The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-12-31
GENERAL READING.
sCmURz AND THE GIRLS.
The Senator'S Views ON dhe WI
sion of Women.
From the New York Times.J

Dir. Carl SchuTZ, IN his lecture 81
educational problems, the other night
said some very sensible, if rather til
things, on the subject of the educatl0i
of women. Our correspondents on tn
marriage and house keeping questions
might perhaps wisely give them attention
That the home is the centre of the BET
social influences, that women finds he
truest sprere there that the cultivatiOE
of the domestic virtues is of the hlghes
advantages to the individual and II
society, that girls education should gB
such as to make her fit wife and motn@
all these propositions will hardly fan q
obtaining general assent; and when e
mind the fact that all girls are moi sure q
becoming wives, and that many OF tfenl
will have to depend for their support, ~
years or for life, entirely on their own
exersions, declares his readiness to open
to them every avUcation for which then
physical and mental constitution adapts
them, he expresses also the average opln-
ion. Nor will he find many to object e
his declaration that mo system q
education should stimulate in woman
the desire to work her way threugh@iI1e
independently and alone" When he says
too, that he regards it as 1.-THE calling
Of women to get married" he puts, III 4
form of which, perhaps, they may
reasonably feel repugnace, the real
feeling of the vast majority of women.
They do not wish ''to remain alone nor
to "work their way through life. indepen-
IDENTIFY" 1t is a harship to ninety-nine
women in a hundred to have themselves
alone to depend on, whether rich or poor.
Happy marriage is the end to which a
good woman looks forward in life as the
summit of her ambition and it would be
hard for any system of education to
overthrow the law of her being. But
marriage being a matter of uncertainty
to many women, it becomes a grave
question to them what shall be their
occupations for mere resource, or to gain
a livelihood. The city has enough silly,
useless, extravagant, and vain girls, as we
all know, but it has more young men
who are fonder of hanging about bar
rooms, clubs, billiard saloons, and worse
places, than of remaining at home IN the
society of good and charming women.
And against the sensible and industrious
young men we can easily put an equal
array of thoughtful and cultivated girls
whose occupations are of the best sort.
So much has been written of in criticism
of girls that it is only to speak of facts
that are within the experience of every
man.
The truth is, city and country are full
Of girls of superior culture and moral
earnestly engaged in trying to
make the most OF life. This was never so
much the case as it is to-day. Were it
not for these girls, Osgood, Roberts,
Scribuer, Harpers, Appleton, and other
publishers, would find poor return for.
some of their best publications. They are
many of them readers and clever critics,
not only Of novels, which, as Thackeray
says, all women and many men delight IN,
but of literature Of the better sort genrally-
Languages they study more universally
than men, and how proficient they
become, Christern IL Schmidt, and other
importers of foreign books, can bear
abundant evidence Music also is a great
resource to thousands of these girls not
trifling marches and rafting polkas, but
the best of classic music. They may be
encountered any morning hurrylng, music
in hand, TO teacher, and to long and
patient practice. In New York, Boston,
Philadelphia and other cities, they crowd
the musical matinees and chamber
and it may well be doubted if
the best music would have received the
encouragement it required to be success
fully presented, lift had not been for these
gentle critics and enthusiastic listeners.
Others Of them find occupation III
drawing. Leaving out the large number
of girl pupils whom Mr.. Edwin White,
Mrs. Murry and other artist instruct at
their studies, we shall any day find ne y
q hundred industriously at work at the
schools of the academy OF design, where
they carry of many OF the honors and
there are more at the schools at the
Cooper institute. Many girl, too, IS The
actual manager OF her mothers household,
and has full acquired hatart OF executive
control and adoption 10 social clrcum-
stances and occasions which Is one OF the
brightest charms Of q cultivated woman
Ii NAV he asked, what Is the practical
value to girl Of accomplishments Ike
music and painting, or drawing? They
are certainly Of nee IL giving play 10
faculties that otherwise might rust, and
in relieving the tedium of an existence III
which there are not many opportunities
for development. But they do more !;
they open up source of pleasure to
themselves and others, in cultivatlng the
eve and ear, that will last through life,
and in many instances they prepare
women for occupations by which
they may, and do, gain their liveIl-
hood.
Writing affords another resource, both
of pleasure and profit. The trouble Is
that most women, like most men, do not
understand that writing is as much of a
trade as blacksmithing, that genius,
or fancy, or even thought, is not enough,
but that skill of the pen, as with the
pencil, must be acquired by long practice
and after many failures. Vet the fact is
open to every ones confirmation that a
large share, we should say, full one-halt
of the work in our magazines Is done by
women, and some of the best of it too,
The literary capacity OF many girls In
secluded country houses Is surprising,
and it has its counterpart 1t that Of many
iother girls who write on perfumed paper
II hurry Hill boudoirs.
That girls like most of these would not
make wives of whom men might well be
proud, and who would be both helpmates
and delightful society, it will be hard to
convince anyone who really knows them.
And they may be found in every country
village.
An energetic lady in Olwein, Ohio,
laments her inability to vote. 'tWhy, il