, 1870-01-14

- 1ne laoosH, nnslc'ats-, aad et.u,,elcy Of b,,
" Parents a1e embilte1u:9 ly tho vvua rasa :,
twecn their 'ccome nsl tacfr expensas. /,
. ess'a nEd simple realities Of lilo a1, a,c-
's Feed 10 its e'.=c1,1ariea and It's ..oainr,s
- the Gc'f-cal.a1c, SOCIAL ltk, leisure, ode,
;" hor, ard annHc pcnt> C. .lrir ch,ld -: ~,
= The qs'es serenity Of E7uo lsfo, arc :,
uH"sn away by tho nightmares of roa
wages, tl'7,-.5rea~tDzs.As Of Which min;
!. scf " PRIDE OIL, oulL-aya ID reftfan~.s I
genuine cenfclS: Gni co, rs tho re IN
nainly of tie ambitious tas.c5 Of bo.
e parcrts, aud es .,eciaIly ol the ,ro,hers, rar
, 'nn!s nl3'd Of tlc'r capacity to earn mo-, u
: Thar children are cftsacr ths products q
d'5,'+i"n than OF ur'''::, 1xtl are BON ja:
workshops in,'end O! i1.o Loucs.
TIC Only Lesson 1e1ivablo from the.
NG'3s ls TINT tic Ii .1:h mud sAyilv uf oil
ET'3'pE wo1li be increanel If parents uer
wiling to live no-c for utility and comfor
;pd lou fur Elbow. 1t is bat s,!cntia
scti6cntion ol tie wise mans saying tda
" Flidc goeth before destruction, and ,
taughty split before falI." Surely, NJ
'eh'1ucdon can bo TO COMPLETE, no fail 8,
sutcr, nj that of the parents who wit ;e,:s
~ 81. :..:. e their own. rethan4 consc;ona
r1orn exposed in tho wny xnrI tend Aac.os
TN bodily dsEcascs Of the.. offspring. Fo,
mcniol disease is traccablo not ouIy in
.htee cuEes Of intellectual but Of
1uo.-!hl i1Gsni'y Which daily arise,
,pd iGn:sct often far more
poignant pang hcs.-.so they are u.s.
roc'ated in The corln,on mind wa vice. II
Child ioses the Eowe- to walk, to SEQ, pr
TO thirk commercially, the parent is piled o.
thu subject Of prosidcntial lispeue.tion.
IT the s'refs from tie path of virtue, dark
n'gEt dtscends between her aud Ill her an
atnt associations. ". all these Gases msy
aEse reanls from ante-nntal defectaand men.
tai d1censeB, the reEc,t Of the oyerburlened
i'fo o1 the mothcr, followed by tho defcc-
1--we bygieric rs we'll Of moral t,casmeut of
tLs: child.
II women nro on the 1ond to moro eeu-
cral cnpscs:y for esl:-:uppo1., Ltd, conss
q"tn'!tS. to trucr Independence in or ont
of The n"11ied state if they nro tending
moro and more 10 become working
purtners and aids to their hua-
banda in tie pursuits of
businosa, it is easy to SEQ that these 70.
cults would inczeaae Tho money. earning
powsr Of every family, and 1.s:.en tL., fin an
c'n3 difncnlties, which are alluded to b7 d..
Hammond "a chief ao3v:e OF woman;
Hnbjectlon, unreit, and unGtncss for mater
mtg. Already in the foremost ranks of 1T.
e:1'y men and women wo nee humorous
'''"Asationa of the happy solution Of this
problem. Who can doubt that Mrs E!iz1-
h1.h Barrett browning aud Robert Brown
ing found q t1uer unity in marrlagu tbnn
either could have affirmed with q partner
who Vac cipher: So with the union D.
William and Mary Howitt, Of John Stuart
and uorr'es Hill, and others that mieht |
be named. Why may not the superb |
o1lty Of cgualized mar.scscc over unequal,
IN tho Hcrc elcncnts Of capacity for mon
tal Ictlyity, be copied into every sphere of |
bic? Would not evc1Y pbysio IN havo his |
working power Increased if his vito woro |
IN educated doctress, who could either do
poriion OF his work, or, more usefully still, !
study his cases by The light Of q minuter
reading thon lie has tiuo to m1ko for them?
MOI fow 1awyora have had wives who ro-
leved Them Of half their labor. Merc,n.
lie business requires partnerships. Many
/ merchant would ind o moro competent,
md always.a moro faithful, business partner
n bis wife than among men. Many a
'augbter, if taken into her fathers COM
nerclai house as clerk, would enjoy her
1ears of single life moro and avoid more of
ho e'snui, intrigues, and dangers which sur
'oand all unemployed men and women.
After oil, men and women in marriage
ling to each other, or separate, mainly
ss people in other relations combine or !
;ep'1ate, viz: according 10 the degree Of
heir utility to eneh other. If ms-1iel
Eoman fnlfi1s bnt one or two among many
Of human being, ahe is bound
o her husband but by one or two among
many ties. If mistress can fulfil them as
vel, sho is iable often to be superseded.
t '5, therefore, in the interests of mar-
1nge, as well as Of offspring, that women
ball aim to be the partners in the mental
'ursults Of their husbands, as well IS in
heir famliies. Among es1ly aud primitive
nces, where the wife shares equally in the
Toll, offspring are hailed as
blessings, because they strengthen the
smily and increase its working power.
Tho r1,le Of our aristocratic society, which
aakcs the man the sole worker, woman the
nero ornament, and children the unsought
ncumbrance, is false to nature, fatal in
vory point Of view, and must lie overcome.
the agitation among women for wider
phere Of duty shall result in their resum- {
'g that actise business partnership with
heir husbands which they enjoyed in
1ore primitive days, tho raco Of :
'azried people with their expenses will ,
. moro easily Won, much Of the reigniug
Fivolity, Incidence, and ineflciency Of
'omen will disappear, and they will
chiove kind Of independence Of tho /,
.songes seK which will strengthen tho do
cndcuce Of each on tho other.