, 1874-08-30
.u7ornan's Work and Woman's
Power.
Woman's Rights and Free Love-
Feminine Boards.
The Training Schools Of The Esmen's 8
Educational and Industrial 80
tiety Of hew ierk.
sara.aaa Fashions for 1874---Royal
Hossip---A San Francisco
wife.
yQomnnly Items Of All Sorts.

Womnnly Items Of All Sorts.
Uoman'a Work.
To tie Editcr of Tie CA,eago Tribune:
STR: did not expect to get intoa controversy,
certainty, when l wrote about a - Woman 5
T-z.sa1es" But lave this to says that, if a
WOMAN. filling the hearen-allottcd station OF
wife and mother, has her sure defense and Is
happy. she certainly would not sec others suffer
for what 1ho could give. aud get withhold her
land. true mother
WILL BE A True WoAAs.
and 10 better description Of her can be found
than the one In Proverbs.
The heart OF her husband doth tafaly trust III her
s:e will do him good, aud not evil, MI the days of her
Life.
.reth field, and buyelh IT.; with the fruit Of her
bande, she pl1nteth vineyard.
SHE firetclrth out Ecr lands to the poor; yea, she
reachc:l forth her hands to the needy. She opsneu
her mouth with WISDOM and IN hor tungun is tie law
sns iooEcth well to TIE ways of her hcusehod, and
cacih not tie bread OF ldlencss. Her children rise up
aid call blessed her husband also, and he tTa+-
e:h her
II she consderoth field aud buyoth it, and
with the fruit Of ler hands plauteth vineyard,
her duty as vita certainly is, to help her hus-
land II she stretches out her hands to the
poor and reachcth them forth to the aedy, and
in Ter tongue ia the law Of kindness, she car-
tainiy does not ensconco herself in a nutshell
aud lcave struggling humanity to get along IS
oest it may; but she
DOES WHAT SHE IS ABLE,
remembering to look well to the ways OF her
household. lest her daughters make crrinS wonl-
Gu, and her sons bring to their wives Fad faceE,
sad hearts. and t'marriage bond that is
pledge of bitterness
In a recent issue OF TIE tribune, in COM
1nunicatiou on + Woman's Field" occurs the fol-
lowing:
Heretofore pociety 1lss not decla1ea that woman
shall u7Fgo tic duties Of home amt Ill lis sacred rca
;ions in pr1ier to step with cautious tread and s1p-
lrcssoa garments lest detlecnt come by contact with
s ag1inEt You stop where you arc Tiers Is no r.
dcmrtion for YOU. Tie thief on tue cross was par
doned, but be sEncd yon E:ye done. or II Ao
did LIE EAs not fallen womau."
Heretofore meaning formerly, or before now.
in tho common acceptation Of the term; and
forego meaning to gire np,-we hare the idea
that before now. society has not declared that
woman shall g1re up the duties OF home, and all
its sacred relations, in order say, by her
actions, to fallen woman, that there IL no par
dou for her.
/ certuinly had no iae: that truo mother
would or could give up her honle-duties to naunt
lFrtunate neighbor. It would be in contradic~
fiOn OF tic law Of kindness, and would be
SE6LEcIISd THE WAYS OF HEi HOUSEHOLD.
To quote again: "
cLners moved o. without single jar caused by
neglected duties. Why should the sane influence IN an
opposite DIRECTION calss .ash sacrifice Of dnc' and
How woman could expect to Ei7e up her
duties. and have the domestic machinery
move Oh without more thin one jar caused by
that neglect, is problem. The same ini.uence
IN an opposite direction wou1d be towards home,
should cauae sacrifice, OF time and widespread
homc-lcsolatiou, can be solved by supposing
that sc;-righteousne.Y sits III nj easv-chair,
spreads her skirta, and says, 81 Behold how good
I lmt"
This would become truo mother Just as much
aa saying to All unfortunate child Of e2zth,
There il no redemption for you.' Self-riGh1-
eouaness il poor spirit to effect good with,
either at home OF auroad. Wo:nnn's duty to her
children ia only one branch OF her work. Those
to seek for fields III which to Labor, because their
ie}d is before them, to their right hand, to their
left hand, and, il fact,
ALL ABOUND.
They can find virtue. weakuess, and depend
encc without leaving their field to hunt what
they can do; nnd they can throw, not . straw,
but strong rope, to the rescue, and have the
rope safely anchored ut home II some beneyo-
lent individual in Chicago would donate e sum
Of money for tho benefit Of orphans, what would
YOU think Of the individual who would wish to
send this money to England, as if there were no
orphans in Chicago?
No more truthful word was ever spoken th.n
That :sTAe poor SO haye alwayB with you; p" and
true woman will remember it, as well as tho
golden rule, "To do unto others as you would
have otAerslo unto you" and ~ Whatsoever thy
llaud tiudeth to do, do with thy might" Not
whatsoever you please. but Whatsoever 1t may be
thy hand ludeth to do.
a true woman worketh diligently With her
hands: whether it is to oa:n Ifes uecessaries, or
to fulfill The silent marriage promise that she
will be a helpmcet IS we'll as wife There are
many, and always VIII bo many, who. ind the
1narrage-boud a pledge of bitterness, until
society quits sneerinG at women who live single
long enough to know that not all q woman wants
in man IL somebody to give her share in hrs
name. and, knowing this. turn over in their
minds :hcir qualities of head aud heart, rs well
as pocket, before saying tho word that binus
them for hfe-unless = divorce court steps in.
THAT WAS 4 SENSIBLE woMAS,
though many would call her 1nerceEary who
said to q gentleman who asked her to share his
lot IN Life, - Pray, sir. where is your 1ot?'
Very few etop to inquire what kind OF a father
1nd provider man Will make; what kind OF q
stay hc will be in DAYS Of sorrow as we'll as JOY;
what sure support they will llavs i'll days Of M}-
be turned ovor in every mud before entering
the marzlage-bonl. Ii they we're asked, and
answered satisfactorily, ofscner, thero would be
fewer divorce-cases aud fowcr bonds Of bitter
nesl-' For, preacL rs you will Of love in u cot
taSe. one can't eat love; aud it is an old saving
that, when Poverty comes in at tho door, love
flies out at tho window aud, though mauy times
It has proved untrue, yet rot every love il strong
enough to bexr an empty stomach and th5
hungry cry Of children.
true woman will not scoN at humanity in
any form, and will not forget even cup Of cold
water that might add to any ones Lappiness OF
comfort though her first duty Is to her home
snu those whom God hns given her to care for.
Monan's work is to minister Place au tue
Inherent ways von ca1 think OF together, null
aplE and double the number many timer. and
sou nssa fraction Of womans work
MAs. JENNIE EcK1Er REYNOLDS.
Wosnan'n Power.
1u ne Editor Of The Ch1cd1o Tribune:
sfR: In your last Sundays issue. . co1re
eponnent says: But, rncc she is mans eoual
'oatllne him III tho rade pursuits of Life. her
l'omef would he lost" writer who icurod in
~ mas sAd: "Ie gods! am anaazed." Does
'he world contain only women who sit in court
no'uns the unused seeptro of power Tor an
o1net pleasure I answer. No. Aad il
there not H1lhfi far