Female Excellence; Or, Hints to Daughters, by a Mother (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV. THE YOUNQ FEMALE IN HER EMPLOYMENTS. The remark already made in reference to intellectual pursuits will equally well apply to active employments: they should at once be regulated with regard to the discharge of present, and the preparation for future duties. We shall now address a few remarks to those young females who depend on their own exertions for their support, away from .the parental roof?to those who are engaged at home?and to those who are much employed in sacred and benevolent intercourse. A few hints will be given first to thos'e young females who have to look to their own exertions as a source of support. This is a very common case, and should by no means be considered a hardship or disgrace. There is nothing more sweet and honourable than with quietness to work and eat our own bread. The very habit of industry is pleasant and valuable. Considering the precarious nature of all worldly property, it is desirable that every young person should be acquainted with some profitable employment, to which she can apply herself, in case of need; and even should she rise in life, knowledge and activity are easily transferred and accommodated to circumstances; but indolence and thriftlessness are contemptible and ruinous wherever they are found. The young person who has to depend entirely or chiefly on her own resources for support, will do well to discriminate in the choice of an employment; and having chosen it, to weigh well its peculiar dangers and advantages, that she may best guard against the one and improve the other. Health is an object of primary importance. It is too often sacrificed to sedentary employments, long hours, and confined situations. These things should be duly considered previous to entering on an engagement. It is a short-sighted p...