Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1866-05-30
W0MiN>S HEALTH.
yE hat Teshiou and gdleness DO 20
Ruin 81.

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| Iantic Monthly an interesting ard i1-.rr,r
tive article on the subject Of fem le health
IN .tnerira the following extract from
which 11e readers will thank Us ft7~ max
ing
"a woman's health Is her oaniteI. II
certain ways of work she obtains more
income, bat she spends on her capital to
do il In another way she NAV get less
income and yet increase ter capital A
woman cannot work at drcss-makipC, tai
loring, or any other sedentary employ
ment ten hours a day, wear in and year
out without enfeebling her constitution.
| impairinr her evesight, and bringing on
. omplication of complaints: but she can
sweep, cook, wash, and do the duties Of q
we'll ordered house, and grow healthier
every year. The times in New England
when every woman did house work n part
Of every day were the times when Il
women were healthy At present the
heritage Of viooroEs muscles, strong
backs, firm nerves, and cheerful phvsica
life has gone from Amhrican women md
is taken NJ bv Irish women. 4 thrifty
young man ! have lately heard Of, mar
ried n rosy vOun" Irish girl. quite to The
horror Of his mother and sistars, but de
Tended himself hv the following varv con
~
giri J must have an Irish girl to take care
Of her, and / cannot afford to support
both
Now, domestic service is all tho while
fitting q Girl phvsicaIlv mentally and NOR
ally for her ultimate vocation and srhere
30 @ happv wife and 10 make a happy
'i55Hc Dut Iact1ry work. sfop WORK ann
MI cmn3ovI6ents Of that sort. 0re IN their
nature essentially 7lnGoD7cS cStic entailinr
the constant necessity ola hOardinc-houSc
life ana Of habits az different as possible
from the quiet routine Of home.
The girl who is ten hours on the strain
of continued unremitting toll. feels no in
clination when evening comes, to sit down
and darn her stockings or make over her
dresses, or study any Of those multirari-
~z economies which turn q wardrobe to
the lest account Her nervous system is
BEGGING; she Graves company and ezcitel
ment and her dull, narrow room Is de
serted for some place Of amusement OF
gay street promenade. And who can
blame her? Let any sensible woman, who
has had experience Of shop and factory
life, recall 10 her mind the ways and man
ners in which your. GIRLS grow up who
leave q fathers roof for a crowded board
ing house, without any supervision Of
matg0n or mother and ask whether this
IS The best school for training young Amer
lean wives and mothers.
Doubtless there are diScreetand thoughts
fui women. who, amid all these Difficult
ties, DO keep mp thrifty, womanly habits,
but thov do 1t by an effort greater than
the majority of glrls arc willing to make,
and greater than they ought to make TO
sew, or read or study after ten hours Of
factory or shop work is a further drain on
tie nervous powers. which no woman can
3on a.are without exhaustion.
y hen 4 time arrives thtt such n girl
car-a s io house Of her own, she comes
to Is as unskilled in MI household lore,
with muscles as incapable Of domestic Ia
h0r and nerves as sensitive as though she
had been leading the most luxurious. de-
nothing. fashionable life How different
would be her preparation, had the form-
:ns years of her lie been spent IN the la
bora 0f n family ! know at this moment
n laiv at the head Of a rich country es-
enlistment. filling her station in society
with dignity and honor. who -ained her
domestic education in kitchen in our
vioinitv. She was the daughter OF small
farmer. ana r'hon the time came hTs her
+ To he earri-- aar living. hnr parents wise
Iv thought It far better that she should
! rain il IN q v.av which would at the Same
SINE g.. 5,~- 'ar health add tit her for
III. own 5g.urs hlme In a cheerful and
airv kitchen. which was kept 50 tidy al
wavs AZ to be an attractive sitting room
she and another Young country girl were
trained up In the bestOf domestic ocono-
mics by n mistress who looked well 70 tbs
wavs Of her household. till ut length they
married from the house with honor, ans
went 10 practice in homes Of their Owr
the lessons they had learned in the homo
of another Formerly in New EnGlan5
lch instances were not uncommon r.
Would that they might become so again
The fact Is the places which the daugn
ters Of American farmers used 70 occupy
in our families are now taken b7 girl
from the families Of small farmers in Ire
land They are respectable, tidy, healthy
and capable Of being taught \ E0or
mistress, who i reasonable and liberal II
her treatment, Is able To make them TX
lures. They get good wages and have FEY
expenses. They dress Handsomely, hav
abundant leisure to take care Of thei
clothes. and tuev soon acquire ssill j
doing II equal to that displayed by an
woman ofany country. They remit mon
ev continually to relatives in ireland, an
from time to time pay the passage OF or
and another To this country, and whoI
families have thus been established
American life by the efforts Of the Eoun.
J e. girl.
Now for nv part, I do not grudge n
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