Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-09-26
DAILY DEMOCRAT.


Education IL not the most important OBJ.
ice, Of wotnsn's life, nor mans life. The
Importance Of Intellectual culture - tein.
exaggerated in regard TO female sGccal;on.
(. n.ay 20 ore CT ~.inan's rights 10 receive
az liberal culture e. young maa receives.
IL is Get cns of Der figa,s 10 Tsesive i .;
.ts expense Of her ps-sical heklth. Women
owe il to tnei! Husbands e. q heir coun>
nv 40 !. r., as = themselves, - keep their
osd;es IL heath and s.reus h--To5ust. rosy
aud plump. So nature intended % ee. " ben
woman i. no. pump it lie GENERALLY be-
csuae she works too hard ~ one way " III.
other. Sometimes il is be husbands fau'.,
rho may b. cxsctlng a d bard to please /;
aftener IL Is because she makes hersel .
slave TO her children still oftener che must
s,tYlbuts the protubersnce Of tic clavicle
and seapua - a lack VI early exercise, ur>
ius strain upon the mental energies, too
much Latin and French and mathematics.
The idea Of giving women the same educa>
ton 40 ws give men, is perfectly absurd /;
ss well talk Of compelling the artist
to study law, the doctor to study Hebrew
theology, or the young minister to spend
three years learning to set typo.
We defy any one who supports the press
ent system Of forced and unnatural female
education TO show . single advantage
which will Offset the hollow checks and the
yale faces, and the frail forms OF tae
girls who "graduate" from some Ut cur
advanced schools What have women
% . class 20 do with Latin and Greek
and the abstract sciences? They forget
hem before they have pass, d their first sea-
son in society; ani they nave reason TO thank
b ir lucky brains for the oblivion. just a,
}hs present moment when men are begin
ning to zee the absurdity OF 20 mucn 40
,tsaction and useless dead weight III general
education, mothers and teachers who are IN
the plot are beginning to inrce our g'rl'
through what the other sex has seen the
folly of. People .ueer at accomplishments
~ # they were unworthy 81 young gir'
attention compared with science and Latin
Give Z girl, say we, a good sound Engtsh
EDUCATION, and then teach her the accom-
plishments which will BE- pleasure to he'
IN after life, and blessing to her family
ACCOMPLISHMENTS are worth mo.e to a wo'
| man than deep learning. So they are t.
the majority of n. bu: particularly 80 a.
10 the other eex.
Men may sneer at accomplishment wher
| they have learned to sneer at the fine ats
., painting, music, sculpture, but not ii
then When Raphael Mend,lssohn, anC
| canova are forgotten, we may regard th'
ielicscies Of female education with con-
! smpt.
| But whatever education our girls are sub
! iected to, let us have less Of it. America
girls arc notorious for theiI paior, irail' ,
md tendency to witbor ard lese thel
harns a, an carry age This country ha
no greater want at tde present time thar
hat of plump girls and plump women. lie
US have them plump and healthy, whethe
tley know anything or lot W. can teAcl
heir children what ,hsy don't know.
! necessary; by all means let Us have rosy
blooming solid women. The Pacific Rail
road is no, ha us importar, to the prosper
| ty o. this country as tie aggrsgste ayoir
.lupois of its women. The female sex o
America ought 10 eh al least half ag.i
a. much - i does wv J. gazette.