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of energy and firmness, as in that where she relieves a mother more and
more, as her ability increases, of the charge of her family? Neatness is
of primary importance. The care of a brother's linen, or even so humble
a teacher as the duster, may inculcate this virtue. Let her, who prizes
cheerfulness aright, know that never does she sing lullaby to an infant
sister, or act as a peace-maker between two contentious brothers,
without making music in her own heart.

At the period of my writing no quality is more loudly commended than
frugality. It should always be encouraged, for its Christian influences.
She, who is prodigal of her father's possessions, is seldom mindful of
the calls of charity, or marked by propriety of dress, and the
subordination of the appetites. I have elsewhere spoken of habits of
industry as a preparation for reverses of fortune; but were a young lady
perfectly assured of pecuniary independence through life, for the sake
of her own character, she should be diligent and frugal. Let her expend
freely for her mental culture, and devote large sums rather to the
relief of the needy, than to selfish indulgences. She who belongs to the
mass in this country, removed alike from the extremes of wealth and
poverty, can never with impunity allow herself in habits of
extravagance. This thought should be kept daily in mind, as she pursues
the round of domestic duty. The wardrobe and the table constantly
suggest it.

The duties of the fireside are friendly to Contentment. Why are females
so often restless and disquieted at their own abode? Why does ennui prey
on their spirits, save when some visit or visitor is in prospect? How
should it be, that daughters, blest as those of America now are, should
pant for the excitements of a round of public pleasures? Providence
designed our institutions for the promotion of woman's content and
peace, no less than for that of man. Her hearth-stone was intended to
be dear to her soul. She, who takes right views of herself and her
duties, will ever find it so.

Here is an individual, who is disturbed by ambition. Her own little
family circle is too narrow a sphere for her. But she mistakes the
springs of content. Let her know that the wreath she wears should rest
on her heart. The reply of the illustrious Lady Jane Grey, to those who
informed her that her father had left her the crown of England, is
worthy of her sex. "I am not so young, nor so little read in the smiles