Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-12-10
the Intellect and the mind should be pre-
pared by proper culture.

the Intellect and the mind should be pre-
pared by proper culture.
AN OPINION ON "oUR GIRLS"
Our girls-he was perfectly aware it
was considered more fashionable to say
young ladies'" but he felt obliged to con.
Tess that he would TAR prefer the plain. SEN
sioie girl to modern young lady Of eight
cen, and he would therefore continue to
say that our girls was not only more ap-
propriate title, but also more compliment
tary. Our girls should know how to or
ganize home. and in the first place they
should be inspired to have a home. lie
hHd tO mention u practice which had be-
come common in these tmes-he meant
the practice Of married couples living III
boarding houses or hotels. This WAS en-
tircly wrong. lie did no, think IL would
be sn exa2geratioL at all to say that
very large p"rportiou of the troubles which
arose IN families was to be traced to
great extent To hotel and ouardiug-hous
lie. lApplause. And why, lie would ask,
was II that b. ardug was 50 frequently re-
sorted to! lu great many cases il may
oe necessary to adopt this mode Of living,
out IN great many other cases IL could
be avoided. Ii was too often resorted to
oecaase SO many young women did not
Know how to manage home AS it Ought
10 De, and therefore avoided il. To make
nome AS 1t ought to be. ii required no
hxed income. but 1t did require that econ
omy. that knowledge which turns small
things TO advantage aud all thugs to their
proper use. Ii did require that taste for
the absence OF which no amount of wealth
could compensate. 1t did require that
temper aud toning OF mind and heart
WHICH Nil nf h..
elcyates the moral tone of everything
around them, and which does more to
make children good and keep men good.
ana 10 hold society III order and to make
people strong. patriotic, and prosperous
'ha'i any other human agency. As all were
aware the untidy household seldom was a
happy home. 1t WAS the source OF many
uuerehces between the husband and wife,
Education should therefore. be directed to
i'icuicate sound opinion, of practical econ
omE. Ii would be a disastrous mistake to
educate girls with the views of max ng
them more attractive than really servicea-
Ole 10 them or 10 others.
ExPENsIvLNEss OF woMAN's DRESS.
Recently lie heard an auecdote which was
very striking. Two youug gentlemen were
iooking AT fashionable ladies prumeuadny
III front OF "A fashionable hotel. One OF
them asked the other why he did not get
narried. ''lou have money enough"
said he, ''to ieed Il wife" Yes" replied
the other. but have not money enough
10 clothc her That language seemed yuI-
gar. but IL fairly expressed the views Of a
large number OF men, aJd those feeling,
must continue 50 long As young ladies con.
slider they must carry more value oul side
than inside. If they wanted to prove the
truth OF this they ueed only go to the club
house aud there they would lind gentlemen
who look upon matrimony as too expen-
sive for them, and who solcmnly resign
themselves TO singleness upon this ac-
count And he would say that when in "A
nation the number of marriages grow less
aud the number OF children declines in
proportion to the number OF marriages,
the nation shows signs OF impending de-
cay. They ail had heard of u Roman mat
ron named Corneia. who, when Roman
iauies VINO w~re~ Sb>ttAs,,,. ticr we're con
versing about the costiIness OF their lew
els. asked her to show hers. That wise
lady went and brought her two sons. and
>aid. These are my jewels" lie feared
There We're many ladies in this country
VINO eenid call IN their jewels aud say
hese are my children. And when th-
haoits of female society becomes 50 luxu-
N'ohy " As 0ItuGtu, lUtIl
indeed ebceiy was upon wrong basis
lie woeid therefore impress IL that, Ia this
respeSt, nothing WAS more important thun
ne proper education OF the female sex
Ihey should be brought up in the kuowl
uSe oil their own true duties of userllues,
III society. Let them receive that traiu-
ing which VIII enable them TO yet a home.
ana INSPIRE them 10 love such a home and
then they will purity the social body from
corruption. Woman is the centre OF social
virtues. When the Old Romans wanted tn
oestow the highest class of praise upon a
Roman matron they said. ..she sit, al
nome spinning" la their estimation no
praise could be higher than this. and our
siris should be taught ta deserve such
praise as wives and mothers. Our girls
should De well instructed IN household
economy Nor should that inst ructiou be
cohiiitd L" mere handiwork. There are
many branches OF scientific Investigation
which are peculiarly suited To them -ucli
is. Tor instance. what kinds Of exercise
are beneficial to children. and the laws of
uisestson and cutrition. The mortality %,
children under five years of aye in our
Nr2e cities Is simply horrible. But how
many OF these tender infants might have
oeeii saved II their mothers had only treat
eu them III accordance with those laws of
health which everybody ought to know be-
cause every body eau know The national
uisease Oh TINS CT untry is dysp, psa Al
thouSh originally merely a disease of the
digestive organs, it renders It's victims mo-
rose and dlsagreeable To the last degree
Tor you know good. thorough dyspep;ic
VIII make any home uncomfortable. Ana
rs uy >pepsia comes from unwholesone
'oou IL Is impossible to say how large a
portion or the laboring classes of our
country might be kept in good health if
on'y our wives we're once thoroughly
taueht that soda biscuits and half-baked
pies are most unfavorable to health Yet
SODA biscuit and sOygy pies are the stapl-
OF food with large classes of people. Then
100, many diseases arise from improper
ventilation. diseases OF the lungs for exam-
pie How many lives mi.ht be saved from
premature decay II our wives and mothers
hau ohiy learned that the human body can
Iot pc healthy in over heated, ill-yentil.
aaeu rooms, aud that thorough ventilation
y Is necessary i'm Summer as in Winter.
ae Threw out these remarks merely as
hlnts. The ruler of the household must
appreciate these things. and to appreciate
them must know something about them.
The mere instinct of love in mother i.
not snfnclent. She must have knowledge
pisoI oiris, therefore, like boys. must be
tauSnt to see, to hear. to learn. and to ac.
quire those habits of mind which should
enable them 10 ill up their daily lives, and
NOT leave them mere blanks of inaslivity.
BUSINESS EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION
Business qualities too. are needed in
household. In the upper classe, OF society,
be knew, 1t was.reckoned Questionable to
DO anything practical. except to go shop
ping. aud that he thought, was about the
most impractical thing he knew of. The.
prided themselves on doing nothing. A
lady of the country had once expressed TO
him her great surprise at having noticed,
while on visit TO the wife Of Prince Pis.
mark. that she went about her house Nth
bunch OF keys at her waist. and person.
ally superintended the affairs OF ner own
In Germany that bunch of
keys is regarded ~ more ornamental than |
splendid diamonds. The diamonds merely