The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-07-19
Anv ws wHsiains Generation Of the south

70 ,amlly which has the miseor., o,
: ~ oc poor, ought to bear the, hn
4 ten !ogether, and ought to wo,
q .1"gether to increase the co,,,'., w,
J store. If there is but ona o wnni;''
!. pras,', persCn in, in the family, and he is @ ee'
!, y era,'y the father, his nose will /
- nep' at the grindstone from on
. years end to another. nnlass ~ =.
= mas weli-ordered househoiS rrh =
. svmnosi,, Mrne can greatly aid him by he nc
. sSympa'hy, Ss > by frugal managem en' ns
|, s;;,i; ~ e cheerful temper, and bv n
= 'hg som. Y INTO the young people 10.
sons OF economy and ,ndua,rr 'o'
:, 10 attempt to live as rich ;is,1y.I &
20, "han o family is poor, fs'p, IL po
! only d Siam and a cheat, but II i
makes makes the head OF such fam;,,y .
soIpsa1sa n%peless ,' slave and drudge, and alb
soI' sointely perpetuates the E poyertv I "u ~
sedIn1lonsly I1 sought to be concaaI.J -
we are, with few excep,;ons ~;
poor alike in the South. G'e, 81, ~
no. no, DC o., ashamed of it, and not e, conn Us
,inniae m,, tne folly of increasing and m com. com.
.lhIln!g it by contemptibie sI';t.. I'm,
TO hide it. 1t is an evil hus s",,.s IT.
wa way faoo to conquer it, is to look it in in
Tie ace; to 60 to work. and 70
practices economy. If ali that nm
over>worked Cher makes is con- m
sun'ed in supporting CONS in idle.
ness , and daughters in an lie ex.
,uHragance onH I OF fashionable drcssi1,;;r .
ana display, what earthly nrosner, /
w M''i there .here be of an Improvement
IN Girenmstances9 If the over.
wolked WaJ head of the family lives |
under all his burdens, he lives es 20
see increasing belainIIy Which
!arenr TO he a source Of comtort to
him. If he dies, a victim to his
heavy burdens, he leaves behind
l,im sons unframed to work-pos.
si6ly OF expensive if not dissipatoS
habits, and daughters without anv
resources whatever, and miserable
because they cannot continue to
keep up the poor deIusion that thew
arc part ard parcel Of the fashion
able world. o"
No situation in life can be moro
than that of poor family
striving to hide it's povertv no
aping the fashions. III the cfssor,
mace ~ lis members to keep mn
q false show We're but directed to
useful ends, the result wonld. no
most propitious.. Asit is, Hfi all fheeys es
can do is to keep their heads above
water and be tolerated in the world
Of fashion. To compass this pitifnl ,
end they pass through pureatory.
They sacrifice self-respect, solid 4,
comfort and all the sacred duties
OF domestic life in order to get an
uncertain and very humble posi- ,
lion in that society which is called {,
fashionable.
This is nnworth, of people who ,
nave spark ofinteliecf. twill be,
II 1t becomes prevalent among us,
more disastrous even than the war
was. 1t will fasten poverty upon
us for successive generations, and
make us a set of social cheats and
humbugs.
If thoughtless boys and giddy
misses are allowed their way. thew
will, of course, keep away from the
tasks of bite and seek only it's plea.
srres. But they ought not to be
allowed to have their way. Tl,oy
should be controlled. The BOYS
s'.ould be brought mp with the idea ,
that life has it's serious duties and
responsibilities, and that chief
among them is the courage to
work; and the girls should be
taught that they cease to be the
ornaments of domestic life VIII en-
they sacrifice everything to fash.
ion and empty show.
Real gentility is something high
er and nobler than mere fashion
and genteel poverty is far more
respectable than the vulgar snob.
berry that 30 many weak minded
and white blooded people culti..
vate all their lives long.-RicA.
mond Whig.
IL New York a man last week made
wager tba: be could run closed um-