, 1874-06-28

true, and pity 'tis 'ts true, that our mothers
! were less than our si1es, and our wives are IN
ferior to ourselves. Is there nothing we can CO
| that our sons Sons may be better born ("
Believing that the admission OF women TO the
suffraca. and an interest in the general work OF
legislation, together with absolute freedom OF
individual choice in occupation, "oulo teno 70
check the narrowness, iucapacity and lrresponsl-
biltv, which many conditions Of their lives now
unfortunately develop, intelligent woman-suf'
fraSists ask the ballot for woman. not only az
wo1nans right, but as a right OF humanity itself.
And for this they must ever toll and hope.
Pros and Cons of Girls Educution.
To.h4 Editor Of The Chicago Tribune:
S1R Said bright girl, wlo, turning over the
books in A library, chsnced on Prof. Bfackie's
little volume.-a yade-mecun for students
III uni7ersities,-" Solf-Culture. Intellectual,
Physical, Moral: II wish somebody would
write q book for schoolgirls, and tell in few
words
WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO TO CULTIVATE OURSELVES.
It is SO ti1esome to wade through eo many dis
oussiops aud then, after all, one doesn't know
what to dol" The remark. delivered as it was
with sigh, and followed By the maiden's choice
Of the last novel in preference to the students
yade. mecum, or to any OF the numerous books
on education and sex at hand beside it, suggested
some thoughts on the mental attitude OF the girl
Of to-day, and the corresponding duties and
difficulties OF her directors and educators.
This smiling, signing, aspiring, groVeing,
this earnest, hopeful, idcaliziug, this disheart-
enod, aimless, reckless girl Of the period, the
frank, generous, condding schoolgirl, with her
grammars, aud geometries, and mystic-albums,
her white muslin graduating "Dia-
mond-Dust" essays. and blue-ripboned diplo-
mas; the society-spoiled, faahion-fettered.
world-wea1ied belle Of the season,-such rs Rhe
is, such Is society makes her. will remake 60
ciety, and what she has 1ecelred will give back q
thousand-fo}d.
It would seem, therefore, not unimportant-
if correct theory be essential to correct prac-
tice--to formulate creed, or at least to join
alliance on some
BROAD BASIS OF PRINCIPLES
suited to tho nineteenth century, concerning the
girls duty and destiny.
The problems are not such as to bo shirked or
lodged from assembly to synod from synod to
church, from church to individual, and again
thrown back by individual on church. society,
fashion. Nor are theygto be settled either by
dogmstic ipsissirna vurba, Ser riptures sacred or
pr o fame, or by lawlesB. defiant contempt for
aH0 pAooNiAA away 34@A3 @-e StAA'&4"e4'o "H'ooAA1
of the centuries IN regard to tho distinctive
functions and diverse duties Of man aud woman.
The craving of tic girls heart for The knowl-
edge of laws which regulate and condition her
physical, intellectual. and moral well-being de-
serves something other than trit8 plautudes
on the domestic virtues; something other
than the 1iippant> fling and sarcastic sneer
at the feminine mind" something
other, too. than the intemperate Trades
aud crude theories OF reckless crusades aud
wonan's-right hobbyist. Every moderate
minded man and woman owes it to society to
come to careful and candid consideration OF
the pros and cons Of the question OF
woIAS's HIGHER EDUCATION
and to set at work less to construct theory
which may At bis or her proconceiyed notions.
or advance personal, party. or sectatian inter
ests,-less to search for arguments to make brill
liant his own victory in the war of opinions and
inglorious his opponents defeats,-than to ind
some ground Of arbitrament, soma basis on
which the combatauts NAV unita in behalf of the
"party" whose interests are Vt stake. The
lump" Of the girls logic to conclusion
practically in favor Of the nove1-reading
type Of existence, though by no means
legitimate "a deduction 10 J. from the premises,
.chteay CLINICAL aud the hermapllroditic and
other uaopstrosities. CT Dr.. Clarke's book Illus
tratiye Of the effects of study aud culture. sup-
1Iemented and emphasized "a thev ara by her
n;n ohseryations on the ontra mannera and &C.
cantririties of many Harmed woman and thu
oreel verdict of society against these eccent71c,
sies when unatoned for by the d1ylna spark of
cnn,rs FsnecialIv ia her timornl&ness IN trv
new ways eIcnsable vhan the warningr to Gnu,
lion. tha nerils of unadyised action. and the dis
coura iuferorities and disabilities of her ser
are urped and enforced by
src11 NAMES AND sUc.1 AUTHORITY
M ;he following.
ro,:.c- (o,,,6nt. uToo rnnch baa heen done
s}raadr in forcing eir1s thronph co1rses of hard
et,sttv and INV f,,rther stens in that f3irection
viii necess;tnfa hos1itals and a.rlums aIonrsida
cr COLLEGES"
Dr' Na,1da1ev in TIM pon,t,o,. Science Month";,
for :I,,ne < It. vii havs 70 ha conaidersaa
whathar woman can scorn da7;ahta anI l;sa
1shor;a-,s Sa.a "~arosa a,'5 rn'
,n.;a, .;tia,t ;.,i9. -. ,ia; f,s.t;..a n.'a ~.
n,iars "a ~ u ~ e.;ias. 10 '1t
wn,,1d ha an IL ,hing r. l. ahnn,5 h.nnan tI.+ ~
eot +na a. .drantares - nuan1;tw ~ fa,n.,e
6ot buo aosAbeoDe9 ~ 9AautltJ VI ae4Aaio