The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-08-28
Tie Education OF Girls.

Tie Education of Girls.
That girl has the best education who
is The most thoroughly qualified to take
care of herself in Il hand to hand fight
with the world, who has :: basis Of good
Judgment practical knowledge, and COM
mon sense, in which to start in her self
sustaining career, who is armed with the
able weapon of trade or profession with
whici, she is familiar, and whose conduct
is governed by exacting principles of
natural integrity. Such girl possesses
n fortune in her own right which no lluc'
tla,iors CT business circles can deprcci.
ate and who will never become drag
upon npucnl and unwilling relatives.
With health and strength and a fair
start in the race for life she will reach
every mile stone Of success; nor wear !
cur, or grow discouraged by the way ;
and MT rfre1uently she will out run i!er
Wanting brother, anil oven stop to lend
him helping hand.
The property balanced. well educated
Girl is aware that she can do one thing
we'll and she bends all her energies to-
wards lis accomplishment. She concen-
tratcs her forces, instead of scattering
them, and has something to show for it, |
She is the best accountant, Or the clever
csi writer, nr tie most successful sales
woman, or the hardest worker of science
-Inusic, physic, law-whatcvcr her tai
cnt deslines her for S!ie studies with an !
aim, and understands what she learns.
Her mind is IL stJ:chouse, not 4 selve,
and she endeavors to absorb quality rath-
or than quantity, and comprehends TO her
own enlightenment what she studies.
The wrctchrd system Of forced culture in
which Il girl learned little French and
Latin, Il smaitcring of mathematics,
glance iato polite literature, and great
deal of poor piano playing, has been
abandoned in favor of a morc sensible
curriculum commensurate with her yaluc
rs a co.worker with her brothers.
Sensible German parents haze always
brought up their daughters to be Pro-
ducer- as well AZ consumers in The do
nestle economy. i! is only tie Ameri-
can paren. who made the kitchen unat'
tractiyc to lis daughter, and gave her 10
possibility Of employing her talent,
except iii TIC few lady-likc departments
sanctioned by conservative custom.
The time is coming, nay, has already
come, when sign reading Smith 4
Daughters will merely indicate that all
Mr. Smiths boys were girls, and he had
educated them as he would have done his
bows. And The Smith girls instead of
dawdiing around The patcrnal mansion
until scmc young men could be found for
husbands, have wisely gone into business
with their father, and have never found
time to be discontcntcd with themselves.
When Edison, genius and inventor as
he is, had given two weeks OF his vallla-
bic time 10 going up and down on the
New York Elevated Railroad, trying to
discover what caused its noise and . cure
for it, he gave up the joh. Then little
woman took it. She rode on the cars
three days, was denied a place to stand
on the rear platform, laughed at for her
curiosity and politely snubbed by con-
ductors and passengers. But she dis.
covered shat caused the noise, invented
4 remedy. which was patented, and size
was paid sum Of $l0, 900 and s royalty
forcyer? Ter name is Mrs. May Wal.
ton, and she lives in New York City.
This is what she says of her education:
"Aiy father had nc sons and. believed
in educating his daughters. lie spared
no pains or expense to this end Ny
fathers brother said to him, Why do
YOU waste so much money on your girls?
ro Which my father replied, My boys
turned out to be all girls, and | am go
rg To give then! SO good an cndHcaLlon
that they may turn out TO be as gooa as
boys.
a. good as boys are here used in gen.
cral sense; as good as SomH boys would
be :. very poor recommendation. Any
pirl who understands her own capabill'
ties will do her work ~ we'll as it is pos
Sill. - he ,!onr. NJ bog can io better
lhan ,I.at. Work is without sex. Ger
tain departments of labor arc claimed
exclusively by boys and men because
they lave y legendary right in them,
30 competition has entered the lists
arain,, them. II Il Woman can make 4
good horse s,:or she can open 4 forge "nd
make ,hocs No one has the right to say
she shall not. There are men who are
mllI,ncrS. urcSGlnahfrS :.ll WIZ -tii vi.
goods, and they du these things SD we'll
no one li,putc their right to them.
The sirI who has educated herself Ia
ill some niche in the mercantile world
mas marry and rcyer carry her knowl'
cd.e any further than her own nur'cry,
What then! She is gifted IL teach her
nv,a sons and iaugh,cr+ the rndimrli:S q:
commercial I;nowlrl.,e, - cnl;n>cl and
! advise with lier i..i,ban!. and if left -
widow. to take care IF her ""n estate.
There il no yaSter heritage ut Ignorance
and usclcssncs' tha, the array Of thread
and needle accomplishments which tor
generations has been considered Tie cor
rec; dover for ladylikc young person.
Consider your girls As responsible fellow
citizens and educate them accordingly.
Try an,! ne, hrfro" y"ur ~ G',''"l s.
pa,cr: sub crihr IL. il loHl c!l. lrur
mel .,hler d.5sn; liz" = h;' ho;iIr!,'
| Will. you. 10 matter i!o" pleasant hc