, 1873-07-06
take gorrldge Of II Ind you know, of oourso, I
oyc5 did any euoh thing-1 wasn't brought up

heyc' to : ad any eaoh thing.-1 wasn't brought up
Wo heard ono young man, vhoao father
counted his dollars by lilnltqds OF thousands,
noaBt OF having made himsof a suit of clothes.
1io Beomcd pro1d OF hin amateur ofrorta III tho
eartoIial art, although NO do not imagine llo
to becoming arsoiaas oa tailor. % Il ~ wss sso not
exactly his vocation: but, under compu1sion, llo
could do hls bost and DO proud Of 1t. Fancy him
prisoner In not oyor-cleanly quartors, having
on m exceedingly diBroputable Fntr Of brooches,
Generalization Of which only soldlora' Clothes
could bo cnpab2o,- having bocolno possessed Of
sa.rioco Of homeapun, sitting on tho ground, on
hia especial pallet Of straw looking At tho goods
eohas ss sna thess ars u mosns ass
but thon don't know how to make thom; I
!nevor ioarned how to do 1t. Thegovornor always
bought my clotEoa, YOU know. novor had to do
sn|'a an|El'hing Ct homo" What would hAve beon your
That hc probably would not want you to trace
hiB ancestry back single, generation. And We
really think tue 1ne Indy uho takes similar
tlonn to any Investigations Of hor ancestral treo
Lot ua hope, then, that our girls may be
taught all uaeful knowledge; and, ns for the
ornamental, 80 We said before, thoy will not DO
apt to hurt themBolvos with II. When, how
ever, motheE, Or tceohor even, insiuts upon .
young girls putting down well-written book OF
fiction, that she may mako cushion OF patch
work o. urctched worsted picture, no do not
think that eho ID increasing her daughter'e or
pupas, usefulness Is IN the slightest degree: The
awakening her ideas, in many caHes inducing
Inquiry i'll regard to moro solid matter, which, II
offered In its nrude form, would bo quite ro-
tccted. And what is produced In place Of this7
ofenas every artistic sense, or = ntitohing
away at an almost equally useless taak. Tho first
should DO taboood altogether. There arc many
dainty little thinga which can be made by dolicate
thom while some ono reads, or pleasant conver-
satton ellis tho time, VIC have no objections to II;
but NC do object to the hours that arc wasted In
AN ABSOLUTELY USELESS WAY,
and the aip-shoa mannor in which oven tho
triflos which occupy those are made. We have
seen yards OF COARSE embroidery ornamontipg
ladlen' clothing, which they havo wrought them
aelves, but which they would not have bought IN
store t Was no improvement, for they had not
It might perhaps at some time be uHefu1. a lit
tie Of such work for odd moments is we'll enough,
1t la the devotion to 1t which We SEQ In eorne
people that NO are inclined to deprocato. Whoa
wo 500 married woman, whose husband Is an
oulties to endloaa rolls Of. Derlin-wool
Hork,-n delicate woman, porhaps, whose
life ought to bo passed principally III tho open
alr,--we do not wonder that ler husband finds
VtAo4 t4aCeo tAaA Aollt pltAba1k, auA tuHtcF3uAA>
ally her woodwork becomes Tint wife's sole re-
source; aud thoa, when 1t Ia too late, ahe linda
out her mistake. 8ho may have no especial in
terost in political questions, in tho noWa Of tho
day; but her husband has, and it might bo quite
as we'll for her 10 try and cultivate little intol
lcct, il there iH not much to start upon.
That much Of the fanoy-work Of the present
day tends to add a refining appearance TO what
might otherwise be crude and ugly homoB, wo
admit. Doft fingers will form many charning
objects from what otherwise would seem moro
wasto; aud, whom too much time III not thus enl-
ployod, no ono could view the result with moro
pleasure than wo do. Thoao little evidences of
tho presence of q woman with quick, active
brain, largo pcrccptiyo faoulticH aud executive
ability, eyon whom applied to more triilos, lavo
special charm; but tits thoeoi idlera who, without
any possible necessity,
WASTE HOURS
which might be devoted to tho learning Of aome
specially, which eventually would be of some
nso to them, that wo write. If they could do
nothing moro,-if books woro diatasteful, they
could employ their time III learning to sit quiet
" and at eaae. Worry fow American wo1non know
how to rcst for IN hour. That wrotchod doegnn-
tion Of being idle haunta them. To fold one's
hands and sit quietly back In m easy chair, and
think, In a dreadful thing no matter what brill
liant thought might flash aoroBB the mind, to boz
come fair realization, porhapB. No better
get 4, crochet-hoop OF tapcstry-neod!e, and count
one, two, three, unfortunately. Is 1t bottor7