Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-12-10

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Almost entirely from our mothers. While
the father works, the mother teaches. She
opens our eyes to see, and cur minds to
understand. The germs OF good or evil
she first plants into our souls. The home
aud the nursery are the first school, aud
the mother is its genius. What, then,
should our girls learn to fit them for this
positionT They should learn the dignity
OF work. Our girls need a just understand
ing of this dignity of work The greatest
danger of woman in this country is the
emptiness of her daily life. Some regular
occupation Is absolutely needed. In sem
mary he had once visited there was
young lady who had become proficient In
the higher mathematics. ! He supposed
that the calculus would be of very little
practical Use to her in future life. But
that young lady would look down with
contempt on those whose lives had been
passed In emptiness while she had been
working. But rather than mathematics he
would recommend AS a pursuit music, or
painting, or caring for the poor In hoSpi
tals And woman after having thus dis
ciplned her mind. can then discipline her
chIldren's minds. In one respect he did
not wish to be misunderstood. A woman's )
education should not be wholly directed
to the duties of married life, for he recoy-
nized the necessity that some women must
i've alone. But the most important, the
most noble, the most efficient work u
woman can do is in the family. A moth
er education Is at The basis of society. -,
WHERE OUR POLITICAL EVILS BEGIN.
We denounce the prevaent corruption in
nigh places. But to apply the true remedy we
must touch the seat of the disease, and these
evils are not political in their growth They
are produced by that levity Of thinking IN our
times winch Is calculated to obscure the dis
tiuction between right and wrong. These evils
begin IN the family, but they react upon soce-
ty. and the only remedy which promises size
cess Is renovation Of our domestic life. lie re-
pcattd, woman was the centre of luxury, and
she was also the centre Of social virtues. And
so 1t Is Of the most vital importance not only to
the individual family but to the welfare of soci-
ely that We should have wise mothers tie re-
pctted, rs woman understood and fulfilled her
duty she would be the good or vii geniu. of
society, and all her influence for good she can
exercise upon the alton as well Is UP IN her
family. Her influence was not exactly the
same aS that Of members of Congress but il il
more powerful than that of man ever has been
or can be. Applause. The educator should
also teach some light form OF endowment If
we want to form correct estima of Il man
look AT his pleasures. The pleasures which
we natuI ally enjoy. or which education teaches
Us 10 enjoy are characteristic. There is in the
soul AN inexhaustible longing for relief from it,
severe occupations. This explains the great
liking 50 many people have for Intoxicating
drink. They use 1t rs a form Of reaxati on
They nnd relief from their daily tolls in slim
ulint which makes them forget their surround
inss. There are those who des re TO prevent
thi$ crime by prohibitory laws. But those who
want liquor contrive 10 procure IL in some way
We have had this experience in many Of our
States and cities. The true preventive course
Is to supply in some way the relaxation which
YOU took away. 1t the Western crusaders had
tried this, they would have achieved a far
greater success. There are countries where
the Use of stimulants is far greater than here,
but at the same time the evil results are much
smaller. II Is where the drinker i accompan-
led by his family who participate in hi, pleas
."eS Tho husband aSiHSs, but ~ thu came
tln ne shrinks nom appearing Intoxicated be-
lore his family. And So the evil effects of the
drink are cou, teracted by the other pIra.,,rr.
III which his family participate and also bv mis-
restraint. II the use Of strong drink i TO b,.
eradicAed some form Of popular amusement
must be introduced to supply its loss; and il
thr temperance people. who had his hearty
support would only take the hiut. they might
accomplish great results But one thing can
be depended upon-you will always fail If Won
Try TO ttr'e people into Temperance. In such
ways a. came within the reach of the people
generally. the lecturer recomme pded an aIslre-
cihtlon OF art as a source of pure enjoy ymerit -
IN appreciation and encouragement OF the
beautiful IN art demanded educational training
nut by such training millions would ba drawn
within charmed circle. This he said was e,-
peclaiiv the case in regard TO music. The lyre
of Orpheus still exercised its old SWAY over ibe
human heart. Music could be translated into
WoFu>. anu every man carried in his own hear
Tue dictionary which helped to its interpreta-
uoh, FROM me harmony Of musical sounds
nobody could have any wrony for only The
words TO which il was sometimes allied g,ye il
any evil Let the most fAsciviods Of OAenbach'.
operas be strip ed of the text. and although il
might appear frivolous and triti,ng, it spoke
nothing that was ell. Music was the voice of
the unspeakablc, the color Of the invisible IL
was source Of endowment, recreation. ami
pressure, and he held that no city should be
without pubic parks and gardens in which
open mr. concert. would be provided. He sug-
ge,ted also that halls should be provided in the
Winter In which musical entertainments, might
be given. averring, that in his opinion. The
wealth OF rich men would be much better ex-
pended than i'll the endowment of missionary
societies for the conversion OF the heathen in
the South Sea Islands. The attractions of
hOme-life h. also relied on, AS the nursery Of
domestic happiness which made good fathers.
good brothers. and great nations. There is no
one Kind Of recreation which consists in the
cultivation of the beautiful but is very nearly
re'ateG 10 II Ia describing that modest home
SAID something of collector of butterflies
some philosopher SAID, happy the man who
PAD hobby or course, by the word hobby
he could not have meant that any man should
pursue any subject in the extreme. But that
uiaI was INFINITELY more happy who could, af-
ter ms ordinary occupations, devote his leisure
TO the pursuit of some branch of knowledge
"hich called forth In him new freshness Of soul
and temper, than those millionaires who have
u cast about them every day to find something
ne" 70 occupy them. tie was not only hap
PEI but hc Vas also q better man The catch
Ing and classifying of butterflies and bug,
might seem somewhat of useless profession,
Dut very valuable discoveries had been made
Dy men In the pursuit Of some such habits
Ana such pursuits could scarcely fail to have a
purifying and elevating influence; aud among
those who devote their leisure to such occupa-
tion- they would scarcely ever find a really
bad man. He did not 20 so far as to say that
we could reform our criminals BY teaching
inem TO cttch butterflies but he would say that
II many OF them had cultivated taste for some
such Innocent recreations they might have
been kept from falling into those vices which
brought them to the Penite ntiary. The lectur-
er then referred to horticulture-the raising OF
nowers-as pursuit which always tends to
refinement in tiose who undertake it. Expert
mental chemistry was also useful as well AS
AN entertaining pursuit. He knew of a royal
hopse In Europe in which every prince was
taught some branch of labor, such as carpen-
u,i mf, machine making, or some other trad..-
Those might seen. very small occupations for
Pri zee. but there were other countries whose
heirs to the throne would be looked upon with
much more confidence had they been watch.
makers, inste Of running after ballet dancers.
The Speaker concluded by saying that he would
have been particularly glad to have spoken up-
on moral education, but he could not sttempt
It then. His object had been to call attenti IN
to simple early education. The education Of
the female sex should include the. teaching of
how to keep homes pure and good, And edIca-
tors should fit Us for the enjoyment of those
pleasures which make US les selttsh. If he
had succeeded in awakening amQn9 his hearers
an appreeiati N Of these facts, hefelt the hour
had not been spent in vain.
Amber ornaments are once more
coming into vogue. As 10 well known,