Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-05-10
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
CEASELESS LABOR.
A wife's Opportunities for Mental I'm
prOyement.

brought from that fay-away dreamland
through which l had been journeying.
They seemed rather bright. "These
ideas. properly elaborated, will make
capital story | said to myself, and
l resolved to write them out at the first
opportunity.
/ carefully brushed three heads of
golden hair, and looked to the cleanli-
ness of six chubby little hands. Then.
after breakfast, the three children were
taught their "home lessons" and, af-
ter starting them for school. with a
sigh of relief thought, Now for my
story"
But wait! Two loaves of cake had
been promised for "church par
ty," the making of which compound
could not be trusted to Norah's clumsy
hands. So proceeded to collect eggs,
butter, sugar, spices, and all the other
ingredients necessary to make it suffi-
ciently toothsome, and after an hour
spent in beating, stirring and sitting,
the cake was an established fact. No
1ah said it "came out lovely, and tired
but triumphant again said, Now
for my pen."
Alack and alas! how can one write,
be the ideas never SO brilliant, with "a
huge pile of ''week's mending" star
ing her in the face? While trying to
work my way through this, my mind
kept pace with my needle. and | pom
dered on many things.
Is it to be wondered at, thought |,
that men often accomplish greater and
more lasting results from their work
than womenP My beloved William
Henry had just five garments to
adjust to his masculine frame
this morning, while ! hurried on
at least ten. 1t then became my task
to assist the children in dressing, and
see that the breakfast was properly
served, while he read the morning pa
per. When we seated ourselves at our
mornings meal, he was in possession
of all the political. social or other news
of Importance or interest in the whole
world, And his mind could digest the
facts he had gathered, while Igrappled
with the dinner problem, or arranged
the ever varying routine of days work
for Norah, He went to his office,
smiling and serene, while was left to
the mercy of the grocer and butcher
boy.
am told there are men who order
the dinners for their families. Dear
William Henry is not one of these. lie
says that is my business, and his is tt
earn money to pay for it. Of course,
he is right but l can not help envy
ing him as he goes down town with
only one sort of work to do, to which
he can devote all his energies, un
troubled by any family cares for the
rest of the day.
He ought to come home at night
conscious that something done ha'
earned nights repose." And to giv'
the dear man his just due, that is hi
usual frame of mind.
What l rebel against is the multitu
dinous kinds of work wife, especially
if she be a mother as well, is calleC
upon to do. She not only must have {
knowledge of, but ply, many trades, i
she is possessed of limited income
She must be dress-maker, cook, mil
liner, laundress, doctor and teacher
all in one.
Would Milton have given 'Paradis
Lost" to the world had he been oblige
to superintend the cooking of his din
ners, and help make and keep in re
pair the clothes that covered his AT
gust person?
Would not the beauty of L'Allegr
have been marred. and his mind bee
vcxcd with the petty perplexities {
fo"l and raimcntP
/ confess have always had iurtiy
feeling of sympathy for Xantippe.
! do not believe that much-abused woma
was irritable without good cause. Pc
, haps she felt that if her spouse woul
divide the household cares with he
and leave her more time to develop h,
intellect, she might be just as bright I
! Socrates.
, Yet ought not to complain when
think how housework is being col
stantly simplified by hundreds of pr
, gressive men and women. saw
!, very amusing sign on fremont sire
yesterday: "Shirts washed while "
wait"
Shade of my dear departed gran
mother, what would you say to tina
= You, who consider it not only wife
' duty, but Christian necessity, to pr
; vide husband with at least twelve
those garments, handmade. and of q
finest linen and cambric, six of the
laid away in lavender for an emerge
{ CIV, and six in use! Shiftless. indee
!. would you declare an age in which
man need own but two of those articl
. of apparel, or when it is possible
him to possess only one shirt and st
r keep clean by having it washed VIII
: he waits.-Margar~ Moore, in Wopad'
Journal
: The first degree granted by Colu
!. bia College in accordance with
y plan for special course for WON
was Phi. D., in 1886. upon Miss Wi
; fred H. Edgerton, graduate OF We
: esley. A sheepskin, conferring {
degree A. B., was secured last Ju
by Miss Mary P. Hankey. There ha
been in all thirty-eight young won
' who have studied at Columbia. TWEEN
: nine of whom are there now. One
!. these thirty-eight is the originator
y the annex scheme. This is Mrs. Ami
T Nathan Meyer, wife of DR.. Alfl
Meyer.
, ST. LOUIS has 4 mining comps
eomposed entirely Of women.