The Feliciana Democrat., 1859-04-16

Tor who has no love for his profession. hut feels
hat he must have patients TO sustain the ant
nal wants of those who depend on his cXcr.
tons, finds his life and calling an up hill bnsl-
ness and grows old before his spring. tim" has
hardly passed Often and again, if he express
scd his thoughts. he would he compelled to say,
+" John. tie np the kuockcr, say I'm Sck--lm
dcndn Docs any one say that man iSrontroll.
ed by circumstances? This is MT 81 Manc7n
eouttI circumstances The elements he can
not affect. bu, they are his agents. aud unless
he bids them defiance, he has only to direct
his un,ring energies and can frequently over
come them lfhc does not succeed IN one call
iug. he certainly, with his multiplied iiculticS
should in another. "Bul he must support his
family aud thence he must constantly he cngag-
ed in some uncongcnal employment. When lit
tie boys or vcrtant youths marry. they do not
know what they are about. 1t is like putting
a watch that would run correctly for many
years into a chi'd's 'shaYds. One careless move
mcnt will duish it to the floor and break It's
springs, and mny inevitably destroy it. So
youth who takes responsibilities upon himself
before he knows his capacities, has u tcttrr
about his feet which clogs his path at every
step Though :" lot Of herbs where love is'
is better than feast without yet one must
have the pot Of herbs, and the fire I" cook
them.
A little girl Of eight years Of age who sat
mcdita,ing, looked up and said, Mother, how
much better can do a thing when feel Just
| ke.t" We might string pearls from The lips
of childhood aud Gull many Il wise aphorISn
from their sage remarks The actor who STAN.
mered through his part with fhllrrilg tongue,
aud was Kissed by the audience, exempted the
truth of this child'S statement when he came
to the footghts, crnvcd l,cpnrdon of his hear
crs. and stated that his beloved wife lay dying
ut his home, and that hr could not wrrnth"
his face with smiles when his heart was full of
tears.
My friends il wonld seem rs if woman rs
well rs man vas appointed to oil When you
know from reliable authority that there are
eighty thonsand women who labor IN our city
aside from domostcS, and that TINS great army
is compelled TO struggle daily TO sustain me-
you will then feel the force Of the remark 'lnt
womau should from her birth he fHm 10 labor
believe that there are very few wolnrn who
ever lead a dissoIutc lf" hprauSe they are bad
at heart but simply because il III" grrot bat
tie Of life they are not prepared hy r'iucntjon
or discipline 10 engage IN the Strilr aud contest
for bread They can not nonrish the body,
and therefore they sacrifice both body aud
soul to u living death We read with pleasure
that an industrial association has been form
ell for the benefit Of the working women. If
il he necessary that they should toll how much
better that this should be done chrcrlnlly
Children should be instructed in such way
that they will love to labor The little girl iG
ambitious to wipe the dust from her mothers
furniture, to wash the dishes, ETC. because she
prefers to be employed rather than to be idle
AS she advances in years, she ought 10 he able
TO choose her avocnton rs man dorS. and TO he
thoroughly prepared for the active duties OF
life
You wonld not have delicate woman choose
any of man's callin=S? quoih our antedilnyian
Who shall dane 10 say what are mans pccnl
lar cangs and what are womans only prerog
atives! What man can measure womanS brain
her needs, her capacities! Man is the father
of his children, woman is the mother, but some
times her necessities come because Of that re-
! lationship We know quite II number of sen
sitivc, delicate women who have been obligeC
to support family of children while the IA
thcr was still living Girls study in school fo'
the passing hour, without thinking Of II future
life Of usefulness They attain perfection in nc
branch Of education, and when trials and vcis
STUDIES come, they are unprrparcd to NEE
them Suppose they become happy wives
there is no Reinsurance on their husband, nnc
the very moment he dies the yearly stipend il
cut off and want sareS them in the face. NJ
human being should be so dependent on nno' he
that the termination of the life Of the one shal
terminate not only hope and joy but the sllS
tainancc which is so necessary to mort" Is
Married life wonld he like a perpetual feast
when the eXrcntioncr'S axe or the sword of
Dionysus was suspended over our heads; q
any moment the cord of lit, could he Suudcred
TIE child is helpless aud dependent on its pa
rents, hut it is their imperative dnty to devrl
op its powers so that il shall be Independent
of all external circumstances.
We would say TO those feeble women, wh
can dance all night or tlrnm the piano six hour
every day, perfect yourself in something tina
you may be enabled to earn your livelihood
necessary. If you are married, interest yonI
self in your husbands business or profession
and help him according to your ability. Don
wait till necessity comcs-look ahead to
time when you may be needy. 1t is not al
mpossbility, Because it is the fate of girls It