The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-15
WOMAN AND HOME.
WHY NOT TRAIN GIRLS TO SOME
TRADE OR PROFESSION.

Governing the Little Ones-Helen Hunt
Jachson's Grave - The Crying Baby.
Creole Acknowledgements Co-Laborer.
Anusements. Lunches. Hints. Items.
Men tit their SONS for business. They never
fit them for domestic life. The daughters are
fitted for domestic life sometimes; that Is,
they are taught to keep house according to
the mothers idea of housekeeping, but they
are never fitted for anything else, conse-
quentiy the world is full of unhappy mar
riases. To know how to make money and
invest il wisely is a most excellent thing, and
to know how to conduct business skillfully
j. Il. ~sirable; but they are not all a man should
knoT. To know how to make bread, cook a
palatablc meal, manage a husband, mend and
darn, cut fit and sew, are accomplishments
every woman should possess, hut these are
not all that is required to make life happy.
Parents as frequently, perhaps more fire.
quently, fail in their duty to their children as
the children fail in their duty to their parents,
and that parents should not train girls to
some trade or profession thoroughly rs
they 10 their boys, is inconsistent and wrong.
II girl exhibits unusual talent for making
dresses, then by all means let her learn the
art, Tor drcssnaking has become an art, and
u fine art, too; or ii she has taste and inclina-
tio.I for bookkeeping, type setting, carpentry,
shocmaking or any possible trade or business,
by all means cultivate it, even though the
income il larger than can conveniently be
used 1t will not hurt them to know how to
labor Opportunities for wealthy women to
establish a fourishing business are plentiful.
Banks, newspapers, dry goods stores, MILL
merry stores, candy stores, and in fact nearly
all kinds of business can be splendidly con-
ducted by women. Rich men buy an interest
for their sons in some establishment, or else
furnish the capital for some independent in
yeStment, but they never think of doing the
same service for their daughters, partly be
cause they hold the ancient and weak idea
that woiii.,I haven't the brain for business;
partly because they went them to marry
and partly because they will not spend as
muci, money upon daughter they will
upon a son. They give the SONS food, shelter
and clothing before they establish them in
business, and give them money besides, and
the do nothing at home.
The daughters work-even rich mems
daughters do something about the house-and
incxchalgc receive food, shelter and clothes. y
IL il not fair. The laborer is worthy of
her hire, and the sooner women learn that
there Is nothing sweet or so healthful rs in
dependence, thc better for them. If women
prefer marriage, then it is right for them to
marry; but there women who would never
marry could they but take sufficient of
themselves. All women are not fitted for
married life. They have not the qualities
that maL,. home enticing that train chill
dren i'll the right way, and for such marriage
is not right but under the present system
there j. little else left for them. Parents
max. mistakes in not teaching their daugh-
tiers that i'll the. accumulation of wealth they
should have hand aside from the economy
that some women practice for the husbands
or fathers sake. They should DE willing to
pay fair prices for the work done, ut least the
same sum they would have to pay if there
We're no women III the household, and thereby
show their daughters that their services are
also valuable. Cleveland Leader