Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-25
Afternoon Session.
Y. VI, CA. nECTURE COURSE,
Closing Lecture by NIrs. Mary a. Liver
nnorp.

The closing Lecture of the Y. NJ. G. A.
course was delivered by Mrs Mary A. Liv-
ermorc, in the Howard Opera House, Tues
day evening. Mis-. Livermore's lecture was
upon the subject, "What Shall We Do With
Our DaughtersY The house was complete
" filed, and the eminent lady speaker re-
ceived an enthusiastic Welcome rs She was
introduced to the audience. The lecture
77;s Interesting, practical and well deliver, d,
and the lecturer was frequently applauded
-'s LivermOre began by noting the immense
0""ngc in the social condition of women
within the last hundred years. Everywhere
we hear the discussion Of the to-caled wo-
I'm question. Educational institutions are
~"aning their doors to women, and she
Is bling admitted to all the occupa.
sons and professions hitherto considered
as the special province of men. What does
al tins mean This great quickenng of
r',9'ee has come because we are in o transi-
tlon time, because the age demands higher
type OF women, one which shall stand Shout
der to shoulder with man in working out the
great problems Of the time. But the sphere
| of the adult women OF tr dat is Fixed. 1t
! is ouly for orr Daughters that we can take
advantage Of this quickening of the aye. 1t
is great question, what shall we do with
, our daughters Men are going into life
largely what women make them. This can
not be, then, trivial question, 1t is af the
utmost importance,
The first thing W need to do for our girls
to-day is to give them better physical train
ing. Oar girls are the most beautiful in the
world, but they do not have the best health
Women should hc in their way as strong as
men. Woman issupgIior to man in nervous
force. She can endure more Men have the
largest muscular force, but when it comes to
the long pull women surpass them. We
begin to injure our girls through their dress,
| and begin early. Every thing is subordinated
to the clothes Another damage We do
them Is in attempting to conform their
natural physique t. the demands of fashion.
we another damage to our girls, worse
than this fashion
No Young gifl should ever be allowed t.
put on pair Of corsets. They should hc
Kept OF until girl is fully developed. They
can then do her no harm. Another damage
done the health Of our girls is the prey,ihnl
Gust m OF supporting the weight OF tie
| clothing upon the hips or waist and still
another, the but-recently abandoned fashion
of wearing long, heavy skirts on the street
One thing more; look after the feet of youl
girls Look at the hldeous boots that are
the fashion of he day. But there is com.
ing a reaction. Common sense boots arc
coming into fashion.
Then would give to our girls equal intel.
lCctual and industrial training with GU,
boys. Tonight | shall say nothing about
the intellectual training of our daughters, fol
that matter is rapidly tling itself. Bu
the industrial training, Of that | do wish Il
speak ; for We are sadly luggard in this re
spect. would have every girl taught
just exactly the same trades and ndustricl
as her father and brother Our daughter
are sent out to fight the battle of lie with
out any equipment. Trained industry Is,
great means of grace. Not yet have W,
learned how to teach our girls occupations
In this country we do nothing for the indus
Trial training Of women, while iu the Oh
World there are hundreds of tecbpica
schools for women. Uptil we do something
OF the same kind here there will be a lacl
o. suitable employments for women. Wo
men can only get work 10 this country b,
taking smaller pay than men.
We do better for the moral and religion
training CT our girls than we do for our bows
Let us endeavor 10 rear our daughters g.
that they will he the keepers of our youn,
men In their times + temptation, and neve
their tempteTs Whatever is d me TO he'll
woman helps man. God has given L
woman one-hslf the godlike qualities of III
race, aud to man the other half II man l
the head, then woman is the heart and Il
ksther they make up the integer, humanity