Ellsworth American., 1875-12-02
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Rachel Crews W Work.

Charles Manning drew ia the rtns so
suddenly thai the horses settled back upon
their Launches and stood stock-siili.
Rachel Grey. wonder if you are be-
side yourself he said. as he loosened the
r.ins aud the spirited .teed- shot forward
! again. clare that II you were not my
cousin, aud had not. consequently, some
snail amount O. persona! regard Tor You
| should be tempted To cap,iLc thu. sleigh
and throw YOU into that snow -osnk! -
Rachel Grey laughed merriy.
IL an not mad. most noble Festus."
Then you have been reading Aurora
Leigh OF Alton Locke or poring over
Margaret Fuiler's Ihspsodes until your
| head is full OF all sorts of ultraisms. y our
train is fairly turueu.'
You admit that | have brains them:
she answered.. with a sly glance at has face.
Thank you. Sir. ! was quite ia the dark
on that point. plead guilty TO the charge
OF having read Aurora Leigh; but have
no acquaintance with Kingsley, and do
not v-niure to emulate Margaret Fuller.
Nevertheless. | do not intend to spend 'ay
days in doing fancy " ork, or iu-crmpin.
| NY hair"
You have no need to do the latter
said the young mai, casting All admiriug
llance at the mass OF wavy brown hair
| tLat rIppei back from his companions
| brow" 1T crlmps itself BIt these ideas
oi yours .Rschel.ar- utterly preposterous."
'Nhy / should like to be instructed.
Charley"
~ h. ? Oh, because. you see, Rachel the
| two sexes have different missions. Ii /.
ours 10 do the worlds work. We men do
not wish that woman should soil her dain-
Is fingers with il. Ii is our business to do
| The work and il Is yours 10 make yourselves
| charming aud fascinating, and all that.
Wh,n We come home from our daily labor
We want 10 rest ourselves with the sight OF
your grace aud beauty. WOman's work,
| forsooth. Ii Is to amuse. please, and ias-
| cinate. If she does that. she does all that
| is required OF her. Wen do the work.
Rachel laughed outright
| Il beg your pardon. Charley. But how
much OF the worlds work do you and Ned
Pay son aud Wallace Clyde aud the rest of
your set do. do you think? just about AS
] much as Miriam Barker. Madge Payson.
| aud do; and not whit more. We are
f, none of us doing our work We are sim
| ply amusing ourselves, young men and
| young women alike. And for my part, /
f, am tired Of il. Charley.
1 You say" she continued, after q little.
/ 'that it is woman's mission TO make her
4 self 'charming;' and imply that II Is her
l true work to 'anuse,' rest, and soothe the
| real workers-meaning men. Now, do
1 not feel that most of the men with whom
! ! come in contact are at all in need Of such
| mnistrat,ons. Ir-and here her voice
| took deeper tone. and her cheek glowed
l like the heart OF . rose-''if God should
ever send to me one Of his true workers.
one who. worn and weary from the field of
!; labor. really needed help and cheer surely l
could better play the part of helper .sympa-
thizer, and friend IL had myself borne some
, what OF the burden aud heat of the day."
oh. psbaw, Rachel! You always take
I a fellow up so seriously; Of course l did
| not mean that. meant that woman did
her part IL she was beautiful. graceful. and.
In a word. charming. The flowers have
| their mission ss well as the trees and the
golden grain. 1t is TO please. And that
4 is just wOnans mission"
Rachel sighed.
You do not understand me. Charley.
| Perhaps you can not. But did it never Oc-
cur to you that there are women who can
not content themselves with being mere
ornamental appeadages to society-women
\ who feel, in view Of all there Is to be done
! for the world and for humanity. .imOst-I
/ speak it reverently-as Paul felt when he
cried, Woe Is me il preach not the gos-
p.l.' As for me. dear Charley, l can Not
spend my days in simply pleasing myself
I or o&hers.o
Charles Aanning's lip eurled sarcastical-