Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-02
Correspondence.
Every Man for his Trade.

cry NVHah IoT her trade also = then
Chrisiendom and Mrs. Grundy hold NJ
taeir hands in astonishment at the cues.
tion. The Christian world repeats: girls
you arc destined for future wives and
mothers, have patience aud meekness
wherewith TO adorn your high calling"
Mrs. Grundy says, "My dear young ladies.
you are the refined element of society.
Strive to be always lovely, Innocent and
helpless that you may keep man from
growing coarse" With such sentiments
continually dinned in our cars, is it any
wonder that, "We Girls" fancy ourselves
rather superior to common clay? Is it
any wonder that we imagine all TIE beau
ty Of nature and art the world contains
must combine for cur adoruments, other
wise man dcgcnerates? degenerate in
deed, if he has not useless butterflies to
support; Let me say here in parcuthc.
Sis, aud just to ease my mind little, that
| cannot imagino much lower place on
which to place a working immortal spirit
Well in pursuance oEsuch teachings be.
held the variety and folly of fashions.
even which so many have just cause to la.
mcnt; even Maud takes up the complaint
in the NEwspEALER, aud for me | am
glad to have it. But dear complaincrs,
one aud all, why not stick to the terrible
evil =? Do you think these changes of
fashions are a pleasure to us ? Did you
think it for cur amusement that last year
we wound those big greasy "rats" round
our empty skulls, and over them straight.
ened snl combcd our auburn curls black
tresscs, golden ringlets, and g,izzcd and
gray locks, until VIC were assured that
the ycrv hairs nf o,,- L,,l ----.. D. '----
us? Do you think it for our pleasure
that This year VIC display those same ou-
burn curls, black ircsscs, golden r'nslcts'
gray, unknown locks, floating about our
shoulders in n way that might be admired
in Fejce Queen, but is quite nauseatl"g
10 civilized stomach? Do you think it
for fun we tire ourselves with high'heeled
shoes; bare-heoded IN mil-wintcr; and
then call that disgusting catarrh an lat
Aictug providence ?" Is it for our COM
fort VIC wear our clothing so tieht VIC new
er knew the luxury of full breath OF
Gods free air 2 oil so long that even the
womanly work of tidying room becomes
task d?
No. empbaticalIy, NO. We do it to
please man, to prevent his degcnerat-
ing; (?) to fulfill our mission; to aid in
working out our destiny. Nor will wo'
man admit that fashion Is painful, not
even though hurried thereby into the grave;
md no doubt the woman's soul at last will
walk calmly up to the angel Gabrial' and
saw. Il did all | could to work out my
mission, but alas my poor weak frame
could not endure the fatigue of getting a
husband"
Well says one if all the sacrifice OF
comfort and health is made for fear ol
living in vain, or to get a husband why
not -s'right about face when he is fairly
trapped, and bless him BY living healthy
life? Ten to one husband is the reasor
; why. Mans vanity wants wife to looI
pretty (for fear Of degenerating may-hap.
Mans vanity claims to be sole proprieto
, and supporter of wife, even though h
, cheats, steals or votes himself double sal
, orv. in order to be so. Ten to one you'll
! find man at the bottom of the mischief
/, AT tho bottom did / say?--No indeed
r he stands on the broad platform OF ''wo
] mans mission" That the root of o.
: mischief. Tear out of society's rltua
: that absurd talk Of "woman's mission =
0 doctrine Gt only for Turkish Harem o
r Brigham Youngs dominions-prcach VIC
n mans mission no more than you preac
c mans mission and then you Till have tax
|. en- step towards reform. We are nc
$ SO very ignorant of our t'msslon," 10
It Nature docs her work thoroughly no
d needs our puny aid, and ! do not think
d woman, from Eve down to her younge'
70 granddaughter, ever claimed or WI
l. claim to be husband aud father. The
d away with all This talk about woman
10 sphere she was placed on this sphere
l. develop soul worth taking to SON
D. other, and in order to do this she mu
IN work out her own salvation as man mu
b, his.
{. The text also Gays it is not good +
! man to be alone, and we believe wom'
IS needed everywhere man is,--in trad