The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-12-05
IMPROVED EDUCATION.
Good Advice to MOthers.

| What do we do with our daughters
Send them to school? Yes. aud they
learn Latin and French. mathematics
and history-alI useful and valuable to
give mental breadth and depth and
strength.
| " nat do they do when they come
home Study their lessons Yes land
in the Intervals, worsted work crochet
q novel, pei haps-somethlng always that
keeps their bands close to their breasts,
and their sight and energy concentrated
in narrow polnt-a game OF authors,
conversation, cards, Or = pretty little
drawing under the evening lamp, always
the cramped position. the narrow, CON-
centrated position.
| Throw away the crochet and the crew
| Ell work-scatter the csrds? Shorten
| the study hours ut hume. You ale the
buyer in school matters; Insist on your
| lever studies more room to breathe, in
| between the oIosles Drop al exercise
| here. theG-.Iu there. Insist that In
| tive OF six morta. hours the lessons all be
| done
Then. In the out of school time. let
your daughter. take part In the steady
| business OF home. There is tIrne enough
| III the early morning t0 make u bed, aud
| >et room In order, II che girl be not
coujugatIug Latin verb till the break
fast bell rings. There is time TO take III
the arrangement Of the table or III tho
kitchen even. A breakfast Is not an
ella burate n.sai, aud there never was
child yet that did not admire to grind
coffee. When tea time comes. dainty
,eatable is pretty thing Let not your
daughters come IL it as though 10 IA no
fai It'd
have helped to make the cake, to have
the toast crisp and brown, 10 arrange the
china and silver. and have it all fresh
aud bright. and pretty, think you they
have no enjoyment OF the occasion!
Then comes the Saturday holiday ; de-
voted. as girls go to unmeanlng calls. or
louD2lng through the morning, sired TO
death with the studies OF the week, and
reir.- shlng themselves with novel by
the parlor register.
Make diversion here. The Saturday
sweeping and baking; an hour III the
linen closet, those lavender sauct uarles.
dear to every woman heart the mar
| kt ting, the grocer's orders; here Is q
wide felu of variety for young interest
and young energy.
| would give girl household ambi
| sion. would make b rpositivcly unhappy
| unall she could produce loaf Of bread
| lighter than Bridget's. | would make
| the order and neatness of her own room.
| or the librsry or parlor. he especial &C
countability and charge.
Would you not leave no time for
play?" Yes, time tor play, time for
dance, time for skating and croquet.
But l would fill Ill the hours ingenious
ly. | would have no ''dawdIing
| none of those precious contrivaDces of
| bone and ivory that cramp the growing
chest and dim the bright young eyes
| In the school hours the mind expands.
or is supposed to. In the home hours.
| there is no such bodily expansion,
| growth, and balance. as comes from
healthy household work.
| But how will servants stand it to have
children botherins around, interfering
With their work My dear madam, are
you mistress of the establishment? Do
you give or take orders 1t will require
tact and judgement on your part. of
course, SO to adjust matters in the ourly-
ing provinces. but it has its reward
But this shortening Of the study hours
will surely keep the girls longer at school
than they would otherwise be Very
likely very likely" What if it add a
full decade tn their lives as well ?
Instead of being shot out on Com
meBcemenr Day, utterly 6pi>hed in more
senses than one /; landing IN the l.aternal
parloT ti only Tor n iariur ornament ur a
professor > chair. aud with the whole
theory of domestic life before them yet
to learn; undi>clriined, untried; you
will have balance and fitness, readiness
for any place In the world.
So you see. MIR Editor, when the lime
for apprenticeship to a trade or profess
sion comes t" the young girl. she knows
her housekeeping s> boy knows his
swimming. his baseball and cricket il
has become part Of her fibre. her
growth.
She may be ready then to keep hooks
or keep house. 10 doctor other folk = ba-
bes or sing her own TO sleep. Build the
| foundation broad and deep Of faculty and
home knowledge of affairs, and on this
| firm base you may rear your
Sea Captains, if you will
| Christt01, Jnf0a