Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 16, 1874, Page 6

6 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE WOMANS CONGRESS. Proceedingé of the First Day’s Session. Prominent Persons in Attend- Paper by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe on Finance. Why Women Should Study the Subjeet. Letters from Miss Frances Power Cobbe and Others, Paper by Miss Hastings on the Education of Women, Mrs, Dr. Dudloy Treats of the Phys- fcal Education of Girls, The Combination of Intellectual Cul- ture and Household Man- agement, Disoussion of the Subject by Nxs, An- toinette Brown Blackwell, Remarks on the Various Papers Read. MORNING SESSION. Tho socond Congress of tho Association for tuo Advancement of Woman began ity sessions in Chicago yosterdny morning in the sudience- room of tho Mothodlst Chuseh Biock, Tho Congress way gomowhat lato in nesombling, by rosson of tha tardy asrival of many of the dole- gotes from nbrond, who wore datafued in De- troit, as Mrs. Livermoro explained, by tlo stupid mismanagoment of a hotel clerk, who was n mnn, meybo presumed. In viow of the distin- guished character of tho women indentified with tho Congress, sud who hava given o it a degroo of diguity, importanco, and proramencoe altogother boyond thot of othor organizations of women in America, tho following draft of the Coustitution will bo read with interost : AUTICLE 1, This Agsociation ehall be known as the Association for the Advancement of Woman. 1 bo' 1o recetvé and prosont practicnl Ita object abal o recefve meghods Joe securing o womau highes intellectal, 1moral, and physical conditions, and” thercby to ime prove all domestic and social zolations, T ANTIOLE 118, Ite officers shall bo & President, Vice-Presidents, fecrelotics, Troasurors, tud au Bxccutive Committes . of Dot less Wian nins members, which slinll bave fall chnrge of' the businees of tho Assochation, Theas oflicers ghall e elected annualy. Electfon miny be without ballot, wniess o ballot o called for by one- Auind of the members present. ARTICLE TV, 1ta object aliall bo sought throrgh aunual Congresses for the xending nnd discuselos of papara poctient thereto. The Executive Oomnittso shall detertine tho timaand ylaceof such Gipresscs, Nona but anembers shall tako part {n suchreading or.discussion, tnless on formal jnvitation by roto of the Assaciation, ABTICLE s "The fnitiation feo shinll be' §1, and tho dues payablo attho beginuing of cacls annisl Congreas ahall Lo £, Any meniber neglecting tharo payments loses thereby W Hght Lo voto and hold office, ~ Any Vating membor 1may prosent fo tha Yixechtive:Committeo the name of auy woman wishing ta becaman members and the Ex- ceutive Committos” may eloct ber to membership in tio Asaociation, ' anTicie VI, Strict parliametary forms shall b observed in the conduct of the vewsions of this Assoclation, © THE OFFICERI of tho Assouiation are ua follons : Presudent—Mary A, Livermore, Vice-Premdents—Juila Ward _Howe, Massaohusetls ; Ellzabetl B, Clawo, Ruodg THhud : ©. . Quinlesy Maduo; Arimenia B, White, Now Hamphiro'; ho Rev. urlogh, Comnecticut; Prof. Maria' aitchell, Now York ; tlie'lev, Antoniotte Iirown Diackwell, New Jerscy; M. Loulss Thomus, Pennsplvania; Sara J, Spencer, District of Colurabin s 31, M. T Cutler, Ohio: Lrof. Frances M. Willard, Iilinols ; Lavina Goodel ‘Wiscansin ; Ellew 8, Tupyier, Tows ; E. B, Miner, Mis rourl; Catlieriue . Stebbins, Michigani; tho' Ry, Eliza Tupper Wilkes, Colorado. Stcretarfes—~Allce 0. Fletcher, New York: Ellen F, Burr, Hartford ; Lita B, Snyles, Dayville, Coun,; Ise balla'g. Moreaisti, Now Yor reast ers—Mrs, Grorye Hoffmsn, Now York; Egs & i New Haven, n, v E ectitie Comuttee—~Charlotto 1, Wilbour, New York; Abua G, Woolion, New_MHumpshiro: Anmn O, Bieldd, Tolncca Morse, *Now York: Carolluo Sover- snve, Mas Twella L, Clapp, New York; Henfiotta V. Jabmiob, New Jersey; daty B Davi New York; Colliaring Stathuck, Island’ Naxtucket; Alida Avery, M. D., New Yorks {ho Rev, Augusts 7. Quapin, 1 e T Il Curaling A, Sout, Auid ico Powell, Now Yorks tho ey, Phobo A. Unsaford, Gonueeticul; Catolino B, Winalow, AL, Dsy Diwrict of Columbla; Carcliie F. Gorbiu, Iiinois ; Tenritts A, Lfugham, Men, Dio Lewls, ¥, 4, M. \V)lllw‘nxh':\‘l{:nu. Chusells§ Anna Densiaors Bronch, M. D, Now York Mary T Yastmun, Mamsuchuwells s Elizauith K Churehlll, Rhode Tslaid ; Mary Safiord Biake, M. D, Maweachuretta; Ruth O, o Lamator, New Yori Ellzabeth C, Loveriug, New Hampabirs; Heator 31, | Foute, New York, TIOSE: PRERENT, Among the membiors of the Asgociation pres. ant yesterday wero tho following : Mrs. Mary A. Livormore, t‘ruuideni of the Womow's Congresss Mra, Julia Ward Hewe, President Now England Women's Club ; Mrs, G, A. Oloayveland, President Woman's Club, Wyo~ ming Co., N.Y.: Mm. Isracl Hall, Prosichnt Woman's Qlub, Ann Arbor, Mich,; Mrs, E. K. Churchill, Prosident of Woman's Cluly, Protj~ dauce, R. I; the Rev. C. A. Soule, Presidmt Woman's Centennry Association ; Mury Safford Blako, M. 1., of Boston ; lrs, Jaumes B, Stony, of Kalamazoo, Mich., who is Just starting with o class of bwenty-four young ladion for study in Luropy ; Mise Partridge, of Philadelphis, in clarge of tho pliysical tmmh\f of the yuirld ot tho Norman Schools; Mrs, Kate N. Doggott, Mrs. Carolino 1, Corbin, Mrs, Jana Swissholm, Chiengo ; Aliss Martha Chaddock, Librarlan of the L'ublic Library of Dubuquo; Mrs, Lizzie Loynton Harbert, President of Iows Waman's Bullrge Ansocintion, Des Moines, Ia. Mrs, Livermore entled the meotiug to order, ond the oy, Mra. Caroline A, Soule, of Now Yotk Gity, opened tho procecdlugs with prayor, MitS, LIVENSIONE, The Prosidont then said thuy a year and n half ogo it becume manifost that thore was n very genotal dosire that thers should bo a mooting of womon who were mterested in_clovating tho t3po of wornmhood. Corrospondence waw had batweon womon in various positions, und re- uulted in the issulng of o cireutar asling for o meoting for advice, counsel, aud mutusl hotp, Yhree bundred womor: of the country coincided with thoe call, and the Woman's Congross was called. It met u yoar ugo in tho Union Leaguo Theatre, Now Yok, They camo togother with no dulluite I']"" of procedure, but the meotings grew until the ball becamo densely crowdod, aud Jeopls oo tuenod awny who could not gdt iv, "apord on veriows wubjects were introdneod, and grave topies wero dwsenmicd, I'ho Congrems wus u grand uceews, for it showed liow many grave, soriom, deoply Teligions wonlon there wore in America, 'Lhie Congress wau still anexperiment, The last ono took tho formof s Ludies' Sacial Scionea Aswaciation, If the women of America viere Lo como to u high typo of womanhood, aud achiove a controliing stand, they must thume selves tako hold of ihe work, Slhe would intro- duoo Julin Ward Lowe, of Massuchusotts, who woulll reud o paver on ' Finance,” but provious to thiv she appointed Mrs. Doggett und Mru, Corbiu ws & Cownsittes to ropost on {he houys of Lolding sessions. ITRE, HOWE ON FINAXOE, Mra, Howe then rond ler paper, prefacing it Wwith tho romark that it was Intended Lo exote dizcusslon, and sho might us well conleen at onco thut stio kuaw Nttleor nothing sbout * Rinance.” mi_u puper wats s follows ; Thia 18 tho forciuvet mubject i onr lat of thomes acutalle, 1116 e for Whonp sl ustion ot s responetblo, 1 huve tol only pronounced the cas balistlo Word which abwolutely vules this nation to-day, sl most athiepy alwsys, Ilavealto divided my su St nndes hesdy, Aid’ T bvesent lettora for and Jorulmpante ondder thinfiead, T havy wrilten to Mrs, Garrott aweett, autlior of s work on yolitical economy 3 to Francea Fowor Cobbe, af whom you nll kuow; to g lady banker in Geriaauy ; to Mme. do Noricourt in ¥Franco; and Lo peveral well-kuown Persops In our awn country, And yot I have no ihread-paper of an crasy (o lay bafaro you, This Le- oy tho caso, I st nprost ot the godmother of thin fuant problom. Aud 1 will bo n faley godmotber, for Iwill compol you WhO nFo presciit hero to enrich it ALl your gifts of mind and oxporienco, xo that tho TR shall ek Jeavo hia mA2omUTY. 8 $oOF A8 3t €0 tora t, 1 camo to snalyzo themoral weakness of wom- eny i 58 oo great ejomont of i that PO AVE HOT WY Stotze hyinthin? Tliey oarn somotbing len thian mon, xll'lhny inhorit more, Thelr eatates nro taxed for tho wipport of tho Qovornient, ond tho Trusiens who Dol thass possesslons, wnd pay thom ovor thels - couos, grow ricl tipoh tho procent, Yol womet, 84 ulnag, Are not & wmonioy-powes, 11 ono sousa, and that i host lmporlanty Loy inva o mouog. Lhat e, flile will and_inlelliganco havo ustally 1o part to play Iy tho investment of thelr monoy. Now, whilo tho tnvestmout fs_goui, and tho Tru faitltul, tho women miny live ugion wist they can get, poorly or aplendidly. iut, If (e Investment proves ool or o Teuateo wufalthful, down thoy o, Inl Thio abywa of povorty, often bringihg with it ehanto and ultor demoralizntion, This bolplessucss of tho wwonien who linvo motiey, but o' canot adrinister 18,48 a.direct promium to tho recklerancan of speculators, Al unaruied class, unablo to rotalinte for auy Injury, suromot {0 flud this oue out until itIs pat reredy, wid tho offendor out of reach, Whal' moucy-caiching Aoliome fs thero in which THI8 PLUNDERING OF TIIE WOMEN and clfldren does not entor ? What monelary ctials s thiero which docs pot fugulf thom by hundreds sud ihowsanda? And yot thoy aro born sa well able to be traiucd fo the eard and usc of motiey 38 _mon are, 1t 14 & part of the great passivo theors of womanitind that rules woimen out of tho admnistration of tholr awn fumncen, Like alltho otlier opplications of this the- ory, it hiia bad it doy, and 18 ow velthar 10 Lo In- dorhed nor axeused, Tho low {ntolleciual Jovel upon which tho love of mal approbution placea women mskea them willlug to aupear Lo o fooln o far & finance is concerned, Hen T o nava wouion sak them for monay, Thoy do not always liko togive ft. But tho noblo VIrtuo of solf- Teliadico o kept ont of sight in most courtebips, and Coutinies 0 bo contrabuud sil tho way through, Faupposo tist women are afraid (bat I tliey liave spmnion 6uiige and uao it, their lsbands will not love {hem. Aud, by and by, tho reproach for this want of Common Bonss ovoriakes thain cxvelly und too I out tarther enlarging npon thedo ovident ovils, T will usk thls Congress to consider Eoe mouting of ¥inanes, on our Hist s derllo tho Lewding of ¥inance, o e questious whiol X sak T’ ank fn good Pt eltoving tho financisl helplewtiens of Womon 16 hiave much 1o do with their demorallzatiou, with hiein want of edstcattort aud want of resource, 1 wak, TUow cat o remody tieas ovils and {hiolr caure? My Atowor vy Tratu theta to Suncial acfivity, Lot thei know what ntoney 8, and whatdt 18 not, Lol them, bove ail, learn fiie conditions undor which capital can Foully eatn income, the laws of teal exlule, (he trus Batitro of bunking and brokomge, Then lot ug_seo it ity year lfer o woma of e comumualty il bo atvoly praylug the men not to beggar thewm, or Lol B i Jicaven 1o Lolp theat wisen the Blsclet 5 nlfeady doue. L huro fu my hamd A ‘mncgl.flkli\mznu ey q from 5 lady $u Nurcwbirg,—Nrs, — Aomnneing it nfterhor Dusbxils doatb, eho B2, Tuintied bin wialy by (nkist ber son s partuer in tho bauking houso of which sl is the head, ber eignattiro Vongr first upon the published list. In Laropo, this creates uo_wurprisc, , 1n France, parbcularly, fuany, \omyon receivo n biisturas training. A report upon {ho bafuesn woen af lurops woud by vury valrable in' this pointof viow, snd £ for oneshonld gruatly wish it might b Sande, e, Iweolt’s seply to iy loter s mercty o polite vefural {0 o anylling for s, on tho gromnd of want of timie, atd woon. Frinces Power Cobio Laa Lalen onr caua miore to beart, [Mixs Qobba's lotter 18 given be— Tow.) MIE, STARY RELLOGO PUTRANM, heing nppeated fo, repiiza in a Siendly Jelter, exprean- inng winels intercel in our toplo, 8ho lis, however, o theory concerning moncy quito at variorico with that udopted by the world in geteral, and foels unablo to take up the quostion of Anauco Upon Ite present basia stall. Unlike her, I fool obliged, from the neces of thio cave, o take up tho question on the ground which it now ocoupics, to analsze {ts bearing upon tho condition 8u power of women as o class, and, 40 far 54 this I oppreqxiso, 10 800k for measures which aball remova thut oppression. Thin cannot be adcquately done without many statistics, aud mucly atudy for which the proseutafords 10 Bcope, 1 8hall do beat, perhops, in IECONMENDIKG THIS KTUDY to the varions women’s clubs aud_ussociations which aro spreuding Ao rapidly through the conutry, Lanays At Haquisittona nigt b liad by them, frer T should iny upon womsn &8 & proticor aiid consumer, thn upon brokorsge, ~merchandise, and in- vestment, as ithosa polats fn which' women oro greatly liiterestcd. WOMEN A8 BORNOWERS, 1 often take note of tho facllity with which the men of -thio cominunity who have some schienie of “rnlll in hand borrow moncy from eapitallsts and butikiug (o~ stitubonz, Aud T take equal notoof tha difliclty yilifch Wormen with any cuterprise in viow encounter fn_effocting wuch loans, And Imay as well confeas that T iave had in wmind, for more than s yoar, tho Ian of o bank to be administured and condueted by ‘womey, londing ita aid to such womanly enterpriscs as may commend thomselves o tho best wisdom of 1t6 ollicers, Somo to whom I havo confided this pro- Jeck object ta it on the ground that, us there fs poth. Ing dintiuctively mslo about tho Liiainess of banking, there fs 10 nced of putting into it sny clomout dis- tinctively femalo, VWell, 50 3o suy about. potics, and il tho ‘great intorsets of aocioly, they aro human, unil not cither male or female. 'Dut when thoy oro entiroly _dministered by musculing liauds, they becomo masculine i thelr attituda and _influcnee, aud_then tho distinetively feminino i forced to coma In, and assort 1t half of the common right and power, 1f 'tho presunt aspoct of finance i uot entirely ind vx. clusively masculine, W thon, 1 know nothivg about ity In View of the' enormous abiises of privito and Public trust sehich wo ure duily compelied 1o vecog. nize, and in which wo women, frow our financial imoranco aud_imporicnce, Iomentabls acquieace, I fovl that wo aro bound to make auch Atudy o8 we ea of the principles and practico of flnanco, in order thaf e tnuy traln our sons and daughiers, and oursclves too, in'the thsory and art of trua economy. And this bringy me to my last word in this rief {ntroduction of tho subject. Without knowing anything of tho details of busincss and investment, I do'kmow tiat this nation invosts t00 much of its mitid and mouey in shaw, 4 EITRAVAGANC IR DRESS AND IN ROUSEREEFING gives rank i much of our socioty, aud many iz the Dusiness mau who invests in ¥plendid outward appear- ances, when he can bardly afford plain ones, Muc of pur American 1ifo I8 s itilo liko tho wise, folld fa which builda up a nation us Lutterfiy-hunting is Hke agriculture, This is nob croskiug wor - Jokiuy Lut sober, bitter truth. Aud this, * mo than anything else, makos mo tranidla for our futare For othor nations which Providoncs aifts 1 among us do understaud and practica truo economy, They do creato more valuo_than thoy consumo, I am ot sure that wodo, In our fnancial crises thoy stund firig, whils wo ‘aro shaken, and thelr patient Dauds gather tho gold which our hmsty fingors Acatter to the winds, Lot us romomber that flnanca mosns mationul Lurior, Solvency, oducation, publia worke, the peucoof labor, and tho purity of capital, Tt us wreparo 10 enrich, not to cripple, o quera- tiona that ura {o omo sfier us, - Aud lel me conclude theso remarke with tho words of the great poet which Lmako wy watchword in thin connectio “ You tuke my life Whon yon do take tho means wheroby I liva.” Mrs, Howe, at the conclusion of her puper, rond the following axtyact from & lettor from MIIE, FRANCES POWER Coul, of London, writton from the Nortk of Wales: Avausz 27,1874, Desn Mns, Mowg: T am very much {uferested in {ho nubjeet of your lotlor to-dey recelved, Thiu mat ter of monoy I the *koy of the situaiion.”’ ILven s¥hion women happo o fulicrit any of it now, they aro Ao ignorant und helplesa us to it mauipulstions tint it Dracticaily foils t0 couvoy to them tho power it would uatorully glve, 1€ we can pht thom Iu_the way of in- depondeut minugement, and of understsuding tho comuwon outlines of mouelary {rausuctions, wo will do, vorhaps, moro to omancipate {hem thon fn any Other wsy, I do not know what i tha usnal arringement abott tho ptoporty of your women in Amorica, In England ubout Laif tho'tleh fathers ‘pay thalr dsuglstern’ bills, but give them nv allowances atull, The otlior half uliow them something quarterly, —ranging from £25 to £160 & year,—but vory fowindecd do thie rlght thing of puttiug any eapital u thelr hnuds or fuveating it fu thefr names, so that they should both hold it independeutly of parestal caprics and learn 8 littto of pocuniary fransictivav, Tho rexult i, that, when our young ladios juherit thelr £5,000 or £10,000 at thedeafl of thoir fatliems—wheilier they aro 21 yeara of age or Ol,—hey uro squilly ig- norant ond’ holpless, und, &3 you sy, the practical munugemert 'of their affalrs 1 confided to thelr malo relztives, Whon the eldest Drofbier hua land, the gitls fortuno is uanally a chargo on it, and ull gocs smoothly cough, but othorwive tho Lrotlies or uncle next at biaid cautiounly udvisea tue unhuppy wowan—-just learaing to feel Lier helplesa- newn—to fuvest in wome wrdortnking u whicl ho is Interssted; and Uion, Rtee payibi e 7 per cont for two or three years, be fols Lei her eapital s gone, und nbe i ruibed, 'The woro knowledge of how money fs intrusted to binkers nud _brokors, and how to draw o diock, would, I vorly Dellovs, givo Auoh womun o cerlain wensa of indopondence, and cauko dbewm to look befors thoy leap, 'Aw. 1t is, tholr ignoranco would be Indicrous, wers ft not deplwable, " I know o caso of & Indy who lived in lodgiugs kept by yood woul, in whioso favor who wade a witk Tho wouan happuning {0 Inwurs hor own furniture ugalust Aire, gouorously lu- cluded lor lodgor's property 1 the ugirunco Instri- ment, (eiting Jor of it, 'Ihe fast camo to tho Inds’s Lnowledge, and no pewer ou enrlls wauld porsuude li: thit lea Lindlady bad uot tried fo lumivo gelting bee ropurty fter her deuth, Mer nophiew, o very clover memberaf Parilanony totd g Noarged ind explald for bours, und ot the wnd W old lady altered her will, 414l cut ot Satotde legacy 0 the fooukind i ady, o o oo TUE QUDLR OF DIROUBKION of the tople of *Finance " wus unnounced ay follows What inonetary enferprises can \owen safely un- deziake ¢ A¥hut naw clnont can women Lring futo tho feld of Muwnro ¢ Tho ymrt of Woman iu the fiuspeial good ar i1 of the cauntry, . 3 TUE REV. 2018, BOULE was tho firat tu disenss the m{:m‘ Hho waa ono wouran who ditl not like Lo usic mon lor money unless sho bad earned it, For tyenty-twe yours she hud carned avery cont sho had posuedsod, and hau DHHU_VUII ivgroatly, If tho futhors of to-day would do a8 a father in Now York does, tho ignorance of woman in finanoisl mattors would be overcomno, Ho placed wmouey for hor 10 the bank, and oxpocted Lier to keop track of it, Sha Mad hor bank-buek and ebeck-book, sl know how to draw checks. Women could anfoly undortake monoy onterprizes, Hho told how ait ossaciation of women in Now York had raisod 1n \mie sum of money, and had lnyeated 16 nn(n); aud fudiolounly. Lok women take up nny gront ucetlon, associate themselven togother, and they ool bocono n powar, "o srieakar gave ler oxperionce in_ starting n Sunday-nchool pa- yer, which ehe bl succeoded fn placing upon & #olld footing, e MR, 1TVERNONE said sho lind carued hier own monoy Aincosho wml: 14 yenrs old, ‘Tho gront point "“5&'1'“1&'.1"{3‘51‘3, . Thoy woro_doflui - Jitiuing of yomal zfilngy with untraiued brain, 2 t, wor Lrll'ul l\.llr?nlmws‘imn‘drn. 8ho told of & woman who was Jod by hor husband ta put her namo toa mort- nnul. nln:{ ll?z‘;uwmn what it was, but which lost fiur sud lior ehildron tholr houso and homo, nnd wado thom ponniloss. 'Tho speaker would bavo womeu trust thomsolvos alone. [Applause.] Aen wantod to know what thoy woro wbout in money winttera; women should do the same. Until womon hnd_induntrist knd bunincsn train~ ing thoy could not havo much Lo do fu the world of financo. Women hnd n monatary valuo as wives and mothers,and they ought to Insist upon o recognition of that valuo, Light willions of American womeon wero wives and houeokm:{)em, but according to tho census they were * doing nothiugy” that is ta say, they had no oceupation worthy of mention in _tho counsus. The woman who by hard work —gob hor monoy wansu't likely to giva 31,000 for @ camol's-hnir sbawl, “or $200 for a laco Landkerchiof. Sho loarned the valuo of monoy when shoe oarnoed it, and not until then, She did not admit the truth of the chargo of oxlrava- ganco againgt women. On lookiny over tho stn- tistics, sho found that tho ontiro quantity of silk imported to America last yoar iwould “give onch womnu sbout 816 wortl, " Wounld not tho cousumption of imported liquora and cigars Bsbiow b bigror averago iedulzonco than 15 each amoog tho men? It was not practicable that a marriod woman should onrn stated wages. Tho husband must bo the oukdvor ecarner, end tho wife tho_ indoor pariner of tho frm, equal with her husband, and doing a grander work than ho in roaring her children, Never- tholoss, woman ought not to go_into the mar- risgo-partnership without & lsrge industrinl training ond education. NS, RLIZADETT K. ONURCAILY, President of tha Woman's Club, of Providenco, R. L, oxprossed the beliof that thoro was in womeu o natural adaptation for business. Sho gnve some inetances of tho sound financinl abili- ty of Queens. Sho alzo told of soma fowalo ahip-builders, who gob slong splondidly until | thoy took in o mau for o parinor, and Lo ruined their business, Fomalo dofawllols wore unhesrd- of ; women alvays managod tho finnucial affairs of thelr sociotios succosslully. Still, women . noeded much training m golf-support. Bho bo- joved thas tho renson why 80 Tany men wero | dofauttors In their business relatious, wag the fact that this ebaraclor was stamped upon thom beforo birth, by the cringiug snd dopressivo position of thomother in tho housohold. It was not true that womon could go out into the world of businesn without depriving their childron of much of tho influcnce which ought to surround them; if ¢ho mother 1uust leave hor childron whilo sho worked, tho children would suflerin charactor and Lraining. The Cougress then took a recews until 2 o'clocls, at which hour it would assomblo, oxactly on tho ‘minato, and business would commouca, e, Livermoro announced, oven if no one but liezsolf woro pregount. £ ——— AFTERNOON SESSION. The Congress renssembled ot 3 o'olock, the President, Mra, Livermoro, iun tho chair, Tho Scerotary, Miss Flotcher, read the follow- i loltor from NISH JONKNBON, of Genova, Switzorlaud : The Prestdent and Assoclatfon af Women {n Geneva fo the Dresitent and Cangress ur* Wonien Avicubled in Chicago : Dran MADAM AN 1sTERA: Wa desire to send sou tho salutation of sympnthy and love, and carneetly 10 wish yon siiocess i your noblo offorta to purify tho jutluence, and to clevato the character of women. 1t I8 n grand en, indeod, you have inv fow! Tiks i tuo firat sga i the world's history in which w0 koa RO Inany miuds brought together to concentrata thelr power on (o solutfon of the problem, * Whnt ahare women aro to take in the progross aud peaco of Luninnity.” Ta us thelr power of prowoting or hind- ering these objects seem-go unlimited that wo bail willi satisfaction evory efiort to arouse syomen L0 a con- viction of the work which I8 laid upon them to do. Aud we bellove thero great mectings aro well sulted to deepen this conviction iu both sexes, ond to encourage thom to sympathizo with, and to aid cach other ih mutunl rospect and forbearniica. In this month of Su{)lumbcr. two Congresses of emjuent lawyers and philanthropists hava been held In Geueys, " Thoy came from various countries of Europe, from Anioriea, and from Japan, to conault to- @ether liow such lawa could be mado, established, and cnforeed, ua shonld provent war amony nations, nnd bind Princes and people to seck a peacsful molution of lh:{r ldm‘en‘ntnl‘ It i a noblo offort which they mako Ty tho samo week, in Brussels, was hicld a_Congress of dalogates of the Internatiorl Soclty of Worlimen, They announced {helr programine as ono of rovolu- tion; their aim—In order, ba 1t ssid, to promote the well-being of the workmon—to destroy the work of tho past, to annfhilate_nll suthority, to put an end to all government, to lake possession themselvea of alk the rich product of past labor! * They know not what thoy do,” s all wo can sy of tiicsa would-be dosolators of tho earth: How have wo seen the per- petual atrife betwaen good and ovil exemplited in these Congresses | And we women, Can wo do nothing fo promote pence and well-bolng? o calm tho passfons aud cle- vute tho aimu of man ? Surely we havoa mission here? Ts it not our work in all Iands to teach tho young that respect of otliors, and control of eclf, that large, piro- minded, gencrous patiouce and_ cotirags which can nlono enable them to pass with honor, and yet with peace, through the miste and storms of Mfo? What- aver her profession or work, {his feaching {8 woman's firat right and greatest privilege, ond we have every- wltere 10 rouso oursolyes to ite ' vigorous exercise, ns L\‘flll 1n the buginess of tho world as i tho privacy of ome, To uncourage in the pursult of such noblencss of spirit and nffection is tho truost proof of sisterhood Wo can give each other; and iu this spirlt wo greet you beloved, truc-hearted sisters of Aweriea, and wo ])flg that wisely and successfully you msy make the study whick you hnvo undortakon, aud ovolve holp and light for the women of olier tnds to know better how 1o accomplish their work, CATHERINE M, JonNsoN, Prosident and Editress of the Esperance Jourual, Tho Beorotary followed by reading » letter from MRE, DAINES, of England : 2 TonrrLAND Pract, Lownos, Sept. 3, 1874, DeAn Mavadt : 1have only just recoived tho notica paper relating to the Woman’s Congress (o be held on the 15, 16th, sud 17th of October, I fiud several subjects intercating to mo, aud 1 shonld very nueh 1ike tie privitege, 1f 1 hud tho opportunity, of sdding 1y nlte of oxperience on eack (opie with el Tant practically ucquainted, T must, however, confine my- Eeif to one subject, viz.: the * employment of ludy sn- 2erintendents of uursorles in the families of well-to- do clsares,” This suggestion would, I presume, be nrpmx\rlnw uwxder tho question, * What now elemont can women Lring jnto the fild of tinaueo 7" Excuve me if I infatake fho meaning of that question, T understand the word “ finauce,” wo uaed, torefer to romuncrative ludusiry, 1 have succecded In estublishing nu ageney in London for the purpos of facllitating vuch engagements, that iz to say, un olfice i opened whore motlicrs may ncet with ladics in re- dueed crcumstancos, willlug to take charge of tho uurdery department ; and where, thero Is 2 nursemud Xopt, 1t shiontd bo o very comfortable and suitable po- sition for wonion of retined mind and habits, sud the Deneilt ta tho children would bo {mmenso for thew to Do assocluted with a person of thiat description, instead of the coarne, ignorant, unprincipled people, who wwunlly take Aitbations a8 nursse,” fist Lecatso tho dulfes ave yht, and the nurwe Is usually,waited on Dy (ho nursemaid, sud gives herself more uirs and the househiold moro trouble than a Jady would do, Coneldering thio searcity of ocenpations sujtablo for educated women in reduced clraumstauces, sud ilio l:un»:m,umt overstockod condltion of the governesa markel, it iaBurprising that the position to which 1 de. sire to call attentlon law not attractwd o Jurger nume ber of applicants, 1t way bo that o litilo fulso pride Intorferes on tho ono slde, and perhups an Mnwlilivg- ness on tho part of ladies of households to try un experiment of tho kind, but a Httlo common sutliclent to overcome the diflicultics In tho wuy of a youeral accoptanco of tho plan, which embraces 50 miny dvantages (hat wtimately wich cugegements ‘Would 1o the Tule lustond of, a8 now, the excoptlon, 1 regrot vxovediugly that Tum ahlo to mako such o yory winall eontrlbition tb your Siportaut Gougress, 1 wil muipplenont my viort yayier with tny bust whshes Tor the uiiceess of your mectng, anid_ thal tho promo- tern may have £onio vieible reward for tho_euotyy und ability which uust necessarily L employed upon sueh ‘n octaalon, 1 o, i), youre very tely M. A, Bamses, THE BEY, SRS, SOULE added something to bor remavks of the forp- noon on Lhe tople of * Financo," Thoro was in Now York o home for aged and infirm porsons, xnown aw tho Chapin MHomo, the Trustess of which wero womon. They hLad raised mouey erough (o run the bulliing, aud were fres from dovt. It was manuged wholly by women, the only man i tha building betyg an engineor, in Wwihoso absenco the Matvon ran the engive, La- tlew wishiug to edueato themsolvas 1 mionoy entorprises should interast themsolvas in some- thing 1o this, The Prosidunt eald that the majority of the olritable institutions wero maunged by women, and wokt of thom wera put au o sulstautial basld by the fnunciel capaclty of the women who susnaged thom, of Towa, #ald that tho first Mrs. Hurbart, ploneor work to he dona was he creating of & pubile goutiment whioh winde idlonens amon womon unrespootablo, Hha waw . statistics the othor day aliowing that the buttor oud eggs in }‘L:fi‘.&‘{fi‘z‘{'\‘,f‘ifi"t to market by wotnen ex- o 0 8 the Binto, Thore “"K"lgfimfl‘wg‘,‘ “y%\:x?: : FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1874---TEN | AGES. senso and good feoling on' both sdes woald ho: women who did not do Lhoir shinre of &he work in tho hounohold, As womon ascondeil in tho Racinl sonio thoy consod to bo workors, tho om- plogmont of kervants relieving them frum iabor, Whon Chicngo was burned, how mauy fathors must have looked ab their girls, and theght how %Ilhirlll they would have buen it Lhoy were only oy, MY OLEAVELAND, of Wyoming County, New York, snid sho Lad novor made & speoch oxcept in Bnndmy-school. Bho was a businoss woman, and had grout enjoy- menl in hor bustnegs. The fiuancial emtorpride for women Lo omibark in waa tho work which lny nearost their handa every day snd hour, ‘I'horo wag money In ovorything that surrounded Lhom —eithor to make, loss, spoud, or wasto, Fiwl out whoro it waa and how it was, That was the thing todo, [Applauso.] Widowa and arphanod irls shonld folfow the examplo of a wamnn slio new, Bl ationod hor nerves, nud braced hor- golf to havo nud koop that which had heen laft fior by her Inwband. ~ Bhodotormined to carry o his work, and shoulder his responaibilitios. She alopted o most rigld.Liwinoun lsbiks and do- votod hersalt to business training. Tho sponker h]nd trl?l thlg plan, and i Iind succoeded, [Ap- nuse, 3 'Iho Prosidont said that when it was known that Mre. Cloavoland lind conductod businoss affalrs sicoerafully, and had ot tho swmo time raisod n fnmily whio called her blpssad, hor re- marlke would hiave moro woight, Tho Prosidont procoodod to uflnnk of tho worle accomplished by the Worron's Bonrd of Misslons, who managod their affairs with such admirablo succoss that tho man of the church Liad no fault to find or sugges- tious to offer, d Mra, Julia Ward owo said that tho discuesion Iind been moro bonoticial than sho had dared to hope. Sho was glad 1o sco that womon rocou- nized tho fact that thoy must becomo tho moral guardinus of their sex.” Bho movad the appoint- ment of u committee to roport upon the financial opportunities, intorests, and abilitos af Amer~ iean women, Tho molion provailed, and tho Chuir appointed ne the Committeo Mr#, Iowe, Mn}. Soule, Mra, Churelill, aud Mrs. Clervo- taud, THE EDUCATION OF TWOMAN, Tho Becretary now road the following paver, by Mrs. Adelnide Hoatings, of Sing Biug, N, Y on tho subject of “Lho Kducation of Woman : ‘Thero I, porbaps, no groater stumbling-block in tho progress of woman's 1o nora polaonsd srrow, which weakens while it wounds, than tho constuntly reiter- ated assertlon that alio $a trying to unsox Lensolf (o L~ come man, Thnt woman 15 whatsho now 15 : that sl s ot tained to her precent perfoction of weakuess and ate fentation of muscle, ta pattly owlng to tho tom-hoy Im(flmnr of herehilihood ; to tho fear of being mas- culina, which ever uaunts hor maturar yearn, Hitherto all that has symbollzed atreugth hes Leen deoominated masculluo ; and the girl still hears, on evory sido, thab it s “rixE A vox " (0 b setive or impulsise, or Vigorous. And when sby comca to maturity, If eho poasesses niental av phynical porer, if sho Laa frmness of bargone, ar energy of will, slic must curb and represa hier haturo fo tho doutinnt fdea of what (s fomintue, Is woman thio ounly ono of God’s creaturca tuflt to Lo trusted to natursl laws? s abo tho only known femalo uitorly incapabla of o free self-development 7 Through all this struggie, which 18 but tha resction xrl’n\vl‘uwd growth, tho alm, the effort of her noul o 4 TRUED AXD A NOBLET. WOMANHOOD, And In tho inovitsblo teudency toward soimothing Ligher, 1 thix great yoarning (o s the latent forc wiilels ke fecls Within her, diring this bistor siriviuz for a noro harmoulous . dovelopment, surely thero ore men pattent nud cloar-aphted enough to hold their Ledlgent fu yuspense ™ ustil abo cun Lave proved ovself, “Lhe iilea recently brouched thab women's ability to work d perlodic, aud that hor work must be doio in what fo called o % womut's way," thouyla it DLan ux. ©ited much controveray, can hurdly produco me im- presilon pou Ler presant position, ‘Tha little volune, “HEX IN EDUOAUION, Ia ovidenlly kindly meant, oaruest i intontion, sud Lonest fu thought ; hut thio fow cases. which pvo cited of "ucrvous breakingdown from hard study” ore mesely incidontal, ‘Woman'a onfecbled condidion i cansed, More probably, by her fack of physical do- dopment, than by niy aitemypt at mental culture, hio question of lo-day, a3 we tako it, fs uot tho cquality of tho goxes, Woman s not demanding o Tuca with man, buk wiinply freedous Lo be bis co-worker In the world's Work ; uud, as tho social order i uot ca-* tablialied wpon individusi nor fomalo poculinrstics of constitulion, ho millions of women who arg forced to carn thelf daily bread, or dio, must bo phyaically cducated 1o tha” requlsite strength to work In flis World’ way,or, shonld tiat bo proved impossiblo, nunst resolutely continue o face o Jiving deatls, But In the recognizod spliera of woan s there any poriodic ces~ mition of nuxicly and care? Ia thera any wock, or day, fromn the go of 18 (o 48, {n which sho can withi- aralr o dormant quicscenco?” If, Instead of tha pro- posal of porlodiu work,—which, Kowever ncedful for Swomau in her aequired invalidism, is at least smprace ticablo,—our physicisns would {usist npon systeratio dovelopment for her, from the cradlo to muturily, “iho body might contain_ the roul without succune ing¥—aud there would bo law need to fear for the fu- turo of tho race, “ho subjoct ‘bofors ug, o vitally important, de- manas gravo discusclon, ‘Thero i room for uolthier rasly nor thoughtloss assortious ; sud yof, in tho baok naboye mentioued, referring to tho lmproper manuge- ment of giria during their “educational lite,” wo find o following : *1f thosa causes sliould contitiuo for thie noxt Lulf contury, and iticroase in tho samo ratio thoy Juyo for 1he last Wity years, R requires no prophet to furotell that the wives who aro to bo motl: cra fu our Republlc must bo drawn from trams. lantic hovies, e sons of the Kew World will I 1o re-cuuct, on & 1magniticont seale, tho old story of un- wived Ronie and tho Sabines,” Wo confess oursclves stal0ss 08 to TIR OCCARION I'OR GUCH PIRASER asthese, Tu this “movement,” so hearifelt, 5o pain- Tully scrlous, when thoughtfl woman, iu every iunil, eaddened by'tho past and armed by thodawning bops of thofutura, are pledglng whatover power chey poseoss, of heart and’ brain, (o the ndvavcement of tuelr ox, thiere s Lttlo nced of falés prophesies, or meaninglees auggostions, o this transition date, in this mighty upucaving, thero muet bo suiering, thero will be suce rifice. But in this suftering, and hrough thfe sacri- Hieo, will bo born'the salvation of the race. Aud ow {0 tho re-enncting of tho **old story of unwived Itomo and {ho Sabines,” when our young men shull be ruf- fclently onlightencd to tako e good of the Tce fnto couskleration, in their cholco of wives, wo biave fulth cuough in_their patrlotism, and u tholr common sonse, to bolleve thut {hey will seek to discover tho cunse’ of tho disense which Js wasting our uation, rathier than attempt to_allcviato it by auy such oxpori- ment, * 17the American womats I8 phywically unt for es oy woulan, f sbo ls ot fairly up to whnt Nature usks from hor az wife aud mother,” fn the nnno of Nature lot her bu so educated, so Attod for hier dutics thut this dishonor moy pass from her, But i this education we mnst COMISIENCE WITH THAE LITTLE CHILD 1t s hardly wioro thun & vain hope that the (ratl mafd- ou, with fooblo conatitution, whoeo carly yeara have hetu physlcally misdireetod and misspent, can be Drought to robust Lealth. Tho comsoof tralutug which 4 t0 overomo inborlted wealuese must begin withs babshood. *T'ho girf wlould leavo off her akirts at (he age fn which hor brother door, and dresa i comfortable, wholesomo clothes, in which sh cay romp aud ¢linb i sls Tequires sunshine aud contact witly tho world 40 tnucls 2 be. Shio needs to bo deliy- orad from tho fear of Lecoming unfeminiue, aud to bo permilted to dovolop hor own isturo from within, If wo would huvo Lor heatthful, her young yeara must boaturai ; her faith in hov=elf, which loug repression hus undormined, must s rostared to hier'y sho must boallowad to learn that tho beauty of u syimmotrical, soful lifo v more thun delicacy of form, o refines ment of festure, und to foul thiat whatovek talent sl possesica 18 God-given, aud 4o be omployed 1o it jile ot Al a5 tho Amerlen girl fs, now, S0 painfully fragile, kocp her out uf cbiool, Whero' it In lutiveoh the ages of 19 aud 173 durlug that, th hor hiave' o Rystemntie, moderate, gyttinustio cow under ever-watelful oyb; fustrnet biev thovough all that relates to her own orguntzations teach hee selentifie cookiug, wud ull clis that bears, At auy vy, upon the well-beibg of o hougehiold : wd lel lier dovots Lier upato timo to littls woll-directod roading aud usuch abservation, ¥uox 17 70 25 wivo Yier na thoraugh meutal and physlenl tralning na ho s cupablo of taking, and tben, it 860 dutlres ta 1uwrry, lot ber chooss hor purtner for lfo. Dut tho bread-vinter,—kho whoso lot {t 13 to feed and _clathio herrolf undt_others,—caunot bo thus cdicated, thun nunrded ; for lier thiere fs and csn bo no porlodfy ces- fation 'from lubor, and tho Lest thut ean bo dons for her, wmder our preceut socll condition, in {o teuch hor the needs of hor own bady, thut pho 28y care for it 4n fur ux slio ik able, tho conie fexitics of ber own onganizztion, and the fearful fu- e for mind and_ body o which the crimiunl fznor- anve, fit whielt wliw lina titherto Loon kept, of tho lawa of 1idr bedng mist fnevitably lead, Wainn {n not striving for mau's education, nor for co-cducation with i, Leeauso 1t is * man's wiy.” Sho b ot “aghomed” of womankood,” nor of *motherhood,” and doos nob desire to umfit Dorself fur uither, bub tho systum of montal cultiro, Wiioh min hes appropristed to himself, 15 the Lest which tho world yet_knows, and 1 belioyed to lewd {o menfnl excellence, 18 It vousouablo, fu her ctiorvated condition, to require that ebo alill RUDDENLY DEVIKE A KYNTEN sulled not only to that condition, bt to the needs of Lier sout 2 Ta our thinking st is'but natural thut {ha nielliod tested by conturien of irisl should bo tho firat object of her chalva, When sho shail huve proved for Lerself thut i fs unsuited to ler, whe will by better ublo to framo one more fitling hur neceallic, “The ehame of womanhond, wilh vhich #he I8 nngiatly taunted, 16 but tho honost sluwo of her invalldisin, vhich $8 (o firet ulep towardn itn cure, Nature doos not usuklly lmposo birdons npou hier ‘reutures which thoy aro’ phyeically wuiit o boar, zid ouion 1o ot WiiSng (o coustder oot s useeryon, “O¥hat {8 W plty for hev thay sho Nas boew creatod wontun ™ hardly fanclies tho case, What 1a mioat casens {iu {0 hev, now, i not pity, bat nower o 1nderstand and 1o prove hemolr, OUR MUUI-ADDHED OLIALATE 1 mada to ¥ cover & mullibids of siuv,” but If mon can wxist fn any elimat 1o ot alau Lexin himelt 10 daly whataver I8 peviicloun i 12 11 wa collld ko Dack 10 the alit Qreek caro of tie Loy, thers tfght Do lexw avenalon 10 diend % east wledn,? or {o ylehl ourselvou 10 changes of temporaturn; bitt, while ot men and wonien iliully fyuare Ossselubtle infunn- ces, there 1n aniull rewion 1o expect Au oscupe from {helr thralldow, ~And, ux twa .contuties bave hardly wuficed for o New Lagloder bevonte accilwated, suy radical bonet from trans-Atlantio wiven aceniu bt & Dioplan dream,—for i we como o tials tranyplanting have we proof that the atlen, in Ler wtruggle 1o 3dopt Lervall Lo ew cutditions, will not Tathor add to to ditiiculty thag Lelp ton wolution of it Go iuto our (actorive aud kitchsua and take the Irisi-Amoricsn glsh Dara of O Countey 8y uta hEr eDOEY A ANGUPADCO Cath iy #0° fuyors! with (o Atnoriean of tho rama_clan, fhat wo cau niford to butkd hopos for the fature wpon it 7 "Tha aplondla phyoique of tha Srandmothern of tho Hepublic” 18 1iow oft yaun{ed, bt it has hoen_of Tittln sdvanivgo to {ho digonoeto danghlers, who notthr inhetited the vitality of their ancoators nor woro tatight fo attan a onlihiul womanhood, “1, in tho evolntion of (ho fuburs, o third diviston of the Jmman race 4 Lo bo formed by ubteacting nox. from woman,” can ft bo proved thnt tho human raco Wil be tho losor {hiezeby 7 In the discussion s fo what 18 hest for tho futuro, If wo are to draw our nnalogles from (lio lowor forma o | creation, Tob wa nt lesst follow thom out fo thelr legitimato conclurion, Ia thero proof thnt .. THE BTEIMLE WONKENS OF TIE MYR aro'an injury to helr community 7 1a thers rondon to supposs tho malo lermites or tho Infant termiten avo in_nny way suferera therofrom7 Tet g look to it that ‘vomen are developed into well-constitiutod humnn Latnim, porhoya thon we may trust all evolution to mtural lawa, ‘1l y o doux o trofu sleclea on discrtaft publique- ment on Fraace, eu celto quontion? Ios foimes aont do I8 momo especo quio les Lommes, cf dea graves doc- toura o decldajcnt pas pour 1* afii¥mntive,” 1 tho thinkera of to-dny conld prersuada themgelvea to leava tho other knotly fointa of this woman «ques- tion, n century or o might servo ta decide it, Lt we nirivonot to combat profudice, or futilo fexra, Thisuced of hnlf tho race, {his 'cry which aonic aven from tho Turkisb larem of to-day, this demand for & bobter and freor develapmonbwill be ane mwered, and not alifiod. 1% would bo well fuat woman uhionld kolvo thia problom far ierself ; shauli sbe fall hier danphiers might ba Warned by Ner examyln, and roturn 10 tho old paths. DISCUSKION, Mias Patridge, of Philndelvhin, was the fisat !{mulmr to disenss tho uubject of tho papor, 8he had made tho subject o epecialty sinca 1860, aud sho had made tp lor mind that girls were not whally erenturos of norves, though 1t scont- ed by hor ¢mnluF an thougl it werointonded that the girl should be oll mind nnd uo bady. Thero wag no toncher to traiu her body, Boys wera piven froedom of movement ; gitls wore taught that it was unladylike, The costumo wag an eswoutinl portton of tho girl's physical trninings no gl could take oxerciga in tho ordinary costumo, A gymonsinm had boon attached to the wehool whick the speaker wng conneatod with In Philadalphin, and it was fonnd that brondor chents and broador minds were the rosult. ‘Thero wos o need that the girl should Do phyaleally weak, Joopla must bo taught tha nqc::;:u(:y of caring for the body ns well us for tho mind, Mra. 0. N. Holdon, of Clicago, exproased hor Front plonaure at having tho Congrens nssomblo n thig city. Sho Lad declinod to identify herself with the woman-suffrago movoment, but wos fihd fo give hor support to anyassociation whicl nd for its objoct the improvemont of woman's conditiow, leaving the suffrage question to bo congidared as a corelativo isruc. She sttached great importance to the physical edueation of omen, TPHYEICAL EDUCATION OF UIRLY, Mra, Corbin, of Chicago, read s papor by Dr. Eltzabeth Dudloy, of Now York, ou tho subjsct of " hysical Bducation of Girls,” as follows: No object can bo of greator Importanco to woman than tho attainment of phywlcal perfeotion, For this implics sbaolite, unfafling health of body, and, con- sequantly, of mind, Nur 10 this ull,—pbysical porfec tion fmplioa cliastily, virtue,—for a woninu who pos- sess unclovinting hiealth of body and mind will also bo momll{ round. Sho will not e subject to erratic or morbid imphlses, and, wheu natural instingts aro do- veloped, when natural eiotions are aroused, sho wil ave Judgment 1o gukde tiem arlght, and stength to coiatrol tiem until tho proper tima of uve. Wo cannot, therefose, eudow owr daughtérs mors K}'udnnlly and tichly thin to biestow upon them the jghest possible phiyefcal culture, { shall not now altempt to domonstrato thesopropositions, baving 10 (ime uow to do so. "Thone who havo studied tho wubject, of phwstcal per- foction know Usut Hons sana 41 corpere sanu b not i assertion bt a fact; aud whoro tho sound mind is enthroned ruler of {he'sound body, all the emotions and desires aro guided mud kOl In subjection for the good of tho whole. 1t theu becomes {rmposaibl for a potfect womas fo bo tmmoral, alnce fmiorallty would {njurionsly weaken both hody and _mind, caus- {ng Tdpid deterioration from that bigh standard towsrd ‘whilch the ndividusl was afning, or knd perlaps al- ready attalned, Bincepthen, physical perfection, anid indeed any measure of physical health, 18 so desicable for our daughtors, it 15 obviously our duty to Iuquire MOW WE MAY GIV IT 70 TUEX, Not gvery ono Ia ablo to attain even physical tlon; but 31l who uro ot actnally stricken with death —who ara not # born murdored "—nay acquiro wuch better health, and consequently strength, than they now possess, and_miay leave ® far miofa vuluablo inberitauco to their children than they themsolves received. ‘This fact hoa been dornonstrated often enough to reassure tho parents of feeblo and delicata girls, nnd wurrant theni fu apouding much imo and wouoy fn “pullding up” thele danghtors physteally, whilo vigoroun peoplo, whoso chiidron inbierit thelr own slrength 6ud cnorgy, Tusy ressonsbly Lopo to found & snperor, coustantly’ improving line of descendants, , Lovweyor, t00 often the case that ETNONG AND IEALTHY OHILDREN ABE NEGLFOTED and pernifited to incur labilities too deepe reated, _slowly.devcloping —diseases, through caro. less dikobedienca of natural lawe—or through avers tuxiug of tholr atrength, ‘Thus I havo known o plump, rosy-cheeked, bright- eyed girl of 1 permitied (0 go barefootod fn all weathers, becsuse she % was w0 hoalthy and stroug that notling secmed to hurt her{” At thio ago of 25 &lia waa bod-ridden {nvalid, and ouly afier years of constant strugglo againat diggano and “sulerivg suc- ceeded fu galuing a moderuta degeea of heaith. Anotlier, was ncoustomied st 12 yours to do 33 much veashing, froniug, or bakiug (ua day ag any woman of the neighborhood,—but aftor tho age of 30 ahio nat in her anay chalr or orapt foubly from room o ruon, waited upan by husband, chldren, aud servants, lingoring on from year lo year—an uuliappy, hiighted ‘creature, Aud cnotlier—wha at 14 did’ # woman'a stint™ {n spluning—was always atllng after her Arst baby was born, aud reaved & dozen siekly, useloss, almost ol less children, A Ou tho other band, one whom I know fntimntely, suffcred all tho discazes kuown to wfancy and ohild: hiood, was never expectad to live the yesrout, could not eat what otliers ate, nor atudy i clasacs with oth- ors, neither could indulga tu tho violeat & fporta sud ex- orcises of her young coiupanious, hor often o out of an ovoulng. Dt she lived through all this, nstonished lier friendd by growiug Into a healthy wowsn, aud he- camo ot matilrity 6o strong that sle iss beon ablo to ondure an unusual amount of physical labar, mental oxertion, and moral struiu, Aud now at widalo lifo shie a1t every vonda_ youugor and a far Letlor specle men of physical perfection thun most girls of 20. THE TRANING OF THIS GIRL might be followed with advantage by every parent who bag a daughter llke hor—oa most of our Ameriean paronts Lave, Lorn with 3u futonecly suacepiible norvous crgun- ization, au active, juquiring mind, 8 romantio, imap- uattvo tomporaient, coubined with synmatricsl, but insuiliclent ossoous aud muscular dovelopment— tlicro wras every reason £ foar that lor plvit would #00u wear out or sorjously oxhaust her frail body, Conequiontly slio wng Kopt out of doora as mileh a8 possiblo thnt sho migt be uourised by puro. afr and swarm sunshino, But, liko n delicato plant, she waa sheltored from bloak, obilling east ~ winds, sud from tho noonday 'wun of midsmmwer. Her ‘bedroow waa supplicd day and night with ontdoor sir, while drafts woro uvolded, aud her bed waa elastis but moderately hard, und rathier lightly covered, with o pillow Just bigh' onough to Leop tho spino straight wheu Iying on tho side. ‘Thoigh not able ta fimp rope, run roces, ete., bo- eanwo these violont aud rapld motions fnduced palpls tatiou of {ho beart and opprossion of ke liugs, sho wus obla to walk, rud was tsuglt fo study or rend whilo wailiing mlowly In the _garden, and 10 take, at leant onco © day, & long, rumbling oxcurslon williout lier book, Thix excraie, gentle, Lut couttuued, de- yeloped lier musculur and atiorinl aystom so_thal shio Decunio ftrobger dally, was at 16 celebrated for her powers as & pedestslatl, bud D rolulued them ever since, Slo wan tanght the Soldier's Drill—that sho might tarn to corry hor body properly, and walk rapiily without fatigue ; and wan ullowed’ to donce at howa with her youg fricuda wore for the paychologicul ef- fect of (il antiwement than for exerciie, and partly, 100, ecaums otherwlso slie would liaye been witthig still alttho evening, ' (A8 fuaction of the museles cunses in- action of the 100tor uerves slsu—the norves of weuw- tion bocumo uudaly uroused through recelviug tho excess of blood not belg used by tho norves of mo- tiou—the brafy fsprexsed upon by the bivod not de- manded by ihe latge musclos—and taurefors 4 person, and eapaclally n clild who kus beeu wittiuyg stillull tha cvenlug, gocs to bod with the brain and euitioal syu- fen uniuly oxeited, und the muscular syatem In & stata of torpar, and often of chill.) erfoc- efeot hedlth demsnds equilibrivm of ol tho" bodlly forces, aud mluce this was Be- cured fu the case of wmy frlend sl wlept well nt vight, Ifer £ood was nourising, substuntiul, varled in clements and plalnly covked, given ot regulur hours, in detinite Lutmodorato quaut ity, sud nothing ot al euten ut uny other time, - Hor clothiug was niads to it williout conetrafuing any part of the body, and Waa never pormitted o tako & promi: bent pincs i lier mind. Tudecd, ovory suJeit of worry wus cvolded, and this chitd kept 1n o cheorfal, pencciul frame of anind s constantly xy posallle, Far Lappiness Iu o wonder- ful proinoter of heulth, aud maturo pervons know well that huppluess does not couslst in merrintent eo el an In pency; whilo for un oxeltablo lempereinent eo tout I bettor than joy, Yot ler ezuber. suco of fecling=—hor outueiasm of idea, wera ul\yu)‘ll"‘trn-\led with indulgeuce, nover phoekod nor ehillea, Gan ou Wouler tuat thinglel dmprovod constantly In body aud miud? Aud If o bud beeu born vigor: ous und stroug us msty glrls re, ight nat ber pare onts o founded u Aupeclor race throtighs Mhelr carce ful rearing of ler—bluce Ler excollent’ mental and wnural eudusaucnts veded ouly a perfoetly bealthy, alvuyn relluble, pliyslque (o sustan hons, 1 would have ALL AMENIOAN GIRLS educated sy Judiciously us this oue, Not only (o thoy seen to need wore ficeniant sunecyixion, “but abio more dolioute und gentlo trvutment 'lu evory purtlonlar than the girls of olher uation Au Lnglish givl, an Irsh g, & Germen Wil weem: to bo wot only wiore hardy and uuditring of by, but also less axcltuble und sonsitive af temporataent” aud souse, ey ure uot levs Hublo to ucita discancs,—thoy ore nut longer dved than Anerlexug,—but fewor “of thent ls in_lufunvy, und fewer of thon sufiar from chronts complalnts, Vlioreforu they are abls t0 bo of greatur uvs aud to enjoy mora hisppliiess while tuey live. And i nt thiy gu bl(hlu “Chide of life,—~to be useful uud o be uppy? T balieve thatby proper culeure i youtts,—by aliuy Orst at physival perfection, and waltlug for the Teat 1o follow,—our Amerloan vuce wight scomo In time equal fo tho Buartaus in bodlly beiith wud strangth aud beauty,—to the Athenisus in weutal ate tatitacnte,~Aud uiorally superior o buth those yo. tene meanmg of morality than they, SIS, HOWE: told of n girl who had Lho happy facnlty of falnt- ing nway, whorehy slio was grently envied by hor asioclatos, It wsod to bo that Aturdy, honoat health wan contraband ; but now thut doadly, dangorous iden had pnuaed out of ltoraturo and tho public mind, T'ho nubjoot of dross reform was closely connootod with (hat of hyglono. Bho wag gladtosoo that Dr. Qlarko insisted that hoatth, nnd not dizonse, waa the normal condi- tion of woman, Washouldnot bo obliged toask pormission of our clothes for the oxorclso of physieal atrongth, Womon conld lorrn somo- thtng from tho mon in this regard. Womon be- camo artificlel and awlward, and not gracaful, an tho_fashlonable paoplo supposed. Houschold work was hoslthful {¢ not ovordone, aud_ tliero wan no noed of taking of oxorclao meroly for tho Aakto of oxerciuo; but it was not useful todo hounohold work in tho dross impediments of tho period, The womau physician and the inventor of drees must help to giva freedom from woman's prosout disabilities. y 7 DR MARY BATFORD NLAKE, of Boston, was_wermly walcomed o tho plat- form, aud procoedod to epeak of the importnnea of improvoment In drous. Bho bnd planty of walking to do, and ahe drossed nccordingly. Evary women wvho nttemptod earnest work must aross s0 that alie could do that work, Inthe Now England factories women tried to do the srmo work that mon did, and st tha gamo time woro weighod down ond oramped with tholr drosa, A mnle dootor of her requaintance put on woma's paraphernalia for ix hours, and ex- Im:lmd the boliof that, if ho biad wora it all day, 1o should havo beoh sick for sveok. [Laughtor.] Womwen wero bampered in avory way, and, whon thioy attempted to do oarnost worlk, thoy found the dieadvantages thoy Inbored under. Mrs, oulo said that sho had made no diffor- once in the physieal education of bior ohildron, allowing ber daughtor to climb trocs, slide down_Lill, and wado in tho brook, just na tho boyst did. Tho roault was that sho grew up to lcalthy womuuhaod, and at B0 yonts of ago oo had soven strong, hoslthy children, Alta, Churehill did not Iuow whether Chicago Tad bad Lo good sonso to placo womsn upon Behiool Boardy, but thoro onght to bo mothiors to put o stop to tho practico of sending thoir girls wup long dliglits of staira nt tho most. dellcate pe- rlods of their lives. A great ovil was dono by tho systom of marking in tho publle schools, s~ tablishing n nervous omulation in which the DLrigh girl and the stupid Jvirl woro urgod to the top of their power. Sho disliked in the uovels still moro ihan the fainting girl tho woman who was going Lo die booauso shie had too much brain, Bho nevor met one of this kiud of womon, [Ap- plauso.] MRS, DR, FERGUSOY, of Normal, 111, thought tho subject of the phys- ical oducation _of giris could not bo too strongly cmphasized, It was o hoalthy sign to weo that girls woro beginning to rovolt at tho idea of their phyasical infortority to man, QGirls broke down bocauso their bodics woro woak and their Intollectual facultion woro keon and atrong, Tho sponker found foult with the way gitls woro brought up in Amorican familics, both as to clothing and dit. Tho littlo girl was bribod to o woll by tho promiso of cands, aud lator on tholr pockot-money wont for the purchase of candy. Tho physical teaining of girls_sbould bo commenced jn babybood, and the education of mothiora was Recessnry. NI, LIVERNORE spoka of a lottor receivod trom Charlotte T, Wil- bur, in Switzerlend, aa to tho practica af Amor- ican women climbing mouutaing in the fashi ablo costume of the day, wheroby the exercise wha & positive injury to thom. ‘Ilio spoaler had noticod the same thing ot Mount Washington last summor, _Ouo troublo was, that young men had au sim in lifo, whilo girls had not: uothing to do, or to look forward to, oxcept to emuroidor Aittle whito dogs for tho footstool-covar, loarn to Dluy tho piano very badly, go into (ho' Litohen onco in o whilo, and mike o littlo indigestible cako, and then go in the parlor snd sit with fold- od hands, waitiug for tho coming man. [Ap- plauso.} Girls lacked moral courago; were afraid of boiug called odd or poculiar; fonred to bo known ns worliors, Mothors should suy to their daughters: * Bo whatever you want to be; do what you most want to do, whother itia to teach, or do housoworlk, or go into & millinery_shop.” 10 was not » drop from tenching to_clerking in n storo, |§ a girl likod tho lattor work beat. [Ap- plause. 1 Mra, Owon, an aged Quakéress, oxprossed Lor warm approciation of the good' thich must result from the agitation uf this quedtion. Mrs. Foster, of Ann Arvor, Blich., wished to sx;unk of some earnost, spirited, conragoous girls who had como to ber place to gob an education, Thoy woro sonsiblo cloties, and they worked to support themuolves, 3Motbors should bo carefal not to spoil their daughters by pampering thom before they arrivad at tho yoars of maturity. The Prosident aunounced that at 10 o'clock Saturdny morning tho subject of drogs-roform wonid bo takonup, und tho gontlemen would havo to remain away., Fridey morning Mrs, Mitchell would read & paper on **Fallen Womon,” snd Dr. Mary Safford Blako would {pmsnut o paper on ‘* OQur Inberitance, with Roferonca to Pre-natal Influcnces.” Tho Congress thon adjourned until 7 o'clock p.m. Py EVENING SESSION. The Congross mot ngain at half past 7 o'clock, Mra. Livermora in tho chair. Tho attendancs waa vory large, filling the church, Theo first thivg on the programme of exorcises was the ronding by tho Rov. Mrs. Souleof a paner by THE REY, ANTOINETTE BROWY BLACKWELL on the subject, * How to Combino Intellectual Culturo with ouschold Mansgomont and k- iy Duty.” Tho paper was ns follows : Quo very practical and vital truth s but littlo roc- oquized_apparently by a majority evon of tho most thonghtful women, I rofer to tho fmmouso power or eneryy, counldered zn n_ugreyato atmout, which fs posseaied by on averags Lunwn boing. (vhenover this power can bo concontrated _and utliized, tha ve~ ault fa sfmply wonderful. Not coucentrated, it ‘wnounts to nothing, Recently two dinierent Aretic oxploring partics Lave endured exposure prolonged for montln togethicr ou tho ico, nmidst suows sud (he intense cold of tho Nortli ;' yot only oua man diea from tho unparulicled hurduhitp, Dr. Livingstono and others have boruo yoira of ropical Licat with wiremitted sovere toil. “Logt travelers and sbipwrecked munriucrs have suffored amounts of fatiguo and privation which would be o~ solulely lucrediblo If not well uuthenticated, ~ TIE NESULTS OF CONOENTUATED MLNTAL TOWLR are yot muro_instructive, Michaol Angelo, liviug to create lniman ofigles that shall oeo contlées genera- oy periats whilo oy, mursivo: thio Liiid ooty coli- fug his life into a Paradise Loat ; Newton, sbsorbed in lis Principia; the ropeutant Craumor, holding his recreant right hand lu the cousuaing diino; Madum Roland, waiting for the gulllotive fn tho beantiful Bcrenity of unsclilshuess—ll these aro lossons worth studying, 'Lhey lead us up o the Lefghls which only o Pow" have * veashod hituorios ¥ob "X hewly bolleve that every sehoolglil in tho Jand s power enough—if 1t conld bo rightly cducated, then brought £0 bear with ts full wolglit i tho it dircotiou—to rival srtiat, poot, philodopher, muariyr to religiou, or wmartyr (0 putriotfam, i vkt suount of subtle dud stroug force da thore. But It iy FRITIEUCD AWAY i ten thousaud aimiesy directlons, Often It Ia sheer wante, ‘i clief ond of womaw, it would scem, nuder the tuitlon of conveutionulity, lixs boeu to sehfove tho ut~ most dissipation of uaturul force, Lut women them- selven and tho workd at larye begin o realizo the niter Juws o folly of such imysovhience, For onr wecond Womsi's Congress the Coumnltteo of Iuvitation usk 20 to proparo a puper o, * Low ta combine intelloct~ il coltura with bouseliold mmsgement and family duty,” ‘There{s ona recipo which 1 stnple enough, dlréct onough, and warrauled infsilible. ¥t fn this! 0liooso three, and only tires, peraistout rullug sy in life, Let thuko threo be, FAMILY DUTY, HOUHENOLD MANAUEMENT, AXD INTEL- LEGIUAL OULTUIE, "This triulty swill then werye fu fts own unlty success ~#tiecess 48 full aud swplo 23 the most exuetiug can pousibly demand, Tu throo days of heterogenclty, any woman of avor- ugo health and ability cau nsansge to guido 28 many s thiroo hobbles, Buk 1o wornsu cin rhds 200 1u o siugle 1ife-tiine, snd expect to reack sny gos) which Is worth aftafuing, With a ressosublu sliohuicnt of comfortablo surroundings,s woman may educata herself Lo becous good mother, good Lousckeepor, sud & good student, They nre_threo callings zdupied’ to the threo great phutea of her own nuture, sud will blend fu baruany a roadlly s il colors of tho prisu winglo iy clear, Lright light of the sunboaw, “Tut, with this umsbition befure licr, let 5o ouo agpir alio {0 bo o leador at wocks) gatbebings, o brilllung conversatioualist, & wit, o inuslcian, u froquenter of balls and operat, su wriist In drelamakiug of in drous-displaylug's cuning-socloly mauager, v Good Homaritan In tho church and (o community, un active politiclan, or a wharp oucyelopedis of bis gocial set or of or niigiborliood, A warked woman In evory sy i whieh wonen are_conspicuons, s vory iikely to be dissgrecable fuflure tuull, Great §3 "tho totality of huwmsu forer, but it 15 uot ifwitless, It cavuot vary widely from an average smount, No humau belug hus over Locotie eminent it mauy divections ay once, A few men, Liaving uclifsved siiceess i onu of wore prralta, Tny tura then to couquor distinction fn new telde, Lt 110 an, 1 thiuk, ever draaued of following moro than tlreo occupatiolis conusctadly, O caiiruo thera wider onteldo fulorests iu which one may particigate fueulentally, to s linfled uuid quite iresponaibly exteut, WIFELY AND MATERNAL DUTIES cultivate aud exorclen tho uffectivus—oNoring zmple seope genorally for tho pructice uud for tie fuul ut- tatmnent of all tho vistues, This divisfon of worl: may bu sogardud, thorofora, a4 leudiug p, by oue of tie most direct'routea, to’ gomo of tho wublimer morst elevations, - 1oussliold dutlca, if enterod Mpon prac- tically, to uouna uxtent, ure equally woll adapted to the physical well-belug, Fhey way bo mado to keep ovory wiisclo {u bualthful oxerelia, I oxteuded to thie luwh sud garden, or evou When du freely luvited lato the louso a4 guest, u0 housekpepor uecd e sy uvalld from (he labitusl, Atreuptivntog seHvity, the outuldo uir want of varivd, = e nowned nntioun, sinca we havo moro fully stutied 4o | Ong w/ho i ne 18 not ovorburdenod with this cless of due tles may ko he dafly Jepforancs of tiem s slep~ Dlugeatons to the vary doslrable bolghts of robuet plise ileal. vigor, Blio' iy also bring Iulo oxerciso unlime Jled fuyenulty in dirgeting and controlling othors for the fanilly good, aud oy discipline her exeonlive abilily, learningto koop the dtalln of a very complie gntod Aystom of moana to ands it uniutorrupted works ing order, TIntolloctual culturo, with its disciplino of tho intelloot, ta brondening aud elovating iuflioncs upen, ko whols inturs, may elp to nold aud come A co lfl{{mw&m“; o ‘strong, oficient, and admira. ontly theso threo destrablo womonly yocations aro woll adipted ta bia pursyed: myllnmlucn\l’y {ogethor, As thoy eacli appeal 10 a difforcnt. depariment of out heterogenoous noture, nalthor nood futerforo witls the. otlior ; Lut, by & Umited dlars b by amount of occupation in each 0y eAch fn turn mual alstinct aids toward a symmotrical éel\":?gllr‘;l‘::lfi 5 Ot courgs I f axtromoly ouny to draw smooth and plausible plans on papar, But 18 alwaya didlcult to ronll;:nllr ll.lcn'sl‘} sl CIILDREN ARE DISTURDING PLRME) ., mara fiaklo in thclr fmpulseh thats tho weabewhich Old Probabllities, after all hls experionco, Anda it ofton quito impossible o bring fnto” Tine, ~ Hors vAbls aro not sutomstons, Whatover Teer Hugloy iy piovo 29 o Uio maching character uf tho lower animals, evary housaxacper Enows that coor, laundress, neamstress, mald of all wark, evory ouo of fhiom Lss o froo~will_of her own, fuli-grows nbd rosoluto after {ta kind, Kitohien utensile, nug th Dblack cooking stovo_itseif, hava takon soino shure in the evils which resnlted fium tho full of Adam's wife, It i not more certaln thal tho esril fliall bring forth thorns and thistles than that tho house shall bristle wiih plu-poluts and needlo-pricke in every room trom qarrol to ocllar, ¥rom the dust wo camo, aud undor iho Lan of dust must ablde tho mistries of overy houschold,in spite of old silk handkerchisfs and feathia er-dustors, But life would bo tamo cnoughi if thors worono fl'hlfl in {t-—uulpid enough with nothing to conquer, No cliaractor could flg];rnnllh ita own strengtu If it could find nothing to bo overcame, Itiu ateady, bhablt ‘unl ozerciso, whish drawn tho Feuovating and upbuild. iug lifo-load to all the groat nsrrous contren. Homo distinguished Englisk proachor, I think it wag Dr. Licfcbild, sayn o began marsled lifo witl tho do- torntnation that luis wifo and_children should nover o banlshed from Lis study becausa bhe waa cugaged In writing w fermon, Hu wonld learn to work iu thlr presenco. And o did loarn—learned to prepira wise and thrilllng dlscounsos which wers to electrify many willing,ndmiring listencrs, unost every mother eau learn to TAKE UP INFELLECTUAL WOLK PROFITADLY, oven ju the midst of ber lttle uotsy group of children, It need mot bo falal to tho Liguest continuity of thought ta stop overy naw and then to snawer somo of {hio audloss suggentivo uestions, to kiss » Jittlo bum ed head, or to settlo somo of {he'inevitabla swmall pifos, ‘Tho well-alauced, kealthry woman, - with & wited {ncomie, can Jearn fo liva fn_ ber ' kilchen, ready to watch tho Voiling pot, to superintend the " alder irl's towiug oF dislewashing: ahd to seud matormal choer umow nnd tuen iate the -distant cormer, whore the liitle ones uro at play; and yet, alternated with much housawork, 8o can acoomplish sy Humenso amount of reading, thinking, snd of counotid sevurs study in any doparte mont b Whlch ahe Io thoroughly Interested, TUE GREAT SrCRL Ies fn Going o little of cach kind of work every day— in conaidering 1t Just ng casential to Levawa ealth of body, und contonimant swith vigor of mind, to do some brain work daily, s it s Lo tako Ler daily food and the ightly allowanco of sloop. Iach woman must consult her own montal trafts, and Licr apocial circumstances, aujuntive her Sntelicciual culturs and her wmodes of mgntal work to her particular conditions. Probably no two \women esu adopt _exactly the sama mefliods, * Bomo amount of fndopendenco ond origl- oMty Juindisponsablo, any perions could accom- plisli most by taking ono or roveral hours dally for quiet, ubiutorrupted study. One could ouceced bost By acquiring s lirgo amount of genoral enlturo s ane othor by choosing somo speclally, and sieadily perfect- ing lowmelf in that dircetion, ' But 10 every womny, high and Lo, rich and poor, well of su tnvalid, T shonld say,witheut qualification, gafn somothing men tally overy'day. It 18 neoossury 1o your own woil- beiog in’ body and mind; it will bo of great ade vaulego to your childron; $t will Do & stay aud © comfort fu *thd ond to sour husband ; a gain to tho communtty : sn Lonor aud an emolnmeat 10 theuge in which you live; and, to thu goneratious (Lot ate to succeed you in tho active datios of life, o 1ost wholesomo oxsmple. No uuttor liow many tha disadvontages, or how ex- coptionally tryiug tho position in which one fa placed, lot. thero be 'n rosolute and Gxod will, sud the way will opeu of itself, Lot ntelloctual culfuro becomo pursuit mora jmperativo thup o handsomo wardroke I wil bo ound thiat it requitea imucls loas money (6 secuto it | Ag u rest from dafly care {6 will ba quite 28 affectivo 3 any other recrentlon, I kuow of a wowman who, not_long sgo, kept liousa for sonie months with no oftier nsslstoneo thau that of Lior own five clildren,—the oldest sbout 10 aud tho youngest 5,—with othor occaslonal help n washing, or ishon thiers was company, During this tiuso slo reg- ularly ~prepared an arilcla each week for o weokly journal, wroto ome or two pspers for 8 uagiziue, 'aud carried on @ coutiuuaus atudy whilo writing npon a topic in which sho was ine torested, T clildrenull did somo Labitual studying and veciting, and tho houso was o8 orderly s nsual, visltors coming aud golag, yct knawing notliug of tha unusual intorual srrangements. llow much novol reading hag Deen duue by tha housekeepors ,of 16747 4 GOOD FTORY 18 an excellent, aushion to zost the soul upon when {¢ f8 thoroughly weary with enough work, but a dict of light reading {3 a3 oxcellent to promote mental dsspopain a8 u dict of sugar-cuudy wonld bo o spoil thie appe= tito of o child, * Na woman who wishes to Lnvo a thior- oughly well-cultured mind can afford to depend much upon the dubious discipline of fiction, or to taka magazines and nowapspers for her chief text-books, LetLior take up one or more creditable subfects ta inveatigato, pursuing thosa as_pleasantly sud us thoes ouglily us ‘possibla, 1t 15 wondorful Niow tho dull~ ooty dryost detalls will, after o time, begin to clotho themeelvos fu fresh lifo sud beaaty; how sho will caleh up hfuts whiclh bave somo bearwg upon her thema in tho most unexpoctod out-of-thie-wny places; and Liow her own mental belg will begin o blossow out Iik n apriny roso bush with tho uew thoughts and feclings, ‘Thoy will come {rouping unbidden to ros frosh lier at every ono of the many woary- places iu Hfu, Who telis us tliat mothors aud liousekuopers have no timie to siudy? It ia thoy more thau oy otlior class who Liwva 20 imo in which to uoglect tho cnltivation of tho futellect. The motlier's heart can fako care of itaelf; the mother's bauds must bo busy, Whatover lor stafion fn life, Bub tho mothers’ intollect hea to often been alowed to suffer sud die, with “no oxe wise enough about her to Jifi awarping vuico, Andlookut tho results, Thochil- dren (row up to young msu sud womnnhood, tecretly T thelr thoupliticss Heatte Aeeplsing ber for bes weat of wiso aud broad culture. Sho carriod lor braius into Jittle tucks and ombroldery to orusment their Besutiful clfldhood; but for thia thoy havo 1o thonla, The protty drosses 'sre Worn out; iow they nevd & motlicr who cau comzund thelr lutellactial respect, and teach {liem wowo of Hiwa highvst leseons befurd they go out from tho Lousehold forovor. Piain, strong clothing then, would havo left timo for loving, stroms wisdors now. Tho Lusbaud, who hos ‘een growlug o8 men grow who ara ‘continuslly mingled with thg world, rubbed sharp aud bright with its frictlons, and compelled to pick up mauy chapters from its varied exporicuces, may bo WAl ki loving, conatdsratato tho fsded, fusniiueto wifc, whose mind hos remalned stationary or s 6coro of years, Lut s wwat bo & rery man € o very thiorough coutempi for the femulo intsilect does not worm {tself {nto Komo of the secret, tuuer cliambors of Lis soul, TAS ANY WIFE A MORAY, DIGHT o suffer Lersel o b outgrown i cluraclor by ber husbandy Cakes end fellies may fall into tho back- ground, but idas, i the family ocopomy, must ruly atways 8bove par, Working womon fuord than sny othier nocit tho strongth and consolation whicls areto Lo dertved from o wide ficld of unobliug thought need thorougl sud perefsicut solf-cdueation, and ail (Lo dignity and raspectrul consideration which fo le ways given by rich and poor uiikze fo & well-cultivated infsllcot, Tho bighest work which can Le dono for ond's famify fa tenohfui them ~proctivally that {he mind {5 of cven greater worll than tho body, Little childron nceustomed to wee au houored mother bludying habitually, if only for bulf su bour every duy, must lenry early to suspoct 1o windom which I3 50 hiphly prized, 18 apy womsn smbitious for her famdly'? * Tucr {8 uo botter-wuy of ateadlly promoting thelr welfare. Exumplo i bomensuly better thian pro- cent, and slo uore fufiueutiat than 4l other teachord fu forning thoir pliant churactere, A muu? pl:m(; tuin the fuce of every leaf and petal foward 1o Kun, 50 & humin being who early featns thaut knowlezo i {1 own uxeosding frroat rawsd, wil turn towards it dnstietively in overy cmergancy, *No Qlutonces aro 80 groat 38 woral distanees,” Tho paper was well read Ly 3lvs. Soule, and was listoniod o with closo attention, a round of appluuse signltying tho approvel of the sudionco &6 its close, My, Julin Ward Howo said she spoke on tho subjoct of tho paper in the houpo that others ‘would expross thoir viows, It was n grave and importaut subject—bow 2 wifo and mothor was 10 livo, keoping in sight the turoofold thread of her destiny, Womon uhould Layoe o great desl thut was procious ta say ebout this, ABS, KATE N. DOGGETT, of Chicago, With somo reluctauce consonted to tako the platform. Sho ‘said that she thought that a fair sbaro of (ntelloctual attaiument might be combined withh docent core of one's housa and ouc's husband and childron, it one cared to do it, Women did & vast deal of loafing, Ho- tels and boavding-houses wero famous for It but private houses wero not froe from it. A woman must mako borsolf miutrass of Ler thae, giving o fair sharoof it to the worldaudlor Irionds, but having timo lof¢ for somo Intellect- wal attninment, V'he dutios of hospilality mustbe porformod always, but thoso did not #o tuch in- tevrapt intetlectun) puranits uy dld the intorrup- tion of Gothis and Vandals who called themaelves friands. [Applunse.] Y, JAMES D. ATOKE, of Knlamazao, Mich., boivy callod upon, said that tliero wus no such promoter of health ag to com- Dbiuo gomo intollectust work with onr daily work, Hhe kuow ono lady who made worthy acquisi. tion fu tho study of languagos by devoting to it only tho timo ordinurlly “apent in combing hor hair. T'he speaker bsd found @ maguetism in tho combiuation of tho sindy of some one wibject with daily dutloa. " I€ was - more rosiful than absoluto rost from physical labor. “P{ma was the gronv lunovator upon ull attempte at intolloctnal oulture, und she recommendod curly "““"f 23 2 monn of wwking up for the timo speut in rovolving visitors, 1, LIVERMORE 0id that » fer yoars ago uu eminent Europoan ludy ssid uho was gurprised at the peoutisr beaus ty of Awmorican girls, but, us whe observed furthor, tho mou grow hendsomor d bondsomer, and the gis homelier and bomelioy, No woman had any busipess to be i i