The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-30

duO - - 0ACStAcuI do supper OLcdA-
fast, or side dish at dinner. Il is
styled Melton veal, as it was much
used IN years past at the Melton races.
1t is a great pity that our daughters
canuot be educated as housekeepers.
as we'll as TO play on the piano, and
to read French and German. The
literature Of the last named language
might teach them a lesson. There
young girls Of respectability are taken
into the households of the more aff1u-
ent, and regularly trained in all the
duties ola housewife. What would
our young girls think of such a pro-
cedure? Yet how invaluable would
the training bel How many pale
faced, sad -eyed wives say, If moth
er had only taught me to cook, to iron
starched clothes, to clean house, how
much easier all this work would be
to me" We are really in a pitable
condition at present. Our young men
cannot marry. Few of them can at
tain to 81 900 income; most tof them
earn from 5000 to 800 year. On
this, could the young wife DO her own
housework, the wheels of the house
hold would run right merrily. She
could hire her washing-or buy a
Doty's washing machine, which is
said to make washing day as easy as
the all-powerful sewing machine
with the help Of a woman to clean
house once a month, how smooth
ly the sands of life would run Now
our young couple must board-or, if
housekeeping is tried, Bridget and
Dinah must come TO the fore, as the
Scotch say Then there is waste
and misrule. Bridget or Dinah
knows no more than the young wife
and she is fretted and harra ssed
by the misdOings.
Now if she, to the quick brains that
most of oar young women possess,
could add not only the willing but the
we'll trained hands, how much hap
pier she would be. The husband
does his work bravely and willingly,
and furnishes the needed funds,
which go so far in the hands of well
taught woman The most truly in
dependent woman | know is one who
does her own homework, and her
own sewing, and yet has time to visit
all her many friends, to read all the
desirable new books, and really en-
tertains more company than any other
lady in the place! In the present
day, when dishonesty is so rampant
amongs domestic servants, it takes a
small income to supply their needs.
A share Of butter, bread, tea, sugar,
etc, is levied weekly, or oftener, to
be carried to the sO-called cousin or
friend. [ know from a reliable
source that many of the Irish families,
living in this city, say to the girls
at work in families, +" You bring
me bread, cake, pies, coffee, sugar.
or tea. and when you are out of
place or sick, you shall have home
with me- Can we blame the unedu-
Gated, undisciplined girl, if she listens
to the voice of the tempter, feels her
own loneliness, desires a place she
can call home, and carries weekly the
asked for supplies? At first, trem-
bllDgly, but after she discovers the
mistress does not detect the pilferings,
she more boldly continues her dis
honest course. IF detected, she is
merely sent away, and there are ladies
weak enough to give such a girl, if
she Is good cook and possess a good
temper, a character, satisfying their
cOnsciences by saying: Well, she's
all that; I can truly say so, "unmind-
ful that by so doing she imposes upon
another, and in reality shares the
girls guilt, for she assists her to de-
fraud others. When our ladies, who
hold the reins, will insist upon driv-
ing, and not allowing Bridget or
Dlnah to drive, domestic affairs may
attain another footing. Now, they
are most wearing and annoying to the
Wife-most uncomfortable and harass-
ing to the husband. Yet, by little
frmness and energy, all might be
changed.