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It is a misery to see a child a slave to its clean frock ,, and obliged to keep it clean at the expense of the exercise of its active
enjoyments ; it is a misery to see a child a willing slave ,, and content to sacrifice its play to vanity ; and a third misery to see a child unneat and slovenly . Between these various shoals how lew mothers know how to steer . One thing to be said for the poor mothers is , that every difficulty is thrown in their way which the clumsy institutions of society can supply . In the first place , dress is so expensive that much labour is required in order to afford to procure it ; but the time will come when society shall
be framed so as to admit of these things being given to each individual accordin g to his wants , and the injunction of our Saviour will be literall y obeyed , Take no thought what ye shall eat , or what ye shall drink , or wherewithal ye shall be clothed . ' It is sad to think what lives are spent in a continued struggle to procure that which should be a birthri g ht , viz ., the necessaries of life . Secondly , the fashion of dress is as inconvenient and
ungraceful as possible , in spite of the immense quantity of time , thought , labour , and money expended thereon . Why should not we have dresses woven into some shape , and so avoid all the shaping , cutting , and sewing , upon which many women waste their energies all their life long ?
Ag ainst vanity about dress there is but one real remedy , viz ., the substitution of love of excellence for love of excelling ; the developement of the intellect also , will bring about a just appreciation of the value of dress when wei g hed against mental superiority . There is but one real remedy it is true , but the plan adopted b y S . answered very well to check the growth ot vanity in that direction . C . was very vain of some jewels , the
gift of an injudicious relative ; or as she emphatically called them her do ills . Day after day she asked to wear them ; day after day S . said ' No ; ' but finding that to refuse was of no use , she was puzzled what course to adopt , until it occurred to her to let one nre put another out . Accordingly the next time C . applied to her for permission to wear her do ills , she answered , ' Certainly , wear them if you please ; but you know these things are valuable because your mamma ' s dear friend gave them to you ; they must
neither be lost nor spoiled . If you have them on , therefore , you must remain in this room , and even , I think I should say , upon this chair , in order to be sure that they are safe / C . consented to the terms , and joyfully bedecked herself with her finery , and then stationed herself upon a chair . It was a fine evening in August , and the other children were out ; however , for two hours C . persevered in sitting on the chair . At length she
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MEMORANDA OF OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS IN EDUCATION . —No . 4 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1834, page 855, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2640/page/37/
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