Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-04-28

lin yoar reform. a. heretofore con.
Quoted; that no ono woman In five
thoueand, especially in what are
called the higher walks Of life, is
fsble 70 support herself, or would
Be allowed By popular sentiment to
do %, were she able. There is a
screw loose somewhere, and very
loose at that. l, for one, am never
rid Of the rattle. Maybe, because
l am the father Of three daughters.
II | had sons, l should be condemn.
ed BY the entire community; stand
convicted at the bar of my own
conscience, if l had not trained
each Of them to some trade or pro.
fessiOn. As it 10, the case stands
thus | may live long enough to
accumulate a fair competency for
each of my girls, \ sum, the inter.
est of which will support her com
fOrtably; for she, being q woman,
will never increase the bulk Of the
principal. My more reasonable
hope is to see her married to an
energetic business maH, or one who
has inherited a fortune and knows
how to take care of it. This &C.
complished, parental responsibility
is supposed to end, 80 far as pro.
vision for the life that now is, goes.
If her husband should fail, or die
a poor man-the Lord help her and
her children-if l cannot!n
He was not talking f1ippantly
now. AS he knocked the ashes from
the tip of his cigar into the crate,
his face was grave to sorrowfulness.
"Our girls have been carefully
educated" said Mrs. Hitler, q little
hurt at the turn the the dialogue
had taken. "In this country a
thorough education is a fortune.
They could set up school,"
"To compete with q thousand
others conducted by those who have
been trained expressly for this pro.
fessiOn; whom constant practice has
made at fat to the ever-changing
modes of instruction and fashiOna.
BILE textbooks. Why, !, whose La,
tin salutatory was praised as
model of classic composition, and
who read Horace, Sallust, and
Levy in the original almost every
day, cannot understand more than
half the quotations spouted in the
court house and at lawyers dinners,
by Youngsters who have learned the
continental method Of pronuncia.
ton. 1 cannot even parse English,
for the very parts Of speech are
disguised under new names. A
noun. substantive is something else,
ali article is pronoun, aud, what
with adjuncts, subjects, and n,Odi.
fiers, stand abashed in the pres.
ence of a ten.year old in the prima-
~ department Of a public school.
Our girls might 60 out as daily
governesses at dollar a day, or
run their chances Of getting music
scholars away from professionals
by Offering lessons at half price.
They are good, intelligent, and in-
dustriOus. l don't deny their sbil.
ity to make bare living, if forced
to do it. l don't believe they
could do more. When the rainy
day comes, He who tempers the
wind to the shOrn lamb, must be
their helper. Let US hope that
day will never dawn. And by way
of additional provision against it,
| must leave you for all hour or
two, to keep an engagement with q
client. Don't let the memory of
our talk depress you. We won't
cross the bridge before We como to
it. Here is odd. Kensington' 10
amuse you. You know, darling,
that | would work braina and fR.
gers to nothing rather than have
you and the lassiet want for 20
much as the --latest thing in neck
ribbons And 20 would any man
who is worthy of the name"
81 know yoS would
The elderly love couple gased into
each others eyes, exchanged .
good bye kiss - fondly - 1t their
partings twenty three years before.
~ could ask no fAirer destiny for
my daughters than has been mine, !"
murmured the mother, resettling
herself in her luxurious chair belore
the sea-cosl FIRE, and putting ont
her hand for the book the thought
ful kindness Of her husband had
provided for her evenings enter
tainmept "But to every prize,
there are % many blanksl IL 10
worse for Q woman to ell hefoelf
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