, 1876-07-22
GRACE Q1aEy'a LITTER.
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GRACE u1sEy'a LETTER.
H. The h%ttat NJ 7he a'fsnne.
ToND ng Lac, Wis.,, July 10.-Atany thanks
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aa not t''o n'oat PFo"taoie' hae'uy TX
rrctcl my sweeping REMARKS to bc talscn III 4
literal scrsc, especially IN regard to tho l,oufs
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ast,'a. s'eeP before midnight suoni 10 secured cur,
Your correspondent asserts tllat four
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reason. ~ Una. bel,st VIC pasice''y asFce'
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pea'it'cs o. eooa nouaeheep,ag. "Ss' n''o prae'
tlcc IL us ttloFolSlyaa ~ most ol us 10, We Amer
lean women nrc, rs a elnss, ncglcstful ot our
tluty concerning our tlauglltcrs A sclool-rrl
1,as :, - lin. ~ that nrorttro 4, ,ovsno1 ,,,ot.
.'a ~ ,"'o ~. 'ae -. 'o"ss "o.u '',.t-
satnc.. 1let mornings and her evenings arc or,
cnplcu with schonl Lessons, ~ tic utter Gx-
rlusi0n 0{scntimcs Of everything else. Tho
saturday mornings wlcf, ut FIRST sight would
sccln to bo Just tho tflno dor cooksng-lcssons,
usc generally nScdc'l f9r other tasls. Cnlnpo-
Btfons fl! Up all tho odd hours. It Is useless to
soy that this ought not to be-. a'n apcakfng Of
facts as they netuatly ex1sts
1T. H."aTcrs fiat "slIo ID poor scholar who
cannot acquire all tho knowledge needed for
cooking III two years,-.onc lcssona week."
lie Il aIazarda glcss ut tho prono,s1) seems to
furgea that cookery is D!lt osu branch Of house.
keepIng. As well say TINT one hour n wcrls of
Greek Ycrbs will fit il man In two yeara for tho
Of arithmetic for tile Chalr OF a Professor Of
Mathematics. The truth Is, that "womcn's
work" so.ealled, ts not properly cstfnatetI
housekeeping, as Corn e." nptly terms 1t, IA
not merely our natural yocatlon,--it hfoul1 bo
tho profession Of our sex; not tint, bccnllse Of
this, We aro to be dobarrca from
any Other profession Or vocation for which
circumstances 1nay require US to. fit ourselves.
or tbeolopy, II she viii md can. place tho
profession ii housekeeping" above ill thcso.
H. according to tlo eoiiIlon Idea, tlerc were
nothing of It but tho gathering Together Of 4
and jams, the ono hour week would ss1iilre.
ali its branches tlc i,lso adjustment Vi tllp lna-
ehlnery to secure results With the least possible
fristi9'l' the systrt,natie oracrtaE 9f to whole
power of concentration not gained In q few
desnltory trsSonH.
There are households where everything is 80
adjusted Tint tho manual Mhor scctns to be per-
formed BY magic. 1'lIs is beea,'ss there is
brain-power ;nt lilo hcad; because sy.tc!n, Or
art thabinal. In thesu i!an,es ii1crc IL nol.rrsy,
no Irctting, no worry. There IL always leisure
Tor rea;ns, tor e'.tsrta,n1ig 1rina,ts, tyr genu-
snel, an,rs that all healtlul Influences ral'ts.
II 10 s.lc]. hou.e that every tr,te-hcarted won-
~ ~ seeks t. creatc % El,y d It. tllet ST. many q
tSsss 9 utter fla,sS nl tS!r l[eg"r
ccts' Not always, l,y my ncang. from lack al
earnest eGprt, hit always, II l in1slako not,