The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-06-06
Mem.- worr. and women work.

Old proverbs are the traditional cs-
sence of wisdom. Homely as they may
be in expression, they are suitable TO be
S'said or sung" easily to be remembered
bv their rythm- or rhyme, or both; and
the sense they convey is worthy OF the
long life they preserve, bequeathed from
"sire TO son, or more frequently from
grand-dame to granddaughter. Among
them is:
sMan's work Is done from sun 10 sun,
Bur woman's work l. never done
Often does the tired housekeeper
think this; and if she has not been edu-
Gated to fancy that common sense IN
common words is vulgar, often she re-
peats the distich. Even though she put
the same sentiment into the most euphe-
mistic English, It's truth remains undis-
puted. Woman's work is never done.
When the man turns the key in his fire
proof, or makes the last scratch with his
pen, or puts aside for the day the imple-
ments of his vocation, whatever II may
be, he is oft duty for the next twelve
hours, at least, and may rest Or If his
| employment runs into the night, when It
is done and he takes his turn at repose,
or at amusement or at light occupation
or at reading, all of which come under
| the character OF rest.
! But "woman's work is never done
! When her husband, or whatever other
members of the family she may have TO
consider are absent, she is busy in pre-
| pairing for their return; and when they
are present she has them 20 care for.
! Whistler they are present or absent, at
home or abroad, she must still keep them
| In her thoughts. Her fingers or her
/ head must be constantly busy, not sim
ply in great things, which, when done,
are but in an inffinity Of little occupa'
tons Cypress and tie her down, as the
/ Lilliputians mastered CULVER. Cap
tain Marryat, in one Of his now almost
I forgotten novels, records how n West IN
dian woman recompensed her servants.
''When they do wrong they are
whipped" said the matron. That y
their punishment. When they do right
they are not whipped. That is their re
ward for good conduct" Many a faith
.ful and diligent housekeeper is cOmpen-
sated for ali her work and labor on the
same principle, not that they are eVel
whipped, for We are talking about decent
people; but a sensible woman teeis
more than. most man can imagine, thu
infection Of gloomy face, Of moody
silence. or Of impatient words, at some
unlucky,mistake, or the occurrence OF
accidental culinary failure. These petty
miseries have already tOrmented her Z
the limits Of forbearance, and when tb'
husband or father adds his blow TO thu
rest. the poor woman Is exasperated
The wonder is, taken from sensible
4 point of view, not that she scolds some
times. but that she ever does anything
elsef SO much for her punishment
The reward IL when her gracious maste
condescends 10 feed in complete indifiei
ence, and to endure for an hour III
children whom she watches through th
whole twenty-fo 1.rs :,
- Now the questions before the famlil
) cDnrention, TO which this report Of IN
, Ledger viii be read this morning ar
. these Whether the husbands an
; fathers and older sons and brothers an
uncles, and gentlemen generally
boaff"-whether as inmates or guests,
fed for a stated sum weekly-could nc
1 afford TO be trife more demonstraive
$ Could they not deign to exhibit MOI
I. than tacit satisfaction, and to feel and e.