The Education Of Women

Speaking generaliy, the training an discipline that aro most suitablo for tl) one sox in oarly Ufe aro alao the mos suitable for tho other ; and the oducatio and culturo that fill the mind of tho ma will prove equally wholcsomo for the wo muii. Indeed, all tho argumenta whic have yet boon advanoed in favor of th highor oducation of men plead oquall; strong in favor of tho higher edncation o womcu. In all tho departments of hom intolligoncG will add to womsn's tuefh) ness and efficiency. It will give ho thought and foreutonght, onable lier t anticípate and próvida for tho contingon cies of lifo, suggost improved methods o management, and givo her itreAgth ii ovory way. But whilo tho mind ani charactor of womes onght to be cultiva tcd with a viow to their own woll-bein; they ought not tho loss to be eduoftte liberally with a view to tho happiness o others. Mon thoTnuelvos citnnot bo soun( in mind or moráis if women bo the re verso ; and if, as wo hold to bo the oasr tho moral condition of a people nviiniy doponds upon the oducation of the home thon the education of wonion is to be re garded as a matter of national impor tance. But while it ia certain that th character of a nation will bo olovutod y tho enlightenment and refinement of woman, it is mueh moro than doubtful whether any advantage is to bo dorived from her ontering into coinpetition with man in the rough work of business and politics. Women can no more do men's special work in the world than mun can do women's, And wherever wonuvn has been withdrawn froin her home and family to enter upon othor work, the reeult has been soeially disastrous. Indeed, the efforts of somc of the büstphilanthmjiits have of late yfüir been devoted to withdrawing women from toiling alongsido of men in coal-pits, factories, nail-shops and brick-yards. Thero is, however, ono special dopartment of woman's work demanding the earnest atteiition of all truc female refonners, though it is one whioli has liitherto been unaccountably negleoted. We mean the better econoinizing and preparation of human food, tho waste of which at present, for want of tho most ordinary culinary knowledge, is littlo short of Bcandalons; If that man is to be regiirdcd asa benefaotor of his spcios who makes two strilks of corn grow whiTu only one grow before, not leM Í8 she to bo regarded as a public bi;nefactor wlio icohomizes and turns to tho best practical account the food-products of human skill and labor. The improved use of even our existing supply would be equivalent to the immediate extensión of the cultivable acreago of our country - not to spoak of tho inoreaso in health, economy and domestic comiort. Wero our female reformen to turn their enorgies in this direction with effect, they would oarn the grutitude of all households, nnd be esteemed as among the greatest of all practical philanthropists.