Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-02-01
GIFTS.

| One Of the, female Lecturers OF the
ceuntrysis prepounding to puzzled .au-
ldiences the, social conundram, - What
shall we do With our daagh We
Confess that, at first blush, the interest
ing question staggers US, and we can
hardly answer on sight, and yet some
thing has to be done with the dear
angels in dimity, and as there is little
Iruse in giving up. We try togive the cor
rect answer. ssNeolk know. that anxious
parents have tortured their brains to
give the correct answer. We know that
anxious parents have tortured their
brains to discover what TO do with their
daughters and have generally decided
andlo good or wise disposal aof the pro-
bisn. We should Gebetter by girls in
1.-THE future than chas been done in the
past. They should be lifted Eup from
the trifipg places they have so long oc-
cupied, made and considered more of
than meretoy dolls, treated more as If
they wersend dowed withimmortal souls,
as If the y had brains, free will and ,ln-
derstandihg, as II they had; higher du-
ties to perform In, this world, and a
l0ftfer mission to accomplish than to
flourish and reign in the. dazzling par
rot cage of society. They should not,
from prattling Infancy up to blooming
womanhood, be taught that, they, live
only to catch rich ,beanx, and get mar
sried, but should be Instructed in the
ways of usefulness, in which line true
happiness alone awaits them. Our
daughters should be accomplished so
that they may impartI bril- llianeyl land
finish to all circles which they enter;
but accomplishment Isl a word more
comprehensive than is generally adj
nitted. 1t means more to the sensible
mind than a knowledge of the Folite
languages of France, Germany or Italy,
generally acquired while. our own stub
born English is sadly neglected than
the ability to tEill a few high sounding
Notes in song or to manipulate the peaE1
keys of q piano, than the art of draw
ing. on ivory or painting sentimental
posies on canvas, or fixing yGrecian pat
terms in embroidery, ,--yes, the accom-
plishment of the true woman means
more than all these things, and could
have existence in the absence Of any. or
educated. . They should be taught the
Srduu uct1uly vi SSli-f6llduCc3f tnb dO-
vantages of self-independeree. Far be-
it from US to think that drudgery In the
house hold is their only proper vocation,
but the true girl of The period should
know how to wash a shit, and make
one. too, how to knit and darn pair of
socks, how to cook q steak or bake e.
loaf Of bread, how to do shopping eco
nomieally, how telkeep set of books
Sor drive sshreWdr bargain, how to
nurse In the sick chamber and many
other common things which the most
Intelligent of our grandmothers never
scorned to acquire, but which many
modern parents think rather disgrace
lf6I than otherwise f0f their. daughters
TO know anything about. Then, too,
girls who must depend on their own
exertioiis for Hvelih oods should be af
forded opportunity to acquire knowi-
edgepf some: of the Lighter trades
There Is no reason why some avenues
egf. work shsuld not be- left almost den-
tirely TO them, such as telegraphing,
gold beating, paper box making, cork
cutting and other trades of character
squirting no large amount of physical
strength and endurance, In which they
might excel and gain an honorable liv-
ing ana MAINTAIN q respectable position
in sensible society. 1t is because our
daughters have never been properly
educated, trained and cared for that
tens Of thousands of them are to-day
starving, in the sewing-roorns of the
land. at wages made beggarly because
all OF them know nothing else to do,
and for the same reason our streets are
filledtwith bAwds and, eourtesans. II
of raising their daughters and throw q
ittlH conscience and good hard common
senseiinto their3way Of educating and
training them for usefulnessini life, the
social conundrum we started out, with
reed not ,perpleX any. sensible person
for an answer 7titts. Gdz. Iag h5eel
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