, 1876-01-22
GERMAN .H0ME-LlFE.
Views of a Critical English
Lady.
The Dependent Condition Of
Married Women in
Deutschland.
A Woman Not Mistress Of Her
Own House, but "Simp1y
an Upper Servant"
The Women Wait upon the Men,
aud Not the Men upon
the Women.
Observation-Disclosures Of
Sanitary Laws by Inter-
marriage.
How Babies Are Brought up...The Delega'
ton of Primary Maternal Duties.
Subsequent Sei!.Sacritice Of the Mother
In Behalf Of Her Children.
The Frequency and Facility with which
Divorces Are Proourcd..." Nor
ganatio" Marriages.
Notwithstanding Ill Their Alleged Dis.
advantages, tho Women Perfectly
Satisfied with Their
Condition.
How Babies Are Brought up."The Delega'
ton of Primary Maternal Duties.
Subsequent Seit.Sacritice OF the Mother
In Behalf Of Her Children.
The Frequency and Facility with which
divorces Are Prooured..-" Nor
ganatio" Marriages.
Notwithstanding Ill Their Alleged Dis.
advantages, tho Women Perfectly
Satisfied with Their
Condition.

C0nu1tt0ns
Fras<rs Ma0a.int.
Marrisgc Is surely tho golden kcy to the celos-
tial portals Ut Liborty. Let ua A8e how It hRs
faro1 With cur young friend ance the frol!e fcs-
tivat Of the poltcrabend. Tho marriage itsolf is,
by comparison, bnt I tame affair. Wedding ia
voss, marriago-toura, best-map, bridesmaids
lochcts, genoraf regardlessness of expense, and
line dc tniel sacred to Rcclusioa nu1 sentiment
arc hopored Ia thu breach tsthor than in the
observance; and whero people lavo not largo
meaus, or, at least, cannot afford theBo lu1uries
without Inconvenience, wo may fairly applaud
the practical common senao that docrooa young
people fn love cAn bo just as happy at homo
month sooner ~ . mouth later. For the
"Great," theso poss-nuptiht extravasances aro
permissible; for tho "general," thoy are entire
1y out Of tho question. Tho bride, aud not [aa
9Th us) the bridegroom,
FunSlsliEH TIE HOUSE,
plate, linen and ali that Ia ro1utsita for tho
young couple to set up housekeeping. Tho gifts
that dow in arc. genornIly speaking. OF the most
moderate, not to say ehsbby. character; so
HAT the burden aud heat Of tho dag fall upon
Tho parents OF tho young lady; and, II thoro
lhould be halt-a-tlozen daughters. tho consid-
hs1sion Of wsya md moans is apt to DO rather
Rer7oue one.
The knot tied, domestic lifo begins. To choose
one's own drosses (subiect to marital approvAl) {;
to havs one's cotlee as strong "a QUO nkes; not
70 be stinted iu sugar; and to 70
ahres tines week to tho theatre, with
appropriate variations de toilette; to mako ope-
lelf perhaps renowned na . HAusfrau,--who
would not accept auch fAto with tho rapture
good fottuno provernlaliy n1cltes2 And yet
~ se' 'noto na'o 0oeu !oaoo ai'eo'n' .ao,o 10
soaia 10 "hom these dei'ehta have NOE aatlleea'
OF such misguided females lot Us koop SILENCE ;
Il IA eyer our dutv to reureoent tho boat OF ite
t,,.
HPo'
Nc 10 Eos1Aaa, ae aecustomeo 10 tn1nk tna1,
be her lord md master mover 30 lordly aud
maatesful woman so!gns, Us rule, supreme
10 ner own house on matters Of domestic detail.
w. H. ,.h.p,.,.. 49,, - s.,.a,,- l.. ~, ......
W "o otnes"ao mover ~ oospoue' ne "il. scaFee.
1y presume 10 apoa9; nor does his voice, loud
enough, perhaps. otherwise, otten mako itself
heard on ouostiopa Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
hf.J1,,r. 49,, .un,s,ts. i,u.1 "a ~
a4euui'ns treu aro a'.osn'ne1 "Ac'pl'naA oao II
te.ulaf IN Logash hooseho!as'
husband II tho King, tho u,fo merely the Prime
aI;nlat,r. IT. sits ~ r,s srn1ch,i1 .,n,n,,,s
'e4. t4o n'ta ~ n'n "'"'eua''' s.noa1ua
perennial ppoe, and auditing, with Ill tho 60
verify Of Lycurguas to poor little woman's
abIoct accounts. ue knows ali about tho butte,
md d,3npfno. sua,ra A. eyca,,cs In am, ,ul
san,s'".r. T.. a"o aSs,.' .sss1a ~ .o4p ~.
sauefkfan', is ABUSIVE rs to 1uel. tyranntcal a!
to candles snd red-heEnngs, and torr'blc on eEgt
and bacon. A woman ia no moro maatos of he1
own hor,o IN 1arnnnv ,h,n vo,, ~ f5o.n,,.
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