The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1869-12-30

ness--that enVirons a vdsufhter
with circumstance that make her
bniy a recipientof tavors, when
her highest good Is the deyelopS
mept Of faculties which are born
Otslfengthened only by action.--
Among men, remuneration is the
Acknowledged lever OF aelionl and
Is a. general as it is positive. For
this reason, PARENTS leneh your
daughters some remnaerAtivo bu.
siness. Select for them. hs you DO
Tor yopr sons. according 70 natur-
ral or apparent gapability. No
longer expcc, Of them proficiency
in an endless round Of what are
called domestic duties, whether
they Iike II or not, and any DO
paFtment of which is q science in
itself.
A woman isexpected to know a
little Of everything, and nothing
thoroughly or scientifically under
the present system Of training, or
rather want Of training. 1t is,
therefore. quite impossible that
she should possess any special abil-
|ity- A daughter often resembles
her father in temperament and
personal appearance--why should
she no. inherit tie genius or ca.
pacitics that have made him suc-
Fccstul gDsThe truth is, women arc
adapted to many professions and q
variety Of employ ments. Looking
back upon tire past, VIC find many
who have been successful in their
rebellion 10 the established code,
and who have won high rank Or
favor as reward for their courage
and perseverance,. With all the
repression and exclusion, galaxy
Icf female names, 10y
like orien, pearIs at random strung,
| AdoTn the world OF literature,'
and every year the range Of re.
muneratiYe avocations is widening.
New ones are undertaken suited
10 various degrees Of capability
and retirement. Female professors
occupy college chairs, and in the
medical profession women have,
within the past few years, COM
pIetely triumphed over the preju-
dice and jealousies Of the entire
male fraternity, meeting odium
and vituperation with a dignifed
bearing that won them golden opin-
ions from oil classes of society,"
Telegrapbing, book keeping and
typesetting are being successfully
pursued, and the way now is COM
parativcly clear; yet no eminent
position in life, it must be remem-
bercd, is attained without prompt
and earnest effort to overcome all
4 it's difficulties. Women must
work from themselves and for
themselves. 1t is against all Jaw
10 expect mental or physical
strength or abilities without tho
equivalent personal effort TO attain
these several qualities. This is
admitted 10 the abstract; but wo-
men, at least, have not worked in
!. accordance with the law.
Women are accustomed to look
on obstacles as exceptional and,
borrowing their fancies from the
poetical imageries of chivalry, ex-
pect 70 find only roses in the new
! line of action. The majority of
men accept difficulties as a rule,
and grapple earnestly with each
and every hindrance interposing
between the desire and the attain>
! ment of the position they have
in view; il only remains for wo-
men to do battle as determinately
to conquer. Let opinion cry you
down scornfully as it will, meet it
with indifference, with religious
sense of duty, with truth, and with
out fear. 'i'i-
The barriers of conventiSnality
have been raised so high, and SO
: strongly cementod by long exists
euce, that the only hope of over
throwing them exists in the union
: of numbers linked together by
common opinion and effort. The
voice of one or two, or dozen wo-
men, however jealous in the cause,
would be lost in the clamors OF de-
. nunciation; but tho united watch
word of thousands would strike at
the foundation Of the false system
and annihilate it.
: Therefore, to daughters, say,
: fit yourselves for some congeniaI
; business or profession that will re-
ward your labor-as men learn
n trades-so that the results of your
}, labor. may demonstrate the hand
n and genius Of a master workman
e in its accomplishment, and the
great world which has need OF pro-
fciency, Of every germ oftalent, OF
= every rcsolute worker, must, by
j iorce OF the mysterious magnetism
= of your power, recognize your
!. claims to equality upon this plane
d with man.-DemoreSt'S Monthly
for January.
= The Saginaw Enterprise has this
I. fair h;t One day last week one