Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1858-09-15
Parlsr Daughters.
Bra BAcHnLoR.

sl the close Of il We will find moral, and
perhaps . sermon.
A few days since l called upon young
lady, | may as well say that having been
considerably impressed BY her beauty and
brilliant eonyenation at several evening so.
cial parties, / bad resolved to prosecute
the acquaintance. win not affirm that
there had not 6oated vaguely about in my
brain certain rose-colored bachelor reyeries
IN which figured coDspicuoOsly the beam
ing face Of the elegant Miss r..
Be that IS it may. I called; and being
ushered into the parIor, sat down and
awHited with some impaIience, the sp.
pearAnce Of the lady.
Ny attention was soon arrested by vol
ees 10 an adjoining apartment, and the
door being ajar, l was perforce a listener,
-0h. Carrie" said a very weak voice,
sif you only would have assisted me thres
hours day, this attack might have been
averted; but months of illness aIe before
me. arm all tired ont"
"Why mother" replied voice almost
petulantly "why, mother, nobody does
kitchen work uow; at least nobody. just
think of Mrs Smythe, or Miss Brown, OF
Mss Soue. associating with your kitchen
girl, with her dingy hands. Why the idea
Il absurd, and besides. / hate housework." +"
"Well," replied the invalid voice, 81
don't know what would have been thought
Oi your assisting me about the house a few
hours each dav. but I do. know that for
the want of this help, have been obliged
TO overtssk myself"
Niss E. soon made her appearance With
her winning smile, gay laugh, and brilliant
Fepartee; but somehow, the image Of her
overlaskeI mother constantly came be.
tween her and my previous admiration; 50
after few ill.at ease attempts at.conyersa-
tion, / tookIny leave.
As slowly walked away, musing, "a
I change came DER the spiritof my dreams" !"
"A daughter who hateth housework to such
. degree as to allow her mother to get 'sll
tired out" and i'll, from being overtasked
could such a daughter become that
most inestimable boon this side Of heaven,
good wife?
What il her husband had wealth and
filed bis house with troops Of servants |;
could he hsvea quiet, neat, welladorned
hotDs9 Would bis children have a true
snotherH No. A parlor daughter will
make parlor wife. Brilliant, facinating
"a rare and costly ornament--challen-
giug the admiration of the world, it may
: be, but never the holy source aud centre
tbe peace and comfort Of her family.
kAs thus rudely my rose colored reveries
we're changed into sombre realities, | que
Tied, was Miss E an exception to this rule !
How many young ladies of my scquain-
tance were really 'hslps to their mothers
in domestic sfairs9 How many would
not blush with shame at being seen ma
king bread--not cake but b cad: How
many could cook and get on The table
good dinner. or supeFintend and direct
such an undertakings how many to
whom the old.fashioned "dish cloth" is
not ehorfid thing?' How msny could
starch and iron shirt bosom or collar, so
it would look respectable? Alas, how
few could ] recall who would not be num-
bered in the long list Of those to whom
these things we're not only mysteries, but
absolutely disagreesbles? / say alas, for
IT is sad thing, not only for us young
men, the future husbands Of these frail
lilies Of the field, who toll not neither do
they spin, but to the daughters them.
selves.
Look at them--look ct yourselves, young
ladies. Where are the round. plump, SOL
ID arms and cheeks of your grandmother
al your age? Where is her power Of On.
durance, her exubersnt spirit, depressed
by no circumstances; her energy and self
reliance, equal TO her emergency, and
whore, in tile future, are you TO obtain
strength to pass unscathed through the
perils Of maternity, as did shel
Look around you at the you 'g wives
and mothers; what pitiable specimens of
feminine humanity; what discouraged,
dishearteDed objects of commiseration;
what traces Of pain and illness are writ
ten upon their sunken yisages before the
anniversary of the honeymoon.
Look at the unhappy countenances Of
half the young husbands you meet, Do
they not speak Of pleasing snticipations,
followed by unpleasant realitesG How
many husband who in his bachelor days
fondly dreamed Of bIithe, cheerful neat
housewife whose sweet song should testi-
fy each morningthat household duties were
; weli-spring Of pleasure. has found, by
sad experience, the wide difference between
romance and realityl And bow many
young man Of mauisgeble age and fns
prospects, seeing tie rude dispelling Of
this or that ccmpanions am Of domes-
tic enjoyment, takes warning and holds
himself sternIy aloof from all matrimonial
eDgsgementsl / assure you ladies, ! am
acquainted with many young man, COR
sideref BY calculating mamas and amIable
daughters as decidedly good match, who
in confidential conversation, does not hesi-
tate to say that be does not dare to get
married.
WHY said young man Of wealth and
position to me, hut last week, when
marry l want home; andI have been
looking for the last five years for a wife
calculated by nature and education, to
make home for me, and a true mother
for my children, but in vain, 20 far. Is
not health needed I but how can the frail
lounger and drawler, to whom the mid
hight glare Of The chandalier is more fa.