Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-11
Advice TO SchOOlma'ams.


In an address to schoolmiStresSes at Gin
cinnati. the Rev. Mayo said. If YOU would
awaken the love of beauty in Your children.
YOU must in come way be beautiful YOUR
self. And every true woman knows she
has If in her 10 he supremely lovely to
somebody. Children 90 deeper than the
outer face or form. and feel by subtle
E,agnetism the clIildlike love. trust and
confidence in the soul of their teacher.
Thus your school-kecping may become the
!oftiest university TO You, for there You
are compelled to take yourself in hand and
put yourself in communion with the heart
and mind of childhood aS the prime con-
dition of success. II is true there are peo-
pie who by nature are endowed with the
Gift of being beautiful To children. 'Oh,
what lovely schoolma an we've got =
shouted Il little girl TO me at noon of the
first day of the new term Pretty soon
along came the new angel. seemingly q
very plan young WOMAN in curls, till Il
merry glance launched from her eve. like
Il shaft of sunshine from a loophole in a
baStion of gray clouds. tr;,nsfiXed her little
tdmirer perched on the garden wall. and
made one grave man sigh for the old days
Of school life again The plain Young
Schoolma am in curl> had a heart full of
precious things for little Nell, and all the
other little folks over in the red school
house, and they knew ii by instinct. How
often the children will leave the parlor.
with its grand furnishings and polite COM
panv. for the kitchen, TO hang about the
cook. the man of all work. or some old
codger OF a sam Lawson, who draws the
children of a village after him like the
train of a comet. They recognize the
childlike spirit under Bridget's rough. red
arms. and Sans dilapidatei hat and follow
it as the most beautiful thing they know.
You may not be gifted with this attractive
power which lays hold on children in this
irresistible way, but something of it is
given to the dullest soul that is born into
the flesh, and it is one of the deep myste-
ries of our spiritual life that we AL. by toll
and conservation, and watching the WAYS
of Providence, so get into accord with
nature and the Holy Spirit that we may
become reconstructed into the image of
whatsoever high and holy thing We most
admire. And in proportion As YOU ale
what every young woman who deals with
chi ldren should be, you cannot help be-
coming lovely To them. Gods WAY of ed
ucating us into refinement of soul and life,
is to compel us to look upon and live with
one who is to be I daily revelation of grace
and nobility. SO in these deep places of
the spirit and in the daily life of the
school room, You are awaking 4 faculty
for appreciation of beauty. without which
all outward training and beautiful sur
roundihg> leave the child like wild beast
in Il flower garden. or the man and woman
like pair of savages in the palace builded
by his money and degraded by her vul-
garity. Once awakened, this love for
beauty will permeate every trait Of char
acter and adorn every act of life. as the
soft dampness of the old English air dress
es up the roughest hedge into a fiutterlng
bank of blossoms. carpets the stone walls
all over the We>tmoorland hills with
the tenderest ferns. and wells the ugliness
of the crookedest stick dropped by the
wayside with a garment of the most deli
cate green. This is - an art culture that
is practicable for every child; the art of
loving beauty and beautiful people and OBJ
jects in nature and life. If this feeling of
beauty can be once aroused in the souls
of this generation of school boys and girls,
used bv the loveliness of the Young peo-
pie set 10 teach and train them in the COM
mon school. we shall have the possibility
of all desired growth not only in the arts
tic work of the hand. but in the higher
realm of refined manners and a society al
WAYS nearing the golden rule
If You wish TO qualify Your daughter for
earning good living for herself, don't try
to make her a music teacher unless she
has talents in that direction far above the
average. Don't fancy You can make her
an artist. or expect her to always find
good paving school ready TO her hand if
she sets ont To he Il teacher.
There i one of the fine arts" in wo-
mans line of business which is very much
neglected. but which many are now-a- -davs
finding very profitable. 1t is the art of
the laundreSs. The higher walks of this
profession are not crowded. and the eX-
Iui>te artist in muslin and lace and fine
embroidery are able TO command almost
any price they choose to ask. When a
dollar and Il half is charged for - freshen-
inc up a puffed white i;leket, and dresses
and other garments in the same proper
ton. no wonder that our modern laundres-
SeS are able to own their own houses and
with 1.-The fruit of their hands TO plant 4
vineyard" or n peach orchard. which is
quite a> much to the purpose. \ preju-
dice exists against this sort of work aS 4
means of gaining a livelihood. but it is
not nearly aS f:itiguin@ and wearing 10 the
nervous system as teaching. or rs un-
healthful and conlining aS needlework-
With all the modern Improvements the
washing is Il slight matter. and ironing is
reduced to science. 1t may be carried
on in 4 cool room. the heating apparatus
being placed in an adjoining one. and if
the ironer is wise she will have a table SO
fashioned that the work can much of it be
done sitting down. The basket of ruffies
and laces should bc well picked out be-
fore the irons are heated. and may be done
ut ones leisure seated in an easy chair in
Il cool room.
This work is especially paying in towns
of summer resort. People will come ont
to enjoy themselves. with their trunks
crushed full of furbelows. which take
skillful labor and much of it to keep in
presentable order, for draggled, crumpled
finery is far below plain hem in point of
taste, OF elegance.
If your daughters never have occasion
to earn 4 dollar, yet this art is one that
will add largely to their comfort and con-
venience as they 90 along through life. 1t
gives young lady a feeling of independ-
ence to know that, if Bridget is surly and
mother is i'll or busy, she can get up her
white Waists or her pretty rullieS. or even
a linen or cam3ric suit, in as handsome 4
stvle rs the best OF them. She never need
stay home from n picnic or an evening
visit because she has nothing done up"
that is fit to wear. She can lend a
hand,' in an emergency. TO mother. or
any other dear friend in need. and be a
real help to them. The washing and
ironing are usually the bugbear in any
household, but where all are trained to
help and the best of modern conveniences
provided, it ceases to be such a dread.
Many hands make labor light, and modern
Improvement has relieved greatly the
hardest drudgery of woman's work.-N.
E. Fdrmer.
Much has already been said. but not too
much, on the necessity of 4 good supply
of fresh air in the sick room. DR. Hamp-
ton of Paris has recently published a pa