The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-07-11

heard his word without understanding
his meaning, and have ventured to
ask, or they may have been gossiping,
as women do when they meet in market
places. Paul certainly did not reprove
them for assuming the duties of men,
which they were not in the least danger
of doing. He said also it was shame
for woman to appear with uncovered
head. In all the churches of Europe
and all the streets women may be
seen every hour with uncovered heads,
and have for centuries. The women
of the East in Paul's time, and ever
since, wore webs of cloth wound about
them, stripe or fold going over the
head In hot climates it would be i'm
possible to wear tight-ftting garments.
If they had worn such bonnets as
fashion dictates at the present time
we are sure Paul would have told them
never to put them on, and we should
hope they would have obeyed.
We agree with Roxy surely that the
advice so lavishly bestowed upon wives
in these days is quite as much needed
by husbands and fathers. The remark
in the grange column of some man
importance, run by women as they
are" betrays the sentiment of the ma
jority of men concerning homes, which
it can not be sufficiently dignified for
them to waste their time in rendering
pleasant or instructive. Homes are
"run by women" The saying is old and
trite that " men are what their moth
ers make Them" which is not true, but
when men wish to flatter and feed the
vanity of women they condescend to
repeat it,. And if it were true it is not
very complimentary, the men are so
few that it is any honor to have made
The home should be made more at
tractive than the saloon, which it is not
possible for the mother to do alone. A
man should be more uniformity cheer
full than woman because he has so
much more help in this matter than
she. The monotonous life she leads,
and the ill-health it engenders, make
cheerfulness nearly an impossibility.
His employments take him to the fresh
air, make it necessary to meet many
people, give him variety-all which has
a great influence, and should fit him to
enliven the home and should prompt
him to share its burdens, which would
be only a feathers weight on his
shoulders.
Women need good health and great
intellectual strength and culture for the
duties of their peculiar sphere. When
the education society was founded to fit
young men for the ministry if as much
had been done to fit young women for
their wives the world would have
progressed accordingly. When Calico
said the earth moved round the sun,
the pope obliged him to recant, having
first imprisoned and tortured him. To
be restored to liberty and labor, he re-
peated the incarnation the pope die
tated, and when he was out of hearing
said, 10 mOueS, though. So the world
moves in another sense. Wellesley
and Vassar and kindred institutions
are doing much towards exalting the
homes and perfecting them, though they
are "run by women" The statement
of Mr.. Conway is difficult to believe
and will be credited only by those who
know him to be indisputable authority
in such a matter. He says " he lis
tened to the speeches in congress when
Webster, Clay, Corwin and Seward
were the orators, and he had not heard
any since that seemed to him so elo-
quent, impressive and statesman-like
as those he heard in Albaugh's Opera
house" The Opera-house at that time
was entirely "run by women "-the
women of the International Council
who are credit to the nation.
Mrs. Chant was the English dele.
gate to the council, and has besides
lectured in the principal cities of the
Union, where she has been treated
cordially and courteously so far as has
been noted. She is grandniece of the
great orator, Edmund Burke, and thu:
perhaps came very honestly by hel
marvellous eloquence, and nature en-
dowed her with head and heart tC
correspond with her tongue. She be-
gan her public labors in a mission
school, and then in hospital and in
sane asylum, and has continued then
by lecturing in behalf of the London
poor, the Incorporate and every good
cause. For long time she wa;
stunned and insulted, as if she were
polluting the world instead of purify
| ing it. Once, after lecture, a man
! dpplOdSHCu uCl anu uCllDcIdlClN spa
upon her; women passed her in the
street and tucked back their dresses tt
avoid being soiled by touching the hen
of her garment. She had been in par
ties where not woman spoke to hel
except the one who invited her.
Part of this treatment has been the
experience of many public women il
our country and others in England
How they have multiplied within few
years, and how every good cause
has prospered under their guidance
oranges among the rest We hope
neither ridicule nor insult will drive
them from these paths of usefulness
from which the reflex influence upor
the homes will be only good and no
evil. The men and women of the house
hold used to meet together in huSk
ingS and apple-paring bees. The grange
is great improvement, cultivates thu
mind and manners, promotes socia
intercourse, which is well, and stimu
lates all good works. We hope, will
Roxy, that our Household column viii
blossom again and bear much fruit.
EVERGREEN.