The daily gazette., 1875-05-08
W0nless's Vans.

Apropos of the Centennial work pro
crossing in Massachusetts, it appears
that Mrs. Lncy Stone, after the ladies
OF Boston did not allow her to speal
against their helping in the public meet
ing called for tn Vt purpose, rushed into
print in the Boston Advertiser, and, in d
long letter, set forth the wrongs of wo.
sion to which they are subject. While
| reading her almost passionate words, ii
| is hard to realize that the poor, oppress.
ed, down-trodden creatures of whom she
speaks are the women Of Amesica, and
that the cruel tyrants, the wicked OPP
pressors whom she anathematize5, are
the men of this country, the apparently
harmless creatures who walk our streets,
earn livings for their families, and dis
chart o in general the duties of good cit
izens. Mrs. Stones sole remedy for all
the wrongs. real and imaginary, from
which women suffer is the ballot. This,
in her opinion, is a panacea for all the
ills which female flesh is heir to. That
agree with her is plain, from the very
fact that if they wanted the ballot bad
enough TO seek for it, it would soon be
theirs. The fact is there is no class OF
people upon the globe to-day more high
iy favored than the women of this couh-
try. IT rich they resemble the lilies OF
tho field IN that "thty toll not, neither
10 they spin, yet even Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed like one of these"
II poor. they have open before them bet
Ter and greater opportunities for self
support than are the portion of their
sisters in any other country in the world.
That the ballot would improve this con-
dation OF affairs is apparently q matter
OF doubt to them, and we do not wonder
that this feeling should guide their ac-
tion in the matter. rt.l-D
A writer in F'azer's Magaz,a,s gives a
most comfortless account of the German
breakfast table. He for is it she p SAYS:
There Is no family breakfast-table rs
with US, where sons and daughters gath
or round the, letters are received and
read, newspapers scanned, and the great
AFFAIRS OF the world as made know n by
telegram Impaired and commented up-
on. We look in vain for the damask Ia
ble-cloth, the steaming urn, the ssmmet-
rical arrangement OF plate and china,
tnat welcome us in the middle.class
English household. There may be
linen cloth upon the table (theugh even
this detail is far from generaD, and there
vii! be a coffee pot, milk jug and sugar
pas,n set down anyhow, anywhere; a
H.,
up with fresh Semmelen; perhaps ont 4
OF two stray plates, discolored lot OF
cups OF different eolors and designs no
butter; no knives or forks; possibly
plate with few milk rolls Of somewhat
hner Hour than the ordinary, and the
breakfast equlppage is complete Th,
hrst conner Qf lady, in dressing gown
and cap; if IL man, in schlafrock and nan
toBein) will help her or himself to rolls
and coffee, probably eating and drinking
IKE peripatetic philosophers, for there i.
no lndncement to "slt down and max.
yourself comfortable" If it be winter
TIME the coifee-pot and nilk-jug will be
placed on the stove instead of on the
same table; and the next conner goes
through the same formula of solitary
feeding, departing, as the case may be,
for the enjoyment of tae postpra,.diq,
cigar, or to supplement the scantily rep
resented mysteries OF the toilet" The
last conner will enjoy tine dregs of the
conee pot and the drains Of the milk jug
on an oll-c!oth cover or a crumpled Ia.
ole-cloth, stopped with the surplusagt
OF successive coffee-cups and besprin-
kled with crumbs Of consumed rolls"
After reading this, no one will dare to
say that We do not understand at least
some or the arts of civilized life better
ever. Chln our phllosop.Ilc, scientific ano
,ntel,ectnal neighbors on the Rhine and
the North Sea-. -
Americaiis sat more pie-crust than any
otnef people In the world. For this reason
oo thty nave dyspepsia. sallow faces and
Iri.aDie u. dispositions. Notwithstanding
all these, they will probably continue to
eat ple-crnst to the end of the chapter
Hhe only way in which to mitigate the evil
produced by this national taste is to in
prove the quality of the article consumed.
With this laudible intent do we give place
to the following receipt for making pie
crust without grease: Two tea-cups of
Hour, pinch of salt, thoroughly mixed dry.
Have boiling water ready, and stir in till
thick enough to roll out; put dry -four on
rolhng,pin, and roll thin. This will be
ngnt, delicate and much more healthier
tnan When mixed in the ordinary way