The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-09-29
WOMAN AND HOME.
WHY NOT TRAIN GIRLS TO SOME
~. TRADE OR PROFESSION

Governing the Little Ones-Hclen Hunt
Jacksons Grave - The CRYING Baby.
Creole Housekeeping-!is n Co-Laborer.
Amusements, Lunches, Hints, Items.
Men fit their sons for business They never
cit them for domestic iife. The daughters arc
fitted for domestic life sometimes: thot Is,
they are taught to keep house according to
the mothers idea of housekeeping, but they
are never fitted for anything else, co1lse-
Quently the world is full Of unhappy mar
riages. To know how to make moncy ard
invest it wisely is & most excellent thing, and
to know how to conduct business sluilfuliy
Is desirable; but they are not al, man should
know. To know how to make bread: cook u
palatablc meal, manage husband, r!enh ana
darn, cut fit and sew, are accomplishments
every woman should possess, Init these are
not all that is required to make life happy.
Parents as frequently, perhaps more fire.
Guent1y, 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 OF profession as thoroughly as
they do their boys, is Inconsistent and wrong.
II a girl exhibits unusual talent for making
dresses, then by all means let her learn the
art, for ClrcsS,nakiDg has become IN art, and
fine art, too; or If sho has taste and inclina-
ton for bookkeeping, type-settins, carpentry,
shoemaliing or any possible trade or business,
by all mcars cultivate it, even though the
income is larger than can conveniently he,
used 1t will not hurt them to know how to
labor. Opportunities for wealthy women to
establish fouriShing business arc plentiful.
Banks, newspapers, dry goods stores, MILL
merry stores, candy stores, and i'll fact nearly
all kinds of business can be splendiGly con-
siuctl.l by women. Rich ma,i buy al interest
for their SoiiS in some establishment, or else
furnish the capital for some independent i'll
veStment, but they never think of doing the
same service for their daughters, partly be
cause they hold the ancient and weak idea
that women haven't the brain for business:
partly because they want them to- marry,
and partly because they will not spend us
much money upon Il daughter as they Will
upon a son. They give the sons food, shelter
and clothing before they establish them i'll
business and give them money besides, and
the sGns do nothing at home.
The daughters work-even rich mems
daus shtels do something about the housc-and
ItCClNc ulit' Nip1tiSS.
It is not fair. The laborer is worthy Of
her hire and the sooner women learn that
there is nothing so sweet or SO healthful as in-
dependence, t!lc better for them. If women
prefer marriage, then it is right for them to
marry: lNut there are women who would never
marry could they but take sufficient care OF
ihcrlsclycs. All women arc not fitted for
married life. They have not the qualities
that make home cnticing on that train chill
tlren in the right way, and for such marriage
is not right, but under the present system
there is little else left for them. Parents
make mistakes in not teaching their daugl-
ters that in the accumulation of wealth they
should hare Il hand aside from the economy
that some women practice for the husbands
on fathers sake. They should be willing to
pay fair prices for tho work done. at least tie
same SUM they would have to pay if there
were no women in the household, and thereby
show their daughters that their services are
also valuable-Cleveland Leader.