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Chit Chat.
—if a domestic and religious man , he will suffer in silence , and feel all his comfort destroyed ; while affections are trifled with in one case , and destroyed in the other . A cheerful countenance , a well-regulated house , and pleasing manners , will make the domestic life the happiest in the world . Were early education made more practical , such women would be less rare than they are . If young ladies would use their accomplishmentstheir talentsand dressnot for displaybut as a means of
useful-, , , , ness , their brothers woulcl be more disposed to stay at home , ancl much innocent amusement would take the place of idle dissipation . If we felt here , as everywhere , "thou , God , seest me "—if we remembered the account is to be given to God , and not to men—we should be impressed that our accomplishments are not for display , but as occupation in the absence of that which belongs to the working classes ; that a certain appearance in dress , and an attention to neatness , is a duty belonging to
our station , ancl that an agreeable manner is a talent given us to improve . The way in which things are clone s often materially lessens or increases their value . Much unhappiness in families arises from the trifling way women have of passing their time , and of gratifying only their eyes and ears , instead of their reason and understanding . The utmost of a woman ' s character is " contained in domestic life—first , by her piety towards God ; and next , in the duties of a daughter , a wife , a mother , and a sister . —Life ofthe Rev . Robert Anderson .
NOTHING IS SO INFECTIOUS AS AN EVIL TEMPER . — The strongest controul , the most enduring ancl ever-acting piety , the most determined resolution to bear and forbear , to love and forgive , however often pained aud annoyed , —all these must be experienced ' and practiced by a wife , if the evil temper of her husband reall y fails to sour hers . Some meek , gentle dispositions , of unwavering sweetness of temper , may , indeed , stand the torrent of churlishness uninjured ; but in these , though the temper does not fail , health and energy both succumb , and the more lasting misery is the consequence . — Women of Israel .
OPINION OFTHE JEWISH CHARACTER BY A CHRISTIAN WRITER . —It is the fashion in this country to decry the Jews—to represent them as invariably sordid , mercenary , avaritious , ancl griping—indeed , to carry the charges laid against them to such a length , as to associate with their names a spirit of usury amounting to the most flagrant and dishonourable extortion . And these charges have been repeated so often , and echoed seriously by so many persons deemed a respectable authority , that the
prejudice against the Jews has become interwoven with the Englishman ' s creed . But the exceptions have been mistaken for tbe rule ; and—strange as the assertion may sound to many ears—we boldl y proclaim that there is not a more honest , intelligent , humane , and hospitable class of persons on the face of the earth than the Jews . The fact is , when an Englishman is broken down in fortune , and can no longer raise funds by mortgage on his estate , nor by the credit of his he flies to the
name , money-lender . Now Jews are essentially a financial nation ; and money-broking in all its details , is their special avocation . The class of Israelite money-lenders is , therefore , numerous ; and it is ten to one , that the broken-down individual , who requires a loan , ' addresses himself to a Jew—even if he take the money-lender living nearest to him , or to whom he is first recommended . Well—he transacts his business with this Jew ; and as he can give no security beyond his bond or his bill , and his spendthrift habits are notorious ,
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Chit Chat.
—if a domestic and religious man , he will suffer in silence , and feel all his comfort destroyed ; while affections are trifled with in one case , and destroyed in the other . A cheerful countenance , a well-regulated house , and pleasing manners , will make the domestic life the happiest in the world . Were early education made more practical , such women would be less rare than they are . If young ladies would use their accomplishmentstheir talentsand dressnot for displaybut as a means of
useful-, , , , ness , their brothers woulcl be more disposed to stay at home , ancl much innocent amusement would take the place of idle dissipation . If we felt here , as everywhere , "thou , God , seest me "—if we remembered the account is to be given to God , and not to men—we should be impressed that our accomplishments are not for display , but as occupation in the absence of that which belongs to the working classes ; that a certain appearance in dress , and an attention to neatness , is a duty belonging to
our station , ancl that an agreeable manner is a talent given us to improve . The way in which things are clone s often materially lessens or increases their value . Much unhappiness in families arises from the trifling way women have of passing their time , and of gratifying only their eyes and ears , instead of their reason and understanding . The utmost of a woman ' s character is " contained in domestic life—first , by her piety towards God ; and next , in the duties of a daughter , a wife , a mother , and a sister . —Life ofthe Rev . Robert Anderson .
NOTHING IS SO INFECTIOUS AS AN EVIL TEMPER . — The strongest controul , the most enduring ancl ever-acting piety , the most determined resolution to bear and forbear , to love and forgive , however often pained aud annoyed , —all these must be experienced ' and practiced by a wife , if the evil temper of her husband reall y fails to sour hers . Some meek , gentle dispositions , of unwavering sweetness of temper , may , indeed , stand the torrent of churlishness uninjured ; but in these , though the temper does not fail , health and energy both succumb , and the more lasting misery is the consequence . — Women of Israel .
OPINION OFTHE JEWISH CHARACTER BY A CHRISTIAN WRITER . —It is the fashion in this country to decry the Jews—to represent them as invariably sordid , mercenary , avaritious , ancl griping—indeed , to carry the charges laid against them to such a length , as to associate with their names a spirit of usury amounting to the most flagrant and dishonourable extortion . And these charges have been repeated so often , and echoed seriously by so many persons deemed a respectable authority , that the
prejudice against the Jews has become interwoven with the Englishman ' s creed . But the exceptions have been mistaken for tbe rule ; and—strange as the assertion may sound to many ears—we boldl y proclaim that there is not a more honest , intelligent , humane , and hospitable class of persons on the face of the earth than the Jews . The fact is , when an Englishman is broken down in fortune , and can no longer raise funds by mortgage on his estate , nor by the credit of his he flies to the
name , money-lender . Now Jews are essentially a financial nation ; and money-broking in all its details , is their special avocation . The class of Israelite money-lenders is , therefore , numerous ; and it is ten to one , that the broken-down individual , who requires a loan , ' addresses himself to a Jew—even if he take the money-lender living nearest to him , or to whom he is first recommended . Well—he transacts his business with this Jew ; and as he can give no security beyond his bond or his bill , and his spendthrift habits are notorious ,