, 1875-08-03
LOCAL LETTERS.
TIE TouS0 WOMAN IN PURSUIT OF ". d. D.

TIE YOUNG WOMAN IN PURSUIT or Y. q. D.
MATHEWS.
10 the Editor Of tho Chfea7o Tribune:
CHICAGO, Aug. ..--rAo middle.aged man who
asserts iu tho last isa 20 Of tho I,epcdrnt Tint
tho Young woman is not a problom easy to
comprehend," is not hItnsolf very difficult to in-
tetprek by tho MD Of hs own article.
ueis very funny man cortn.uly, aud smiles all
along a: bis onn brilliant salos against the poor
"younS woman in pursuit. Of knowledge He
may hayo been within ha personal remembrance
ike tue young man he describes, :" awkward,
aud green aud ha5 5-soedy as to his hair" but ho
is now m "expers" muslo soacllcs, and dash
ing newspaper correspondent withnl.
This wr1ter, With All mir OF great poHti7ene
atIrms that "the young WOMAN tu pursuit OF
knowledge has th1eo peculiar dctlcsoucies."
"The titat is mn Inherent wAnt OF \ mission, or
m intellectual opject III life" " Almost es,tY
boy" 10 says, ~ has an ideal of tho profession ha
would ike to follow" Tho girl Who plaus be-
togo her mind's eye. profession or a certain
nomeuon." Tlsu ho accuses as OF II uns1eatli-
moss at atudy," and dealro 10 mako ali,uaHy
ttno or our schoos-I,ro. all bocauso We haye no
intellectual object" beforc us:.
calls "1iHndy yaassReH tara llcr love Of fine
cIotoeb ant! her iiunl expectation OF hl1atand.'
Wonderful poatuatedl Let the mua!c'tnnstcs
who ties hs new crayat with taata-or ought to
reprOach not a "o.Aans instructive drawing
towards .hings beautiful and good. Let us have
tho credit Of avoiding the s!ossn!lncss Of "the
boy with hay.noady hair" and Of dreassng WITH
becoming neatnoss and taste, aud eyon Ut 70.
luemueriug that NC nave . mission worths Of
oul beHs oiforts to fulfill, without being charged
WITH INABILITY on this account, to perform Our
aass uat esq.,uy M
than that lllere are fops among college boys aud
idlo1s oyesyWhe1e iu c,rc'es Of young men. Our
gontiemaniy essaylnt conclldea q paragraph, Iii
which ho Asserts the impoasibiLsy of leep!ug
soutauce; "6lIe Is . horse. whom having lol to
tue pond, no mortal cnu mako drnh." horse!
Our muslo-inastcr having played l1ls little tunc
those threo strings, viii, variations wolthy Of
| hia sou,uh, closes with = tifadc aghiuss icala!e
so4n1nlsios. Indeed. 1t might DO BurmIscd
that theso ''ttuttcslyo educational in.lln " Aro
the real object againat which he III asmlug
hls Ls1llisnt shat&s, rxther than she poor glris
who resort TO them for instruction. Tho wr1tor
happens 10 have been educated, in part, IN
'a'.es seminary uf good rupaso-.and, I'll part.
"a tbs mixed schools which hlr. IL. pfefera aud
tic coa.pArlsou IL wholly fsyo.abs 10 tue for
mer. both IN respect 10 tile atsannet,ta mato uni
tue skl!l OF the texcharB Employed ;--not for
getting 70 mention that our laoy teachers In
were got up as ,nsssess. both for their skill aud
taste III execution, aud thor grace and pa.iancB
! In giving Instruction.
OF thls mst.or. howesos,-she comparative
InoritA OF tho lNo ByntcuB Ut educatlon mix ID
and aeparhte,-t WAS not my Intention TO writo.
leave all that to bo settled by experienced eau-
Gators and Wise parents, OF to remain unsettled,
to tho choce OF parents, ~ heretofore, =
1t IL not likely that The Magnificent insttt,-
tlous for women reo0ut!y established lii various
parss Of the cnuntry will 10 dowu before tle
faua's horn tust blown In tho I1.dspsndta,
but Ia tho namo OF lO,000 American Ypune
women earnestly struggling for knowltdse IuJ
culture, In female se.uiuaries OF snlxe1 helni-
nartos or 10 sla quiet Ut hone,
| | prutoHt against the sneoring tono which thu
Professor ssBu1ncs III dsoonsBiug Of our "4s.
foIuuc.oa" Il would bo strange. indeed. II
there ,scte not some truth in sucll au article
but It is quito unworthy tho pen of Gentlutnal
to use 4 little truth in cxIrlcasurluE "a1ls
clasa Of young ladies', whose sttns aud notlyet
are ~ worthy " hla owu. A iouN1 woAAa.