New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-10
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the other sex belopgs the domain of thu shectIons
tH grsces, the minor mpralIiies. the amenities. the
comforts Of lite; tie cultivation of the Intellect OF
the youtg; the training OF the head srd the heart
out Of which come the life of the future for the
individual and the rsc-. 1t is the little number
less. daily eujoymebts or miseries which make up
tie sum Of happiness or uuhappinrss in the lives Of
mo,t ii US. and these are committed t. women
What lot can be nosler
And Why noe educ ,ie her 10 this end The boy
is ssugtt t. get living. and even II genius or
great talent is developed 10 him. they become. uu
lcss he ibher, fortune. subsidiary a. the great end
of earning subsisie nce-a subsistence for himself
b, wife and hrs children; E marriage ~, or ought
To be- as much toe mark be aims 1T It is that Of
bis sister. lie is trained to do his part; why not
roip Ter to do hersl This Is precisely what Se
do not do. She is Taught 10 dress; good. She is
taught to sing aud plsy; good, If she possess
faculty for either. She is taught % dc,w; good.
with the same precision. She Is taught otner
tongues than her oan good at any rate. Sac IA put
through u general course of intellectual training;
the more the better. But these taiags
especislly the latter SIRE rarely impaired with any
thor Va hoess, or with good purpose. Too often
the, arr Il mere yeDeeting of accomplishment, put
ou rather TO make u shVsy than u useful
arlcl-; for IT Is to get married. rather than @ be
marrrd-tO srcurs sn establishment, Esther than
IL I'll position of very serious ddtes, that tho
glIl is laugh IS the object of her educ cation. Let
ler intellect be- developed to Ms high degree and
b, the ssmr mesn-, her b. Others; give Ia her
Nil the charm of the most engaging accomplish
nenis. aud the most captivating graces. but let
those uipgs sso be taught her to do which, or tn
direct which. it is fair To conclude, is t. be the
tu.ii ess OF her life, and the doing we'll or III
U,usi d. pend the happiness of household Arc
our sous admitted to the bar, or the pulpit, or do
they f-cs i've medical degrees, or enter upon any
trcde or profession, With any hope OF success,
without special training And should ". not do
BIS we'll by our daughters as our Sous Yet, h"s
msny Of tbtse bee, me wives we sly nothing nov
of mOthers-altbout the eli sttest prrvlons prep.
sratioD; and abo. II they escr coms "a understand
tie duties v hich belong t. that sstoo, must learn
them, probably. Though much long suhcfing aud
many teas But many viii never learn tnem nc
all md IN the train of that ignorance co,ue nn-
Thrift, wasteiuness and extrssagaDce; then dis
conteLt, alienation, and perhaps hate. aud hnally
two lives are embittcr-d mud wasted, aud the
young souls that are given into their ksep'og,
darkentd by an early shadow, abere there should
have beeD, sDd might hove been did We exercise
IN the education of ODe sex the common sense We
90 Nth the other. nothing but light and happiness
aud peace and love- How macy know and espe
cally among the poor, that We sketch here in the
isibt.st lines, tuO common picture!
But here the results Of this want OF education
MS to hous. hold sffairs-shairs of ~hich woman
can be ignorant and properly tnlhll the duties al
wife and mother--are rot So disastrous, they are,
nevertheless, serious enough With mutitudes Of
people the line is nota wide one between actual
poverty and the harassment aud embarrassment of
United means, aud the comfort of completeness
The dfr renee between the head Of n household
~ho knows, and one who does not know her
house hold duties, is just the difference that covers
this line between poverty aud abundance. Where
one would spend, judclously and satisfactorily,
few hundred dollars year, the "ther would
on two thousand, the other would lead a
life Of strife and discomfort on three; and
this solely because one has been taught
how money should be used. and knows where TINS
expenditure may be avoided, or that may be IN
cured, what it IS best to buy, and Why aud when
and where 1t is best to buy ana how t" Use the
articles when bought 10 shsrt, "a the proy-rb
ssys "cuts brr garment according to her cloth"
While the other, poor thing! has been taught none
uf these things has DO tins nov 10 learn them
aud wonld not learn them il she had, for she does
not even know that she knows uorhlog. Ia this
aspect =, The question. 1t is one OF political economy,
and the sum which is wasted annually by uDthrif,y
housekeeping, could be shown to be eoormous But
this Is bot the view of If IN which take the most
interest; the waste of individual means IA, To the
Individual citizen, Of far more consequence, and
more serious still il the waste Of human hap
piLess snd human hearts and llyes So therefore,
let u, also, have cur Schools of Cookery and Of
Hou-etod Economies, though wo have neither
Couptesses DOR L.dies to patroniz. them. For,
un,i ne do, can never predict with aoy GER
tsinty the happiness Of either our sons or ouc
daughters. or feel that "the word, of King
" L.mue, the prophecy that his mother taught
" him. is q true prophecy 10 our day and genera.
ton.