The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1880-06-11

The dead are to be remembered, the liys
ing to Be s1vrd
b fAa!ptlsfs pef4isious and widespread
social evil, IS the false characterization Of
The female Sex. One ot its effects IS seen
IN theft preyalentaversio ~ certain kinds
6f.househdid work. The disreputable la
Dor in the kitchen, the disagreeable
sweeping, busting and dishWashing are.
considered htonlyf for hired sill topper
form. According to the --latest style Of
American young ladies, to become prof-
cient in domestic matters one must simply
learn to put the parlor in order make the
dessert for dinner 81 arrange flowers for
the dining table, but bread-baking, cook
ing, sewing and intending are far removed
from their category Of domestic duties.
Few seem fully TO recognize and keep be-
fore them the fact that women. equally
with men,aare calledspn 70 take. part in
the carcss laters ana Responsibilities of
life, ahdlthat Unless armed with the weap-
ons " sasill, energy tact and strength IN
vain viii Be he struggle against adverse.
eropVstA hses The tendency of the.
neneteenth Century IS far from making.
amazons. athletes Of good,shots of our
young women.
On the contrary the. great problem
with The ,motbeis, IS how 70 shield them
from all hardTships, and enable their
daughters to sit in the parlor with white
hands and slippered feet secure from the
roughsbIasts ofs3 tcilserne hfe3 Thus the
young women Of our land grow delicate,
helpless and ignorant Of the simplest do
mestic duties
3The REMEDY rests mainly With the
mothor. Let the young and susceptible.
mind be. early influenced by. the mothers
example, an example which teaches most.
efficiently. Let the prevailing false no
tons Of what constitutes lady BE feared
ahds1afasd aganist asitlle noxious va
pors which carry the seeds Of an infec-
tious disease. Let the mothers image
which to the childish mind stands out in
the beautyof perfection-let the mater
nal image be engraven on the heart Of
child hood, and as years bring in the full
ness Of youth, brighter and more perfect
will THAT image become, and around its
symmctric form shall at last shine the an
gelic attributes of true womanliness.
Thus may she be taught to set the
greatest value, not upon external beauty
which fades in a few years, but, upon such
virtues as neither time nor circumstances
can destroy, and which will grow in beau
ty and worth when the white hand shall
be wrinkled with age and the delicate.
complexion has lost its loVeliness.
One Of the leading social vanities Of our
age. and nation, finds its. expression in
what nay Be termed class distinction Or
social afigtocracy This vanity has crept
into the minds Of Americans, and gradu-
ally gained tie ascendency until like 4 Ny
rant il binds the chain Of social slavery
round its dcluded victims, II freezes the
social circulation, and stops It's onward
flow through theveills and heart Of So
ciety. 1t turns from its natural course
the electric current Of ssooiability, and
breaks It Up into thousand inefficient
branches. 1t enters and pervades even
our CHURCHES, q 1T Classics and. arranges
the Apews and their occupants. and an
nounces its disagreeable presence in their
stiffnecked, straightlaced, immoyable up
brightness ofpost.,re. Itcreates jealousies,
il splits society into factions and sets,
them in antagonisIn Like The ancient
spirit u cssta Isl whole tendency is
to paralyze the functions Of society,
and thereby produce social stagnation
and disease. II endangers even the sta
bility and life Of our republic BY arraying
the poor against the rich Away then,
with Isudh ddgmatic aristocracy as would
dwarf and deaden' the. social branch 81
human nature that branch .of all the
most beautiful and essential, and which
catcbesthe descending dews Of Heaven
upon. It's foliage. gives moisture to the
famished roots Of the tree and helps to
riPen its blossoms into the golden fruits
ola joyous life.
In ancient time there, lived a man pos
sessetIof noble mind aud sonI Upon his
marble brow there seemed written all
the beautifying and benign attributes Of