Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-10-10
11omesticS Economy.


.ue can. Il N the carrecmess Of many OBJ
serya,lons con'ained il the following aftcie'
,,i,ch should offend none, as the object appears
w. nene6t all The writer, however, has only
slqneed al the cardinal points-there is still
much to say on The subiect.--Nat Adv.
Domestic ECONOMY -lthas been frequent
" ASKED, what is the cause o. this increase OF
pauersrn in our city how IS 1t maj our poor
house is not only crowded with age and decay,
I'm, sy55ea youthful mend city how is that so ma
nv young women bee me inmates OF chah'aoe
institutions. and 80 mauy Of them foreigners !!
and. above all, to what cause are we TO attribute
an ,ncreae Of slepravitJ, sensuaiity and CRIME !!
These are serious Questions, which, one day, we
,onst seriously ask ourselves Volumes have
been written on pauperism which, though lhey
may not fully apply to our case, yet IN principle,
IL not in extent, they have a close connex,or.
Mans nd is the SAME all over the world, and
the same r. mcdes may be safely appet, IS Ike
cases. The suant Of Industry is the foundation Of
she coil and that ndusn) IN the poor order OF
rhe community can only be promoed by exam
pie among the better educated and refined. We
have often imagined that our domestic economy
was greatly nj sundefstood. if not ad'y neglect.
ed, anu we have frequently been tempted to at
tribute the cause at once to our wives and daugh.
ters but the fear of offending, when We would
only seek to reform, has ever checked our com.
p,snts But the evil may Increase until who'll
con- nunies fall victims to its effects; and, tho
we tread OH dangerous ground, we must pluck
up couiag. to say, that our lad es, generally, are
not sufficiently industrious, and s'4v & SAID SO,
we throw ourselves on their mercy for an indul-
gent hearing Il is sometimes necessary to
iningle IN domestic concerns-fo leave the area
ma OF governments. the asperity ot politics. and
the hurry of business, to look d. home, where,
after all, true happiness IS only to be found
where, surrounded by family, by enaear,ng ties,
and by household gods true estimate Of char.
acter eau, atone, be- formed. Ne employ foc
many aonaestics, and thus encourage ideness aud
extravaganza The labor of a house which can
be .ilect ed by two persons. should never employ
four Servant maid, whose time is lot wholly
engrossed by employment, and who have moi
before Them the cheering aud ]hdlcous example
at industry IN Their mistres, acquire too soon z
negI tgence, extravaganza and stlessness, which
begels indifference, pamphers the body and Cor
rupts the mind They are then dismissed thl
place-.they try another, and the result is tn.
Same without stability and industry they con
s,ue to change until they can no longer find
place, and then the, swell the list of depravit,
or increase the number OF mendicahts.-Tn
rnstess. who sets an example of industry to TN
lnald will ever derive the benefit of her abors
and tn, mad will reciprocaly gam every thing
from me example. Bur, says the fashionable
wife, am to rub fursure, visit the kitchen
and darn night capl' We say. aye. good dam
fol- IT vii pr, .duct health and content, econcm
and happiness Why do eur ladies' look pale
why are they nor all foril and robust ! VIII
do SO many fall victims TO disease and earl
death 1t is because they do not take suif
ci,nt cxercise--they do not hustle sufiicientl
about The house.-they do not appropriate du
p0f,ion Of Their time to domestic concerns
tVhat can be more engaging than seeing the lid
active wife, and the accomplished woman bier
del ~ person What, in domestic lits
wears an aspect SO winning as the cultivate
snisttess OF lie drawiaglro M and the indust
mother combined Economy is the tcundario
ct Prosperity IL Ill tn nss, but particularly in DE-
mestic life Ladies should make thcir ow
dresses and faor,cate their owp bonnets. Mi
liners and mantua makers, it is true, would nc
be encouraged. but .wtaatthep Money would
sa9el, rou,s would d,crea:e, provisions woul
BE- cheap, Idleness u.known, and poverty unsee
Another evil nQw strikes me torclbly w
have too many societies enormously called cha
stable. which create artificial wants ra'her tina
suppy zeal ones which tend to encourage PAL
daughters are ambitious Of tie honor Of bein
members of these multiplied associations, civi
ecces astical and mechanical societies; md Il
annual contributions and admission fees, swe
in the aggregate to a. sum which, i'll truth, IL
head Of a family, careful of his own interes
cannot well afford, in addition to taxes aud oth'
burdens. Dress is exorbitantly extravasant-
sun,I city is no longer decentralization, wit
an ron sceptre, now regns triumphant. Cas-
mere and meruo shawis, Leghosns at Az dollar
watch, cham, seals, rings, aid other unnecess
~ valuahles, constitute our ladies' waikiki
mine of wealth. Those WHO cannot afford
be in the fash on. stretch their utmost means
initiate their neighbors, ard gradually becon
poor, when with proper economy, they mig
have been comfortable. All classes OF socie
are more or less affected by fashion, or bor'
away ny example. Hence pauperlsm, power
in old age, and want in early lie A little r
solution and the evil is overcome. 1t we agr
10 cali a pla n CHIP hat and muslin gown tasho
aple--if we agree thar the industrious wife is t
most fashionable being in the world, who da
dispute 1t F! Here eve have the remedy IN our on
hands and never cav the wife be made sen
Bile of these facts until the husband, by prof.
example, C nhrms them--untii they both un
to promote industry, economy, content and hi
piness. HOW AID
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