The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-30
Wcman--Her Work and Love.

at labor, night overtakeu, weary, tired
and dIshcartened. Women GROW prem
aturely old for several reasons Child |
bearing Is the least cause. though gen.
orally called the greatest. 1t is not
this, but the combined wear on life
the anxIety-tbe labor, cares and annoy.
ances OF eSistencc-the little recreation
she Is allowed by her lord and master,
and that cruel tyrant, society.
we ann not to poetry or eloquence in
this article as much ~ to fact, and will
be pardoned for handling subject
without gioyc..
y woman rises in the morning while
her lazy husband is in bed snoring of
the beer he drank last hight. She
must have his breakfast in time for him
to reach his daily toll bctimes. She gets
breakfast, brings in wood-oiten having
to hunt 1t, saw and spit tugs at the
well rope, Tugs from the spring or labors
at the pump When the meal il ready
she must lose the enjoyment Of it, from
jumping up from the table for this aud
that. Breakfast over, she clears Oft the
table, washes and wipes the dishes, sets
tho pantry 70 rights, sweeps and dusts
the room and furniture, makes the
beds, Tugs in more wood and water, and
before the morning chores are done, it is
time - prepare dinner. Thus the fore.
noon passes away. The afternoon is de-
voted to washing dishes, sweeping the
house, baking, fixing something nice for
supper and getting slicked up ever so
li!ile 50 husband or brother will not call
her Il SLOUGH. Supper over--dishes
washed-a little mending done-thc
work is put away till tomorrow.
lfher hair is not always smooth, hus.
band growls. If her dress i. not tidy,
he scold- If the children be not clean
he swear,. If the victuals be not cook.
ed he grumblcs. If the bed, are not
well made he complains. II his meals
are not ready at just such times he is
annoyed and Is Petulous. If his wife
does not keep the house neat, he goes to
the saloons. If his wife is not always
fresh, clean, we!l.drc,sed, and does not
greet him with smiles, no matter how
tired and tatigued, he seeks the society
Of some other woman, and imagines he
Is having a better time than he would
have at home.
In the winter her husband shores till
the favor of coffee wakens him, while
the wife or sister kindes fire, con
tracts diseases incidental to her sex
wears her life out and the bloom from
her check IN attempting to get along"
in life. She docs get along toward her
grave
And men protesting to be kind, at.
tcntiye and unself>h, see these things
90 on day after day. \ mau at one
armful could bring in enough wood to
last half day, aud one or two turns at
the well rope would not impair his eff.
cheney or decrease his health, while il
would greatly relieve the poor woman,
whose delicate, lovable and beautiful
model Of form cannot long resist the
wear of excessive labor and strain upon
the muscles Of the chest attending the
Juggling work she has to perform, from
chlld-carrylng, t. wood-bringing, mar.
kct-going, and matchmaking. We do
not wonder women grow old and die
: loncr than men, when they have no
one 10 stand between themaul excessive
labor.
Men do not realize these things
They have too much business-too
much politics too many visits to sa-
!oons-too much unmanly selfshncss to
pick up market basket, an empty wa
ter pail, or IL ill an empty wood box |
Tor weary woman whose work is never
lone. The man who has It not in his
heart to look out for these little things
= unworthy to have wife, sister, moth.
n or sweetheart. Yet every day we
zee these petty wrongs all over. We
Ill abuse the Indian who marches off
eaying his squaw to lug the food and
baggage, yet ask our wives, mothers
md sisters to do more, for the cares of
white woman-hcr family duties,
'tc.,-giye her more labor and steps
han ever fell to the lot of an Indians
VIE, who has no cake to make, no
hiris to iron and keep in buttons, no
tockings 10 darn, no furniture to keen
n order, no bed clothes to wash and
are for, no such endless variety of du.
les rs falls to the lot Of the abused and
women of America.
If the lords Of creation would be more
'anly-more attentive to their wives
lore careful Of the women they loved
more ready to make home pleasant
nd themselves loved, there would be
aver unfaithful womcn-tewcr funerals
more happiness and more contented
ONES than now. Woman cannot love
Mess her love is returned, no more
lan man can, and us she is creature
more heart than man, she Graves
lore love, works harder for it, and be-
ONES more reckless at not receiving
nat to which she is so Justly entitled.
' hen a woman loves man. she loves
nth all Il woman's devotion; and if his
cart responds through the little &C.
0ns which make life pleasant, she will
blow him to hell itself. Failing to re.
eve this love and attention, she casts
erse!f afloat and drifts, she cares not
hlther, waiting only to find some true
cart to rest on, some loving embrace
take refuge in when the soul is tossed
a bitter seas Brick Pomeroy.
temperance people should avoid the