Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-05-18

tenptuouSly, "if there is anything I despse,
IL Is woman who is afraid ct work or rather
VINO docs not know enough to work; tor l
think these insignificant doolittlcs calling
themselves ladies, what misnomer!) who
cannot do as much work at least us they make,
let 1t be in the laundry, kitchen, chamber, or
what not, but who are always tired TO death
If they have to lift finger to work, though
they can CAD and retail nonsense and scandal
two thirds OF the time out of every twenty
four hours of their lives, with a perfect gusto
| say l think such things are weak, foolish ig-
norant, and despicable"
''Do they suppose themselves made for pets
and play things, then let them shrink into the
dimensions OF rational sized doll at ence
for their bloated pretensions to anything above
that toy, only make them ridiculous. Their
ignorance is intolerabe. They do not know
the first principles of their own constitution,
the requirements of their own we'll being, the
design in their living, or their ultimate dcsti-
ny. Their intellectual weakness is lamcnta-
bic Ii they know they have minds, they
seem to wish to Ignore the fact and regard
their bodies as the sum of all excellence the
object upon which all their thoughts, time, eff
forts, and means, are to be lavished. And 50
they go through the world, a giided harp with
no strings; gay casket, minus the jewels
heads decorated with gewgaws and inery, but
empty as hollow cask y
You must at least admit that they can ap
preciate the merits of the decorations tor the
body, and can demonstrate to Il ncety all the
properties and forms of bonncts and dresses,
If they cannot Of circles aud angles. But in
your dissertation on women, pardon the word
on females i'll general, you forget Mrs. Sey-
mour in particular
"frue, said Julia, laughing family. "You
were suggesting, | think, that she needed
girl. | think not. II her husband and the
two clerks would but do their duty, and not
make her unnecessary work, she could do all
herself and have to work no more than her
health and happiness actually require. | do
not see why men are any more eXcusable for
carelessness and disorder about a house. than
a woman is or than they would be about
their shops, stores, or other places OF bust
ness"
"And SO, if my cousin Juiia's husband will
not hang up his own dressing gown and slip
perS, and put the newspapers where they prop
erly belong, when he has done using thcm he
may find them where he left them, when he
next wants to use them-eh :" asked Frances,
archy.
"Do not be personal in your questions, Fan.
ny" said julia avoiding Il direct answer to
the question of the former. But now let us
glance Il m Dment at Nelly Brown. There she
is toiling aud wearing her life away in that
everlasting teaching, and all for what 60
but idle women, cousin julia are dctcsa
bic surely you would not wish to dctcst our
good friend Nelly z"
81 do not complain that she labors but for
what does she labor! Where is her reward
The laborcr is worthy OF his hire-that is only
common justice"
ooh well, she sees her reward in the future,
| suppose, in the cosy little cottage aud gar.
den, which used to be her darling anlicipa-
lions"
Aunt Mary moved nervousy, and turned
her head towards the window. Frances look
ell up inquiringly, but Julia understood it.
Nevertheless, she continued, for she had an
object in view. a new thought had just en-
tered her mind.
"Ah! if tie cottage and garden would sure
~ come, then might she work on with good
cheer and strong hope. But now she has been
these ten years striving the same, yet to me is
she no nearer the accomplishment of her wish
than at the first"
ITO be cuninuedl