The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-22
woR1N.-soms F7aotlSar oE Eservatio6S

w. Ware: Ina lecture upon nth6nat
treqtive topic. ''Woman, ''ile says: ,sSYo
neai may; depend upon it that the pre-
vatlng disinclination to drndgery, as il
is called, of housekeeping, The nnwo.
manly way Of booking at this high ali
ana privilege, is the creating cause OF
much ot which, they complain. and oi
N. mqch 'rssnfbtleIr 50 evil whioh they do not see.
Inc hnsbapd knows his business cannot
go on without his oversight And know.
ledge. andn the wife underatands that:
Why rls che not las clear-sighted in her
oYn attairs? He cannot trust, to clerks,
and take to tie streets. -to useless shop.
ping and calling md parade; ffi ffo more
can she trust the cooks and iiurses. Hcr
house must betrayl her ruling hand ior it
soQp rules her. and ruins ali thines. The
very tealtiiest employment. moralir
physically, mentally, as onrrr robIist. 1one..
lived grand-mothers have proved. our
present pinehed and :pnh y and .wonld. he.
tash5q1nable, 1 wives, in giving i o bad
name and refusing to do. with it. are like
their sisters of fa5le. Wii2ko Killed t the
go2se Which laid the golden egg. Want,
edTWomen to grapple with tue question
or servahts. estaple topic when 'fhey
meet, aa the staple obstacle t6 their com ::
tore.' IT ought Ito. i. get suul. Thought and
treatment 81 them; az to-, Dulaiinate in
some wise plan and combined action. It
ls'not mans Question. As woman is not
at home'i in tariffs, SO is Hot man in ado:!
mastics.l This. is her q destion; this ur,,.
Diem she ls1 to solve. She has made the
trouble and should find the cure. Man
has not made it; the age has not made
It; servants have not made it; emancioa-
ton has notmads it.; neither Biddies nor
Omaha have. made it; the woman in the
Parlor al3pe has. At her feet lie the
laurels Of that victory. The .habits Of
negHgehc6i hdolence, extravapannca. nm
reasonahlsness,i ill.temperlh habits other
and woTse.rhnve beeai caught and are Mt
their work, Women are. ;reapipR of do
mestlcs just What they have sown. They
have fsown u wind; they imdst not: be
surprised 'awbitf.wintl.o TIE bad ex. =
ample and ipinabioa Of. the parlor re.acts
upon the kitchen. and the whole yQcabu,
larry OF inyeotive and disgust takes Won
back to the s6bircs 81 ali Domieestics,
whethsr slavetorf free, have not bad fair
plays d4e nnsidaratiohp Justice, let gene.
19ssity aln99et haye not Aad the very.thine
tne fex Complains ot--their rights, Wo-
men have been 'exautfng, hard II require
ment. reward and word; forgetfui Of a
common humanity, seldsh in. daily little
1nipGs, thogghtlesS, tyrannical regard,
less 'ot the o6mfort, even neglectipg the
means for the ,decenoies OF lodging and
persopat olsahliness which should not
merely pc allowed but, Unlisted on, till
the evil has run to that point OF rebel:
lion ipto which all things nltimatelyrun,
ana We nave nrW the. honse divided
againatttss!f. an antoGraoy ot't6s kitchen
tn9f denes; suecessfnlly the, .autoofacy of
the,parlor:' and thrAatens 10 subvert our
very homes: Eyerywhefe people are
running from tits domestic difficulty,
whole fabric Of society fduiyera because
OF 1t, and ch92nges rapid land radical go
world wants women. IL has had enonrh
OF those who oalI themselves so: enonoh
OF those who fzevn ION I, worth and cSi-
ture, and make fashioI and family and
position override aIln. other claims:
enough Of indolent aelf.indnlpence and
pretenoe, and 10 groaus In travail for cha
genuine woman repreaehtative of all that
is- possible. high and noble in he, sex.
1t waits toF those, who shall dare to be
true to every woman1y instinct, assert
and defend every ,womanly conviction in
the womanly' spirit. and send out into
society, and through bill the eeatirtIi,, ths
light and grnre, The heaiing and. fpGo;wSeer.
that como Of woman. Every where, liz
society It is woman tlat we want. As
the reAch' and crown rof mans life 'is to
he manlyI"as that sums up and includes
all that'we have to say, or aspire to. 80
to be womanly is the one worthy object
OF feminine aspirations; aud the true
womanliness is not only the eliminating
OF the sex, but the divinest beauty that
Cod gives man to see. I plead for it.
for the beatitAde that- it mny be to one
and oil. J. plead for it. because 30 many
IN the glare Of the life that now is, have
forgotten the glory it might be made to
be; because 80 many are looking for
peace. satisfaction. award where they
never can be found. plead for-every
day.. more and more. feel. the want Of
woman for every need and deed of life
woman, not Of genius but of character.
not OF position but Of influence, woman
saintly, and tonder and true. It was a
genuine outbnret that broke from sweet
lips. and many woman says it-'I want
to be above the little meanness, and fol-
Lies, and fratlty. thai spoil SO many wo-
men, Only. Jet that be the broad wnnt.
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