The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1865-01-19

PilAO III every uepdTlneuG OI learning
There is no science but that She is capable
of mastering. It matters not whether it
be biography, history. poetry, criticism,
philosophy, natural science, mathematics,
or the classics, she may acquire them all
Still there are certain croakers to be found
who will persist that woman already
possesses the "gift of tongues" in such a
high degree that there is no need for her
to study the languages! The most famous
bard OF England allowed his prejudices TO
oVerrule his judgment, and when twitted
on his neglect to teach his daughters the
languages, he facetiously answered, 'One
tongue is enough for a woman!' And
Lord Byron provokingly said, GA Bible
and cookbook is all woman needs for
library" The reason that, hitherto,
she may not have pursued the abstruse in
learning, is not because she is not able to
''drink deep Of the Pierian spring." but
because her jealous rival has thrust her
away from the fountain, when she came to
slake her thirst. He has snatched from
her hand the pencil, the graver, and the
Tyre, and banished her to the loom, the
nursery and the freside In fact there
are men so pufed up with pedantry as 20
try and make the world stare and applaud
at the expense Of woman's ignorance, and
who would think themselves everlastingly
disgraced if they thought their wives or
daughters knew as much as they did!
1t is in tie province of woman, marked
out by the Creator, to be the "help meet"
of man, and why not IN Intellectual pursuits
as we'll as elsewhere .Congeniality here
will ofteG have tendency to sweeten the
cup of life. 1t was the want OF kindred
ship of spirit that embittered the connu-
bal life of Milton, and drove the gifted
Addison from home to seek companionship
abroad. 1t is said that the wife cf Addi
son was jealous of his excessive attach
ment to his books, and one day, in fit of
desperation, she wished herself book.
that she might be thought worthy of some
attention from her husband. He conseu-
ted, perhaps the first time they ever agreed
in their lives, and fippantly replied
''Only be almanac, my dear,
That may change you once year.
In order to the full development of al
the faculties of the mind of the model
woman, we would most earnestly advocate
her education in the same school with the
other sex. We know the over-sensitive
are fairly shocked at such proposition,
and yet, under healthful discipline, we be-
lieve this is the only true system of edu-
cation. We frequently see parents send
ing their sons aud daughters to opposite
points OF the compass to different institu-
tions of learning, just because they have
foolishly imbi5ed the notion they ought not
to be educated together. AS well might
it be said they shall eat at different ia
bies, live In separate houses, or dwell on
distinct planets They are reared in the
same families, admitted to the same
church, and are travelling to the same
eternal destiny, and why not educate
them IN the same schools
1t is a feature of Popery thus to COOP
up the sexes In cloisters and converts, and
transform them into cowled monks and
yelled nuns, with distorted views of each
others character. Let them be admitted
to the same institutions; let them pursue
the same studies let them recite in the
same recitation rooms, and let them COM
pete for the same prize of excellence, and
our worG for it, we will hear less about the
inequality of the minds Of the Seres. 1t is
true, We are ready to admit, there is
natural disposition in woman to cultivate
a taste for the beautiful and ornamental.
for the polite arts and literature, for pain
ting, poetry, and music, and we are glad
it is so. We would have her an adept in
all these accomplishments, in all that can
adorn and elevate, so that she may exert
a refining influence upon the ''sterner
sex" and round off the jagged corners of
their cOarSer natures
"Rough hew them as they will"
The Woman!y Homan as different from !
the ArtjfciaL H'oman Again, we say, we |
are not opposed to the elegant and polite |
in her attainments. On the contrary. we |
would have her possess every embellish-
ment of which her nature is susceptible, |
and "parts that polish life" But, let her
not adopt the fatal conclusion that the
superficial is what constitutes the woman,
and that beauty consists alone In outside
form and portrait. Fashion is 'fckle
1ame," who chameleon-hke changes her
,olors every day in the year. And they
Who follow in her footsteps will soon find
themselves lost in bewilderment, in pur-
'uit of an ignis .fatatus, which vanishes in
hin air when just within their grasp
Fo illustrate A gentleman, who had
been requested to purchase new bonnet
If 1.-THE very latest style," at milliner's
shop, was fastening home with breath,ess |