The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-06-07
THE RIGHT TRAINING OF WOMEN.

The Church of England Review has an article
on female education from which we take the follow
ing passage ,uu;na out of
peoples minds ridiculous IDEAS of a certain purely
factious style of living without which 1t is lmposs
bic to keep house. There are plenty OF young
men who have to unlean the loppery of expenses
disproportoned to their means, and the sordIdness
of Injuries which feed rot self-respect but glut
tony and pride The possibility must be secured
to DAUGHTERS and Younger sisters growing to be
rational apprecative companions; girls who II they
are ever married will choose and value their hus-
band for what he is and be interested IN his call
ing and his opportunities OF observatlon-Women
who will estimate the grave and sweet realities OF
wife and motherhood, beyond any accident Of pre-
cedence Of super1uity BY dismissing false and
foolish notions of responsibility, by refusing the
cheap Vaccinations OF paltry education OF display,
by notwithstanding restraints instructed or too
rigorous bv cutiTatng Intelligent and unassunl-
ing mode of intercourse, by careful foresight in
assisting young people to prepare themselves Tor
the exertion and cost of one day being the centre
of a peaceful, hospitabe home; in these and other
ways much may be done to remove Instructions to
that gradual acquaintance and that unaffected re-
street. and attachment which lead on to q happy
marriage.
In the meantime it will lie well to think with
not only the sympathy, but the veneratlon they
deserve, of many among those who Will never
marry to assist in multiplying the too few occura-
tons suitable to women, or to open to them, above
ALL not to preach, by implication or otherwise, that
womcn's life need never be dwarted to Il negatlon,
or consumed miserably away, by causes completely
out of her control There women strong enough
to keep their footing in the world singly without
loss of womanly dignity and sweetness, and to or
ranize around them the moral elements at all
events of an independent existence. They whose
steps are feeble need the to be bel ped rather
than hindered in the struggle with their fainting
and more Welding self. Ifthey fall here, is it at
all certain that in welded life their lot would have
been suspicious? Aso how many falter.ng will
has been bent and given" beneath sangulne,
unfulEtd resolutions to reclaim and humanze the
husband, who has pulled the wife down instead to
his own mean and wretched level! Marriage Is
not 4 lottery, but 1t is wliul blindness to
forget that in all its higher aspects it may be wo-
fully inverted or appangly debased. Not all the
grand provisions of tender ties and gracious in
stnctS which surround of the greatest of divine
ordinances will make people pure or happy who
insist on being peevish or frivolous or worldly,
sensual or deyilish.
Welded life is great and holy mystery and
q source of power for COED, often far Lcyond
estimation; but unless there be at least soul
flied with unsel6sh love, and strong in unfag
ginc faith. the formal union between two persons
is 10 guarantee whatever for Il Will Cnnobled, OF
affections enlarged c.Cansed. And the faith
which so works by love can make a sunshine in :
shady place without an infants a husbands eye
to look into The harmonies of developed anC
TRANSPORTED womanhood have been set many time
to other mu sic than that OF wedding bells. She
who is enthroned however, under any roof, in
mothers holy sovereignty, may earn the right, IL
many house, of compelling every soul to love her
She will create or find an atmosphere in which
to keep unwithered 1.-THE heart out of which arr
the issues oflife." Her hands will redeem thu
time and her brain not he idle. Living singly
vet not solitary, when she dies it will not be til
.smotc" by many touch of gratitude and cheer
ful reverential sympathy "the chord of self ha
rembled past IN music out Of sight.
WHAT PARTY DO YOU BELONG To?-"Wha
party do you belong to now, Bill?' said Joe, tn
other day.
81 belong to the Know-no, the American-n'
-the-the-harged eff haint forgot, Joe.-Wha
sort of varmut it you ketched tother nigh
stealth chickens?"
1T was oppossum.
"Thats it, Joe. that's it. Op-op-what dit
you say it was joe
"OPpOssum.
at was something like oppossum"
Opposition" said Joe.
~ know'd it was sumthin' or other Ny part
changes so often, darn me eff l can keep up"