, 1876-12-16

60 and change her dress for a wrapper.
Think Of tho neckttes, and collars, and orna-
skirt tttat must S;c M removed before W shc Is in
working trim, md aftcrwRnl restored. Does
any one wonder that men persist IN considering
women as born to be purely ornan'cntail That
tire, doing aii she docs DO ut disnirnntage,
performs her full share In the world's work, aud
Is quite willingly let do It.
ain not enthusiastic abont this reform being
od way th" 'i ey i t. too % s rmy IN
trcnchcd In lIer strongholds TO bc routed for
docs move. Returned European sojourn.
s's sn S'i 1t so s ysaae ss d to % %ps
There Is reason to ilope. But hays no specific
fur bringing up children 80 they will lie robust
and atronr,-for making American girls healthy
sna pres ds sTsEsse srs ,,ss not
10 eliminate the terrible weight OF Inherited dis
casc; the subtle climatic influences which defy
o1r pruphy lactlcs; tho malaria which turks r1l.
s,uepsctea; ,ls Y the mysterious gsrms tnn. breed
This need nut prevent Us from doing what VIC
can. We need not be willfuiy sick because We
cannot always be well. And Il VIC could rear
generation 0r two who Ind not been subjected
to my prevcntablc cause OF disease, we should,
perhaps, find that VIC had bu!ltlcd wiser than VIC
knew. AMiE N. HALE, NJ. d.
A HUSBANDS SERIOUS COMPLAINT.
To tAe Editor n The Tribune.
WtsoxA, blinn., Dec FL Wish you wonll
stop publlshlug those letters In This Home de-
partn,cnt Of your paper. Eevery Sunday morn
Ing my wife gets hold Of the paper, and sits
down and reads them NIL through from, begin.
Ing to end, neglccting her churcl, and household
duties in consequence. She leaves me to wash
the baby and keep him out Of mischief, aud all
the time nm very anxious to know what the
latest political news IL, especially In rcgar1 to
the Oregon Elcetor. And besides this, she Inns
several Times proeccdcd TO- cut out these letters
here anl there, before l had elia,lce u read
the pupcr, pastlng them tn cur scral-booli, nnd
quite seriously interfering with the continuity
Of thought In sundry articles OF interest IN the
other slide, and putting n9 in Q stats OF mind
not at all appropriate to tho day. Our scrap
book as {. morocco cover, and wis intended for
choicu extracts, 10 be kept In the si.tlng.rootn
for easy reference, but now Its usual plaec Is III
the kitchen, and bits OF dough adhere to Its
| edges here mud there, and tho dust u various
spices arising lrom 1t as tus1, over tho leaves
sets INC to sncczing In II WAY that does not pro
mote the enjoyment Of my favorltc cxtructs. I
might add here without Any Intention OF joking
over SO serious matter, tint, owing to TIC
carelessncss of tho cook, ccrtusn extracts have
clippe11 from papers. Three or four leaves
and which contained several Of hia best sayings,
| have been tlllcl up With recipes for douEhnuts,
| Hpple-dumpllnge, niner ptes, and things OF that
sort, Which any eandtd mind Will admit are q
jumbllng, Of things calculated to interfere with
| But this is not The whole uf the matter, for
| my wifa has bcca trying tic varluus kinds Of
"stickum" recommended In. your otherwise
valuable paper, causng soine leaves to move as
like Il pntr OF S!a,ncse tw!ns.. ,My vile In her
school-lays was cnaMored OF chc1nistry, aud
! ever since then has Ind taste fos experiment
Ing It naakcs no difference that the nlucilagc
We ihvo been using is satisfactory III It's sticking
and nul-show,ng-through qunl!tics, site must
needs try almost every Kind recommended by
those gosslptny womcn,-who should stick to
tl!etr own sphere IN life, through the medium
| Ut your paper. and what with tiicso and the
usual array Of household panaccas, our bed.
| room shelf Is crowded llku an apothccAry's
counter when the shelves are being cleaned.
The other night thu baby had II coughing
spoonful out OF the bottle whirh usually ron.
tains the cough-n!xture. Tho baby spiuitercl
and gagged at great rate, anu finally cllokcd
worse tllan ever. Ny wife, who had pretended
tho bottle from my lsniid, unl seren!l'ed t'lut
had given lin some tragarantlL l did not know
then whit GraEacanth 'Yus, but from the sound
OF the name and the violence Of my wife's man
ner, supposed 1t to be something poisonous.
Immediately got some warm water, which
poured down the baby's throat, causing It tt
throw up thcstutI, and after Ind gently clilcd
my wife for herintilscfcto,,, We all Quietc1 dow
auo.hrr coughing spell, and jumped, or rathe,
Tut iouin.l that i was stuck inst 10 til
Hl.cet. The might was extrenls'y cold
I release must l,nyc said something unkinl, I'll I'll
tho next morning my wife treated ms qultt
rol,lly, ind her eyes wcro rcd with weeping. :.
always cndrayor to keep my temper and TO I'd
hers 0nly to tue truth, nnl only the NEST aggra
waiting things can sause my to forget myself
Whrn 1was at last Released, foltso ttat N,
niEht-shirt was stuck up bellind after the mos
approved pattern q pull-bacii, and TINT locomo
ton was exceedingly difficult: Now thes'
know, arc not pleasant, and II you will us
your influence to suppress these letters, or ttlos
portions conta!uing reGpcs,. or, II you do no
like to do this, Il youwi'l make such alteration
them mlsearry, ! sAall be truly grateful ant
ahall feel myself under lastia1g obligations
Contldcnttally yuurs, MAnoARET's IiusDAsp.
+. ST. think you latl better make tho altera
ttous In the recipes, BECAUSE they arc q mere ex
print, aud do not think much of them my
way. Ms II.
HoME-NAKERs+
| 10 Ms Edfsor af tbs Tribune.
Iowa, Dec. 1l.-Sot being able to enjoy III
luxury of THE TRIBUNE daily, We have been i
the habit Of buying the Saturday Issue Of ou
newsdea!cr, so that hayo Ind tho benefit O
the llonc influence for some time. waut t
express to you my pleasure In this department
especially In anything that pertains to til
economical management OF our homes, or NAL
Ing them plcasantar. / think Amber" In he
last paragraph has expressed d true seuttnen
wherein shu snys, "Dear fellow-womc,,, yo
! have no nobler work iii Gods univcrse than
| ha tender lrothsra and 6nnshInv hou,e-nnkara