The Republican journal., 1883-07-19
The Education Of Women.

Before We can decide what education
our daughters need we must know what
their lives are likely 10 be, and what de-
mands life IS likely to make upon them.
Luckily. we know in the MAN, and the
contingencies are such that we may pro-
vide against them. SO large a proper
ton Of our girls will become wives and
mothers that our only safety lies in Civ
ing all of them proper preparation for the
life Of wives and mothers.
For such life they will need, first of
all. good physical health. 50 certain and
SO imperative is this need, and so surely
mus neglect Of it result in wretchedness,
that inattention to this matter may fairly
he called criminal. Yet in no other par
tculaT. perhaps, is the education of girls
more generally neglected or more fire.
4uently miSdirected. There is not only
too little systematic effort made to edu-
cate girls bodies into supple robustness,
and 10 give stamina and buoyancy to
their constitutions, but there is, too com
mMi}, positive edu alton in III health
-.Eeu to them. Y cry much that is most
tHetliIv done for girls is directly produc-
Itc Nj III health, Weakness, ana want of
stamina. The care given to the complex
iuI., i1r example, by which too many
mothers mean only the WhiteneSs Of the
skin. commonly consists ut restraints
which break down the nervous system,
impair vitality, and invite invaldism.
INNS is uot Il lecture on hl lgiene, and it is
un part vi our purpose t. suggest the
proper bt-Itntc goEernaucc OF girls lives.
Me seek only 10 emphasize the impor-
-auce II proper physical training rs a
necessary part Of the education Of gills.
rs wives and mothers our girls are to
Jt, i'll AddIs"AS phrase, 1.-THE cement Of
society," Without their purity and grace
and Intelligence and good temper, Socic-
Nv would crumble to pieces 1t will be
their task to keep the world sweet and
Wholesome TO create, regulate, and
maintain social intercourse Of a graceful,
profitable kind; to make life worth living.
1t Will be theirs to make homes with the
material means which men furnish; to
tuln mere dWelling-huuses into centres Of
attractive domestic life. pom them
chiefly will. fall the dutI of olndmtnting
life. cultivatin- the worlds taste, keeping
its moral nature alive, and inspiring the
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w0man's case, there may not always be
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