The New York herald., 1874-12-08

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maliy constituted girls. Is not to be found simply
In the ambition. natural or cultivated, to beco ne
any more than 1t should be found ior bows In the
corresponding ambition 10 become good husbands
fying adjective Is concerned. would bear isyfins a
little more stress upon In many cases. But. re-
healthully constituted girls without coming 10
know that their creator has wisely endowed them
M o n ana
ana the desire for the full and rightfui
exercise and recoenition OF both. The .'cinglng
ness for good results. and Its Jolly. 10 mans; and
II would be well for him 10 ponder more deeply
that II his attempC TO enforce this theory on the
woman OF to-day. who has ontGrown It ana gained
courage 10 claim her birthrght OF respect and
recognition OF her individual existence that Is the
chlei cause OF the growing dislnciination OF
tnoughtui women. the very women VINO would
make the best homes. to marriage. With all the
claim In some relations well founded, that the
woman, / say distinctly that the proportion OF
American husbands who show proper respect and
70 ns wives Is lar rom oenS the e
refer 10 TINS with somewhat more Of detail In no.
ticing another portion OF your lecture.
The second grave reason why a woman's educa-
tlon should not only H. her for Independence. but
Should stimulate her desire for ability to walk
rihy ard noblv alone, IS a double one. Such
stlmuiant and desire viii never hinder woman
who truly loves the man VINO loves her from mar:
being being called called "old maid and '1 it viii il make make
worth OF the men they marry IL will necessltate
and stimulate among the majority OF young men
.an ambition ana endeavOr Tor higher standard
OF character. nobIer and wOrthier MANHOOD.
The greater number OF them want TO be masters
terms sy pce tue cgSs on vine
theory. because IT better suits their selfindulgence
to maye some some pretty girl whom they admire say
OF remaining unmarried. than It does TO nt
themselves Tor commanding the respect ana love
our Republic more needs than high standard OF
manhood by all means give US the very system OF
statesman as you are. should know better than
"not to believe ln'
And the third reason Is akin to the second. We
want WISER nooler. . better Republic. But the
State cannot be better than It's citizens make II.
4 And we cannot have wiser and nobler and better
/ sons OF the Republic without having mothers TO
make them such. And this can only be by seeing
to 1t that the education OF our women IS such as
to ut them Tor exercising wisdom, a spirit and
4 an influence IN their households that shall make
their sons reverence them And, while we have
more or less OF protecting love OF sons for
! their mothers we have very little Of this rever-
ence Ior them among us to-day. How should it ex-
list when sons grow up to see their fathers, how
| ever much they may profess to love their wives,
treating their opinions on subjects o. great weight
while they hear from wise men that "w0mans
sphere is home" and see in their own homes tnat
the said sphere Is limited to "making Things COM
| Portable" and "loOKing alter the little ones"-by
no means extending to the taking OF wise counsel
guiding ad directing the cnaracrer and HABITS of
growlne-up sonsl Aow should IT exist While sons
beng honored aud trusted partners OF their hus-
bands' interests, must ask for all the money
account Tor It, not rs partners but as dependents
and Interiors?
economS WHICH You owen upon as necessary 10
happy homes until they have the requisite knowl.
edge AND TO O. Which END a yGS "a. WIN
ton to comprehension OF the fact that every
wife has right to know her husbands business
standing, and the amount he can rlghtlully spare
for the household: and to have that amount placed
in her hands at regular intervals, with partners,
81 ne sm Ana you viii
have to educate these same men also to knowl
% er
1Or all expenses, and be taught by experience to
81 nsy s 70
make nome," oi which you speak. u, as you
ii her sS n rankes
tue iaulJ Of man IN compelling business ignorance
upon an m ~ aad
out by simply opening occupations for her and
teaching ner trades, out BY the system Of educa-
pendence and TO demanding. as aiike her right
and duty in her home. the Knowledge, the trust
from her.
You instance a conversation which you recently
extravaganza OF women In dress prevents men
from marrying. In great many more cases II is
their their own injuries or the sake Or a wlie and
home. And It III becomes them to rail- against the
reason lor remaining single until they are in the
habit Of paylng the same attention to Q plainly
robed in silks and lacss and resplendeni in Jewels
that really oe1t only . wealthy dowager. y Is
women won m" dress Ire ' not for {" them. but for each
other; but every woman who mas
ssores the mpy
girl Is the one who receives the attentions OF the
men. Eacn OF the men VINO talk OF the extrava'
gance OF woman'S dress IL exacting in his un-
spoken but unmistakable demand that the woman
he waits upon shall be rs well dressed as any other
The exlravaeance u Women, Of which men COM
plain as dererring from marriage, is due 70 men:
Tue wisdom and economy, the tone and temper,
which are needed to make home, cannot be
widely attained until men are educated TO give
IN the household. and women are educated TO de-
The Republlc viii never be any better than it is
generations-are brought up to higher
ans5a os9 nd ,os h coaaSa
that our system Of education for women
shall SO stimulate them to independence tnat
not based upon noble and worthy rove, anil IN
which they snail have the assurance o. their right
ful respect and reverence as wives and mothers.
THIS letter would grow too long # did much
more tnan refer 70 the one point in regard 10
10 ns case OF e ae on0 sSa
and give instances of the ease with wuicn
very young children sometimes ACQUIRE dlnerent
more knowledge can be impaired at very cary
age, without injury 10 the CHILD Than Is generally
deemed posi- lDle." lcannot close THIS letter With
out embodyng IN 1t q serious and earnest protest
against the opinion set orLn IN the latter clause
OF tDat sentence. somewhat extended observa-
ton and inquiry into that very subject i0r years
leads me TO the decided belief rnat when much
knowledge is impaired at a very early age. no
matter how natural tae method OF instruction, or
how carefully any apparent forcing Of the brain
is avoided. the resultant injury is always present.
even though 1t may not show Itself seriously IN
childhood. ana although II Is often attributed IN
late lie. when II has become apparent TO what
physicians call secondary causes. My personal
knowledge OF the most admirably orpanlzed '1n-
fant schoolo have ever known. IN which no APP
parent brain forcing WAS practised or permitted,
ia es back 10 my third year when was regularly
enrolled as one OF its pupils. The alter history or
many oi my classmates IN that school, and my In
dividual experience, has stimulated the observa-
tion and inquiry OF which have spoken. and the
total result Of such inquiry would make me feel