Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-11

Jude the entire care of the home, it is clear
hat the mans share in it ought to be the
eavier Perhaps most men would be in
lined to say that as a matter of fact it is
eavier As a rule the man has to earn the
money to buy and furnish the home, and to
'rocnre the food, clothing and fuel for the
amily; the woman's part is to keep the house,
prepare the food, make and repair the cloth
ny, and burn thefuel The husband is the
the wife. the dispenser, the stew
ard. We shall leave quite out of account in
this discussion the exceptional cases in which
inherited or suddenly acquired riches render
personal labor for either man or woman I'M
happily unnecessary For mankind at large
the apostles rule still holds good; III a
man will not work neither shall he eat"
We do not believe that the labor of merely
earning the mohey necessary to maintain the
home is commensurate with the labor neces
sary to the proper expenditure of the money, |
and the proper care Of the things purchased |
Even if the husband, therefore, were to turn
over to the wife all his earnings on condition
that she attend to the entire management of
the home. he would have the better of the
bargain
number of hours of labor Suppose he is a
day laborer, his hours are eight aor ten.
Leaving home after a breakfast, which he
owes TO a previous hours labor on the part of
his wife, he goes to his work, leaving his wife
at hers, and when he returns for dinner or
supper he finds her still busy; and after sup
per, while he smokes his pipe or steps ont to
pass the news with a nel.hbor, his wife must
spend another bonr in putting away the
dishes attendinc IN the children's clothing.
and making sundrv preparations for the
uornin,
The man has the further advantage of
superintended work The hardest part OF
most labor is the worry of planning it.
Ninety-uiue men ont ni q hundred have set
tasks to perform. carefully planned and ap-
portioned and their responsibility ceases
with the proper execution of their allotted
SHIRE. The woman. on the other hand, must
plan rs well aseyec,lte The manifold duties
of the household rnusr he 50 timed as to con.
fict with one another 4, little rs possible.
Very nuch of the weoriness of household
work MIGHT h. avoided if there were wise
supervision and intelligent method.
But. AGAIN. the work of man is far less Iia-
bile 10 interr,,priou The clerk NAV sit on
his revolvino stool f,r hours and never have
his attention diverted from his commercial
arithmetic. the farmer may drive his polished
pIov throuoh countless burrows with no more
annoyinq interruptinns than an occasional
stubborn bov,Ider or n nest of huzziner bees.
the clergyman sits in his study with bolted
door. far removed from the requirements of
children fine chatter of visitors or the wants
rarelv nursue tbair labors for. a single bour
without many Interruptions. In the first
Place many different things have to be man
aged at the same time: while the dinner is
Cooking the table is being set, the baby is
Watched. and the "front room is busted
/, Then if there are servants, they are in con-
F,tant need Of supervision, if the door bell
,ihEs, the business or pleasure of the caller
eust he ascertained, the children must be
arted punctually to school and luncheon
pioVlded for them, and so on
:, Men, too have better tools for their work
tL 'ih Women. 1t is only in recent years that
sS VI shntion' of inventors has been turned
toward this subject, and still, with the not
able exceptions of the sewing machine and
wringer, what important addition has been
made to the working tools Of womanl Com
pare plane and chisel with a kitchen knife
the hydraulic press with a jelly bagl Z men
had to stir the hasty pudding of America for
one month, there would be thousand appli-
cations for patents on stirring machines
within the thirty days.
Finally, men receive direct compensation
for their work, while women for their house
work, of course, never do; and while on the
one hand they do not want it, on the other
hand there isn wonderful incentive to patient
toll in the anticipation of a definite recogni-
ton of ones labor in the form of money. 1t
Y-ems pleasanter to work and earn $40 than
to 10 $40 worth of work at home.
II in addition to these things we consider
the expressing wearing duties of women as
wives and mothers, is it not evident that
their positiou in the home is one of UNEQUAL
seryice3 Disproportionare not merely to their
physical strength. but actually greater in
amount end life waste than that of men
If this is true, and if our first proposition
be admitted, namely: that the mans share
oucht to be the heavier. We are ready for the
Question. what ought 10 hs mans mart IN
good housekeeping: What ought the man t.
do besides merely earning the money TO SUD
mort himself and familvI
In the light of the preceding discussion Il
seerns clear he should first Of ali helm his wifi.
in Manning her work Let arerv brshapf
give his wife the benefit of lis nractic,l buai
ness avnariance and al,,sa u,;th bsr nov, al,
NAV hest arrange and time her sevaraI dutia
that they NAV least conflict
In the second pIoca tho husband shoul,
give the wife the fnll spa,,,t If ,,,oro,- ,oo
essarv nrorarIy- 70 ,,ora for tb, to,r,,
Thjrd-He sbould sa. that sba hos the bou
tools that can I've had To tighten her labor.
Fourtb-He shouIJ bv every rossihla mean
shorten her hours Of labor II he finds tha
she is Obliged to work earlier and later tina
he, then he should at once give or procur
for her such assistance As will make thei
working hours eoual
Fifth-Realizin- TINT for her labor she r.
ceNes no direct compensation, be should, &
lhe le'is'' pe c;iIeLuI 70 give continually tnf
le"au1 VI goiull i''ai7e' "hlch COSTS Ill
"Gvsilie anu - i'iilu Ele''s'.' her- i,
il-'.' -, 'lp ni',i' must Recognizes IN,
49, 'i,t ','l'i.s are t>ee'lai
PI0pVi :" I'M '.''' ''o' 70 TUE woman sue
therefore, not only should proper impl
Hlehts De generously furnished Tor u
womahs use out aIi the materials she mu
use shohld De proViaeo ana made easily
cessioE. ien'S u cal Wo'u anu hiti''ilh
enoui'1 pe NeP' near 'ie i'hco "neie Cney II