Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-11-22
WOMAN

the title Of . new book lately published in
New York. the suthore,s being Emily Da.
Wis. It 10 for sale BY A. Roman & Co.,
San Francisco. We hereto append = few
extracts from its pages:
Man 10 intended for the world, woman
for the home ; mans strength is in tho
head, woman's in the heart !; the mans
function 10 TO protect, woman's to soothe
and comfort; men must work and women
mus, weep everywhere We are to have =
sharply marked division, often honestly
mistaken for the highest and most real
communion. Closely connected with these
sepsratist doctrines is the double moral
code, with ito masculine and feminine viz
tues, and its separate law OF duty and
honor for either sex.
English literature is full Of oracular in
formation on the subject. Mr.. Anthony
Trollope says: We like women to DO
timid." Hr. Helps complains that "wo.
men are not taught to DO courageous. In
deed, to some persons courage may seem
40 unnecessary for momen as Latin and
Greek, Yet there are few things that
would tend to make women happier in
| themselves, and more acceptable to those
with whom they live, than courage. So
far from courage being unfsminine, there
10 a peculiar grace and dignity in those
beings who have little active power OF at
tack or defence. passing through danger
with q moral courage which is equal to
that Of the strongest"
Abundance Of applause has bssn be-
slowed upon Miss Nightingale and the
| other "heroines Of the Crimea," whose
enterprise certainly required no small
share Of masculine resolution. On the
other hand, q writer on the position OF
women confessss to ian admiration for
the commonplace, unambitious kind Of
old maid, who i, content to do good in
her own neighborhood, and among the
few persons whom she really knows-who
takes a lively interest in the welfare Of her
nephsws and nieees. and who regales her
self occasionally with tea and gossip"
Ono writer tells us that these are things
for which women are exclusively fitted.
"In the first place, women have the power
Of pleasing. Accomplishments are cult
waited a. instrumental to the successful
exercise Of this power, and therefore are
not to DO rejected OIL the ground that they
waste the time that might DO given to
mathematics. The common sense Of the
world has long ago settled that men are
10 be pleased, and women are to please.
Accordingly women acquire an agreeable
experiences at the piano, and view the &C.
QUESTION as q solemn duty" Another, in
answer to the question, what ought all
young ladies to learn, says, "Accomplish-
ments are quite q secondary matter. II
men do not get tired Of the songs, they
soon get tired Of the singer, il she can do
nothing but sing. What is really wanted
In o woman 10, that she should DO q per-
manently pleasant companion. So far as
education can give or enhance pleasant
ness, Il does 80 BY making the view Of life
wide. the wit ready, the faculty Of COM
prehension vivid"
One authority, delightfully."- con,entsd
with things as they are, assures US thu,
"humsnly speaking, the best sort Of British
young lady 10 all that q woman can be
expected to be-civil, intelligent, snthusi.
astic, deeorous. and, ~ . rule, prsttier
than in any other country. We are per-
fsctly satisfied with what We have got"
Another, less happily constituted. asserts
that "all good judges and good teachers
lament the present system Of girls educs-
ton. It 10 all examining, and with such
very poor results. After all 10 over, girls
know very little and care about less.
Mo.t girls are decidedly stupid, and what
good can examining Of the most barren
and repulsive kind do to stupid girls ;
We should consider what We want women
to be-. That they should DO trained to be
good and generous is BY far the frst thing.
The next thing 10, that they should DO
we'll hammered and healthy. Tho third
requisite 10, that they should know how
to express thsmselves-should have . right
standard in judging books and men, and
public and private life. The fourth requi-
site 10, that they should know how to bear
rule in = household. These are all the
essentials"
Another view 10. that . woman should
be ga gentle tyrans, capricious indeed,
yet generous and k%ind-hesrted withsl,
varying in mood, now clouded, now Sc
rene, though given less TO tears than
laughter, and bright with CLEANS Of hope
full sunshine like the Spring. She should
be no Ounce, no ignoramus. this enviable
woman /; she should not have stopped in
her education when the g%overness' back
was turned, nor hold that to play Mr..
C~hsppell's music creditably 10 the one aim
and end OF all instruction /; she should
know enough to take her part in topics Of
general conversation, to read the Times
with interest, and talk about the leading
article without q yawn ; she should be
fond enough Of learning to And that her
leisure seldom hangs heavy on her hands;
and II Though it is almost too much to ex-
pect) she has sufficient patience with the
process Of induction to DO able to reason
on any subject for two minutes together
without jumping to q conclusion either
way, we may well congratulate ourselves
on having drawn the great prize in the
lottery Of life" Mr.. Coventry Pa.more
seems to prefer that the gentle tyranny
and the capriciousne,s should bs on the
other side.
"He who tolls all day,
And comes home hungry, tired or cold,
And feels 'twould do him good to scold
His wife a little, let him trust
Her love, and boldly be unjust,
And not care till she cries! How prove
In any other way his love
Till soothed in mind BY meat and rest2
II, after that, she's well caress'd,
And told how good she is to bear
His humor, fortune makes it fair.
Women like men 10 be like men,
That is, at least, just now and then !"
The wife 10 here represented a. rejoic-
ing in her husbands ill-temper. a. Afford
ing her an opportunity Of ~dispslling i. by
soothing arts, q practical illustration, it
may DO observed. Of the complementary
theory, the woman's patience actuslly de-
handing = mans sulkiness to practice
upon. Contrast Mr.. Patmors's Jane
with Mr.. Tennyson's Isabel"
eyes not down-dropt nor over.bright, but
fed
With the disappointed fame Of chastity,
Clear, without heat, undying, tended BY
Pure vestal thoughts in the translucent
fame
OF her still spirit; locks no. wide-dispread,
Madonna-wise on either side her head;
Sweetlips whereon perpetually did reign
The summer calm Of golden charity,