The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-01-17


Girls, how, turn out Young ladies', and sci
out beau catching, before they have be-
gun to learn ythiny Of tie responsibili
, ties of human life. Thrown into fash
ionabie society, at SO inexperienced an
age, they are subject to be impressed with
its vain show, and led to extreme conf
dence, Ill that which is only hideous
skeleton, hid in a beautiful mask, the bet.
ter TO attract, SO as the easier to destroy
How few know that what is called fash.
ionoble society is vain and heartless show
where softness is substituted for sentiment
policy for wisdom, pertness for wit, and
beauty for all things; and " here true friend
ship and disinterested love are unknown.
True young America never think of the
real how could they. when the ideal has
a prependeraling influence over them. Life
to them is a fairy land, aud in dreams of
future bliss with confding hearts they
wear their life away, until awakened from
their halucinatons by some untoward act
not in the drama, of which they are playing
Il part which, will mar their fuuredays.
To talk of washing dishes, milking
COWS, and keeping house is to break in on
their fair imagination of W at life is, with
burdens too hard to be borne Why the
delicate hand and tapering fingers would
be marred by such mean drudgery, and
when perchance compelled by necessity to
wash the dishes, a swab is used to protect
the hands from greasy dishwater when
the burden of pailing the cows cannot be
avoided, gauntlets, tight fitting, must be
drawn on in order to protect the fingers,
and when rooms are to be swept ane fur-
nture busted, Il few strokes of the broom
across the floor and a few fourishes of the
dusting rag completes the work. This
work to their well balanced minds it is
considered menial in its character, and of
No utility. The promenade with a nice
young man, the cotilion party, and, and
the latest novelis of more impor ance than
domestic accomplishments or the far rich
.er enjoyment Of cultiyating the mind,
Silks and satins have taken the place o f
Einsey and Calico, Gaudy ribbons, Flashy
Jewelry, and Laces of French execution
are preferred to the more becoming handy
work of home, as if art could improve up
on the faultless model, nature had wrought
But then this is fast age. Progress, is
the watchword. We might just as well
expect the travelling public to take a jour
ney on horseback, in this age of steam, as
to expect Young America to be governed
by the rules that regulated society in
years gone by.
It's ali changed say they. Work aint
fashionable now. We must keep up ap-
pearances though the heavens fall, in our
efforts to do it. 1t may be all well e.
nough. This system of training the
young SO popular in this age Of the world
may make better men and better women,
better wives and better mothers but we
confess that we are to much of an old Fo
gy to see it. Young America think they
are all right, and that the old folks are
green for not keeping up with the pros
gressive march of the times, and therefore
old America can only stand and wonder
what will be the next new and startling
improvement made upon the staid, sober
habits and customs of the oil fools who
lived forty or fifty years ago. Gu ii
Young America. 1t is spring time with
ycu. now When autumn comes and the
green leaves on your tree of promise be
gin to wither, and clouds begin to gather
and wild winds begin to whistle around
you, then you may, perhvps, taught from
the book of experience, learn that the
teachings of older heads, was the wisest,
and would if followed been promotive Of
largeraadegree of happiness than you are
now enjoying