Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-29

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work, and even then gained credit for
only what she wrote.
And Mrs. Hcmans, through years
of toll and poverty, forgetting mono
of her duties, noglecting nothing for
the comfort of her li,tlo boys, herself
their teacher, was singing tho sweet
songs that havo lifted tho burden from
many a sick heart oppressed like her
own.
Tho composition of tho beautiful
song, that has brought to so muny
sweet thoughts Of tho dear ones gone,
"Over tho river" was no interruption
to days labor. L. is to have been
written hastily, during on intermis-
sion Of work, ut tho Lowell Factory
Many young girl, prompted by
duty and unsclfish lovo for father,
mother, brother, sister, or friend, toll.
ing in onerous work from day to day,
and in on occasional spare hour coin
ing in words tho pure thoughts, aspi-
rations, and yearnings Of her hoart,
has had como back TO her, with prai.
scs Of her genius, tho assurance that
literary woman can know nothing
of the duties which sho has SO we'll
performed, that although sho might IN
time be abIe. by a half days or an
evenings writing, to earn money
enough to pay kitchen girl a months
wages, sho could not possibly have the
INCLINATION or tho brains to tell that
kitchen girl what to do, that should
she SO tar forget herself as to marry,
her husband would die of starvation,
and her children cease to know that
they had mother. In short, that she
ia destined to stand apart from the
most sacred Offices to which u woman
can bo called.
1t is doubtless true, that thero are
literary women who neglect duties
which they have voluntarily taken
upon themselves, who mako bad
wives, bad mothers, and bad house.
keepers; who had bettcr never have
married; but it is equally true, that
there is just as great q proportion of
those who arc not literary, who come
under the same head, and 1 do pr tost
against every fault IN literary .wo-
mans life being laid to the fact that
she is writer, leaving the inference
clear that all other women are embod.
iments of perfection, because they are
not writer's.
A woman to be an efficient house.
keeper is not obliged to wash, scrub
bake, and do all the drudgery with
her own hands, and if she has the
power to furnish tho money for which
othors will do it, instead Of drawing
it from tho slender purse of husband
and at tho samo time bless humanity
with good and noble thoughts, car
not SEQ why it is not fortunate thing
And because she has this power, de
ny that she cannot have the ability t.
superint end tho affairs of household
and will not find that the timo to OK
ercise it-that because she can writ
, well, she cannot love we'll, and loving
: well, she will do tho best thing sh
can for those whom she loves.
l cannot think that Mrs. Brown
ing's "Fair Young Florentine" eve
felt less tenderness in the cares Of bi
poet-mother's hand, less sweetness i
, her kiss, or ever received from her les
, care and instruction than would hav
. been his, had she not been gifted t
. "movo TWO nations with one song"
BE careful, then, my friend, and no
D judge q whole class by two bad speci
,, mems, or you may retard the progress
i of woman more than ore speech an
: one vote for female suffrage can max
i good.-Ameriean chronological Journa