Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-09-13

WoNA\'S CHOGtF oI EMPLOY MENr.-l
wonder whether it is really every wife
duty to attend to all the details of house
krtpnr before She has Il right to use time
for work more cunTcnlI to ll''r ttsit. N'n
follow their incllnitIuns i'll the ch"lcc OF
.mplovmcut. ami after marriage still pur-
sue the course most satisfactory. II tIrm-
ING does not plcr~e them, they try some
thing c',,, but Will in nowi>e continue I"nE
at uncungeui.d business. They choose
wives from among the literary girls or
those who have 4 passion fer music, draw
mo. or painting. and expect these lovers
Of thr fine arts to find henccforth their
chief pleasure in making bread, pics lrl-
lies, and picnle,; III sweeping, dn>tnE,
washing. nursing and sewing. Men OF
ordinary education and small salary are
letter pleased vi h intelligent. accomplish
ed wives than with practical hou>rkc'prr>.
and expect those gir.> to take up the art OF
/ honeeWork and make their homes bcautl-
! fail and attractive. though they have never
served >iN months m any kitchen. a,
well mieht Il flrmcr quit the plow ami try
to make rood flour in one Of the best mills
Of the country. Without experience he
would make Il miserable failure. some
rirls after marriage naturally take up the
duties of housekeeping. and soon become
.xn.,,s These have no higher amD3tlOn
th.,n 10 be the ncltc>t. most ccono.nlrth
and expeditions houschrrp'r- IN the nrl"h-
bn.l,ooI Their washing is out by ten
o'clock on Monday morning, perhaps IRON
mo i, done the same dtN ana lidTih :
from one days work we might expect
i,hcm tp have leisure for reading. writing,
drawing. or music: but 20 there when N"l
will they are jU>t as busy as can h". II
Won st:y ten minutes they run TN" sewing
machine while taking; II N"u spend 'he
afternoon they cook and bake ahH Ap"Io
riIc for not bring ready and even II YOU
call for an evening they pare apples tul
r,r,,.t ruos. or make crout, u~t Is though
. they were alone. Ask lllrn 10 N'-' l''
,,,1rr they tell Won they have no time tol
rrtdinr. Such girls may have been toI"r
, able mrl>ici:.n> and perhaps have mate
few cood picture, and wrote llS,abIe e
.,v.- but they will never voluntarily taxi
mn such things again. They nave f"un'
. ~, place and work that suit their taste
and they never tire "f them. Ahothr
. class have found homes too humh" to mr.
: holm md now their choice cmpl"Nmtn
must he :tblnGoned for work they have II
: taste for. and in which they will never rH
.I Some women make better farmer
than their huebnnds but THIS Is seluoi
:, proved till they become widows he
~ have. ta,te for thc beautiful, an ldc;t
= the fitness of things, that leads them to II
: np and repair where mrn ptss by nce''n7
- there i, no money in it. One iicid we
=. titled. waving with rich harvest sho"
. better thrift than six with crops so ,hl
tb,t the fowl, do not lodge in them Me
~ l;k. to tell of the many acres they owl
W. W. Wnmen would rather have pretty nom
m r,nI fences. choice COWS. pure bred fowl
~ .rI h,lf the land under nigh cultivatl"
rs Th" idea that women cannot D. ''nI Ia 'a'''
n they most enjoy, Is a Sl''n, ,r,,'.r in tv
-. yr,rs than housekeeper in ten, because
~ 1--we outdoor work bnt | am Il farmer
III wife. and c:,n only look an AMI til'nh &
os A. UuiHtS.