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The Women Of Our Time.
0 f a true-hearted , religious woman ! But in niy humble opinion there is no such unsatisfactory woman as she who is always mouthing and mumbling religious phrases , and in her daily conduct , before her children and servants , is alike uncertain in
temper , and inconsistent in act , the slave of every passing whim , and the puppet of every intriguing sycophant . And lastly we have that far too common and very unsatisfactory woman who is a " rolling stone" in societywho certainly " gather
, no moss , " who has found no husband , and has retained no friends . She is malicious , nossiping , uncharitable , mendacious , and nothing gives her greater pleasure than to set people by the ears , to make mischief in a domestic circle , to separate " chief
friends , " and to render others in fact as unsettled and as uncomfortable , if not as heartless , as herself . Does our memory conjure up no vision to-day before our eyes , clear and full of the babbling , gossipmougeriug , tiresome , most unsatisfactory
woman , who seemed to find pleasure in the troubles of her neighbours , who appeared to derive gratification from the general uneasiness of a family or a parish ? Alas ! ever at this moment there rises up before us the pictureonly too real and
, living , of that unsatisfactory woman , who made us so very ill at ease , and poured such verjuice into our cup of happiness , in life's young morn , or in the maturer hours of after life ! we can recall her eratins
words and her irritating voice , the sneers with which she disheartened the young , and the callousness with which she tyrannised over the old ; aud we are glad to think that for us , at any rate , her presence has past away , and that other scenes and
duties call us from our old familiar spot , and that she , though she troubles others still , has no part or lot in our normal daily life . T have said all this in kindness after all , i \ ot in anger or reproach , for unsatisfactory women are happily the exception
to the rule , and as the old Latin saying runs , prove the rule to be the " clear contrary . " Jfere I stop to-day . In my last chapter next month ( D . V . ) I shall hope to sum up all that may be said fairly for ^ omen and point out how foolish and
, Perverse are the often childish complaints ° * nien , the witless sarcasms of the coxcomb , the railer , the disappointed , and the demoralized .
The Schoolmaster Abroad.
THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD .
BY THEOPHILUS TOMLINSON . YEARS ago , at a pleasant meeting in a country villagein the diffusion ( and
con-, fusion ) of general knowledge and improvement , the writer of this little paper ventured to point out to a kind and assenting audience that one of the " indicice " of the advance of education amongst us , and the valuable labours of the schoolmaster , would
he found in the signing of marriage registers . At that time , and for some time previously , the return through the Registrar-General ' s department as to " marks " and " crosses , " instead of actually written nameswas of the blackest . I remarked
, then , and I see no reason to modify my statement to-day , that we must not accept however such a return as absolutely an indication of the exact number of those who could write and those who could not . And for this reasonthe marriage ceremony
, is always more or less one of nervousness and excitement to our young people , especially those of the toiling classes . The writer had once upon a time something to
do with marriage , and the serious responsibility of marrying happy couples , and he remembers well how very often , especially in the case of the woman who could write her name , but would not for some reason or other , the register book would have
contained nothing but the too common X Jenny Stiles , her Mark , had it not been for his persuasion and exhortation . How often has he heard it said by the plucky maiden , "Weel , if I
moost wroite , I will ; thou know ' st best . " For curiously enough such is the sympathy of the sexes , that if the man cannot or will not write , the woman sometimes will not either ; and there even has been a prejudice or superstition , call it what you
like , existing in many parts of our rural ditsricts , that it was unlucky to sign your own name , and better to make the usual mark or cross . We cannot therefore assume as an indisputable fact , that all who do not sign their names in the registers of marriage cannot write ; but I think we may fairly assume that the prevalence , of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Women Of Our Time.
0 f a true-hearted , religious woman ! But in niy humble opinion there is no such unsatisfactory woman as she who is always mouthing and mumbling religious phrases , and in her daily conduct , before her children and servants , is alike uncertain in
temper , and inconsistent in act , the slave of every passing whim , and the puppet of every intriguing sycophant . And lastly we have that far too common and very unsatisfactory woman who is a " rolling stone" in societywho certainly " gather
, no moss , " who has found no husband , and has retained no friends . She is malicious , nossiping , uncharitable , mendacious , and nothing gives her greater pleasure than to set people by the ears , to make mischief in a domestic circle , to separate " chief
friends , " and to render others in fact as unsettled and as uncomfortable , if not as heartless , as herself . Does our memory conjure up no vision to-day before our eyes , clear and full of the babbling , gossipmougeriug , tiresome , most unsatisfactory
woman , who seemed to find pleasure in the troubles of her neighbours , who appeared to derive gratification from the general uneasiness of a family or a parish ? Alas ! ever at this moment there rises up before us the pictureonly too real and
, living , of that unsatisfactory woman , who made us so very ill at ease , and poured such verjuice into our cup of happiness , in life's young morn , or in the maturer hours of after life ! we can recall her eratins
words and her irritating voice , the sneers with which she disheartened the young , and the callousness with which she tyrannised over the old ; aud we are glad to think that for us , at any rate , her presence has past away , and that other scenes and
duties call us from our old familiar spot , and that she , though she troubles others still , has no part or lot in our normal daily life . T have said all this in kindness after all , i \ ot in anger or reproach , for unsatisfactory women are happily the exception
to the rule , and as the old Latin saying runs , prove the rule to be the " clear contrary . " Jfere I stop to-day . In my last chapter next month ( D . V . ) I shall hope to sum up all that may be said fairly for ^ omen and point out how foolish and
, Perverse are the often childish complaints ° * nien , the witless sarcasms of the coxcomb , the railer , the disappointed , and the demoralized .
The Schoolmaster Abroad.
THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD .
BY THEOPHILUS TOMLINSON . YEARS ago , at a pleasant meeting in a country villagein the diffusion ( and
con-, fusion ) of general knowledge and improvement , the writer of this little paper ventured to point out to a kind and assenting audience that one of the " indicice " of the advance of education amongst us , and the valuable labours of the schoolmaster , would
he found in the signing of marriage registers . At that time , and for some time previously , the return through the Registrar-General ' s department as to " marks " and " crosses , " instead of actually written nameswas of the blackest . I remarked
, then , and I see no reason to modify my statement to-day , that we must not accept however such a return as absolutely an indication of the exact number of those who could write and those who could not . And for this reasonthe marriage ceremony
, is always more or less one of nervousness and excitement to our young people , especially those of the toiling classes . The writer had once upon a time something to
do with marriage , and the serious responsibility of marrying happy couples , and he remembers well how very often , especially in the case of the woman who could write her name , but would not for some reason or other , the register book would have
contained nothing but the too common X Jenny Stiles , her Mark , had it not been for his persuasion and exhortation . How often has he heard it said by the plucky maiden , "Weel , if I
moost wroite , I will ; thou know ' st best . " For curiously enough such is the sympathy of the sexes , that if the man cannot or will not write , the woman sometimes will not either ; and there even has been a prejudice or superstition , call it what you
like , existing in many parts of our rural ditsricts , that it was unlucky to sign your own name , and better to make the usual mark or cross . We cannot therefore assume as an indisputable fact , that all who do not sign their names in the registers of marriage cannot write ; but I think we may fairly assume that the prevalence , of