_In "Strietures on Female Educa-tien' we hear quoted from the Farl of Buchan, "The mode of educating women in all ages and countries has effectually precluded them from be-/ ing what the men are foolish enough to expect. As well might the philosophers of China hold the wo-! men in that empire, who are of better condition, cheap, because they walk without difficulty and dues. The men of Europe have crushed the heads of the women in their infancy, and then laugh at them because their brains are not so well ordered as they would desire."
The chapter on "Self Deception" balances up well with our modern notions on Psycho-Analys's, and bobbed hair is even advocated, for "people suffering from periodical headaches, or whose heads are otherwise unhealthy, Mrs. Chapone is! guoted with reference to the flapper as existed a century ago: "Many are of the opinion that a very young woman can hardly be too silent and reserved in company and certainly, nothing is so disgusting in youth as pertness and self-conceit. But modesty should be distinguished from an awkward bashfulness, and silence should be en-
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