New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-06
HINTS F0R ryuARRIED WOuEN.

We have one or two useful hints for the
women who read THE TRIBUNE. And they
should not bc the less welcome, because they
are borrowed from the recent d0ingS of their
English sisters; for, however shrcwd or brill
liant an American woman may be, there can
be- no doubt that in Il certain practical work
adav lorcc the English woman weighs heavier
than she. For example: the vile and daugh-
tiers of a wealthy American living III country
seat or farm, know nothing of the country
beyond the beauty of the lands ape, or their
fower-eardcn tie real Interests of their lives
liz. in town, and their range vi knowledge and
social habits are the same rs thos" of towns
women The women Of an English country
family. on the contrary, make the matters of
the tenantry, the crops. stable. ana even the
kennel, their own personal aillir They live
oul-oi-door-. Every child, ic'd and horse on
the estate is familiar friend to thtm Out
of this national trait grew The recommendation
OF Mr. Gladstone couple OF years ago to
English women, that they should try TO
become food-produccrs in small in
dividual way ; the poorer farmers wives
establishing diaries or poultry yards, or
growing garden produce, while the Weather
women should furnish capital or knowledge
10 those who needed either. The advice, it
appears, has been so widely followed that an
association has been formed for the promotion
of minor food production by women, and n
central depot has recently been established In
London for the sale of such products without
the, Intervention of Il midde-man.
Another hint of the direction which female
energy is taking in England is a bulky vol
umc containing 1000 occupations for women.
Such occupations divide themselves into two
parts, both quite as significant and suggestive to
American nations aud guls as to those across
the water. The first is: What can
women do to make themselves useful in the
world whose incomes render it unnecessary
for them to earn money The wel-tO-dO
gill of this class among lis has but two outlets
for her cnergy-socicty, or art and literature.
She dimes and dances, or she goes IN for Hulk
ley, Beethoven or conventional suntiOwers or
crash. There are hundreds of other Occupa-
tons in which she can strengthen her own
body and soul, or those of her less fortunate
brothers and slsters-swmmlng, skating row.
ing, horticulture, teaching i'll her own family
or in an industrial school, learning how to
cook. to cut cut garments, or to nurse ntelli-
gently aud skllfully. rosebud of IL girl, all
beauty aud fragrance. is her own excuse for
being, provided she could always stay rose
but inasmuch as she will speedily settle down
into Il stout hOmey mother of a family, she
ought to show some tougher pith than beauty
to justify her right to be alive. AS rule, the
American girl OF the higher class is not trained
as she would be in England habltually to take
part in work for the church or for the poor
-. L., "A - H.. & al. Hal
ployment is as means of making money.
She does not need to make money, therefore
what has she to do with it Z Yet the day
always comes in such n woman's, life in
this county, when Il knowledge Of skiliul
housekeeping, of cookery or nursing
would be of moro value to her than any art or
accomplishment. Two things orr wealthy
girls ought to learn: First, that they have no
business to earn money ut all for any purpose
If by earning 1t they lessen the wages of
poorer women Gdle seamstresses and a church
bazaar tull of needlework are II CHASTITY COM
mentaIy on Christian charity and secondly,
that there is plenty of systematic, slIliul
work waiting for them, with which money has
nothing to do.
AS TO the occupations for girls who must
earn their living, here, too, is hint from
European women, When an educated Amer
icun feels the necessity of making money she
invariably turns to teaching writing or lee
turing. How many men earn living in these
three waysi How many hundred crafts and
trades are there which they follow and which
are accessible to women9 The retail trade
and the small manufactures of France are
almost exclusively in the hands of females.
There are countless simple ways in which an