The Washington bee., 1897-01-23


the b VS. and girls are taught
trades ss well as along o,her lines
of US. fulncss. There is q large
corps of teachers. The planning
and management of this institu
ton is done by this little woman.
1t Is under the f stering care of
the Northern Presby erian Church.
Miss Laney is a power r good
among our people in this section.
We would bat there were thou
sands of sue women.
GUsoN-wILLIANs.
Since the hold. yS we are
crowded. A great many new stu
dents have come in AID every avail
able space has been taken for bid
rooms, even our sewing rooms
This school is flourishIng and is
doing much toward vlevating the
young men and women of this sec-
ton. We are very much in need
OF pillow slips, sheets, quilts. tea
towels and table cloths, here is an
opportunity for some one-or the
Woman's Missionary Societies to
help worthy cause. This i"sti
tuition is und the fostering care
Of the Southern Preshyt' rian
Church. Aud like all ther church
schools needs tn sympathy and
support Of G risti.n philanthro-
pisls The girls are taught to sew.
cOnk, dres>maNing, hous,kee ping,
washing and ironl'g, and other
things whereby they can be made
useful, practical women.
Girls should be trained to work
elf love comes to them accident
ally, Tor ra her providentialIy.)
and happily, So much The better!-
they will not make the worse wives
for h .vlng been busy mIldens.
But the "tender passion is not
to them the one grind necessity
that it is to aimless lives they are
in no h ste wed their time IS
duly filled up; and if neve" mar.
ried" 'h,'y Can usvfully take their
places in the world. 1t is, usually
the idle girl that brings woe and
mise y iuto the home. Parents
ought to feel as much OBLIGATED to
lit their gIrls for llfe's w"rk as their
boys. 1t is ,hought Not the thing
TO train boys to be dependents. As
soon as they are old enough they
are told, that labor of some charac-
ter is essential, in order to be
somebody. ty not te ch the
girls the same iden-that work, not
ldIeness Is rue dignity. Frequent
ly in the home the mother will do
all the work, while the girls d.
nothing. Wha' u mistake! They
ought early to assume some part of
the domestic work and beside, the
ever important subject of self sup
por, should neau as much to them
as to their brol hers, that it is wo-
manly to be able to maintain them
selves at all times and in any
emergency. After ecldrng VIII It
they desire to do the parent ought
to leave no stone unturned to fiji
them for their life's work. All
women married and single ought
to know some kind of a handlcraft
or other work whereby they Can
earn an honest penny and be indie
pendent. Providence did not in
tend that men should do all the
w.'rk and women be idle. 1t should
no longer be regarded just the
thing to be useless, facinating,
frivolous and helpless. The idea
VIII ch seems to pervade the spirit
of so many young women our
you G women especially, is that ali
of life consists in indu ging in ep
icurean pleasures. This practicaI
age needs practical wome First
i'll the home to train the daug ghters;
second IN he school loom to reach
the large nu nber who do not anu
can not ge home training.
We have no sympathy for that
parent or guardian who allows u
girl to waste the precious hours of
her young life in Idlrness
81 an fnds some mischief still
for idle hands to do
each days account ought to
leave this balance-of something
done. Som thing beyond mere
pleasure, ones own or another's-
hough both are good and sweet in
their w;.y-Iabor is Happiness.
What n different state Of affair
exist among tile women who have
nothing to do to those who are al
ways doing something.
We must encourage the rising
generation of girls to do more and
be more self dependent as II class.