Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-02-13

GRADUATING.

Kitchen. Don't pare thoee spplss. Y
Your. hands will get stained. You know
Mr.. Polycarp will come this eyenipe.
and wish % hear that polka hs ssvs
|you."ite I .lasigesa, iq8ss * aag..I1s sa'GS
swell, but, mother. + was taking d
little exercise 4,
"Oh. il you want exercise. lust Dat
on your gloves snd 80 ID the garden and
Tie up thst gersninm The wind broke
last night; thsta far more agreeable en-.
ployment lhan 70; be over tho cooking.
stove. lwouId not have your complex.
ion injured ike your cousin julia for
the world The other day | was al her
house to dinner, and she took me into
her pantry 70 seesa . whole baking sh.,
had done with her own bends that morn.
ing, and you would have thought so.
Just 70 look at her face--ss red az 4
rose. ltold her II was a shame Tor her
TO- get sosheated, ,sand she biushed even
redder, and ssid,a cher husband was 20
particnlar about bis cooking Ireally
wonder i there ever was man who
was not?" q 4p' ''s
es"Polycarp Is not 10 the least, mother;
for he says in his. own delightful
manners: ,&e yef fS,3 i al,
"How gently down life shall our sweet shailop
glide, =
As 1 live on thy smiles, and--nothins beside"
So saying, Mary Jane ran out OF the
kitchen from which she had often been
expelled before. Her mother had been
accustomed to attend to everything her.
self. at came naturally" 10 her she
said. All her appointments swere we'll
ordered and in proper style. Her judg.
ment in matters Of pas.ry, 40 unerring
as Aunt Chln in Uncle Toms Cabin,
and as for her, darling daughter, she al.
ways ''lel her. take her freedom now, by
and by she will come under the yoke !,
and have enough cHrs to wear her
down" b..
And 90 the, ,thoughtless mother allow.
ed the pleasant season Of girlhood to
pass away, sending her 10 dancing
schools to secure ease and grace, and 10
calisthenies TO preserve health, when
she ought to have taught her to dance
over the house with broom, and kitch.
en- calisthsnies in the place Of dumb.
bells. assss4 A.. se
Boarding schools and sMons Louis
on the piano, graduated Miss Mary
Jane as be witchinS belle. a least. 81
| her mother thought, and Polycafp, .
fashionable silk merchant, felt that som,
| Of hisssnewly imported goods wsuls
show fasosably on her elegant person
40 he took her 70 wife and s.eesed thei
eight shallop" into the fashionabl,
current, down thu rivsr Or LIE, no
dfeiming Of such vulgar words as econ
cealed ssnass Of qpicksands matrimo
1 nisl.Y The elegant trosseau, fine fur
\ niturs, and beautifpl apartments wsf,
| al delightful 10 Mary Jane, so long d
the wedding cake lasted; 10 he sure. odi
ous Irish giils had 10 be introduced Ina,
Ithe new kitchen department, and IL,
bright range and marble slab. much %,
Ipretty for them TO ruin and deface, he
] mother said, but the lovely accommoda
j tions did not turn out tho "lovely cakel
my mother baked"
J; Everything went wrong, as Mar,
thought, and her pretty plump arms
!, covered with bracelets, and her tape
a fingers were often thrust into the Goa
seattle, when the Irish Miss had allow
Z ed the FIRE 70 go out, just at the wronl
moment.
!, Mary told her cousin Julia afierward
!. with many tears, her troubles. 8
Il You know its the fashion for ladie
to 70 70 market, and 30 / had a 6ne ne,
basket given me BY Polycarp, and lttl
Pete carried it for me, and we wen
I down 10 market lor the 6rst time, sue
Il dinato be sure! ! did not dare 10 NOV
Z for fear .Ithe horses would throw m
o down. sss ~ sy Il ari n.
Z. The butcher. with bis great greas
. lapron on, asked me sswhat pisceI woul
a have and said u timidly . possibl,
4 SO small piscS OF The fare sAenlder,
n you please, = and she laughed right i
!. my face, just a. you are now doinl
b Julia! and them when We roasted il,
4 was 50 topgk; and the butter man CAV
nj lis rancid butter, sid the chicksns
'fl ssiectsds tusred our teuah old shsns. an
n Polycafp ssysd ':s6iM make " pfel,
|, piece of. work With; the naerkstipe. VI
], wish, you could see his face Julia I whe
III hs comes koms hungry % dinner.
NJ caa't cohvince him that ysgetablss q