Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-01-28
From Saturdays commercial.I
The Pickle Street Controversy.
A woMAs's LAST WORD.

Mr.. EDITOR when Peter writes you, az
he did in his last; "I will sgree to the Tin
sign on the door. / will not oppose the 60
ing forth to eft" that remarkably large
number Of ladies who are willing to do theli
own dress making If they can have good
litter to assist them; - he simply concedet
all have asked, fulfils my prophesy tina,
he would see as plainly as did the propri-
ETY. of my proposition. and leaves little fol
nim and me to differ about.
Iwould be content to end this discussion
here, but as we have discussed general prin
ciples as well as our personal domestic af-
fairs, some things in his letter call for re
ply.
Peters eagle comparison falls wide Of tht
mark. | do not propose to eat the young
birds in our nest, but to assist him in pro-
viding something for then, 10 eat.
When Peter attempts TO answer my s,ric-
lures on Pickle Street by telling Of the scent
which followed my entrance into our presen,
habiiaiion,as bride, he becomes both indis
Greet and silly, revealing that which the pub
lie has no right to know and does not care tn
learn, and at the same time utterly failing to
meet my objections.
The ideas OF bride, during the first few
days of her honeymoon, when every thing
wears the roseate tint of Gloves young
DREAM as to what is necessary to comfort
and the ideas of the mature matron with Ave
rhiidreu and tan VA ru IA v IN c ,f ~, rr; .,l
life may very reasonably and properly differ
Again the comparative respectability of
neighborhood frequently materially changes
In ten years, while the place suited well
enough for the residence Of a young married
couple may be very lily suited to the rearing
OF family of children.
plead guilty to believing that most wash
ing machines yet invented are failures.
WringeIs are good things. but ours was not
one of a good kind
really have no time to go into discus
sion with Peter as t, what he evidently con-
siders the total deprNvity" Of servants, hui
will say in passing that ii is probable that
when women can make as much money at
the better kinds Of house work,-I mean
those parts requiring the most skill and
| trnining-as carpenters can make ut their
trades, two things will probably happen.
Good cooks, ETC., will he found more plen,i
ful and the people of this land will be better
fed. l have theory on this subject which
| consider better than Harriet Beecher
Stoves, but have no time to unfold 1t now
Possibly in the intercnapges of opinion in
that back room TT No. 333 Pickle street !
may communicate ii to Peter, and if the
revolution which has already commenced In
his mind on this question continues, he may,
Mr.. Editor, bring his fervid Imagination and
large-but not always well selected-stock
of quotations to bear in Its behalf In your
| c0lums.
Peter is guilty OF getting off this luminous
sentence:--
Sarah Jane and Olive Logan agree that
| the one thing which women least know how
| to do is to keep house. They find II drudg-
| cry because they are unskllcd. Let them
acquire some skill in their girlhood. then. "
can only speak for myself; there are
several practical difficulties in the way OF
my getting back to my girlhood again
amongst them, Peter, himself, and all those
children we have talked 80 much OF.
Since tastes in women do vary, and, God
| made them so, /, Of course, do no. agree
| with Peter that ii Is well that all women
should in girlhood be trained to manage a
household, aud be taught no other useful
productive labor.
Many Of these will have no households to
manage, and others with fine capabilities
in other directions, have no capacity for
housekeeping.
Peter says: "Tha, am poor is my mis-
fortune" He will please remember that II
is mine, too, and misfortune propose to
remedy
| And now, as do not intend that Peter
shall darn his own stockings, or sew buttons
on his wristbands, or do any other of my
duties, ] must draw this discussion to a
close. as l have no time to "gve ladies,
| fits, attend to my household, and write for
| the newspapers besides.
BY different processes Of thought Peter
and have arrived at practically the same
result. lie agrees, even though II is with
many doubts and fears, to my doing pre-
cisely what wish to do, and l surely may
be satisfied Whether he shall be or not
depesds not ON argument, hut on my sue
cess.
So, as said in the first part of this letter,
there is little ground for controversy be-
tween us, and in the language of our great
General, say unto my prejudiced, poetic,
and doubling Peter, Let us have Peace"
Yours, enthusiastically,
SARAH JANE,
of Pickle Street, (for the presently