, 1875-02-07
WOMAN.
The. Boarding We. Housekeep.
ing Question.

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oooe ~ eet"o6 tualfleu' ano gong TO work
with her hands and brain to make nice COM
Portable home, was wiser than 1t would have
| bean had aha 1nt hao in 1ar ho,-o4 .1o.4
do;no r,ar,. 1ra,1, .nd 1870 ~ ssa.,: Aocu1
1o aaen "o'A' ano sone TO 5ostans VIII
men IN the struggle for employment. suppos-
had fitted herself to do hia work
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a"as .io'n n'u'' aa no oonot she could have
done, leaving him out in the cold. itwou1d hare
been worse for him. Would it have been any
better for her Th;s ia mt an nnfa;r a1,1,oa;
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WV, - toAf. GO tnoie a1o 4at6e c1o"os OF H1en
'alnly soeAlng employment in every kind Of
work which men are capable of. Whenever
r,von to a man. It has tenaercr vt 1aoat -,
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'oto" oolt4e oout u e9aplo9nens' ..
Non, the woman has as good right to the
work as the man, aud iittlo better, as she is
tho .swcaker vessel :" hut wor,a sha not do
h.+tar tn marry TIA v,on .na 49,.
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ca1e ~ ns"' 'assias nm ~ tdo
"orks! 1t may oo argued that women hnva not the
choice of marrying unless the men propose; but,
il they would sno" The ts mon t1,t they could live
~ -.u ] .so,, wv "oa!o 'eis ooon 1,,o
barkls Wlllan. Inc qneston ls continually
aaSitated OF finding employment and cheap iv-
lug for workinswomen but, II thore could only
be somo way managed to give employment to the
nl! tho young men have an income sufficient to
support family, there will be no e 'eeN1ng-
girls - left
But to return to the subject: Although it is
get along ike the couple alluded to above, yet It
must be confessed that those described so
graphically BY :. .Nitch-Efazel ind tho most
parallels in real life. 4 few years ago, q young
lady, vol educated+ we'll brought up, the daught-
or Of a Senator, married. young farmer; and
they went to farming With very little to start
with. Tho tirst year they worked 1G0-acre
farm on shares, Keeping house, sue doing tue
hoasewoEk. Tint winter she aud her husband
bothtaughs school in neighboriug districts. They
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fast for them to set to work at about daylight
she would then do the housework, and her hus-
band would harness, bis horse aud take her to
her school aud go to lis own, and go for her at
night, when she would get supper, etc. Satur-
days she would do tho washing, baking, and
where their board was furnished them, and she
Taught school that summer. That fall a little
scholar entered her school for term OF twenty
one years, and insissed on boarding in The
family. No one ever heard them COM
plain Of hard times, although they
started at the TINA when tho farmers were on
the hishroad to the Poor-Housa, with coEn-cTibs
bursting and starvation staring them in the
face. What II corn was only Is cents a bushel !?
They owned only half the crop, which WAS for
which vas more fortupate: OF course they now
own farm. and are getting rich. That shows
what can be done in the country BY energy and
work But have never seen young married
couple tT}luS u Eet D 1tsIuS III tue CITY W1lAOuE
being reminded OF tho warning which
an old lady gave to Young man contemplating
marriage. ..You must remember one thing"
said she; ali you get married, you will either
have TO board; or or ese keep houas:" Ihe youpg
man pondered the Bub]ect minute, and replied;
''1nat is Just as true as you i've" This man
got married, and, being IN enterp'islng man,
brought his wife to Chicago and went into busi-
ness. They boarded at first With sn old friend,
who took them through friendship, at the bare
cost Of the board When they figured up the |
cost, 1t amounted to s1s week. Tho wife |
w2s smart, ambitious, and economical.
aud abe resolved to so to housekeop- |
ing and do hor own UorS, and |
save money to buy piano. She tried it, buving |
furniture, and taking boardcr, and doing her |
own work until tho first lease ran out when
they went to boarding again. They did not re- |
creased. They now manage to Keep the wolf |
from the door on about S5,oo0 year:
oet Au - +n i;ra 0na e"4a5 a5,,t -.
81 .o06 year. He reckoned it up: Board |
ut 316, which would leave about 81 for.
e,atho. cngtt "'1h thag ,anst nu nse a1nn ,a;to,t
nr o',o+,as H. wh;la aD5 nr,hIo~ro,sae