Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-07-22
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, have lefs myself small spaee {
speak Of lhr principles snd habits Eeqni
site 10 the development Of ! aeels We
msailsod. Those. hawesef. have beer
suggested in what hase saia already
Ia avoiding The mistakes 10 Which ! have
referred. yoa will b galded ~ chs
right principle 81 eeadaes. let ms
speak very briefly II seme 81 the els'
menss which So 10 make Up bsaallha
womanly character.
The 6rst is industry. Willingness
and ability 10 work lie. - I have sais
s!ready. al the basis Of Ill good eharae.
Der. The moral discipline, the patience
The sieadiness Of purpose, the power e
overcome. thai are gained in work. and
only in work, are just e. necessary e
women as to men; and the girl who i
given no chance Of learning these traits
Is sadly defrauded.
Besides. these ere strong reasons Why
girls ought 70 Be weIl-trainsd 10 ths'
particular kind Of work which they are
most likely 70 be called to perform
"All women, however. situated. " writes
one Of my correspondents. "sbOuld have
q practical knowledge Of manual labor
should know how 10 cook, to purchase
household stores. how TO avoid waste,
how to buy. cut and sew garmentsi how
10 nurse the sick. all these things
should be q part Of thorough educa-
ton, and few women can pass through
lie, no matter what their means or sta
ton, who will not find the time when
such knowledge viii hold others, even
II they personally may get on very well
without IT," So say great many OF
them and il is all true.
II would train my daughter" writes
one, to regard all work. in the broad
est meaning as honorable. Whatever
is necessary to be done is honorable
work for highest and lowest alike"
After industry comes thoroughness.
is not enough to be busy; we ought
10 do yell whatever our hands find to
do, else we may be forced to say what
Hugo Grotius said when he came to
the end: "Alss ] spent my life in la
boriOusly doing nothing" To be thor
ough in study. TO be thorough in all
work, ought 10 be The aim ofevery girl,
not less than Of every boy.
Our methods OF female education
have encouraged superfciality rather
than shoroughness; we have given our
girls smatterings Of many things, and
mastery OF few things. we teach them
little Latin, and little French, and
a little Italian, and little German, and
a little Spanish. and little Eng
lish-prccious little, generally; we give
them few lessons On the piano mot
often too few, however, of these) and
aiew lessons on the organ, and few
on the harp, and a few on the guitar,
and a few. perhaps on the violin or the
banjo, we let them take oil-painting
for quarter, and water-colors for q
quarter and crayons for . quarter, and
China decoration for quarter, and so
on, and the poor things, when they are
done with il all. know little Of every
thing, and not much OF anythlng. Don't
do il girls-life is short and art is long;
you cannot be mattresses Of ell the arts.
Il is better 10 con6ne yourselves to q
single branch and make yourselves pro-
iicient IN that. II il much better 10
say .'This one thing ] do than 10
cay. ''These forty things dabble in"
After thoroughness, independence.
A habit Of relying on your own judge
ment, habit Of thinking for yourself,
and caring for yourself. not selfshly,
but in true womanly fashions habit
of taking responsibility and bearing It
bravely il one oil the habits that women
as well as men need to cultivate. Your
parents ought to give you some chance
to form this habit; it's great mistake
TO shield girl from care. and then. By
and by, when the helpers on whom she
was leaning fall by her side. to leave
her with judgment unframed and pow
ers undiscipIined, to carry the burdens
OF life.
Respect Of character. FOR manhood and
womanhood. more than for money or
rank. or even genius, is another Of the
first lessons that every girl ought to
learn. Virtue. truth, fidelity, these. are
the shining things that every true wo-
man honors. ard she who values above
these coat-of-arms or bank account,
degrades herself. There is silly snob-
berry among some of our girls that Is
he reverse OF lovely. ! see them now
aud then sp1rning association with
worthy young men and women who are
poor, hear them talking in large way
about blue blood, when all the blue
blood that is in their veins flowed into
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