The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-16
EDUCATION OF GIRLS.
THE NECESSITY OF LEARNING SOME
REMUNERATIVG EMPLOYMENT.

Daughters should lie Prepared TO Fight
LIES Battles Uncertainties of Fortune.
Fashionable Education of Today-Ia-
rents Iacl. Of Moral Courage.
Why do not parents educate their
daughters to be Independent from ma
terial point Of view Most girls. as now
adavs raised, look forward with some
warming, as assuring them position OF
independence and comfort, 10 the time
when they shall be married That is nat
ural Granted that the girl is finally and
in due season married. Does happiness
always follow Is there no husband who
by the use OF liquor forces himself into
an untimelv Cravey is there no husband
who CANDLES away or recklessly dissi-
pates his substance Is there no one
who is too indolent to Go his duty to his
familvg l. there no one 10 whom msfor-
tunes in health or business come? What
! shall the wife do who in her youth be-
heves that roses were to be strewn over
lifes pathway TO the endy What il she
should have TWO or three little ones to
support?
/ The answer is plain She must go out
and earn her living. And in proportion
as her early lie 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 hardship5 that may come
to every one in the course Of lifetime
Again, poverty in youth, or comparative
poverty. not only disciplines one for the
adyorsites OF life, but actively prepares
them TO fight hfes 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 a surccase from work.
But the profession has been learned and
it may yet be means OF support. Life
has rs many changes as a 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 oyertakes themy
- NUT SHELL.
Here is the matter in a nut shell. Are
they to be married. Marriage is not so
easy M affair ~ one may think. One
important requisite is the man who is
anxious for connubial burdens and de
light \ good many men do not want
to marry poor girls. Those who are wise
enough 10 marry poor girl take that girl
who from long experience. has learned
how 10 save and oconom.Ze. They do not
wish the poor-rich girl who has the tastes
of the rich and who will CRAFTY them II
they can get husband iadulgcn, enough.
1t must be cry Illuminating 90 proud
girl whose father has lost his fortune TO
become the shuttlecock Of fortune Ii she
had some calling, such as any ono of the
many occupations that are now open TO
women, she could occupy position OF in
dependence without in the least sacrific-
ing her dignity or self respect She has
talents worth buying and for such there
Is generally a convenient market.
Parents should early impress upon the
minds Of their children the yicissitudes
of life and especially The uncertainties Of
fortune They should teach their chill
dren that happiness, which is rs perish
able rs the flower Of the field which to-
day is and to morrow is not. may in a
short time be succeeded b. 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 q useful
calling is of some importance IN tie social
fabric They should teach the gilis espe
cially that a special education may save
them at critical time Tho boys by
some instinct which the girls donot have
choose that which they can do best, and
early learn TO choose.
CHOICE OF CALLING.
But there should be- some discrimina-
ton used IN he choice Of a special calling.
Music is not TO be included in tho list OF
useful pursuit. Accomplishments are
very pretty Tor 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-
plishments are Of small avail in the efforts
for a living and music unless one can
become a finished teacher is too preca-
rious way 90 earn money to be depended /
upon with any degree of certainty for the |
support Of Il family. Very much in the !
fashionable education OF today Is Of no /
value when it is tested in the crucible Of |
bitter experience.
THO reason why SO rev parents properly /
educate their daughters 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. Ii the can
ous of fashionable society should hold /
that to know how 10 cook is the proper /.
qualification for a society belle, we should /
find our pretty girls among the pots and I.
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 I.
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 I