The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-02

rot mead gtocklnR q COX . nreA4IA1t
for thsir own fEthsrI. These girls mostly
expect to earn thsir own living foE lev
yeSss ii least. Bat they al look ahead
70 being eopJistI, teachers, clerk, seans.
tresses, and % on-G1ything bat coming
down 70 hard pan and doing honest house-
vork. The very sort Of aGonAn's work
which poU and always there Il the most
ned Of. A member Of = New York
RAliet Union tells Of : young Eonhuh
applying 10 him for something TO eat,
who spoke four languages, and played
the piano and guitar. Bat abe could not
iroa shirt or make cup OF eofee, and
% she Eas starving. The world unfort-
uuately didn't want 70 learn languages or
play the guitar. No more does 1t want
EaI-ioEers, or EksletouiGed Leaves, or
Gspat:er-Eork" and tddle-fAddel, or any
Of The pretty trssh 10 make which i some
Young voneuis idea Of making living.
Bat there never was time when il did
not want ia shir1 irored and its break
fats cooked. / confess ] an beginning 70
have not much more pGtience with the
whining Of women Who say they can get
nothing 70 do when there il such mag
ni6eeri field, 50 TO speak, for any woman
Who il willing TO do hrsi-elsss kouse-
work.
II 8 young woman il . genius, and
can sing In opera, and have her portraits
in The seer saloon Windows, or can paint
: picture that will make al the worlds
hair stand on end very vel, let her 90
and do it. Being = genius l. not very
hard. Il ocly means shutting ore's sell
of from the Eorld and society, staying
Il home evenings and studying, not al
loving ones self to think Of dress or
bsaux, or pie-nies, or any Of The things
Young ladies care exactly most about.
Il ooiy means working heroieauy through
snubbing GDd failure add bittsr disApolnI-
nent, giving up most Of the ordinary
pleasures Of life, and concentrating the
mind on one object all through youth, 10
order 70 prepare for the grand sueoess Of
middle lie. Il Z young woman i vii
ling TO do al that let her do it By al
means. About one girl in two millions,
probGbly, would Be eqGGl % such tax.
The Others would better learn 70 do CON-
noa things veil
The servant girls, whom We are nov
obliged TO pot up With could hardly Be
other than The unframed, conscieoeeless
creatures they are. Nobody has tried 70
teach them anything better. They come
usually from The thriftless, untidy homes
Of fathers and mothers Of the class Who
believe il il -smAriT % deceive a employ.
sr. Their rothers before them we're
TOO often slItterns who took no pride in
good cookery or clean, comfortable
home. Many Of them, too, are Of for
eign birth, Who come from huts beside
which our poorest American homes are
almost palaces. Who il there 10 teach
them anything bettsrl The old togies
idea, and indeed I'm almost coming 70
believe in il mJseH, il that there should
Be schools for houseEork, where girls
might be sent II early age and taught
TO sew and mend neatly, 70 cook, Nash,
iron, sweep and dust, and above all 70
Be clean and truthful. In New York
Civ there il already such school and
although ostsnsibly for training servant
Rirls, school Of Homework would BOT Be
bad place for high-sehool graduates
and young ladies 70 attend, after they
had finished . course ~ their other
schools. Decidedly not
Diplomas might be given from the
Homework School, 10 gIris ouly Of the
best character and highest 1ttainnents
in domestic skill. Il l. needless TO say
th.t sueh graduates would Be mapped
up more rapidly than Normal School
graduates are nov. Instruction should
Be gratuitons, 70 poor girls, and none
bat The best methods Of domestic labor
should Be taught or tolerated. Girls
should be made to feel, TOO, that their
work il honorable, and 70 take pride in
their profession. Laugh, If you like,
bat profession It ia, and profession on
which the happiness Of mankind depends
more than on either Law, medicine or
theology. We could do without layers,
doctors or even in : pinch without
preachers, Lord help "a! bat We could
never learn to do without cooks. and,
again, smile At the idea Of 3 School Tor
Housevurk as We viii, I'm AFRAID there
il no other way Of settling the question
Of SerT1nt-Galism- E a.