Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-11-12
HOW TO MAKE DAUGHTERS
INDEPENDENT.

4 own RESOURCES 10 support themselves
and families by their own exertions.
Almost every city and village neigh
borhood is full Of such cases They
have been reared, il may be, in the
lap Of luxury, and every want supplied
by q kind and indulgent father or bus.
band, but by some sudden turn in the
wheel Of fortune, or by the death Of
father or husband, their supplies have
been suddenly cut off, and they are
thrown upon the cold charities Of dis.
tant relatives or friends, or upon their
own exertions to support themselves
and their growing expensive families.
No thoughtful father, who sincerely
| loves his daughter can see these cases
occurring all around him, and not ask
himself the question: What provision
can ] make against such a calamity
coming upon my beloved child, after
| am taken away from her by death z
The usual expedient is to 90 to work
TO accumulate wealth, and entail it
upon the daughter In such a way that
it cannot be taken from her by pro
digal or worthless husband. All expe-
rience proves, however, that wealth
has wings, and they cannot be so
clipped nor crippled that it will not
fly away. The hest laid plans of en-
tail and investment are often futile.
The rich Of one generation are, in nine
cases out Of ten, the poor of the next,
and Uice versa. The question arises
then, what endowment can a father
bestow upon his daughter that cannot
be taken from her by faithless execu-
tors or profigate husband . What
gift can be confer upon her that will
not fade with her youth and beauty,
nor take wings and fly away when
death removes him from her as her
natural guide and protector / an
swer, consistent Christian principles
and n thorough education. These
have no wings, and will stand by and
remain with her through all the vicis-
situdes OF fortune. A plain old farm
er, who had been robbed by the sol
diers during the war, until he had but
little left, appeared in the Office Of the
president of one of our female schools
with his two daughters, and throwing
a roll Of greenbacks upon the table,
said "Take them, and put them in
the heads of my girls, where soldiers
cannot steal them, nor spcndthrift hus-
bands scatter them. / have been
struggling bard to make fortune TO
leave them when ! die, but the soldiers
have taken it nearly all from me.
Now want TO spend what is left in
teaching them how to take care Of
themselves. want you to educate
them, so that il it is necessary they
may teach for living and if il is not
necessary, the education that will fit
them successfully to teach, will pr e.
pare them with honor TO fill any posi-
iion in society which they may be
called to occupy" He was himself
an uneducatcG man, but he took a
commonsensc view of the matter
There is no way that a father can
make a daughter so thoroughly indie.
pendent as by giving her such an edu-
cation as will fit her to become a
teacher of youth, if it becomes neces-
sary for her self support.
There arc but four or five occupa-
tons which are open to females in
this country, as society is organized
at present. She may keep boarding
house, she may conduct farm, she
{ may become a milliner or man.ua.
maker, she may sew, or she may teach
children. Society ought to be so or.
( ganized that the range Of woman's
e occupation could be greatly enlarged
/ without unsexing herself But we
have to take society as it is, and not
. as it ought to be, or as we would have
$ il. OF all the occupations named
above as open to women, none is SC
h useful, so honorable, or so romunera
5 tive rs teaching. A woman thor
oughly educated and qualified to teach
\ the higher branches of a good educa
A ton can make herself respected anC
h beloved in any society in this country
e A very few of the vain and supercilioui
q may affect to look down upon her, but
: the wise and virtuous and good, whos'
h good opinions alone are worth covet
4 ing, will always honor and treat hei
n kindly. Then if there is no necessity
@ Tor her TO teach, her education fits he
G for any society into which she may
!. be thrown.
e The South and the West need hun
r dreds of female teachers, reared oi
the sod, where they now have scores
In fact, thoroughly educated teacher
10 Indigenous 10 our soil, are the grea
of need as present in these region:
q. Wbv, thon, do not more of our sui
,r stantial farmers and men in the mid
Il die and higher walks of society trail
le their daughters to GIL these places
"a There is no way that they can max
l. them oitherso independent orso usefu
is Think of it, ye farmers and merchant
Is and professional men OF small estates
How can you make your daughters s
sefreliant aud independent as by giy
is ing them a thorough education an
N then allowing thom to return TO yoI
81 If need be, portion Of the money Q,
,c pended in their education by their ow
~ oxertions in teaching after they hay
20 completed their education. The Me-
90 England plan is for the father to cdI
A cate the oldest son and daughter, an
NJ then make them pay back a part I
= the money expended upon them to |
spent in educating the younger chi
dron. An eminent man Of that Sc
cd tion of the country remarked to m
NO some years since. that his father ha
as seven sons, all of whom were educate
,is ut college, but the father educate
its only the Oldest. The elder one I
?" teaching educated the second one, al
ia. the second the third, and-so on to Il
as end. | am not very great admir-
of Yankees in general, but there a
some of their customs which might
an adopted by us with great advantag
,ar and this is one Of them. 1t is only
ow some such plan as this that men wi
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