The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1859-03-25

many would not blush with shame At be.
ing seen making bread-not cake, but
breadg How many could cook and 90.
on the table a good dinner? How many
to whom the old fashioned "dishclothn
is not "horrid thiug?" How many
could starch and iron shirt bosom or
collar, 80 il would look respectable?
Alas ! how few could | recall who
would not properly be numbered in the
long list Of those TO whom these things
were, not only mysteries, but absolutely
disagreeables and undesimbles
say "aas - for il is sad thing. not
oLly for us young men. the future hus.
bands Of those frail "llies Of the field.
who toll not, neither do they spin"-but
TO the daughters themselves.
Look at them-look At yourselves,
young ladies--where is the round, plump,
solid arm aud cheek Of your grandmoth.
or. at your ageg Where is her power ol
endurance, her exuberant spirit, depress.
ed by no circumstances; her energy and
self-relianoe, equal to her emergency
where in the future are you 90 obtain
strength to pass unscathed through the
perils Of maternity, as did she9
Look around you at the young wives
and mothers; what pid,ble specimens Of
feminine humanity; what disoouiaged
dishesrtened objects Of commits, Grafton;
what traces OF pain and illness are writ.
ten upon their shrunken visages before
theffh anniversary Of the. honey "
Lock at the unhappy oounienanoos OF
half tie young husbands you meet. Do
they not speak OF pleasing antioipalions.
followed by unpleasant realities How
many a husband, who in his bachelor
days tondly dreamed Of blithe, cheer.
full, neat housewife, whose lark.like song
should testify each morning chat house
hold duties were a well-spring Of pleas.
ure has found, by sad experience, the
wide difference between romance and re.
Iality. A d how many a young maa Of
manageable age and 6ue prospects. see.
ing the rude dispeliBg Of this or that
compAnion's dream Of domestic enjoy.
ment, takes warning, and holds himself
sternly aloof from all matrimonial entang.
lemeuts. l assure you. ladies', know
many young man, considered by calcu
lating mRmmas. and amiRble daup hters
as decidedly good match, who, in con.
fdential conversation, does not hesitate
to say that be does not dare to get mar
ried.
"Why," said young man Of wealth
and position to me, butlast week. "wher
| marry. | want a homeI and have beer
looking FOR the last Eve years for a vifa
---l.s--e-s.-e ss,s.s'ssssslAd educnlion Il
make home for me, aud 4 true mother
to my childran. but in vain, so far. Is
rot health needed ? but how can the frail
ounger and dwadler. TO whom the mid.
night glare of the chandelier is far more
familiar than the morning sun, have healll
for herself. or to bequealh to her childreni
Is not a cheerful disposition needed bu
how can this be acquired or kept by thos,
whose lives are but one constant round OF
selfish frivolity? How can one gain hab
its Of care and application, without evei
having the care Of her own room How
can one superintend the details Of house.
keeping, so as TO minister to the comfort
Of the household, to whom every item OF
that housekeeping is not only unknown,
but positively "hateful ?"No, tell ou,
Fred. although l may be able TO support
an animated parlor ornament. yet my taste
does not run that way and so l choose
TO remain bachelor. until fud au in
telligent girl. with domestic accomplish.
ments."
Il Is not this common sensed conolu.
sion. ladies Whether il is or not many
of the most desirable young men for hus,
bands are thus resolved, and mere are
coming to think so.
Moral. Young lady. If you wish your
mothers life prolonged, help her about
the house. Ii you wish health and lasting
beauty. do hOuse-work. If you wish q
good husband, and wish to make him hap
py, don't "hate housework."