Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-12-06
WoMAN'S MISSION.


Book with the above title has lately been advertised in
the papers We have read but have our opn.
ION as Ia what Its contests ought 10 be- and o this shall
| give u summary.
In treating at the ssion vi Woman, shall omit all
notice, further than the present, Washing ironing baking
brewing, frying, s-win roasting, boiling securing scrub
bing, gaicccaning, turning the mangc, uhough that per
haps, often Man's mission tits womans mission
selling apples. aud carry fish cause, albeit these things
are the mission oi they by
that OF Woman, considered that charming, smng be-
witchng fascinating abstraction, which the will su
gest tn the reader.
! The mission Of Woman, as we understand Woman
though people doubt whether anybody understands
Woman, Is twoiolj. Some great phosophcr-we forget
whonl-obseNc 1t resembles that 1T IA candle stick
Woman, like that piece furniture being destined for
utility and "n,amrnt But perhaps Woman rather like
the candle than the candlesck she being universally nd
mitt"d ODE the hight OF life On which point the prooun
snges' inclusive W. believe 4" 1.-THE wses, the world
e'er saw agreed; likewise all the poets with the
! exception OF Eurpidcs and Juvrna.
The physical conformation woman admirably ADAPTED
Tor certain purposes OF utility, which the clusier
disqualified When consder the female hand We observe
that is furnished with peculiarly deis ate and tnper finger,
thus exhibiting admirable provision OF Nature Tor Iafnng
the socking-p'nng sk,-and heninling the pocket
handkerchief The female middle finger will be SEEN on
animation 10 have been especially fashioned io the tmbe
tor, though an Implement OF that su-cd lev the tailor
It is quite another thing. Il open both eud- and
the elegantly conica nrni which characteristic that
| the semps,ross.
70 replace shirt. button OF the tather-the brother
! the husband--which has come oil in putting on the
meni,o bid the varcgsted OF the morning slipper
!
breach that ncaun haste ~ dressing has created the
coat the trousers. which there no ume To- send ont
to be mended--ac the special offices womsn offices for
which her digal mechanism has singuAry fitted her and
without her, what should do for their performance,
In the ornamental, less than the useful capacity
woman, tie conformation OF her hand OF singular
It. peculiar capabilities touching the ivory kew well
known woman was made Or the piano. and the piano
made for
The immortal Milton, his lovely poem 81 Alsgro,"
| sinr1 with much feeling Oi the "sayOury dinner
'herbs and other country nicsses
Which the ncathanded PLY Ills dresses"
The neatHess therefore, Of the hand Of woman !; -y
DENLY in the bard'- opinion qualification for culinary
ke or the siroin he Phyllis the kitchen being general
~ the reverse OF neaLhandedl, certainly indebted
the tart. What but female ingenuity cond produce the
laykc trellis work which decotas the subJacent ami
The Iunkc the letIe the syaJub the Jelly incest
when III" handiwork at woman. Man brew; but WHO,
save woman, make tea Aud who has felt the dit
terence between the of gro which the has brought
at his call: and the alcoholic mixture which has
been mixed by the spoon OF Beauty
Woman's mission, in short, make herself a. useful
aud agreeable 10 possible. The writer the hook
whose ute has formed the subject these remarks has
perhaps included among her duties those seng little
boys and girls good example, aud teaching them their
alphabet II not he0r she-has been guilty of an ou,is.
sion Whether the said writtt considers t. study of me
iaphysies geology to be involved in Wuman's Mission
or not, we do not know but woHd recommend 10.
dies 10 be welded to those pursuits who contemplate any
other kind OF wedding-PuReh.