The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-31

Does she? What of it? Is it q dis
grace to her? Is she less q true wo-
man, less worthy of respect than she
who sits in silk and satin and is vain
Offinger which never knew labor? We
heard this sneer n few days ago, and
the tone in which it was uttered has
been nuisance ever since. 1t betok-
ened narrow, selfish, ignoble mind,
better fitted for any place than a
democratic country, whose institu-
tons rest on honorable labor as one of
its chief corner stones. 1t evinced u
false idea of the true basis of society,
of true womanhOOd, of genuine nObili-
ty. It showed the detestible spirit of
caste, or rank, which a certain class
among us is striving to establish a
caste whose sole foundation is money,
and so the meanest kind of rank
known to civilization. Mind, man.
ners, morals, all that enter into a
grand character, are of no account
with those social snobs; position in
their settled rank is bought with gold,
and each additional dollar is another
round in the ladder by which eleva-
ton is gained.
In matters of fact, is it more dishOnor-
able for the merchants wife to do her
own work than for the merchant to
do his ? for her to look after her house
than for him to look after his store?
Or is woman for nothing only to be
tickled with feather and pleased
with a straw? 1t seems to be the
height of ambition in some circles to
be, or profess to be, not only "abOve'
work, but even ignorant of how work
is to be done, and if the hOusekeepeI
is at skies and sevens, the "help" re-
ceives maledictiOns without stiut, but
the "latyn takes none of the response
bility upon herself. She looks into the
kitchen; she know how bread should
he made, or steak brOiled, she. knows
when the -four is out or the sugar in
Absurd! "Heli" may be bad enough
but what interest can the girl in the
kitchen feel in the household economy
if the lady in the parlOr has none? /
mistress neglects all domestic duties
will maid be thoroughly conscien
tious? VIII the husbands business e
on well if he neglects it? and why
should that of the wife prosper under
her lack of responsibility
An aristocracy of wealth is the mos
! lfBcACuSJD1t, tllC WI tfll Sotlst
distinction, and yet it is that which
many of our citizens, many of oul
otherwise sensible young people, ar,
fostering and trying to establish.
is quite too fashionable to sneer a
labor, and to give the cold shoulder t.
those who are not ashamed to do thei
own work, or whose circumstance
compel them to do it. If We are t.
have an aristOcracy at all, let it be ont
of brains and character, and not o
purse and dancing school pOliteness
When the happy day shall dawn wheI
the true woman and the true man are
in their proper position in the socia
world, in the highest scale will be
thousands who know how to work
and when necessary, are willing t.
work, while the brainless, and purse
full snobs of both sexes will sink by the
weight of their own cOppels.
Ii man or woman, a gentle
man" or a GLADLY" is able TO live with
out actual manual labor, let them b'
thankful; it is a pleasant position t.
occu,,y; but to be ashamed of tn,
knowledge sufficient to manage tn,
shop or kitchen, the store or TIN
house, to be ashamed to wOrk-this il
evil and only evil, and to-day is al
determination in "Our best society,"
Vain woman, was yOurmother ashamed
of work, ana are you ashamed of he
that she did work? And young maj
in kids and clover, did your father &c
competence on which you live by idle
ness? We honor the woman, who
when necessary, "does her own work
and despise those who sheer Watch
man and Reflector.