The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-15
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what Shall Boys DO.
BY MRS. JANE O. swIssuELM.

lady principal of young ladies' semina.
~, whom | once met in her f0urishing
institution, where young ladies were pre-.
pared, under the auspices of an ortho-
dox church. for their duties in coming
tured. by pious clergymen, on their par
amount obligation to be good cooks, and
the great danger Of falling into the snares
Of the strong minded
/ The benevolent little woman was doing
the honors, and showing me through her
comfortless establishment, when we came
TO the study room. Here a halfdozen
/ young victims of scant food and hard
beds were at work with their books and
on the wall hung cheap engraving OF
Rosa Bonheur's .:Horse Fair Having
7 seen little to admire, and feeling amia
BILE, | stopped before this, and was soon
lost in studying once more its matchless
lines. After a while l reused myself to
proceed with our walk, saying
"Well Rosa can paint horses -
A deep sigh called my attention to the
lady principal, who stood, with folded
hands, trying to draw her upper lip down
over her squirrel teeth, as she turned her
eyes bashfully to one side, sighed again,
and said
Don't you think its Pity"
"a what 2"
"a pity that lady should have done
such a thing 1t seems such queer
thing for a lady to do'
Her manner was so gentle and depre-
eating, and her position so startling, that
it seemed as if l could not have heard
Alright; and, in blank amazement, l ex-
claimed
do you mean to say that it is pity
Rosa Bonheur should pain; horses Z"
Yes. The picture is very good
Rev. -- presented it to the school But
don't you think it would have been so
much better if gentleman had done
it ?"
But DO you not know that no gentle
man could have done it? Do you not
know that she is the greatest animal
painter in existence that she is greater
than Landseer, and has enriched the
world by her genius p
ooh, yes, know, but still it seems as
if that Is not nice work for lady-as if
gentleman should have done it.
ooh, well, you must talk to the Lord
about that. The mistake is all his in
not sending that gift to a gentleman
The lady principal is pocket edition
Of Society, which has her stereotype rules
as to what must be done by gentlemen,
what By ladies and holds that the Lord,
having been graciously permitted to de-
signate such individuals as shall belong
to either sex, should carefully abstain
from any further interference. If he
has bestowed faculties on person of one
sex which should have been given to one
Of the opposite, why, of course, this is
his mistake; and it becomes the duty Of
the lady principal to crush out lop of,
extermiuate, extinguish, annihilate, and
get rid of all such misappled donations
The lady principal has decided that
girls must learn TO cook and that boys
must not rob bird nests, orchards, and
melon patches. But girls will not cook |
well and boys will steal eggs, apples,
and melons, and devour them with a /
gusto which means something. 1t means |
that the masculine love of food which
induced Adam to eat the apple for It's
own sake, not for the wisdom it might
bring, marks man as the cook and that
the race never will be properly fed whore
women do the cooking.
Who has not heard returned soldiers
boast Of the excellence of army cooking?
Who ever knew three men 20 off on a
survey or hunt, where one of them did
rot develop an unsuspected talent for
cooking? l have often watched men
around a campfire, and felt that the rule
s wholly arbitrary which makes woman
he cook. never knew the significance
IF the impulse which leads all boys to
want to bake griddle cakes until l saw a
French half breed, from Selkirk, beside
ais ironless cart, on the open prairie,
his evening meal. He had a
arge fish broiling on the Goals, without
my intervention of a gridiron. His
)atter for his "fapjaoks' was In buck
It. He heated and creased long han
He'd sheet-iron frying pan, poured in
enough batter to cover the bottom, set it
,ver the fire, kept on serenely attending
o other matters, as though no fapjack
we're in danger of being burned, as it
would have been if any woman had set
I to bake; but just at the right moment
le came up, looked into the pan, took
lold of the handle, shook it gently, then
With sudden jerk sent the cake spin
ing into the air, caught it as it came
own square in the center, with the other
ide up. The cake was turned as no ;
roman could have turned it, and with an
ase which showed that the mau was in I
is proper sphere. Mems superior love
f food makes them superior cooks ,
live a girl plenty Of candy and slate
encil, and it is little matter to her what
he gifts for dinner, provided the dishes
re pretty and the napkins white but
or good, generous, appreciative feeder 1
ommeDd me to boy. a tin plate, a !
it of single, or fat stone viii answer
or china, if you give him plenty to eat.
i d abundant, nutritious, and varied diet I
a legitimate want of his nature and {
it is not supplied he will be stunted {
4 mind and body. Girls are either nat {
rally deficient in this essential to Wig +
rous mental and physical growth, or it I
so repressed and restrained as to be- /
ome dwarfed. One seldom finds wo- a
ian who would give a moments eonsid- 4
ration 90 the difference between one of !,
'lot's best steaks and piece of beef '
hich has been fzzled in frying pan !,
n any length of time from one half b
our to four. 1t is notorious that when I,
omen live alone their diet is principal T
toast and tea, with tea and toast by o
ay Of variety. When they make UP 4
leir minds to have treat, or entertain /,
,mpany, they grow reckless of expenses
Id cook an egg, get out pot of pre-
rves, bring in a smoked herring, slice t
dry beef, or some other extravaganza, L
hich limits the quantity of butter on a
e toast for week after. il
They literally starvc themselves to get 81