70 FIFTH EVENING. you would like to have me begin them soon, for I nave often heard you say that children cannot be set too early about what is necessary for them to do. M. That’s very true, but all things are not equally necessary to every one; for some, that are very fit for one, are scarcely proper at all for others. kK. Why, mamma ? MM. Because, my dear, it is the purpose of all edu- cation to fit persons for the station in which they are hereafter to live; and you know there are very great differences in that respect, both among men and women. #. Ave therc? I thought all ladies lived alike. JL, It is usual to call all well-educated women, who have no oceasion te work for their livelihood, ladies; but if you will think « little, you must see that they live very differently from each other; for their fathers and husbands are in very different ranks and situa- tions in the world, you know. ix. Yes, I know that some are lords, and some are squires, and sume are clergymen, and some are mer- chants, and some are doctors, and some are shop- keepers. if, Well; and do you think that the wives and daughters of these persons have just the same things to do, and the same duties to perform? You know how I spend my time. I have to go to market, and provide for the family, to look after the servants, to help in taking care of you children, and in teaching you, to see that your clothes are in proper condition, and assist in making and mending for myself, and for you, and your papa. All this is my necessary duty ; and besides this, I must go out a-visiting, to keep up our acquaintance; this I call partly business, and partly amusement. Then when I am tired, and have done all that I think is necessary, I may amuse myself with reading, or in any other proper way. Now a great many of these employments do not belong to Lady Wealthy, or Mrs, Rich, who keep housekeepers and