Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-07-08

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women OF 4nglanL thAs there ere %
y.os then Who oosld,N iswsrs nscss-
cary, make Tie family bread, and PIE.
pare the hot rolls Tor their husbsnds'
bresk'as's. 6resd-oskiDg 10 not one Of
the Accomplishments which Amssieat
women think il necessary Tor then to be
scqaesassd With; every psrlor h.s . pi-
anu, but very Few kitchens have On oven;
and is would DO - di@oels 20 6od On
American women Who did Dot usdesstsod
the use OF one, - TO 6od one who knew
bow TO nee he oshse.-N. Y. Times.
REMARKS No truer sayings ev :
appeared in public print than the abov.
The women Of this Country have been
deeply wronged by those who have the
charge Of their youthful education.
Young maidens have been taught, that
all the feminine graces consist 10 sing
ing, drawing, humping the piano, and
the adjustment Of their extravagant
garments to the capr.cious changes Of
fashion. Mothers have been guilty of
foul wrong to the peace and happiness
Of their daughters, by an indulgence
which will cause them bitter sorrows
in after life. Girls are sent to school
where the same notions Of feminine
education prevail, and where pretty
curls, delicate hands, embroidery, &c,
are considered the rarest accomplish
ments, and they grow up to woman
hood, ignorant Of every solid attain
ment, unfit for matronly duties, and
totally dependent upon careless and
extravagant servants for the perform
snce Of every domestic duty. Want
Of healthful exercise in the kitchen, has
enfeebled their bodies, and given them
total disrclish for every species of
labor. Ever article Of plain sewing
must be done by the hired scamstress,
the kitchen must be superintended by
an ignorant servant, the children must
be nursed and cursed BY vicious
nurse, and all this must be done at the
expense of him who thought in marry
ing woman he had married q help
meet. This evil is gigantic, and is
destroying the peace OF families. 1t is
impossible for man, with no other
income than such as results from his
own labor, to lay up dollar for a day
of need, or even to keep out Of debt.
This often leads him to intemperance
and crime. How many family quarrels
have resulted from wretched bread
made by ignorant domestics! In this
City there are six bakeries costing the
citizens over $4,000, as a profit that
goes to the bakers, that would be saved
If wives had that knowledge Of bread
making which they ought to have.
This extravaganza in living caused
by female ignorance Of domestic labor
and economy, is tie cause Of increased
ceIibacy, aud celibacy is the parent of
immense social vice and crime. The
club room, the tap room, the dens
where Virtue would blush to enter,
and other institutions Of questionable
character flow from this forced celiba.
cy Of tile sexes. Domestic economy
would bring society-back to heal
thy condition, and do more to prevent
vice than all the moral reform socie.
ties in the world.
We cannot help saying to mothers
who thus foolishly trifle with the hap
piness Of their daughters, that they are
responsible for all this disorder in do
'nestic life. Daughters are made what
mothers make them. Mothers have q
weakness for seeing daughters appear
graceful in tho parlor, rather than at
tractive in tho kitchen and to accom-
pllsh this the hands must not be soiled
or hardened by labor, the waist must
be contracted and the lungs compres'
sed by stays, and the physical kept in
the most complete order, at the ex-
pense Of health, virtue, happiness, and
bodily vigor. Few girls in Cities arc
led to the altar, with any knowledge of
the duties they are assuming. Brought |
up ignorant Of everything pertaining |
to the kitchen, they have to commence
a self education when it il too late, or
surrender themselves and their domes.
tic peace into the hands Of the cook
and seamstress. The girls are not to
blame. 1t is those who have the care
Of their early education. We hope
that the fashionable modes Of educs-
ting girls will be abandoned, and more
care given to complete development
Of mind and body, by those solid at-
tainments that must be used in the
great conflict nf life