The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-29
MAKING GENTLEWOMBN or GIRLS
manhood being rightly trained Tor Til
task ~ Let us see to 1T that It is. sli


Children are susssn.ib s eyer to
been lifted up for ges...5 7 robn BIZ a good
many thousand years before King Solo
mon they were blamed for the shortcon,--.
mot properly brought up. n ginal sin can
| thus be easily run to earth In the first
parent, especially IS we know his COM
During the las 800 years, a t any rate,
There has been little change In sentiment.
t8until now, and here is an a surd 5fa mil-..
the plan ut5nFea Hasa
found now they are far too clever and
know8more than their parents and their
pect they will be very childish s.ss The old
! German was a. ort& OF inferio r. I. Eolstoi
land with a bitter fang to his tongue n. de-
| 1.-The peasantry, SO the children could hard
| sly3 escape. 5ai 55Ss #S
Now another spirit As evid en- I. II ust why
sysa
EwoYld be hard to discover, bu = centuries T..
have individuality "a lmost & a I once. " here
sharply defined dilferense betWeen
these first young hours ,of the ne tlme.
Land 4 what was expected or them In I he
last hours OF the OLD standnE h On
.now the fruit is ripcning OF the va riou US
systems OF education that prote against
\ any coercipnSSof a child s wi u n POSSIBLY
smomnnt later are involved, blu Z he onda, q
shadow Of doubt young pc rsons of ne
lspresent day more han ever IN the EWorln s
History look upon cons tant dstrac ton. s., So
lScalied plea sure. as a necessity o. exlst-a
/ enca and more than ever before, are up
53isid In this view by their, elders.
the q amaiTs IS pass rs
young his is a $rlomentous Econsidera tlon ,.
The worlds work has never got Itself lt
4 done In casual moments or to the pu1l OF
| an utornobile. Facing the general sa
l5ity5of American life, It would obviously
be straining the argument to point TO en-
4 pires that have crumbled 81 to ruin when
Sion Sion q, for pleasure, but I'VE may be per-
| mitted to point to the decadence in man
! ners under those conditions, even when
in nsself-deniai, frugality and abedten,ee.
i and thus assured some years !of healthy
moral austerity with always the hope Of
It's The e, ,na o.
1 that as a merit in the. parent, leaves the
4 child to his ungoverned impulses. was re-
i served for us, and for us Americans
"A line or two back ] spoke of possible
account accom- for the want OF seriousness In.
] the outlook of the young. These put the
Efault uncompromisingly on the mo Tiers.
II Quite recently 2DurdeHso1nef res TdHtsTp nhHe
|1been removed & from women. tut u is
i said. with the final falling off Of the
sbacklcs that prevented the higher intel
i lqctual development, we somehow seem q
4 become ava re that those sha clkles did not
4 hinder spiritual development, and that
with Understanding away II he e lement OF
1 spirituality makes itself little felt, Should
sars al a be put ON oaga
I and either not all the Wanted higher
|3education in the world can compensate
@ onp Geas m mena py
isical excellences must in. such case take
1.-The place Of the ornament OF a meek and
|$qniet spirit 7 Will then not be necessary
iI,toSsearcll farther for the Iost questioning
as to duty in. young girls, for II their
mothers have i mot we shall not find It
IN them, nor compunctlon for. wasted
Trivial happening OF the Instant. How i'm
I8mensurab bly, far n way we should have
4 sdrifted$frOn1 the thought that inspired the
first n answer In the Westminster cate
chlsm! VI 81 " I. KS s
we shall not yet concede that spiritual.
lEity has diminished .thatSour ideals Of
s. freauently as once va did. and ' per-
haps NJ heart + Wel V net !, ssnanored of
81 hs ana
inothing of 1T beyond remedy.
people To hnys had money
Il SuUucnlyss ma III themselves Win a great
deal, they saranders II out or all ITopor-
|itlon to the fitness fBthings, In tho same
4 way, America mcn, now tlndlns5t them
selves In boundlesg e Inargements on their
selves right and eft, assuming. too, that
4 time is as Ynnnill ntY, provided as free
1should wish to entrMst, Our own means
To those OF her spendthrifts In their exalr.
ItatIon. SO little do we care to look upon
the glrl,, the present, With her ehas,
4 unqulet demsanor, her desutory work and
hervanlshed Ing for duty; a our fl-
4 gaining ofthe sense of promotion, the
woman Il will Il be herself again, as. NJ
course, ifundamentallys she must remain
A what she was created M other5 love and
wife love wlll endure until tlle sun grows
4 cold, $8 Z q 5S g KS. 81 4. AZ u
\ gargument what else We're no arg unent at
aaSs a 6, y gl g
n college, house mother Of twenty.tllree,
land tho Interrogation point ms to happi-
4 ness In marriage--that men are In, no
NAY minded g atsT their Ideal s If FEM g.
Il lin their wives harmony, pise3 and the