The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-06-28

TAe Mome Suurnal.
THE SOIREE.

ciety. The programme u MI pec''
told by US before, and in n press ofother
matter we thought n notice OF the re-
suit colud be better deferred han any
other matter. Nor can we this week
extend to the Soiree such a notice as
We would wish, We can only tell that
the company was composed ofthe beat
tifil, the gay and the good, Joy reign.
ed triumphant, and turn which way
you> might, you met bright eyes and
smiling faces, old folks, married and
single, boys and girls, and each one
seemed as happy as the gaioty of tho at.
fair demanded. 1t was a warm night,
but the leo cream, and the busy fans
g: enabled III to keep cool enough for all
practical purposes which practical
purposes, we'd have you understand,
wero to talk to. the women and dsvour
tho good things prepared in the way Of
eatables, This last purpose was . very
practical one, and one that we failed
: not to practice.
And the music Of tho o~ccasicn-it
was diScoursed in the sweetest manner,
and added to the silvery tones Of fair
maidens, it would have driven gloom
away from the vericst cynic in all the
wide, wide world. We must say that
when the people Of Winchester try to
do anything they a do it better than
the same number Of persons elsewhere
that we know of, and had we not
known this before, we should have GER
tainly discovered it on the night Of the
Soireo.
Perhaps some reader Of the Home
Journal away off i n the Western States
wants to know what the object Of the
Soiree was. We tell him in brief, as
we've said before, that it was gotten up
by q number of ladies in our town who
have founded themselves into q Sewing
Society. They meet one day in each
week and devote that day, or evening
thereof, to sewing. The products OF
their industry are all saved, and at an
appointed time, are sold at u public
fair, or Soiree. The money obtained
from the sale Of these things, is appro-
.priated to a benevolent purpose. That
is briefly the object Of the Sewing Soci
ETY.. Is it not a good object? and would
it not be we'll for the community to tos-
ter such an ornament and benefit to
IL town? Would it not be well ifsuch
a Society was formed at our female
schools? Wouldn't the girls have
brighter minds, study better andbo bet
ter prepared for the parts they have to
act in life? Most assuredly. And would
it not be u good, q noble, q humane ad-
dition to all schools if each Of them
had a sewing society attached? Sup
pose one eveningin each week'wcrc
selspart for the youngladies--the school
girls we mcan-to meet at some pri-
vate residence, or in the school house
and there learn sewing in all its branch
es. What an improvement would fol
low. Education is actually running this
country. Weare destroying the minds
of women by forcing upon them q con.
tinual application at books. Not that
we would say aught against knowl-
edge, but don't you know that it is the
height offolly to pour water into u yes
sci that leaks az fast as it reccivcs!-
This may seem a common Illustration
as it is, but it Is the easier understood.
The minds of most girls, nowadays,
are the receptacles Of learning which is
lost almost as fast rs it is received. 4
sewing society would refresh, revive
nate and prepare the mind for the re-
ception and holding Of that which we
are pouring into it at the schools in our
country. Better be six years or ten in
graduating a scholar, and at the end Of
that time have that scholar fitted for
tho relations of life, than to hasten
her through in four years, like Il hot
house plant, unfit for any great emer
gency. Sewing Societies would effect
the muci'-to-be-desired change, and cr-
go we are an advocate Of sewing socie-
ties. The one in our town is still in
flourish, and may it long continue.
We have depressed from our subject,
but the depression was laudible. We
might allu3e at much greater length
to the lively and lovely time on Tues
day night of the Soircc, but have not
room. The. edibles on the occasion
were rich, abundant and sought after.
The music was sweet, the women were
pretty, the articles oftho Society made
for sale were specimens of extra handi-
work, and all together-is was a glori-
GUS revelry of happy hearts and indus
.trious hands. And this is our notice of
the Soiree.
FOURTH OF JULY.