The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-12-03

| persons rather than in their minds anC
: hearts, bachelors would increase and mar
riages would daily grow less. Applause.
! The lecturer related the anecdote of ths
: grand Roman matron, Cornelia, who
dlsdainlng gems, aud pointing to hel
: bright and happy children, There
are my jewels" she said. Great ap
J plause. Woman had ever been the centre
: of luxury. In this age she was more so,
perhaps, than in any other. She might
} be very attractive to the beau, but was q
terror to the husband. Applause. ]
Girls ought to be discouraged In extrava,
gance and encouraged in frugality, par
ticularly in the line of dress. This was
the great evil. When the marriage In
stitution declined, population, and conse-
quently the nation declined. This was a
law of nature. Girls should be taught to
be useful, for the more useful woman
was the more ornamental she was too.
When Roman statesmen wished to COM
pliment some splendid matron they said,
tShe is at home spinning" Young Ia
dies should be taught that honest work
| was not degrading, but the reverse.
The lecturer next dwelt on the evils of
American cooking-hot soda buiscuits
and half done pie. There were ten dys-
peptics in America for every one in Eng
land, France or Germany. This could
he ascertained from any medical practi-
toner. Why was this /? Because our
girls wore, in the higher circles of society
at least, taught to look upon housekeeping
as kind Of degradation. They were
taught to do nothing that was practical
unless to do shopping, which was the most
impractical thing they could do. Ap-
plause and laughter. A common boast
was, II have had no occasion to work.
The pride Of a true woman ought to be TO
10 work, even when not compelled to do
so. Some newspaper correspondent had
recently expressed his surprise at finding,
on visiting Germany, the Princess Bis
msrck carrying bunch Of keys at her
waist and attending to the duties of her
household The German people respected
that eminent lady more than if she wore
the same weight of diamonds. Great
applause. Diamonds would only prove
that her husband had money. This bunch
of keys proved that the wife had both
heart and head. Applause. One of.
the greatest evils of women in America
was emptiness of thought-Nothing to do
which interferes with the happiness of
most fashionable women. Napoleon had
once asked lady what should be done to
make France a greater nation than she
was The reply was, "Give the nation
good mothers" That is exactly what
America needed, and the end and aim of
all good people should be to educate the
young generation of females so that they
might be good mothers. They should
be taught how noble it was TO follow the
path Of duty rather than of pleasure, to
abandon the foppery and frippery of flash
ion, and learn 10 rear and educate fami
lies. Applause. 1t would be useless
to try and reform the nation in political
sense, unless there was a higher basis of
female education, which might be con-
veyed to the home circle. It was not by
making woman general or member
of Congress that she WAS to be elevated.
1t was by educating her up to a standard
that would reform the nation, operating
through the social influences. in which
woman has always been, and ever must
remain, more powerful than man. Loud
applause.
The next point touched by the lecturer
was the constant complaint made against
the working classes that they were given
to intoxication. Why was it Because
man would seek relaxation, and because
the reformers, or crusaders, did not sub
stitute something that would wean them
from the old method. But man must
have relaxation, and if the promoters of
temperance would advocate the esta5-
lishment of proper places of amusement,
they would do more to reform the morals
than all their statutes, or hymns, or
prayers could do. Applause. He
threw this out as a well meant hint to the
advocates of temperance. In some Eu-
ropean countries drinking was far more
universal than il America, but there
moderation was practleed, because men
and women mingled arou the wine and
beer tables in the concert halls, and no
German or Frenchman thought of getting
drunk in the presence of his mother or
sweetheart Applause. He said that
millionaires would do more to reform So
eietv if they would grant requests for the !
establishment of gardens and concert
halls. rather than for churches and mis-
sions. [ Applause.
The lecturer then went into dlsserta-
ton on education in general, and rehearsed
by way of recapitulation, the main points
of his discourse, especially advocating the
making Of home light. sunny and cheer
full. He also advocated the cultivation |
Of the beautiful in the minds Of the
young. A German philosopher had once
said "Happy is the man who has
hobby. The expression WAS rather
coarse, but it was correct in fact. Every |
man who had pursuit, a relaxation was |
happy-happier than the dull rich man,
who knew not what to do with his time. I
Collections of butterflies and bugs were
often made a means of amusement, even
by cultivated men. He did not go so |
far as to say criminal could be reformed /
by making him catch bugs and butterflies
laughter; but had that criminal been
taught when young to have taste Tor
some such innocent recreation he might |
avoid the convict's cell.
He said to the business men that they,
too, should have some relaxation-horti-
culture, agriculture, Horticulture, or some /
other branch of industry for leisure
hours. He had no time to go into the
great subject of moral education, which
he was compelled to reserve for another
occasion. If he had been instrumental
in exciting one noble, earnest thought IN
the minds of his audience in the interest
of a reformed system, not alone of gener-
al. but of home education, he would be
deeply grateful. Loud cheering.
AFiqnsnt Bonnet
The new fashions for bonuets are out
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