Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-08-04
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WOMAN ruK ONLY moNE aAKER.
A single man may have an estate, q prin-
clpality, be can own q grcs, hotel aud nll
IL with guests, bat ne cannot create q
home without woman 10 help him, and
that, too, woman whose service Il not
for money. when II comes 10 = home,
there il not q solitary drcss-mAker In the
land. ensconced In her little room with her
gsraniums, her canary aud her sewing ma
chine, Who cannot completely eclipse him,
this being the result NOT OF his sins, but OF
his ser.
Uadoabtejly each reader will think, OF
nv 20 thiuk, OF some exception 10 All this
some single man who Is hsppy, some
"iolly bachelor" some cheerful Wild
over" No doub; there are those Who
can be happy. especially daring The mrs,
half Of his NE, without the sense Of home.
A, with bis wealth and his paintings, aud
his yachts and his delightful monolog II,
with bis perpetual i0urneyingsi G, With
Ms six dogs aud our late Cambridge pro
fessor, With that family Of hens which he
tended like . herdsmsn. with = long stan.
aud which he trained % take food from
stakes stuck In the grOund Instead Of
scratching In the n0wcr beds-sn these
may doabtlsss have found bachelor life
not Inconsistent, with happiness bat
WHERE. aftcr all. Il the home. Neither
yachts, nor pictures, nor steamer tickets,
nor dogs. nor hens can supply that
Hone, says the proverb, lis where the
heart j. !" bat II so. no man seems 10 have
heart enough 10 NJ out q home without q
woman 10 help him. A woman can DO u
ior hersclf there lies her advantage.
IL may b. harder Tor woman 10 make
money undoubtedly Il l. harder She
makes a dollar, perhaps, where man
makes twenty but when 10 comes "a pur.
chasing power, her dollar goes The fsFihest
toward The maintenance of home 30
long A. she retains IL she Il strong and
selfrcspcctlng. and even II she parts with
IL. 80 strong Is the instinct OF home that
she can sometimes reconstruct u for her
self even In boarding house. II the
home l. combined with = little freedom Ia
the usc % money. 10 gives more coniort and
more local prcstlgc than lone man can
win ~ a fortuuc What wouid bc the
social condition % any country village In
our Atlantic States without nfstciass
maiden iadyf She Is The daughter 90 "oli
sgalfe" somebody, or OF "pArson' some
body else she lives In the great square
house with IT, elms aud IT, white hiAcs
ant IL breezy ball she has . maid or two
who have lived with her ~ long that ney
seen lac hall sisters. she has In daily use
The precious china and The old chairs that
her euyioas city ulrccs valaly tfici D.
rival a. suction rooms. She manages ne
hook ciub AMI the church soclahlss she
j. IN counfautr OF al the love ursirs
she calls upon The new comsrs, u worthy
Indeed ne new comsr-, n worthy, bring
letter, o. her. To The older Inhabitants
20 the town she always seems young and
even elegant she has prolonged ira
dillon of precedence that outlAsts youth
and beauty. N she has = sister they are
spoken ~ ~ The cut % their days A. "ths
Parker girls AL This 10 The lolnt reseit
of womsnhcod and home, or OF that No
manhood which creates home. 10 Il not
ouIy potent fof itself. hui u extends 10
potency over al other homes. What,
compared ~ this, l. The social position
glvsu ~ wealth % The lonely Oh bachelor
% the country slllsgvi Tnoush be De .
millionaire. b, 0. simply ihs old bach.
The truth l. that a. pcople grow older
10 Is the nan Who becomes dependent.
and the Womsn the central AMI cssentlA
fgurr 20 ths household. slucr shc can 90
wiihDat him and b. cannot 90 without
hsr TIE proof - this n.- la thc fsct nat
~ see al afuaud a. self suilClng ani COO.
tented households women. shllc house
that contAln. men only i hAffAck, not =
home. IN youth 10 l. easy 10 ignore this,
to say Win Shaksspearc Ia "il,nry "
"fTs ever common.
hat th- mcfrmcui l. shalloN. The laugh l.
forced. snd yraf, ami illness ani sorrow
som Drlng man back. rrpeutAut pfoii-
gai. 3D. hl. home ani to woman. the only
bonn, makrr - TAemd ~ Hggiasoa 90
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