San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-12

and earn ner pvng. M proportion
as her early lne was one of luxury she
will find this task the more difficult. 1t
is sometimes blessing to be born poor,
because one becomes unconsciously Injured
in youth to the hardships that may come
to every one in the course of lifetime.
Again, poverty in youth, or comparative
poverty, not only disciplines one for. the
adyersities Of life, but actively prepares
them to fight hfe's battle The child OF
poor parents is forced to support itself.
This requires the learning of some useful
and remunerative employment. Better
times may justify suroease from work;
But the profession has been learned and
it may yet be a means Of support. Life
has as many changes as kaleidoscope.
They come where we least expect them.
The rich man today may be poor to-mor-
row, and the next day he and his family
may suffer for the necessaries OF life.
The possession of wealth Is one OF the
most uncertain things in life What are
the daughters Of the rich man to do when
poverty overtakes them2
IN NUT SHELL.
Here is the matter in nut shell. Are
they to be married. Marriage Is not so
easy An affair as one may think. One
important requisite is the man who is
anxious for connubial burdens and de-
lights. A good many men do not want
to marry poor girls. Those who are wise
enough to marry poor girl take that girl
who from long experience, has learned
how to save and economic. They do not
wish the poor-rich girl who has the tastes
of the rich and who will crafty them If
they can get husband indulgent enough.
It must be very humiliating to proud
girl whose father has lost his fortune to
become the shuttlecock Of fortune. If she
had some calling, such as any one Of the
many occupations that are now open to
women, she could occupy position OF in
dependence without in the least sacriic-
ing her dignity or self respect. She has
talents worth buying and for such there
is generally convenient market.
Parents should early impress upon the
minds of their children the vicissitudes
of life, and especially the uncertainties OF
fortune. They should teach their chill
dren that happiness, which is as perish
able as the flower of the field, which to-
day is and tomorrow is not, may in
short time be succeeded by black despair.
They should teach them that honest labor
is always to be respected, and that the
girl or boy who is the master of useful
calling is of some Importance in the social
fabric They should teach the girls espe-
cially that special education may save
them at a critical time. The boys, by
some instinct which the girls donot have,
choose that which they can do best, and
early learn to choose.
CHOICE OF A CALLING.
But there should be some discrimina-
ton used in the choice of special calling.
Music is not to be included in the list of
useful pursuits. Accomplishments are
very pretty for those who possess them.
But in the struggle for bread and butter
they are not useful Painting and music
are not necessities. At the best, accom-
pishmeuts are of small avail in the efforts
for a living and music, unless one can
become a finished teacher, is too preca-
rious a way to earn money to be depended
upon with any degree of certainty for the
support of a family. Very much in the
fashionable education of today is of no
value when it is tested in the crucible of
bitter experience.
The reason why so few parents properly
educate their duQ,--,IIC|S is because the
majority are afraid of popular opinion.
They lack the moral courage. And be-
cause the canons of fashionable society de-
clare that certain foolish forms must be
observed, they are observed. If the can
ons of fashionable society should hold
that to know how to cook is the proper
qualification for a society belle, we should
find our pretty girls among the pots and
pans and kitchen smells in spite Of the
grease and the dirt and the pertinacity of
the latter. But fashionable society holds
otherwise, and SO the pretty girls neglect
an art which will some day be of service
to them. No young woman can keep
house properly who does not know how
to direct her servants. 1t will never do
for her to allow her servants to direct.
Yet society ignores the proper training
for housekeeping, one of the prime factors
in mundane welfare But society is often
at fault. 1t is at fault here. If the rich
had more courage they might uncon-
sciously shape the education of young wo-
| men in a sensible way.-Detroit Free