Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-04-26
ABOUT OUR DAUGHTERS.
o the Editor of the HERALD:

To the Editor of the HERALD:
I agree with your correspondent
that brilliant mind is something
which should excite the admiration
of all, but think the phrenologist
who said only men with large heads
could talk we'll made a great mis-
take. DR.. Watts had q small head,
but he had a generous amount of
brain.
The question which seems to dis
turb the mind of our friend is what
shall be done with our daughters.
That indescribable something called
society, found at the theatre, in the
ball room, at euchre parties, ETC.,
but never in church or home, where
repentance of evil doing and purity
of principle is advocated, says marry
them off to the first scamp that
comes along providing he wears
silk hat, sports a cane and waxed
moustache and can firt in first class
style. Common sense says for
shame.
In regard to the corsets, I am
happy to know that some Of our
girls do not wear them, and the
peculiar waggle referred to is de-
monstration of the lack of home cul-
ture. Such persons doubtless think
they are pretty and desire to attract
attention, and, like the girl in the
story, are looking this way and that
way to see who admires them, when,
if they had been taught the truth
fulness OF the old saying our grand
atLo"a .rond, EEITandSnnn is as
handsome does" they would not try
to attract attention anywhere.
Girls should be taught to cultivate
tee principles of the higherlife, upon
which so much Of our present as
we'll as our future happiness depends,
to ignore dudes, to discriminate
between true worth and hypo crisy;
and that moral beauty is the only
charm worthy of notice. Make
them seIf,reIiant always. There
will be more genial homes and
fewer fault'fnding husbands when
our girls are taught a perfect know
ledge Of housewifery, without which
no lady is accomplished. The under
done crusts and overdone joints will
not please the hus bands palate, and
most wives know that the most
direct way to mans heart, if not
to his pockets through his stomach;
hence the necessity Of keeping that
organ in good working order, for
dyspepsia never makes one lovable.
Men want wives to sew on buttons
as well as play the piano, to darn
their stockings, adjust their cravat,
to see that their hair is smooth for
church, to encourage them to be
well dressed. As every good wife
will be anxious to have her husband
appear we'll under all circumstance,
she will not devote her time to
fancy work and making calls while
the buttons on his coat hang by a
thread or the holes need repairing,
whether he be mechanic or man
of letters. The wife's first duty is
to her family, and, if she be a good
wife, she will take delight in the
discharge of every duty in that
direction. 1t is easy for the wife
to have her |"own way if she only
knows how, for GLOW gently glides
the marriage stream away, when she
who rules bat seemeth to obey"
"The lords of creation, men we call,
For they think they rule the whole,
But they're much mistaken after all,
For they're under woman's control.
Only they don't know it, SO
Wen let them please themselves
awhile
Upon their fancied sway,
But Wen manage it so that the very
last mans
Shall the very last woman obey"
But how are our girls to know
how to discharge these sacred duties
or realize what delicious dish a
husband is when we'll cooked, unless
taught beforehand. Hence the i'm
portance of giving them thorough
knowledge Of coming duties, and
making them worthy to become the
wives of good men. A husband
is a delicious dish when properly
cooked, but the process is sometimes
slow, and requires thorough know
ledge of the art.