Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-19

where such information can be gained by women
There is another difficulty for the consideration OF
energetic influential women. great change Is
necessary in public opinion before women can ap- |
proach the highest possibilities OF an industrial
career Among the so-called aristOcTacY, the men |
Notwithstanding their wealth are generally work
ing men, but upon the women Of TINS Gas,
civilization, still enforce idleness. In $50
there were IL the United States 1,55oOOO
tending SCHOOL not housekeepers and not engaged
in any gsiniul occupation; The influence OF sneh
Of untold evil in the lowest ranks While expect
ing little from the unyieiding habits OF maturity
nav they rot doY Let women Of competence take
up Industrial pursuits. and they at once sllenee
to such women destinations manifold, while the
arts need them no less. Even precedent is not
wanting The names OF Plantilla Brizio, OF Anna
Maria schurmann, of Mary Moses, Angelica Rauh
and Felicie de Fenvean- stood high alike IN society
were prophetic Of what wOman's hand and brain
should do in after-ume- The paper cohcloueu
with quoting me PSe t i6i Nor seek 10 az leave
thy tending of the vines"
MRS BAscoH's Essay.
The first and one OF the best papers
brought before the congress was written by
Mrs. Emma G. Bascom, of Madison, Wis,
and was read by Miss Abbie w. May. We
give an abstract of this thoughtful and we'll
written essay:
Children are the germ-life of the future. II is
through our children that our best and most per
mauent work must be done. 1t is OF vital lmPor
lance that the claims of children be well under
stood and fully met. Children have. the ught 70
be well. born We do not mean born into wealth
or rank which is often to be iltborn, but born OF
Efctions and so bern into conditions favorable TO
sound physical, mental and moral development
Entailed evils are overcome, 1t at all, with dlfn
Guilty The physical and moral deformiues OF
vicious parentage sweep down the ages with ever
asvI1ns ana corrnpting the home the church and
the state. Indeed there would be no redemption
for men under this law OF increase were u
not that families, nations and races break
down utterly under this entail oil crime IN view
of all these facts il is not too mucn 10 nope
that il will be considered the wsest policy to en-
force sentiments, possibly 10 adopt measures that
will tend to secure this hrst claim OF every
child-good birth. in our public schools one-nalf
of the time now given TO formal knowledge,
might be replaced by instruction concerning laws
of heredity; and later by a presentation OF the
responsibilities Of parentage- when these matters
are better understood We may hope that the rela,
more thoughtiully. Fathers will then less often
blast the lives OF their offspring by the entail OF
vicious habits and uncomfortable appeItes. ne
| time must come when deformed and diseased
children Will no longer curse humanity, ana when
advancement in the truly me art , OF rlgnt
living will be measured by the health ana purity
| of our youth. BY these same laws OF lnheritance
virtues are transmitted Such inheritance Is the
| richest legacy a child receive; and, for the
lack of it no future gifts or opP0rtulaIiues oan
atone The we'll born child can safely suffer WRONGS
| and nriyation meet unframed temptation, Whlle
against degrading vices he is lnWaroly Iofnneu,
SHeh inheritance Is derived from character. These
1 laws of heredity furnish the hi2hest incentives
for living The best possible lives. 1t is along these
lines that God VISITS inc vices % anaTotnn The
Questions of the hour wait solution because tne
good and wise endowed Dy nop 3rsinine cSmnars
lively easy. The first requisite IN parents Is q
knowledge OF mental moral anu ply ian9hte,
i OF many innocents, of much Lifelong lnvaioisi,
etc. for which no alter repentance Oh nSsr
development must oe obeyed, or serious lOS sss
must follow. The child is also emitted not 4ny
Il -aIIf,r hut IN ri
Parents should know how to keep their chlloreen
in health. When through carelessness or neg S,s
genee illness has been induced, they should know
how restore health without recourse 70 aocGol
or drugs, simply by giving an Opportunity Iy
1 forces Plenty of sweet air and sunshine, sim
pie food and proper clothing are INC enc I
l needs of infancy. No ignorant nurses OF io0I'I
| fashions should be allowed to interfere Sim
| piicity should wait on childhood. The wisdom D
The age demands that the clothing OF girls snoulc
be suitable for outdoor life, and that in its severe
planness it should suppress as far as possible ina
psst generations has fostered in woman, always &c
her great detriment and often to her complete rum
should always be laughing or playing OF eating o.
sleeping This is most true OF the first Jour years
| kindergarten may be judiciously mingled will
their play for the next three or teur years. I'M
lion which are TO unfold and enrich mis- social anC
spiritual life Little government is required wheI
mosnS1ere of the home one of love, patience ant
self-denial. The training OF the househ0d sh0uit
4 Unite itself to that oil Inc community. hC
school is a helpful means at TINS point I'll ~.
| moral character is imperative IN teacher
| il. The teacher must have broad menta
| outlook. Children should be protected lion lion
and oyerwork We look upon external stimuli
| as hurtful We deprecate the fostering by Gu
5yaiTv We IyouId Danish prizes from sch DOL ant
college. Lastly the child has right to moral anS
ons aMs and the solution
| religion. The wife and mother requires ontsia
se1 eq bee III She must obtain aH
thority in church and state, that her counsei m
| command the respect of her children. The riches
ministrstons of affection need the support OF IN
telligence. The welfare OF the home calls LOT I'M
/ enlarged social and political power for the mother
| The law of the household is constant concession
| but it must be made for the sake OF each one Wh
| is partaker in it. When manly purity ana We
| manly strength pervade the home, it becomes tn
porch of that temple the primordiai dnsli NJ
| of that kingdom which is built OF Goa ana UNI
| God in the world
Among the other essays read and discussed
| was one by Miss Sewall on "Vacations an
Vacation Schools" in which she showed tina
| crime had decreased twenty-five per cent b.
| reason of the Children's Aid Society; and sh
| closed her very Interesting paper with tn
| statement of her belief that "the ideal vaca
| ton school will be in the country, wher
heart, hand and head all find instruction.
Other excellent papers were: "The Chimes
Question from Woman's Point Of View,
by Mrs. Caroline NJ. Severance, OF Califor
MA "Records and Results of Preceding Con
gresscs," by Mrs. Lita Barney Sayles, o
Connecticut; "Regulatio rs Discriminating IL
Favor of Single Women against Married
Women as Teachers" by Mrs. Mary +. Eos
ter, of Michigan; Comparative Effects oil
Health of Professional, Fashionable and In
dusrisl Life" by DIR. Anna B. French, o
| New York.
The discussion of these papers was con
Quoted in an earnest aud dignifed manner
and the congress, IS we learn from the Port
land Press, made a very deep impression
| upon he people of that city. II, as we car
readily believe, as Mrs. Julia Ward Howe
sayp, "The congress brings new element O.
| interest into every place in which it hold
| its meetings." we shall be much gratitied il
| Memphis is selected its next place o.
| meeting.