Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-25

1t seems little singular that the
records OF our Patent Office contain but
a slight sprinkling OF names indicating
the feminine gender. 1t looks as
though all the heavy thinking was being
shouldered on to us poor men. and it is
high time somebody was raising fuss
about the matter, and insisting that, If
woman expects to vote, she must keep
up with her end of the double-trec.
But whether il is ON account of the
brain clustering tendency of back hair,
interference with the proper circulation
of the blood by tight lacing and Sun
day evening conrtship, hot irons and
bangs, or wearing shoes smaller than
the feet, we don't know, but it looks as
though there was chance for philosp-
ply to do little missionary work at
home, before it goes to the sky in
search of steady employment. It is
not because woman is not smart, or
quick with ideas, for we have seen one
small-sized woman talk four grown-up
men into cold perspiration, and do it
easy; and il is not because man is more
brainy or fertile in resources, for
woman, God bless her bright eyes, can
do more to gladden. home with q two
dollar bill in stringent times than man
can do with all his muscle and philoso-
ply. When the wolf crouches on the
doorstep. with the apparent intention
OF becoming domesticated, it is woman,
frail and feeble little body though she
may be, that can be depended upon to
drive him away and give the children
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beg it either, but gets it honestly, and
pays for it with labor that may shorten
her days, while her big, strong and
gifted husband walks the town in dis
appointment and dies by his own hand
in gloomy despair. Neither can it be
because she is lacking in expedients,
for you may limit her wardrobe ever so
stintingly, and she will turn this, over
haul that, remodel the other, and trip
off to church as neat as pin. But the
records at Washington show that it is
that way, and we must make the best
OF it. 1t is sad, but it is true. With
all her gifts and graces woman comes
up with round turn when she faces
of cold, Unconditional cast iron, wheels,
levers, and shop-gear generally. She
has no inventive faculty, and would
scrub her nails off before she would
pause to sit down on an inverted tub
and evolve from the chaotic notions in
her head washing-machine that would
save soap and muscle. and be solace
to her sisterhood. Many of them are
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thought and little gumption could be
worked into continuance for getting a
drunken mans boots off without strain
ing q tendon. And then think of the
labor of getting boy up in the morn
ing. Thousands of women are so tired
out with the severe exertions of that
little job, that they are made nervous
and fretful for the rest of the day,
when few little ropes, pulley or two, a
pair of ice tongs, and few brains would
yank that boy into wakefulness quicker
than he could stone a dog, and that,
too, with no necessity for climbing
stairs or leaving the diling-room.
Think of the untold peaceful homes
a few patents of this kind would
make. Another matter needs thought
full consideration, and that is
the enormous waste of female
vitality incurred in the rapid
vibration of the slipper against the ca
bose 9f the 9fQgeaaid h9lYlsRaRtall8y9as,
suitable attachments to any sewing ma
chine to perform the duty with far
more vigor and not the least waste of
motive force. The only thing the ma
chinery could not do would be to kiss the
boy as the grapnel let go of him. But
that is not exhaustive labor. and wom-
an can stand power of it without
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