Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-12-21
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novelist set II forth in his pages; the
real thing is vulgar prose.
We ara not arguing that :: woman
should whisper family secrets to the
holsemad, or n man make boon COM
panion OF the groom; in fact. we dare
to affirm that such secrets should not
form the basis of intercourse between
any two women. whatever their social
status, and that it Is an insult TO sup
pose that intimacy necessarily implies
such questionable condolences. II n
woman has any earnest purpose. any
inspiring belief, single noble or ele-
waiting thought, every other woman,
| whether she be mistress or servant, will
be the better for sharing it, nor will
such intercourse pave the way to I'M
reasonable familiarity. Still less is it
likely in this case to drift into bosom
friendship: difference of past training,
widely divergent futures, custom and
conventionalfty all make chnsms too
wide to bridge oyer though we may
from opposite sides hold much pleas
ant converse.
Girls coming from poor and undisci-
plincd homes, beginning work low
down in the scale OF drudgery, grow to
women through circumstances, scenes.
and sights from which we would guard
our own children. These are the girls
grown into women, from whom we ex-
pect more virtue than from our friends.
infinitely more than from ourselves.
We should find it highly disagreeable
to live under the same roof with most
Of the very good friends on our visiting
list. and we fancy we should often find
them devoid of the patience and cour-
tesy we expect of our servants. Think
OF one OF your own daughters in the
same position. Is it not Their that You
watch her most carefully, guard her
most anxiously from undesirable COM
panions, make daily allowances for the
whims and vagaries of a half formed
character? Yet, if our boosted ante
cedents are worth half what we prize
them at, your daughter is far more
able to guide herself than your servant.
When we think of the folly and pre-
the want of sense of fitness.
not to speak of the silly. schoolgirl!
tricks that stand in the record of our
owl teens, we should surely lay our
in the dust before we speak so
harshly of these uncared for children.
Treat your servants as you would wish
your daughter to he treated by the wo-
man under whose care she was placed.
md we do not think we should any
Onger handy our domestic rules to and
'ro Do your daughters divide their
line between fine clothes and future
Then it is equally desirable
or your servants. DO you think going
o church on SUNDAY tends To make
'ou better womans If so, how very
udicrous to try and strike balance :
church for the servants and
! trifle like hot kidneys for Sunday ;
breakfast. There is nothing in this o
world so difficult. requiring more tact :
nd patience. more often futile iii the I
nd, than the endeavor to inspire con-
dence in one who has repeatedly been :
eceived, or who has grown up with
is hand against every man, and every
lan's hand against him; but it is none
ne less worth doing because of that.
'nly to obtain confidence it must be
lerited; and 10 lead others to the I'M
elfish performance Of duty it is neces-
,ry to walk Il long way ahead.-dmer-
an Queen.