The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-09-27

creased tendency in this direction.
The young man who hires out to work
on farm, and who maybe is awkward
and unskilled, and scarcely earns more
than his board and washing. to say moth
ing of losses incurred through his care
lessness and blunders, expects the free
use of the best horse and carriage for
evenings, Sunday or holidays. Imagine
the surprise of a merchant VIII sc clerks
should ask and expect the same thingi
The domestic who formerly worked
upon the more honest plan of giving her
time, at least through the day, to the
furtherance of household interests wLere
she was employed, now considers the
afternoon her own, and her evenings are
uniformly "out."
More, and more, and more, of what is
consumed in the family must be pur
chased resdy-made, aud corresponding
proportion of the ordinary work of the
household is considered "extra," and
must be done by the employment of ex-
ira help. The wages that can be afford
ed in large majority of situations for
both young men and young women are
insufficient to support the employed in
the style in which they think it essential
for them to live. They are unable to
bring to their work the skill, and are not
fitted by habit and experience to perform
such service as would command the high
wages their fsstidious notions and ideas
of living require. So there is discomfort
and frequent shifting of situations or
of employment, which is in its effect de-
moralizing. The young man with sal
ary of six dollars o week, has habits that
would scarcely be justified with double
that sum, if he is ever going to marry or
buy home; and the young woman
whose wages at housework are two or
three dollars a week, affects the style of
ladies of unrestricted income; and in the
case of both sexes there is constant vi
olence done to the moral sense in vain
attempt to adjust what is impossible.
The tendency of both is to spend so much
of their wages upon ephemeral fashions,
unnecessary fnery, and fanciful wants,
that they are pinched in meeting honest
obligations and in providing for neces-
sites.
There is not only tendency to spend
money foolishly, but rarely is there any
thing saved to provide against sickness,
loss of place, or q time of need. 1t seems
to be taken for granted that the benevo-
lent organizations, or charitable friends
will see to that, and prevent any suffer
ing from improvidence. The neat calico
dress is no longer good enough for the
afternoon wear of the girl who can
scarcely afford better one for any oc-
casion, since her habits of industry are
not such as to give her the requisite skill
to be her own dress-maker.
The leisure hours that are wasted by
young women of every station in life
would make them, if improved, both good
scholars and good sesmstresses. The
tendency to array themselves becomingly
and then to spend their hours and half
hours in walking and sociability, is very
tempting and natural one, though it il
carried to an extreme that is not only
improbable, but demorslizing; and it il
an alarmingly universal dissipation
The Jennie Cramers do not all float tc
the surface and become painfully we'll
known, but the mistakes of that poor
girl are repeated and paralleled in every
town.
The wasteful, ease-loving and extrav
agant habits of young women operate
against their happiness and satisfaction
in married life She cannot spend sc
much of her time upon the street or il
idle visiting when she has house of hel
own to keep, and do it we'll; nor can sh,
be so wasteful and improvident with he
own things as she has been with those OF
her mistress, and find cohtentment, Of
give satisfaction to husband IN her OWL
position.
The Malley boys are only examples Of
class. Everywhere, and oftenest where
civilization appears to have reached it!
highest ulmination,-whereo opportuni
ties for being the best and noblest ars
inviting the young man, and he only fall.
of the full benefit Of the good influences
because the baseness of his iDclinationi
is stronger than they-families are carry
ing burdens of anxiety or of disgrace
fathers and mothers hearts are break
ing, and all because the son Is living il
the mire of his lowest nature, when he
should be exalting himself by the right
use of the means at hand, and giving
comfort and bringing honor instead OF
grief and modification to his family.
There is need of great reformation
need of revival of willingness to earl
luxury if wewould have it, need of teach
ing and practicing more of the simplici
ty that goes hand in hand with homes
industry, and is the foundation of indi
vidual purity, of domestic happiness ant
of national permanence.