Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-22
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polished boots and vanished speech, who,
e you look not at the exterior, but the interior
n that is to say, at what is reserved for tn
t wife, is nothing but stupid joist, dark
haunted, violent by impure and debauche
t passions the sign-post of tavern.-Victo
t Hugo.
Perhaps love is never so potent as when
seizes upon those who have passed their frs
: youth, or even those who have passed tn
prime Of life. The choice made Is then like
; ly to be thoroughly suited to the nature O
the man ; and any intellectual gifts on tn,
: part of the woman are likely to be more at
tractlvc to n man of this age than younge
person. Besides, there is a feeling that a.
: life is not likely to be very long, this lat,
love is the last thing to be clung to; anC
that after it, should it be lost, all will bt
desolation.-Arthm Helps.
The Rev. j. F. W. Ware, in his lecture,
on 'The Conduct of Life,' speaking of mar
rage said "A young man in making hi,
choice should seek a woman lovable for all
things, and not woman to be igure-head
Tor an establishment. Young men often make
1t an excuse for not marrying that they can
not bear the expense, and this matter of ex-
travagance is responsible for the modern in
stitutlon of bachelor life, than which there i
nothing more prophetic Of death to manly
virtues and rugged character A man had
better make his will and cut his throat at
once than marry giddy, fashionable fool
but II he wants woman to stand by him as
sharcr alike Of his joys and troubles, then is
the plea of expense groundleSs.'
Are weakness of body and mind. help
lesSneSS. shall0wness ofthought and knowl-
edge, friyoltv of taste and pursuit. absorn-
tion in the art Of men-peasinr.-are these.
indeed the essential characteristics Of
womanhood. and is she who combines them
the type Of the
Perfect woman no,,lv nl,rro3
To cheer, to comfort to command
We ,nrst 1,cl. r,r u,o ,,,.,,,o. -.,,..,,,.I...
deener than rho surface and conycnt;onai Vent ,,,,
rplts oC snc;ot,, al r,o;r,, ,o ,bo -
tion of tbincs AK ourselves What srec;al
function. ,,-,,,,o,, I,. - ,,or,or,,, :, IL
| world a. p ro,n,, o,ort crnr tho f,rc,;,rs
common =, I'M bnman heinrs in ,irtnc ~
their bnman;tv That function i motber-
bonI /, ! ~ bo- ,n''.ta-l;nsss ,I,o. We rrJ
her woronIirc.s Sbc ,,ov not h.. or cycr
/ lecome n ,notbcr b,, sbc co,rot bo , nov
fect y-,n,o,, ,,,Io.- ~, -, ,li .be ~;
| L,tc. ,,I;sl, -. -, -. r1,+Lorl,',,i
What tbcr o-o H. i.,tr;I.n,e.9 F;r-, ~,
/ the list sto,5s ,c,Jo-,os. tho mother must
.l,orc oil ,I;a,., L. -. an5 ,;,;GI Gov
her lore i H., bi,,b', 80 ~ b,,iar ,crde--
ness ,be trucst s7,nI,ol ~ tho cID;yine Ncyt
comes strenrtL The mother mnst hc stron,
and boaI,Lr,i e. how so'sI'aW sbo ,-D,.r,
ond ,Ga h,I,ia t., I;,',;,', r, 80
Slc ,,,'., D.. ,.,,r, r,t ,l,, ,r;tI 10 nnr;,,,
wbict tno,ir., e,T ojL6rs -, fnr / .bs
nnt Tho rerre7crtatire N ber children If
Di,;,, ,....;,,.5 g. -. L., -. f,- ;c
bc- ID, er,J ,bo;- - =, bo- Jec.ired
in ,,b.,,n' ol.o vii ,bcr bo,. f,itL9 SJ'c
,np.t ~, , l,rer and ,,-o,rotcr of orler for
orj,r y, ,l,e ta1,il,- i IiteIaw in tbe Stste
without il there i5 only anarchy and confi-
Sion. Sbe mpst be in:t for children have
a keen sense of justice. and viii pay respect
iul and cheerful obedience only to the rule
they feel to be Just. She must be seli-con-
trolling and selt-iorcettins for she cannot
rule her children unless she can rule herself.
and she cannot have that perfect sympathy
with them that shares and lives in their life,
unless She can forget herself. She must
have high ideal for how else shall she in
spire her children with the love and worship
OF goodness. justice and beauty transcend
IN that Of earth2 And, tinally, she must be
crowned with wisdom for her love must
give light aS well a. warmth she must be
able t. guide as well as 70 cherish. This i
the type Of the perfect mother, and there
fore il i the type of the perfect woman.
Here, then. we have the standard we wanted,
and may lay down aS the rule, whose ap-
phcaiion admits no exception, that whatever
action, pursuit or profession Is incompatible
with this type l. unwomanIy ha'e'er
habits of life. or methods of education, tend
rather to represN than to cultivate those at
tributes OF perfect womaniiness-tenderneSs,
strength. purity, truth, justice. oble IDEAL
ism, order and wisdom-is wrong course,
and radically faulty method OF education.-
Frascr'S Magazine.
1r.t,-o =. , ,..-.,,.-,- ;,, tho vr,rJ ,rber,.
-. .,,l -,..,o,, o,,,bt N l,e ;nc,lco,ed
,,.I;,.oI -, ~, ~. ,ort or tho vorD,,
49,, - al ~, He ,,rt o- erers7
.,,,, .,,,,rI - ,noriIv intsllectnallv cr
,-;r;..,aii,- .,,r,or;,r II i tbis wberc iii the
L,li,, ;. ;a,,it,it;,,s and ;5eos FOND towards
,ifallart;ro and denocrnti,, enpalitv AT
-. III ,re t,,J;tion in ali ar,es If resrect-
Il bfrf YgofH Iv- a.
- l,,. t6e low n rho birb nv the icnorant
:, ,bo c,,It;ro,e5 bv the 6elnless and dozen
a., ., ,ba;. ,,-',,o-,,,. and rrnvi5ers
T,Jonbtedlr in the Old World idea Of su-
,,erior;ty tbere was much that was objection
dtIo ori;torv and the merc result of caste
s,,irit but in our e,cerness tn get rid of the
,,ii;,l.s'l,,o., ,,,5 ;,;nstice have we NOT l,st
IL ,c tho ,r1orir;r,, nrincinle which rec
o,,,,;,e. obl;,,tinp seeIS IN honor cooIne-s.
o-,J ,,a,-, a ;nst boma,,c to inability of nurpos,
al a,.;;;,,5
~ Tl,c ,,a,, tlot i c,nable of reverence *
,,.,rtI,. NJ ros,,oct II nres,,,roses an innate
tr,tL onJ ,prrcci,tion ,,bbicb roes far To
s,r,i,- Tho ,,islii,le oIsenc a of tho b;cber in
tciidle;naI rd,rors and facr Iti,ss while added
:, H. IL ,,;rcs ,be charm of modcstv nm
s,If.,bro,. no obscrc, ,f Which ,o briliiancv
e ,,a,,,l ,,;r,., o,,, o,o,c r,r Ent we are
e,.t ,et,;n;, iii not onlv oC all 70 -crence for
H. III bir55 anJ bol, an} socreI hn-t of com
80 t,,rorls tLo.o IN ,rhon, we are
mnJor I tbo bi,,bost obl;gotions Tbe bov who
: ,an,,bt a. be i inst as ..cood os any
IA. : n,I ,n,ot Lo,ter tb,r aS9rtb; NO that
no. r-ocoied lin, scog. At III fatL, n bul-
i,a. f. n,a,Lor ahnso. tbos. ,rho ave -, weaker
tb.r himself and rccorniz,- himself As no
No.. JaL+or l., ,l,ot "a c,r tho b,r9Isi
Uot Ul, better Than he sbo5Id he tanght +, res
os. ,'os - anS hon"r ''' tLo LaIt an1 the 1nhiet-
those who have lived. those who have
thought. those who have written. those who
have in any way sacrificed themselves for
him or added to that SUN of the world : ach-
ieycments of which he stands as the repre-
sentative. but to which he has not vet contri-
buted ANYTHING?
Republics are nroyerbaIly ungratc(nl. but
the ingratitude is not alone nationalc rae
teristie il penetrntos the remotest recc. ses
of our modern society. and clouds the better
qualities when distinguish its members rs
individuals. Admiration for the good. rec
ognition of service, are oyertoppedby jealou usy