Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-01-15

science which may well be investiga-
ted. and on which from time To time.
additional light can he thrown? Ia
not the woman who can show how To
make one dollar to the work Of five q
benefnctress to her nation ?
IL not the whole subject Of house.
hold chemistry yet an almost wholly
unexplored ground Our girls who
marry have studied chemistry at the
high schools, and, perhaps, seen
courses of chemical lectures; they
have learned how to make hydrogen
and oxygen, aud to burn iron. tilipRs, /,
but have they learned the application
nfchenistry to the making of good
bread7 Do they understand the pro.
portions Aikalies aud acids they use
In domestic cookery, 80 AZ to be sure
not to get too much or too littlep
Do they know the gases which are
formed from decaying vegetables In
cellars, and their effect on the hu-
man constitution? Can they under
stand the chemical agents that will
remove spots and stains, that will set
fading colors--in short, do they un.
deittsnd at all the chemistry of prac.
ticsl domestic life LII not, In not
here q sphere for wonlan's study and
inquiries peculiarly her own?
In the same manner, there isan APP
piication In dnmestic life OF the laws
and forces OF natural philosophy,
which. 90 Far "a We know, women
coms to domestic life utterly untitled
for. They study natural pililosop ply,
they find out Nil about the construc-
tion of air punpe and steam. engines,
but where 10 the woman that under
stands how to direct mason In cur
ing = smoky chimney? Who under.
stands the general laws OF draughts
ofair. and the general princit lea Of
philosophy on which stoves, ranges,
ovens, and other domestic comforts
should he constructed? Here also,
again is . department for woman'a
study, and where she can benefit
mankind by the results Of her scien-
titic observations. a.#. aa.
But when We remember that wo.
men are the educators of children,
the subject widens indefinitely.
Who feels that the subject OF educa.
tion 10 yet thoroughly explored ?
What mother, holding the little ten
der hand ut the door of thsgreat lab
yrinth~of life, feels that shs knows
the Whole map of that unknown
country. and IL q perfect guide for the
little traveller2 aa Ma- sHt4a8
Education is, above all things, wo-
mans profession; it 10 hers because
not only she 10 peculiarly fitted for it,
but because, In certain early stages OF
life, man without her In peculiarly
united for Ii, and she must he the
tn rsf rras nH Al ras. - A..
How great and vas. this field of
power, poets and sages have said and
sung SO long that we only need to re-
call IL, and ask II II 10 not In our day
as much and rs gresl NJ ever IL was
Lastly, wcare constrained to men,
tion one other too much neglected
subject, which ought TO he the pecu-
liar care aud study Of woman.
To the woman's department q!
hearth aud home belongs more sspe-
cialiy the consideration of the sor-
rows, and wants, and untold distress.
es of those poor dumb servants and
companions of man the ninisters tn
his pleasures, the helpless depend.
ents upon his will, who too often are
left To suffer from the mere thought
lesshess of man about their powers ot
suffering. m0a -
1ftbere is anything that conven-
ton could justly be called for, IL IL
The untold amount OF needless suffer.
ing inflicted on useful domestic ani-
mails; and woman, by her finer feel
ings. is called upon and charged lay
Providence with the care of looking
into the subject. and using her pow.
ers OF remnnstrance for the helpless
and the dumb. aH 8t#
The topics we have suggested are
those which from time TO. time will
be treated In the hreside department
OF our paper. Ia not this q wide
field with much To be gathered In il