The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-04-05

wants you 10 write down how TO make
corn-starch Cruel. Bobby's sick Mrs.
Fennel writes directions. Now She is
ironing. Why not wait till after din
ner? Oh, to be sure! I'VE must iron
while we have fire. Now Gussv
rushes in pell-mell to ask ID when he
carries Emma's gooseberries for her be-
cause she asked him TO, and then stubs
his toe, and spills iem, he ought 10 pick
'em up2 Now comes Emma, To say
that Gussy tried TO stub his toe, because
she picked more gOoseberries than he
did when be went. Mrs. Fennel adjusts
the QUARREL preaehes a sermon onenvy,
truth, and brotherly love- informs
/ Gussy what Malaga is famous for; tries
I on his jacket telling a story TO make
him stand still; catches up rent in
Emma's dresss; trades with a tin-ped-
dler mind again; and through all this
keeps her eye on the cOOk-stove; drops
things into hot water; forks things out
of hot water; contrives places for sauce
pans, spiders; runs round with long
handled spoon, now with a knife, stir
ring, mashing, seasoning, tasting, till
at last the moment arrives, and the
men folks arrive, and the grand crisis
of the day Is at its climax. But, oh,
the furry aud excitement Of the last fit-
teen minutes the watching the clock,
the looking i'm at the oven, the disap-
pointment when things that should
have risen have falleni As If this did
not happen i'm life always :"
The second hour gave less striking re-
suits. found Mr. Fenuel planning and
growing boards. His movements were
distinguished by an entire calmness.
There was no hurry, no excitement, "a
keep his mind on the snap every mo-
meuti nogrand climax for which boards
laths, shingles, nails, and clapboard,
must be got ready, let come what would
Too monotonous," the notes read, sc
be OF any SPECIAL interest," Had hC
dropped his plane for "A trOWel, the trowe
for paint-brush, paint-brush for O
whitewash-brush, whitewash-brush fol
hod of bricks, or been called upon e
slack lime, mix paint, or 20 give direc
tiOns for building hen-hOuse, the pro
ceedings in the workshop would nC
doubt have been as entertaining a.
those in the kitchen. But, as far a,
hindTauces were concerned, Mr.. Femme
might have showed that plane till dooms
day, and with a temper smooth anI
even as his own boards.
Since that time / have observed care
fully other men and other women a
their work and thus far my observa
tiOns show that the average mother O
family requires and uses, in the per
formance of her daily duties, highe
Qualities of mind than does the averag
father Of family in the performance O
his. Indeed, the more closely observe
the more amazed am ] at the skill, tact
energy, insight, foresight, judgment
ability, genius, may almost say, S
n often displayed by the former
! Well, and what then2 Why, the
d the question arises, SIS woman, in th
II present condition of things, making Ia
o best use Of all these high qualities {?
Il This question is not suggested by Ia
= fact of her giving herself up so entirel
. to her family. Oh, no! most emphati
. cally no. Children must have thei
= mother. She belongs TO them. Tn
L best woman has, the best an archan
n gel has, is none too good for the chill
q dren. No; the question is suggested
: partly by the observations" / hav
: been making, and partly by the recol
; lection Of Mrs. Meleudy's remark, tina
the "three meals take about all tha
l. day. / am glad the sewing-circl
Il meets here this week; for, by attendin
y to the conversation, I may learn upO
a what subject the minds Of at least som
=, fifteen or twenty women chiefly dwell
: Another question, and a startling on,
- too, is this: "If woman ever has
o. chance properly to develop these re
n markable qualities Of mind, what
! going 10 become of the mental superior
r ity Of the dominant sex 90
m No more, no morel Ny brain is cor
m fused, my soul disquieted within m,
IT Whoever would be tranquil, let him no
stigate.-FrOm the SchOOlmdster
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