The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1872-11-20
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What to do with dau2 hters when |
they are grown up, is a question whir |
some parents tind it'd tiicult to answer
aud certainly it is hard to tell wha, can
be done with many girls They are OF
no possible use tnthea>elves or anyhody
Z se,-cannot earn living III the WI D. ]
and require constan, Watching nui sing,
Entertaining, and ner thugs to- nu-
nerou- to mention
Tni, comes fron the foolish notion of
many excellent parents, that daughters
must be brou3 ht up. 1t is genera y
understood that foys must be trli ed
up. Now and then some fond but fool
i,h parent tries the experiment O..
bringing up favorite son He is pet
ted, INDUCED and fused over continual
ly. He is kept out of the street lest he
shall soil his clothes, away from other
boss lest he shall catch their words and
ways, and never allowed to play Lard
lest he shall get tired, or fall down or
be overtaken with some other calamity
His nurses amuse him, his teachers tri,
he with him, and his play mates humor
his whilns and yield to his petty tyran-
ny because he is So pretty and has such
pretty plaything. Aud SO he is brought
up in the arms Of parents and friends
until he reaches the threshold Of man :
hood, whose door he has not strength
enough to open. lie is a soft, sens-
tive, simpe.ing, conceited good-for
nothing, too delicate for exposure and
too brittle fer use, yet wanting every
thing that he sees and, expecting every
body to do his bidding. This is bring
ing up.
But this method, which is so fata
with boys is the fashionable method Of
dealing with girls. Possessed with the
notion that it is vulgar forsax girl t.
gora, aud unlady-like to help herself
,tang pafex -eassFy tlier uau aasufs q
-IrneT srms from the cradle to woman
hood. They are dressed like dolls, ca
ressed, INDUCED, entertained. waited up
Oh, and kept in ignorance of li1e and tn
world Their whins are gratiied, thei
foibles laughed at, their stiffness encour
aged; they are taught to be proud of thei
weak ness, and that it is lad j. like t.
lean on others and be supported through
lie. And 50 they are brought up in
: palinquia of iduIgence, sheltered frot
every rude aud invig rating wind with
out receiving the discipline needed fo
= self sustaining effort; beautiful to loo
> at, but Of no Sort of comfort or use t
themselves or anyb ,dg eise-costly II
naments requiring constant care Al
carrying
Is it any wonder that girls who al
brought up should be useless, trivolou:
vain, and eXtravagant; or that pareu
> should wonder what to d. with then
J or that husbands fad more thorn tia
.,tt II iI..
u that meeting with misfortune, they ia
beyond recovery!
What onr girls need is thoroug
Z training for life that is real and ear
> est. Not trained i'll the same way, n
.. to do The same things, as boy
g but trained as thoroughly for tt
duties and cares the pleasures and so
u rows Of the world. Aud training mea
. the development of the faculties tt
y sentiments, the body and soul, in pra
: tical and effective ways. Training
ie initiation 1t is teaching by p,acti
III and example. 1t is preparing Tor
" work by doing the work 1t is acqu
~ ing strength by exercising the streng
u already acquired. 1t looks at use.
ne alms at skill. 1t means accomplis
's ment, self support, independence, pow'
" Give our girls this thorough practit
I'll training in the great art Of living, a
re we shall hear no more of woman's wea
'at ness and incapacity. It is not brir
ing up, but training up, that 0
IRE daughters need; and with this traini
he the new womanhood will shortly con