Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-12-08
EDUCATION OF GIRLS.
THE NECESSITY OF LEARNING SOME
REMuNERATNE EMPLOYMENT.

THE NECESSITY OF LEARNING SOME
REMuNERATINE EMPLOYMENT.
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Lies NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. - 1eetuns.
Fashionabls Education Of Today-pa-
rents' Lack Of Moral Courage.
Why do. not parents educate their
daughters 10 .be i~ndspendsnt fsom . M.
terial point Of view7 Most girls, as now.
adays raised, look forward with some
yeoxning, - assuring them a.pesttion Of
Independence and comfort, to tho time
when they shall be married. That is n9t.
nral. Granted that the girl IL finally and
In due season married. Doss shepptnsss
follow7 Is there no husband1who
BY the use Of liquor forces himself into
an untimely gravel Is there no husband
who CANDLES away OF recklessly dissi.
pates his substancef Is there no one
who is too indolent to do his duty to his
family1 ls there no one to whom misfor.
tunes In, health OF business come3 What
shall the wife do who in her youth be-
lieves that roses were to be strewn over
lies pathway to the ends> What II she
should have two or three little ones to
support
The answer Is plain. She must 60 out
and earn hsr living. And in proportion
as her carly life vas one Of luxury she
will find this task the more difficult. Il
IS sometimes . blessing Ia. be born poor,
one becomeaaunconseiousl Injured
h youth to the hardships that may come
IT, every n in the course Of q lifetime.
poverty In youth, or comparative
poverty, not only disciplines ono for the
Of life, but actively prepares
them to fight LIES battle. The child Of
poor parents is forced to support itself.
This requires tho learning Of some useful
and remunerative employment. Better
times may justifya surcease from work.
But the profession has been learned and
Z may yet be Q means Of support. Life
has as many changes as Q kaleidoscope.
They come where we least expect them.
The rich man today. may be poor fto-mpr-
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 o1. the rich man to do when
poverty overtakes themf
IN A. NUT SHELL. f
Here Is the matter in q nut shell. Are
they to be married? Marriage is not 10
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 q poor girl take that girl
who from long experience, has learned
how to ave and economic. They do not
wish the poor:rich girl who has the tastes
Of the rich and who will crafty them II
they can get q husband indulgent enough.
It must be very humiliating to a proud
girl whose father has lost bis fortune to
become the shuttlecock Of fortune. II she
had some calling. such as any one Of the
many occupations that are now openfo
women. she could occupy q position Of In:
dependence without in the least sacrihc.
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 thsir. children The victssitudes
Of lite, and especially the uncertainties Of
fortune. They should teach their chill.
dren that happiness, which is as perish.
able a the flower Of the field, which to-
day Is and tomorrow Is not, mayinla
short time DO succeeded BY black despair.
They should teach them that honest labor
9 always to DO respected, and that the
girl OF boy who, ID the master Of auseful
calling q Of some Importance In the social
fabric: They should teach the girls espe-
cially thAt : special edacation' may saYs
some instinct which the. girls do not have,
choose that which they can do best. and
carly learn to. choose.
-'f-H NHNHrR m A rAYYYNrn
But there should b. some disrimina-
ton used in the choicoiofa speeil1calline.
Music Is not to be included In tbs list Of
useful pursuits. Accomplishments are
very pretty for those who possess them.
Bnt In the struggle 10. bread and butter
they r not useful. Painting and music
are not necessities. At the best, accom-
plishments are Of small avail In the efforts
Tor Z living, and music, unless one can
become q finished teacher, Is too preca.
rious . way to earn money to be depended
upon with any degree Of certainty Tor the
support Of . family. Very much In the
fashionable education Of today is Of no
value when Il ID tested In the crucible Of
bitter experience. 4
The reason why % few parents properly
educate thor daughters is bec9nse chs
majority are afraid Of popular opinion.
They lack the moral courage. And be-
cause the canons Of fashionable society dc.
clare that certain foolish forms must be
observed, they are observed. II the can.
.ons OF fashionable society should hold
that to know how to cook Is the proper
fora socisty belle, we should
find our pretty girls among the pots and
pens qnd, Kitchen smells In spite of, the
grease and the Dirt and the pertinacity q
the latter. But fashionable society holds
otherwise, and so the pretty girls neglect
an art which will some day DO Of service
to them. No young woman can keep
house properly who does not know how
to direct her servants. It will never do
for her to allow her servants to direct.
Yet society ignores the proper training
for housekeeping, Of the prime factors
IN mundane welfare. But society is often
lSt, fault. It is at fault here. Il the rich
had more courage they might uncon.
sciously shape the education m'young NO.
men In q sensible way.-Defroit Free
Press. F'
An Anectation' Of Earnestnesa
One of the minor critics of earnestness
says In Q late. English magazine: Women
are much more bitten with this earnest
mood than men. Was there ever such an
age as our for societies, guilds, fedora.
lions? Many women spend their lives at
committee meetings."
And so the writer runs on. The truth
that seems to shine out Of all these mists
Of doubt and despair is that it Is the little
earnestness. like the little learning, that
Is o dangerous thing. That is to say, It
Is the shallow earnestness. IT ono may so
term 1t, the pretense, ~affectation or imita.
tion of it which bores society. Nothing
so disgusts me-" said . brilliant Boston
woman. the other day, "as humanity, en-
pose" And saying this She touched q
universal truth that we all feel, even II