The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-12-07
WIVES AND MOTHERS IN THE GREAT
MIDDLE GLASS OF ENGLAND.

Chat With "a House Deeorator-Teaehins
Children by ExampIe-Care of the Feet.
Mrs. SIaIaproP-A state Breakfast-Do-
meStic Notes and Items.
In the great middle class Of England We
find the highest type of the queens woman
hood and her saving grace. in health and
physique these women are models worthy the
admiration and emulation of American wo-
men. II j. with rare exception that the tour
ist sees paIe-faced, puny, sickiy looking,
spindle-waiated, nantiug, fainting English
woman. The pink and white complexion, the
clear eye, the well rounded waist, the firm
tread, lt~pcak perfect bodily health. Many
OF these women take their summer outing in
long walks across the fields, that they may
view nature ia all its grandeur and simplicity,
instead ~ rushing from shop To drcsSmaker
aIi packing Saratoga trunks for days or
W .eks before taking n rest They don
JiIy flannel walking costume, till n hand
basket with few toilet articles and start on
their walking or tricycle. tour over the charm
ing roads making, detours they fancy over
the heath- II - not uncommon 10 see a
double tTiCvci. with husband and wife riding
through the country tor their vacation
Duubtlcs, the glud health Of these women Is
due largely TO their outdoor exercise. In this
elias, will lie found the best of home makers,
the broad,=at minded philanthrOpists and re-
formers and the happIest and most useful
wives mothers und ~old maids
The English wife in this class i no drudge;
She commands rctinue of servants that
would applll tine Am rican husband ON do
mestic I1y day. The standing Of family,
socially, depends somewhat upon the num-
her of servants employed I'VE could easily
manage our household service with one SER
want" said model mother To me, but SON
and daughter would rather economic in
other ways and keep two maids for the ap-
pearauce Of the thing. The irreguarity, the
timely and untimely lunching of the Eng
Ish hou- hold would make drudge of the
head were it not for the number OF servants
usually employed. l have been most delight
fully entertained in several charming per
fecty ordered houses of men engaged in
large manufacturing interests, and tiud that
the usual ret.uue Of servants consists of n
cook, hou~rmlid. nurss-, gnvcrHcsS, gardener,
groom ami valet.
The scarcity Of labor keeps these servants
respectful and attentive and their char
actrr" depends upon the length OF time they
serve one master, this makes commanding
ami serving much les annoying, than with
u IN America, where the help expects to
rule or ruin. Ii tine mistress OF this manse
i given to bcucvuiruce. as she usually is,
she employs woman phiianthropist to read
the bible and visit the sick, the afflicted, or
the fallen with messages of consolation, the
loaf or the bunch of flowers, aS the case may
require. The zeal and magnitude of charities
carried on by this class of women i'll the cities
of Eoglaud are beautiful to contemplate. As
| have uptfrt the great decentralization of the
nISs+S thruu Tbout the British empire IL APP
pears tu Hir that these women and their
helItv cp.tb'rrrS. their husbands, fathers and
brothers. ar. holding up toy main force the
wIoIs. structure Of British society; the
women lre usually devoted To church duties,
the church leading rather than following In
works of reform and charity. | am pleased
u not. tln absence of the religious cant in the
couvrrs:tJ ION ami methods Of Ihts.. women.
Thsr- Is an entire absence of silly small
talk aud ntrcrtatiou among them, which gives
place - genial whoio->Ouled scientific, social,
phIanthropic or political subjects. These
women read books much, newspapers but
little, ami il Is only during such exciting
and unusual political contest aS the one
through which they have just passed that
they read discuss politics of the hour.
They can talk with minute cNuctueSs of the
reign of a Henry or an Elizaheth, but they
Will not IT, able to tell the population of their
own city. they are able IL point out Chan
cery Iaur, ~sStablc Inn, and Temple Bar
penpl,-l hy the brain of a Dickens, but they
rauuot tell You the distance from London to
liverpool. they can detail the excellence and
value Of painting 10y Iandseer, Murillo,
. Rembrandt, they can read in Greek and
Latin AMI chatter in French, but they cannot
tell the rate of taxation for the support of
their royal government. Altogether, the
woman II tine middle class of England are
chaI ming - study and to know, and make an
iutec,-tiH- hour in the summers pastime.-
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