, 1876-01-02


THE sGGEER OF Observation-Disclosures
is considerably greater than is given, owing to
the difficulty OF obtaiuiug accurate informal on.
TIC desire to appear we'll is 80 strong, in many
INSTANCES. that sae wEo is engaged in this way
will not admit it to TIM agent Of tho Census
Bureau. the stercotypea reply being that the
family ls private; that, feeling lonely aud helng
soc1aiiy disposed. she usually has few friends
staying with her to enven her home. She
mc4uta:ns THIS Under rigid questioning. and, rs
the wcrking OF tho Census Burcau rests on tile
System OF voluntary statement, II is no. easy to
get ct tue truth. Thus, 1t she persists 10 ap-
pearlng in the statistical record ~ d social
widow surrounded with ! few consitiai friends,
sne may not be gainsaid-
When the adverse wavo breaks over the
American woman who ia without special tra'n-
ING, sue has but Que N2y Of keeping her head
aoUve water, which is tal:lug in boarjers. 1t is
thin veil drawn over . catastrophe persist
eGty Ignored. The woman may bo down in
tie struggle, bat sho coatriyes to hold a!oft
that shabby 1aG on which she has inscribed
"aESTEEL."
Tho inability Of tue woman 10 undertake auy
other way Of making q living than in keeping
boarding-honso SHOWS how helpless she Is in Ler
fgnorance--an ignorance that is characteristic
rather Of woman in the upper walas OF life than
in the lower. Tor tho accomplishments" which
Sue acquires are not learned wlth view Of using
them III pracllcal way.
Yet thtse are Some women wrecked On Eocial
reels, aud stranded ou boarding house asud-
bars, who might fi1id moro sold footing; but the
absoiplng sentiment Of the "Gcureel" compels
their unused faculties to SLEEP The simple and
independent existence earned III ndaaing bonne.s,
for lns1auce, Ill their opinion, ID not to, be pie
teT1ed to that IT the lady" who offers the coua-
to.ts of homo tor Consideration.
Here we encounter tlas word
LADY
whose constant use has worn it thrcadbare, and
rendered almost ~ shabby AZ it's pour relation
"Eenteel" It ii ln infllct;ou which per-
Sades the ranks of wouen+ from the
mistress of q Madison ayecne mansion to the
scuson in tho basement, md has becomo SO
solled by use and Misuse that one t1kes hold Of
j. waIity. The '"gentcel" husband writes on
tho hois'-resjster AFTER Lis own name, "apd
ladg''; tnat simple word ''wife p" not ueing to
tie mara. 4 ''tudy" advert4ses in the Herald
TINT she wants situation to do kitchen or cham
ber- work. Another desires place as nurse. AZ
far as women arc concerned, We have come to be
4 nation OF ladies' Tie desire to be a. iady ia
consuming; tue cook ls iIisulted il she Is tcld
e1ected FROM o strect-car, aud her last word is
that Eie il lady, be ;orTa- Ascending tho So
ca! scale, there is the same deep-rooted deter
uaination to be a lady III Others found in the
leErt Ut tnc cook and tho elected s.rumpet- II
fashion decrees that the mistress, to vludicato
her 11eht to such title, shall wear a rote en-
ctan'eou, Briaeet follows 10 her traces as closely
an her feeble sense OF a1t VII! permit.
POND IMPRESSION EXISTS
that the Claim to such q little icmains un;M-
raired III keeping boarding house. There is
she senblance Of hospitality in it tho " CON-
forts OF q home are offered as If the guest
w.ro entertained Without p1ica. None but
laaies and gentlemen u tho highest rcspecta-
eity arc received into IT. The aspirant to this
beard is thus given Enow that thueo who
gather around It with prandinl intent are high
lu the social scale aud very exclusive. 1t would
be more gratifying to somo minds to know that
the bcefstcak we're tender, than to be informed
Of the exact social status Of those who cat Of it.
But such assurance is not vouchsafed. It the |
subject is referred to, it is as sometb,ng Incl
dental, aud daily effort is made to Ignore the !!
object Of tbs guests presence ut the table. II
tenderness in the said steak, it is ro-
garded IS persoual reflection, and |
perhaps an affront, BY the person WHO |
preeidcs over tie establishment. In |
word, she is often eo highly respectable as to ne
undertaken TO do, aud. belongs to the claes OF
those who are aboye their business. II q deli |
ca:e complaint is met with au account OF tue loss
OF tue husband or father, aud that inevitable |
"reverse Of fo1tuno," wish perhaps tear, the !
coup!aincr. under pain OF being + brute, must
thereafter hold lis peace, aud eat hs leathery |
meat in Silent resignation.
That old proyerb which Gays ti1at there are no |
foolish call,ngs, but only foolish people in them,
teaches Iesson. To do the work that man is
assigned to do, and Ito do 1t as we'll IS he can, !
meaus both wisdom aud happiness and
The SAME Is True AS TO WOMAN.
Tho harassng doubts us to the responsibility
of the calling mar the life and take may tie
dienltr Of manhood
The aoardins-honse as temporary eccommo-
daticn Is rlc.uL but its iniiueuce haa been mis-
chjevous to american society. in ucakcning the
tone-fccling and deseloping gtegar,ous spirit.
lu 1--we III CO. has become = habit. The