The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-07

reform of fashions, and the art OF getting the
greatest amount Of pleasure In social inter-
course. also questions exclusively !: their own,
are Ia a hopeless mudd1e. The SaCS3dESex
which cannot put itsf kitchen, its nursery; or
its d~raWing.room IN order, nor epen'clothe It,,
self nationally, thinks 1t can help to decide on
the grayest events. of current history, and that,
itsplping voice may beproHtabIEraisedintha
settlement of the most delicate and Important
economic questions. The better regulation Of
the army, the. provisions-of the budget, the
righteousness or unrigRieousness ofiWaf, and.
the poor laws, the future results.o OF CONNER
treaties-all these are within Its
scope, and great. goodsis :e1pectedfrom the ap-
plicatton of it's fine intuitions and delicate per
ceptions In the arrangement Of thesematters;
but Mary Jane dragging the baby with dose
Of ''quletness," that she may slip ont more at
her ease to her cousin the LiteguardsmRn, and.
cook poisoning the family with mistaken
herbs and arsenlcal colorlng matterss are be-
yond the functions or the knowledge of the
mother and the mistress. to,prevent. For we
must remember that women cannot, abolish
their duties; they. can only delegate them
turn them down from handto hand TIL they.
reach the lowest, which perhaps wilII;Tefuse.
thenr1njts turn and so throW:;them back to
the starting point, where they oughtto be-.
Thus all the cry raised now. for 3 wider sphere
means only, In the case of married women,
that they do not Hkeitheir natural duties; and
that, they wansto:shnms:off TO other shoulders
the'assigned BURDENS Which tney do n0t,ch0ose
to carry on their, own. They do not: propose
that men should keep the house, or'that ma
chines.shoult nurse the baby: they only ask
that other wonensthan, Themselves; should 90
60; and they confess, with cynical frankness,
that they prefer 10 engross parchment and
make up pills for money lwherewiths tospay
other women for their time, rather than them.
ea1vpa prrao Or odnpata thafr nwn nht1dron nr
put thought, energy, on. knowledge Into
making the home happyaud.beautiful fors6us-
band and family. Hthey rad no otherswork
to do there. you'd moi be sc: much TO, say
against their undertaking such Of mems work
as they could perform creditably and ~satisfacs
torily; but We.oontess taatswe cannot see the
value OF. the present movement, which eon-
sists only IN shifting the kind Of work, In the
arbitrary degradation of certain Kinds which
nature has made imperative, and In the sub.
s~titution Of ambition for love, selfglory Tor
duty, and making foI saving. However, what
will be will be. If It is sofordained That this
uncomfortable phase Of active feminine. am.
billion has to be worked through, nothing that
We OF any +one else can say will prevent II.
But, at least, we may give one note; Of warn:
ing by the way, and do WhasSwe can'to miti-
gate the wOrst,of the absardities resulting. In.
particular. We would urge the incompetibility
of the old sacredness with the pew self-asser-
ton, and the unWlsdonl Of Wtnclng: ag satlre.
voluntarily <courted?! To runsFwith the hare
and hunt with: the hounds has BEEN s yet q
feat found Impossible with the best WIlkin the
world; If women are able to unite the. coarse
lite of men with the ~saeredness. OF woman
hoed, they will have solved the problem IL
their own.favor. But until the new iphenome-
non is made manifest, We; must take the
liberty Of auestienfng its possibility, and Of
mainMining that If the Sacred Sex wishes to
| remain. the asacrsd1sex still, It must :notNofer
itself ais a. mark for public discussion on q
more than Questionable line Of action; If It
wishes to keep its Ghead whole, It must not
thrust 1t where blows are fallingi :and. II 1t