, 1875-01-31

the family and Mrs. D. gave her houseworl int.
stronger hands; yet, with all this additional e1
pecse, they were able to lay asiis something.
Since then, they have agaiu changed their res.
| luencc, and now occupy whole cottage. ant
| own piano, etc. The next stop will probably
take them still further forward.
Their prosperity aud happiness have all come
OF their having lived far within their means At
to leave little weekly surplus to be laid nsids
for future need. And their only chlnce fol
doing this, on SO slight an income, was by going
to housekeeping in uety small 1rny.
HousE.KeEPERs OR HoME~keEPERs.
That ths whole and sole duty of womank CON
sisted in bsing
GOOD HouaEKEEpER
has been inehIled into tho minds OF the ee1 from
the time Of Solomon to the present. It has
been commonly believed that the idea is much
older. Moaes did not insist on the Hebrew
women being model housekoepers, it is true
but wo always supposed this to be owing to the
facs that the Wilderness afforded no particular
facilities for the exercise OF this leading virtue
But DAyard Taylor informs us that Moses took
hia laws from ancient Egypt and TINT, in that
wonderful land, woman was the equal OF man in
mental attainment8; which may have been the
reason nothing was said on this subject; and
that, being equal in the night Of the laws, aud
more especially the customs of the land, it was
not necessary to particularize about the sex
when " Thou shalt" or "a Thou shalt not +" Was
P1ocsaiineu-
We may have been uncertain about Moses,
but NC arc sure that it Was not long before the
tables were turned, and praises of the toilers
and spinners were begun; and, down through
the ages, the choice mOrsels set aside for the
nouri.hneut Of women haye been in regard tn
s.}oo]ino we'll IN tha xvava nj bar h,,.oh,15 ,,
..1-..~;.- -
Aeepa"s snenc9 III tne cnurcncs, staying
home "spinnins fax" or, aa the modern ways
Of expression have altered these admonitions, to
ssquit eadd1pc" and .stena tn her children. !"
All thesa +h;noa nave ,.7 ,l,o;r .trao, s,a w.,
49, - ,,'. 49, 3 Wv
eHees - ~uy 'nios uoe aes11ao'e. NO uaFo gen.
Grafton OF women that are, as d rule,
WHOLLY EG1ossED N THRILLING rH1Sas;
women whoa ;deas r;sa m b;cher t,,an tba
,,;,1ne, I'D r,raso--;,,,- ~ 49, a1a.;a~ 49,
r.~11"s aao p4eeo' '!us' "oa Ino e!ean'n6' tue
eei'4ok' tae uesSn'aA1os' aou otess'ng, ano I'll
nlng LII Ill 1orms generation OF women who
lot tnelE houses keep them !; aud Is it any won-
der! suppose that for some thousands of years.
men had had all the teachings Of romance and
song. all tue examples OF 1erosu. OF duty, OF
family cares, limited; BY the supreme dury of
Keeping themselves tldy while 1T WORK, and on
az occasions being nice, and sweet, and soft.
Where Wotld have been our ST. Paul, or Crom-
well or Warrington or Lafayette. or the hun
afeua Or o1her brave, strong men thai have de-
lighted anu penented tue world ....
Ihese tMnss that nave oeen eSpecteo OF "om-
en- are well enough as TAR as they 90, but they do
not go Tar enough; Selfish women have
~ advanced much further IN tho worlds wisdom
than nn:e'tIsh women, because they have aban-
donea the lesser duties, while the CONSCIENTIOUS
ones hase e carefully anstalned from the higher,
and psd all tnelr attention to the little sl1alrs
OF hte. The great nsass OF women are to-dEy
suffering from the
LACK OF Am IN LIFE
Or from low a'n Women who should be
a,e only house-kccpers. Aud the
great trouois Is, that many bright, noble women
hare lived and ceased living while entertaining
such narrow ideas OF home. Is it not tins that
there should be change IN regard to the mat
Ter: Inc ldea thas woman was to 90 the com,
panlon OF man naa 'peen pasea on tue gfonnd
hat man VAS composed chiefly Of stomach,
md that It was her outy ato administer
o tnis lcao!nS 1Eaat OF CHARACTER or COM
position, whenever you choose to call it
'hat q woman :, GUY 10 man consisted ~ DRESS
ng hefaeiI "e!i 1of MIN oe1ofe she marlled lltn