Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-03-13


ENLIGHTENED No-NlorHERnooD.--A Car
cline F. Corbin writes in this way about the
growing aversion of the average American
woman to womanlv cares and duties, in the
Herald Of Heath Our American women
develop year by year growing determine
ton to avoid the labor and discumiorts OF
maternity. They are severely re ouked for
this by pulp and press But Ms. Corbn
says As civilization advances, and the
ranks OF So' ial life become full. and even
crowded, t ne natural instinct Of child bear
ing decrea 81. DO not mean now the sim
pie proc .eative instinct | refer to that
natural f cling which makes the women OF
all spa-s " settled countries proud TO be
mothers II l. not a matter dependent llpon
civilian ion. but upon the simple demand Tor
people. In the thickly populated countries
OF A-dl inianticide is the prevailing SIN,
while in the thinly settled regions of our
own reat West babies are literally al pre-
MUM Bat a. this mere animal instinct de-
clines, life grows more complex, the pains
anO erils OF childbirth are increased by IN
natu' Al living. and. a. We have seen already.
the aildren become robust and require more
cons. ant and exhauSting care. The dram
upon the mothers vitality caused by ire
quen child-bearing becomes excessive and
natu re rebels 1t Is thus when child-bearing
ceases to be instructive and becomes duty
Imposed by reason and religion that the ne
eeSSity of education begins to be imperative
/ " felt. No intelligent being will readily
undertake duties for which it feels clear
and reasonable sense Of unhtness. You
bring MP & young girl to sixteen, eighteen
or possibly twenty years, lucated in all the
arts and sciences. with -efned, aesthetic
tastes anil aspirations, and beautiful but
very delicate physique, but without ration
al idea il her head upon the subject OF
motherh bod. Then You marry her to man
equally ignorant and unressoning concern
ing the duties Of the new relations. and with
bis amin al forces stimulated TO the highest
degree BY the use Of tobacco, alcohol and
highly Sc asoned animal food, and YOU re
quire her to submit hers elf without reserve
to this mans appetites, and to become
whether she Will or not again and again and
again mother Ii Is all unnatural and
wrong. She Is unfit by nature and education
for such 4 life. she knows it, and she Will
not submit to it if she can help it. You
have N ade her wise emo ugh to find means
out of 'ler dilemma, however unlawi al, but
You have failed to impaTt to her that Wis
dom which would lead her first to acqua int
herself and her husband with nature : Ia w
and rtquireT. ents, and then, with holy an
reyerent love and pray erfulness, to take up
On herself. Voluntarily. the noblest obliga-
tons which human Icing ever assumed
the obliga' ions Of mott erhood.
HovsE GARDExING.--As regards plants,
unless tn q basket be large, or a stand (Which,
by the W az, can be ma de Of a soap box, lined
with ziu and mounted on feet be used, We
do not elieye in any large variety OF flowers
in a sin -le receptacle. 1t Is nonsense to mix
exotics with wild ferns and grasses, because
the INST Ire Of soil which suits one i generally
not DC leficial to the other and very often
the vi rm. uniform temperature, necessary
Tor DC licate plants, Is fatal To the more hardy
yarie les from the wo Dds and pastures. Fill
ha ,ket entirely wit English ivy or niax,
snd luxuriant gro with can be obta ined,
part icularly if too N any shoots he not ST in
I CltJ florists aim to cram much as pos able
into their baskets, and are totally regard les
wAe' her the broad leaves of the begon las
shs De the stems an roots Of the more de IL
CT tie creeping vine In first setting in re
Giants. however, T lace them for few day =
in cold room IN I'll new shoots appear. Re :
member also that plants, and especially IVY,
will not grow without light, particularly in
the house. There Is another fact that anna
teur house gardeners forget, and that Is that
the roots of a plant need plenty of air; and
hence pretty pots of painted china or majolica
ware will not answer to contain the earth
for their reception. If such vessels be used,
the common earthware pot must be set in
side of them, with plenty of intermediate
space between while care should be taken
that the higher edges of the outer pot do not
shade the base of the plant. Weak vegeta-
ton may be rejuyenated with little ammo
MIA. but it must be used with care, as too
much kills. About two drops in tea-cup-
full of water, given once a week, we have
found to be plenty for a good-sized plant,
particularly if the earth around the roots be
kept loose and not allowed to pack hard
Scientific American.
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