St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-28
a PICTURE OF HELPLESS WOE
: mid the Wreck OF Wealth Is
Among the Saddest in Human


Among the Saddest in Human
History.
Special Letter TO the Globe
FOUNTAINS, Mimi, Sept. 25.-In press
ing home to the hearts OF mothers this
question of teaching their daughters the
principles of housekeeping, if l urge
the subject upon them strongly as essen
tiai TO all else in THEN education, it is
because / have suffered more than
words can express the misery or it all
The utter helplesSness of the woman,
young in years, that stands amid the
WRECK OF WEALTH
in which she had been reared, and
deemed it eternally her position to so
remain during her natural life, has more
OF tragic interest than is pleasant to re-
member.
It's past telling; and when the words
came TO me, Tell 1t not in thy bed
chamber, for the walls may have ears
ana tell it, and must conquer in some
WAY, somehow, these seemingly insur-
mountable difficulties that suddenly APP
peared in my path of life, and this
MUST BE DONE ALONE;
1t was then that | realized the truth
OF how to make loaf OF bread, how to
N'fiiN al hNCtUl uinHtls VI W uO any
hCuSework as it should be done, and be
right. All that remained for me to do
was to fight my way out of my troubles
aS best | could. Then. as now, L only
wish that could impress on mothers
the necessity of teaching their daugh-
tiers the mysteries of housekeeping, and
save them. it may be, from years OF
modification over many failures which
cannot be hidden from the outside
world, and yet in the midst of her trOu-
bic she may have done her best, and
felt keenly her failure. The
WORLD WILL CRTTICISE
and condemn without stint, without any
sympathy or charity, all that is appar-
eut to their senses, and never with SYM
palhiZing eyes see any of the agOniZIng
distress of the sufferer in the case.
Mothers, spare your own daughters the
misery which can not be expressed in
words, because there are no words
strong enough to convey to mOrtalS the
conflicting thoughts that are constantly
thronging the heart OF that suffering
cr, allure in her ignorance of her duties
a. keeper of her own home, with her
own hands to do the work. II is then
she will be fiat failure and live in
squaor, and what you have tried to
have her be as an ornament will go for
.E.ught. and the slack and ignorant
hcusekeeper will be
A SOURCE OF SHAME
TO YOU if You live to see it. She may
not have sufficient strength and courage
to fight the good fight and come out con-
queror, but drop down and die in the
midst of her troubles. All, mel Why
was this burden all laid upon woman?
And why is she blamed for the failure
of her children, when perhaps she has
done her best to have her children per-
lection itself, so far as mOrtals can be
perfect, at least? But it is so, most GER
tainly, even the child herself. try as she
Wiil, has in her heart thought that her
mother
NIGHT HAVE TAUGHT HER
the right way to do. Yes; mother take
you little ones, boys and girls alike, and
teach them all, what you can, what you
know of life and its good or ill. its JOY
or sorrow, its everyday affairs and all
that pertains to this world of strife, and
Sday by day impress upon their youthful
hearts the right and the wrong, as it
comes into view in your daily life.
Teach them as the opportunity occurs,
and let it be IN an attractive way with
loving, gentle voice and manner so as
to win them over to your love and con-
fidence and not repel them by harsh
methods. which often does more harm
than good to many little children.
Mrs nj ARTIIA CRANDAII.