The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1883-05-23
Domestic Virtues,

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Some Of the papers arc dwelling eIoqucntly
upon the fact that many young men, with
com parativo!y small salaries, nrc too pOrr Ia
marry because they believe TINT the yonn .
ladies' o! the present time who move In the
middle and I'll her circles nf society Will not
he contentrl with Il pain anl humble home.
If this were true, such young men had better
avoid the middle and higher circles" and
marry elsewhere. But we know that there arc
In the so-calleh higher circles women who
have been properly reared In domestic thrift
and We thank Col that sumo OF the worthiest
and most prosperous OF the young men have
fnnnd these treasures AMI are widely prepar.
ing TO make lifc-partnerships will them. 1t
Is Just rs Important for the wife OF q pnor Innn
to be n good manager and skilled In domestic
affairs. The man who marriesR woman just
for her cnmeiine>s aud in order that she may
live an Idle existence is perhaps the champion
idiot of all the world. His money will bring
him no happiness, and all the gold on earth
chnnot compensate him for what IL lack Ing
at the very fountain OF his career. We see II
stated that the British girl has an immense
advantage over tho American. From the
highest to the lowest circles OF society IN
Britain, girls are trained to make good and
useful wives. Inasnucli MS ladies preside over
the departments OF their households. and see
that everything is kept clean md the food Is
cooked, SO also In the lower classes: mothers
teach their daughters to do the same
dignity IN the doing nf It," Now, u H. he
true That the American girl Is, rs n rule, less
uScfully trained than her British sister. we do
not wonder thai young men shrink from mar
~riagc-which Is q sad altPrnntlve-or else
marry Mt II venture and with misgiving.
All such reflections lead one back TO dis
cussl0n of the culinary art, which Il confess
rlly at 81 low ebh, In NIL .pctiOnS Of this
Union. and only In France n national science.
No less a person than Senator Hawley, OF Con
nectirut, ns"ribes the low state Of public
morals to the deficiency. He says: "In-
digrStible food lnrites TO crime; II Is cause
OF family ill-temper, and OF quarrels and d.
vorces I; IT produces POOR SERMONS, vitnpera.
tive and unjust editorials. and morbid litera-
ture. 1t cloud the disCernnent of the doctor:
and make the legislator vote on the wrong
side. II we would have better legislation In
the state we must reform the boarding houses
The jud Lcs on the bench must have digestible
food. or our law will he badly administered
The fairness and Integrity OF man, the beauty
and amiability of wnInnn. depend upon good
conklng.' He goes further and declare that
the majority OF people do not know what g"od
bread Is, and rarely ace n properly cooked pO-
ta,u. or meat deccntly prepared: IT. Is useless,
he says tn dwell upon this f,miliar truth. and
II Ia sufficient to say that the public taste
must be educated before |: will demand good
cooks.
The decline in the cooking art. at the East II
attributed to the employment nf raw material
from abroad. We ali know ut the South what
IL The fruitful cause OF trouble here. Tie old
negro cooks are passing away and the new
regime OF matrons cnnnot appai emily teach
their servants a. their mother! did before
them. The Connecticut Senator Is also OF
opinion that cooking reform Is more essential
md more imperatIvely demanded thOn re-
form Of the civil service, and that there can be-
no remedy without training schools OF the
right sort. plus the home education Of'young
girls. who are certainly no betttr than the
daughters OF Queen Victoria Meanwhile the
Lord have mercy on any young man who
marries n virl that boasts Of not Knowing
anything OF cooking and such things t. Enh
az n single life may be, II double one of that
Il IMhMifnly Y.nrRn.