Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-11-20
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There are TWO special tiHculti in tie
way oi improving the education OF the young
women of tie rich and fashionable class ii
our country BY education We do Not mean
merely the degree 0r quality of the -chl.l ir-
-tructi1n they receive, but along with that
the forming of their characters. uriucir.e-
and tastes for a higher and better sort of life.
One is the nonsense $50 much poured forth of
late hy oul strongmindct ' '' women Is
rights women and their male ahetturs.
These FOOLISH people would un,ex woman. and
spoil her for being what God meant her % De
that noble thing, true womon-by try
ing nc the impossible problem of converting
her into Tas-abic man. 4 monstr5u- prod
uct-Rcther man nor w0man-is the only
possible result. The aversion and disgust
which this nonsense cxcites In the minds Of
women with any ofthc true womanlv instinct.
has undoubtedly bad, t0a considerable extent
thc unfortunate effect on the one band repress-
iu- attempts that might have been made 70
render the instruction and education of w0m-
men generally wider. more solid more serious
and lu tAe other hand confirming many fool
i,h Young women IN their taste and prefer
cuce for an aimlc-s, friyJlus life Of pleasure
and amusement
The other difficulty lies in the character Of
the largest proportion Of the young men these
yonng women meet with in society With
out manly aims and pursuits, without intel
lectual interests or cultivated tastes. a vast
number Of the Young men who help 70 make
up fashionable society waste their lives in
idleuess, or being las is but too likely fast
young men, in something worse than idle
ness. These foolish frivolous young women
scarcely meet any other young men than
these foolish, frivolous young men. So they
dance with them, hirt. aad talk gossip and
scandal With them. The frivolous young
young men do not want young women Of any
other sort. and the frivolous Young women
almost Icr force have to keep the nsclves on
the same plane wilh them, however capable
of a higher and better life they may be, and
whatever conciousness Off they may have.
OF course there are many exceptions 10 r,-
general truth ofthe picture we have sketchei
There are persons who, from their aiilueuce
and high social standing, are to be found in
fashionable society, who are not altogether
Of it, but a5Orc it, These persons are ex-
amples Of thorough breeding intelligence.
cultivation and genuine refinement, and in
their families and their more select social
circle, life is passed sensbly. nationally. and
Tor good and useful ends; the children are
taught that life is a trust, the young men are
not fast, and the young women not frivolous.
Pity such families should not control and
give tone to what calls itself fashionable So
ciety.
HuNAN SKELETONS IN P MrEu-Some of the
details Of these discoveries, contained in the
journal of the excavations, are extremely Gu
rious and interesting Thus we read that, on
the 30th Of August, 1881, a human skeleton
was found in the corridor Of a house which
the volcanic matter had not penetrated, but
had so completely closed up by obstructing
the doors that escape was impossible. Here
the wretched man lived in utter darkness, we
know not how long. 1t is significant cir
cumstance. that his bones, instead of lying in
one place. were scattered, about the apartment
and showed marks of having been gnawed.
Near them lay the undsturbed skeleton of
dog. Iii evident, therefore, that the brute
had not only survived bis master, but had
also eaten him. In shop connected with the
public baths, not far from the forum, were
also found two skeletons of persons who had
died in each othe : embrace. They were
p''ii IN the FRESHNESS OF youth, anu ol ulneT-
ent sex. The affecting spectacle excited an
efiusion of sentiment in the antiquarian b som,
and the bony twain were cristened - The
Lovers
On the l4th of June, of the same year,
eight skeletons were found under the ruins of
a wall, and in May, 1878. another skeleton
was discovered near the Temple of Jupiter,
crushed by a marble column, thus proving
eonclusiyely that the eruption was acconpan-
led by an earthquake. In the Temple OF Isis
also were discovered the remains Ct several
priests, with chicken bones egg shells, wine