L,fk.-sEssnfenE
St,bers Fiat every wsver. IsS, Sass
ksigsts#nd fseling IA isalI. onientyees, siss
/ FVsils ssiuSp oils as ssss f,asax s osssss
DoPta ttenapffo frighted alalysa AID b.
tfeiorsiby passion :'if dpsssnesa Hsfin t6yo6r
Epwnc character 1hsns q does good 10, tbem !;
|'tHe same thing Is better done bS isf,asss
and ,perspasion. Find fault. whd1 yo,, .nsasE
find fault, I'M priyate q possible sSpQ aoliis
4 lime after the offence, rather than at The
lime: The blamed are less ineli6eds dstos ssss
sist, whetthey are blamed without witness ;
Eboths sparties ARE calmer, and Tie accused ID
4 struck the foffbea st aecussr,
FxNo has Seen Gle fsalt nd & xt4;hca III i
lsSt4 and prop ioi & i siSeai i;SfiHdlis,
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