The sun., 1873-11-08

Dir. CLARKE the Educa ion Of Girls
SCr ~ EircGi0p James r. Osgood &
COS ia the title of modest little volume
of lees than two hundred ra-cs. by o.. Edwud
II. clarke, of l. ton, GA s,bicct Of the weight.
lest Importance to fathers, tuo;lors. teacher,
ard everybody else ha,in charge of growing
girls. Dr. Clrkc is one OF the foremost, II not
the very FIRST OF J. ston play icians. Doing in
vitel 20 address the New England womcns
Club iu that city about year a-o, he prepared
and read to them an c.s.y, which at once made
aprcfIund and vllesrr ad Impression upon al
vino heard % orof it. ra.ine This manif, station
of interest as a proof of tho Importance II his
theme, he has expanded and con pcted the
essay, and published It as book. We have no
hestation in say ing that he Judged correctly, and
that every one who reads what he has written
will heartily thank him for IT,.
The one great evil which Dr. Clarke seeks TO OK
pose and have remedied Is the disregard In female
education Of tho physiological difference Of the
ee xes, particularly at the critical period when
girls are passing from childhood to womanbOod,
and undergoing that development which should
ut them to become wives and mothers. lie
does not question the intellectual equality Of
males and females, nor the capacity Of girls To
learn all that boys do; but he insists and backs
UP his nsistancc with terrible examples from
his experience az a physician, that girls cannot be
Kept to the Same unyarying routine Of mental
labor ns boys can. and consequently cannot uc
placed in the same classes with them, nor sub
je'tcd to tho same discipline. They can only
study with safety. he says. three weeks out OF
four. and the EFFORT to make them do more than
this often results In lifelong injury.
II Is TO the Ignorance or neglect of this vital
fart thft hc attributes much II not most Of the
notorious ill-htalth II = 'crican women. Cor
sets az tislx ldcinS, pics, doughnuts ana
.tt,iv bo,taJ rooms as,l. eelentarv habits are.
u. , -, a.. It.
Ai' h'"if 3" HlU1h 40 "''i'o Us '"N "'J "
indicted on their ORGANIZATIONS in grlhood
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Itli'd Whth 'h' ""hanlS l""o.lV"' "'A'" w
mauifcs Themselves and the giri's physical sys-
tom, a.,,,.,,ds ,,ost ur,,crtlv caro-. reposc and
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symmetrically into the fun dover of that health
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al" "'"".S WIN" ''"7"'''N w.
features "f her SEX she u tasAou oeS"hi n'I
strength yxllh Lessons, cumpelled to stand aul
,.o It, ~ sSrrIi II, and vail, t. ard from
r''"c NH'h INV S"'"'n -''' ""' Vs., ~ "'" ''N''
school when she ought tuihc ia hed.
v,c i,.,nn,e. cital by the doctor from his
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lfdri't plt the WHtlcFlh 'l'"I'l N'"t '"'" !"
e.. .uil ic 10 auN othcrNdJ. Hclc d one cf thcur
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entered ,nale n', h,' lil t,.,t ~ ''
!'i l.iit WY .lll, l,''u ,.li.l. ',d .i,',
!" the state Of New ork M me age "t nltcrn
Sn. WAS then fuihc.ontiy Wei de'eloped' ara
a" 1-,a.it%. -,. - 80 80. c,, ,ncni, wcre f,i,iv
e-t.hii4hed she was ambitions "a well as caia-
big, and aimed to be among the nr,t In ihe
,rvs en- Ion that dos not
denote a drety make. but refers 30 a relative
activity oi the nervous svstcm' Sne WIS alW'Ns
r'rrf,iiv sb, nrerarcd f"r them she was ever
fearful lest She should trip u little, and appear
u l'ss adNali 1te thAn sue nopvu; nv "snu @ ~
m" schn,l ySar. inst "a bows do. Shc maid no
more attention to the periodical tides Of her or
ehniltum thsh her yOlhpaillpns anu i'at iva aS
ar at i",st whenever a rtanting recitation was
| the order ~ the hour. Shc soon found, and this
hi-tury - hiNeh 'run Rer TWm i,,,S, e"as ir ~ q
| rrriting produced an extraordinary physical re-
! SUIT. The attendant anxiety aud excitement re-
IaATu 'le siuives III 'to & end d,cr",ir.j
! hrm0rhage as the conc6nitant OF "A recitation.
Subjected To the inueNible rules ot the sIhonl,
ond ",,mT ~ - r ',,Sn nj y.n,n Sic inesnIo,islv
protected herself against exposure, and went oii
ihicAeciually le,dlh- u, .ollpnl lo,i' anu ply ~,
,,,', G,,, win n rr,tif in'r rcu1rt from her
! teachers, and ple cheeks and avaricty Of aches
| Her parents were pleased ana pernHps a nWt,r HUE
snT'c,"h,t ,vcrwnrl,c cJ nosst,iy and so he l,aye
nor a frfn amonv the mGtft.taius aud "A week uf