Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-04-01

string. "mOtners want a pun.
"Mother, Ned is splattering me will
o p suds." "Mother, mayn't
wear my pink dress or new apronP
By this time the baby wakes. anC
opens his infantile battery o
screams. In scolding Ned--tht
naughty rogue, so full OF fun anC
frolic-and helping the rest, ant
quieting the baby, the minutes fly.
Husband comes in with
"Goodness, wife. amt breakfast
ready yeti Eve been waiting fol
more than an hour"
"You forgot tina. / have all the
children to see to, and the baby i:
very fre:ful this morning." replies
the wife.
Silenced, but not convinced, the
husband is quite as apt TO take the
newspaper and sit down, as he is to
take the baby rom the arms of his
oppressed and tender vile, so that
she can hurry his breakfast.
When it is ready, and they are
seated at the table, wife must, as
usual, pour out the coffee with the
baby in her arms. too much fatigued
to enjoy her breakfast.
AMY DEAR" saws husband, "lt
seems TO me the coffee is not quite
as clear as u,ual, the steak is little
too rare or overdone, or the hash is
not seasoned quite right"
Not that he means TO complain
for he knows how desirous she is 10
please him, ever TO say a word in
I-niinnalIv 10 wound her feelings -
But these slight hints 10 an over
tasked woman, amid her gentle but
imperious demands, are often irrita-
ting 20 the feelings, and call ou,
many a sharp, caustic reply, oI
which she repents in five minutes
after.
Thus many a woman breaks and
sinks beneath The wear and tear oi
the frame and the affections. She
rallies before the world, and she is
blessed in conscious attempts TO dis
charge her duty; bu, cares eat away
at her heart; the day presses on her
with new tolls; the night comes. and
ihev are unlulfilled; she lies down in
WEAKNESS. and rises with uncertain
ty; her smiles become languid and
few, and her husband wonders al
the glouminess OF his home. When
he married, he thought the chosen oI
his heart his equal in intelligence
but now she is far his INFERIOR
Poor soul! | wonder if she ever
had courage TO even think Of book
she who must care for body and
soul, day and night; who must pray
for, teach, guide, and rule her own
household, while her busy hands and
feet are ever active in giving meat lr
due season, and seeing to it that theil
garments wax not old.
Now, this is certainly wrong; and
the foundation of all this wrong j:
principally in that avaricious sPiri
which makes the dollar the standard
of responsibility. The money ex
pended for help in the house looks Sc
large to some men, that. so long a
their meals are cooked, their shirts
cravais and collars are in order, no
a button off, their stockings darned
ect., they don't trouble themselVe'
about tn e circumstances unde
which these things have been done
Their wives may do the most menia
drudgery. toll early and late. if they
do not complain too much; and be
come old, withered, sallow, ner
vous, brOken-down women twenty
wears before their time, and ire
quentIy give place to a second wife
TO come in 10 share in the propert,
that the first should have enjOyet
through quite old age Of rest.
We hope TO see the day wheI
there will be a reform in this thing
We call upon women to engage il
this reinrm-ior feaI that many o
you are deeply in fault of avarice-
and shov husbands that life can b
enjoyed more truly by The prope
preservation of the health and beau
ty, accomplishments and goo
spirits, Of their companions; that
they would have intelligent, Orderl,
children, neat houses, good dinner;
and smiling wives, they must not b
too willing 10 have them occupy To
much OF the time that should he de
voted TO their own improvement
and the training Of their children
in the most menial drudgery. II
the opinion of a great man, tha
"the perfection Of a society consist
in the division OF labor,"-and
humble housekeeper agrees wit
him.