Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-03-21
NO. 10.
TooL-cHssTs FoR GIRLS


Lst them Hare an OppnrraafkF 10 D~w@tGw
Mechanical G~aaa.-
Parents do not object 10 -ee saw and
hammer. gimiet and screw-driver In
their sons hands at a very tersss-~ Ascy.-
They look upon tools as boy birth
right But lttlc girl i hurrleiIy
told 20 put them down. to not
touch. that she viii cut herself or
pound her fingers. azd get hurt" gen
orally
But the tinae i not FAR OF when there
will b. a room in the house set apart
for the work bench. and that beach &nd
its tools wiil - a. fres 20 the daugh-
ters as ths sonS In their fashionable
brass-hammering and wood-carving
the girls have got a taste Of t. We
may expect 10 yet -ee the carpenter
GONE "a give lessons a. regularly ~
the music teacher Why uota That
eight children out Of ten would like IL
better there II no doubt
A dozen year, hence certain branches
% many trades sill hc largely occupied
hy women We shall see young women
81 study and work IN 1rchitects' Offices.
In the Wallpaper designing ruora-.
mixing paints and stains and finishes
ard fre@co wa=he-. We shall sess the
student at the Harvard annex errerg-
from her hong eompanionship with ths
higher mathematie-' with the plans
and elevations - a house in ou.. hansI
and bill of lumber iu the other as
applied mathematir--~ A. present
the trimming. in geometry say = 80 un-
applied that tn, sweet girl -rst.iuatss'
LAYS the tea table with the cloth awry.
ansi the plates at al angles and dis
ttnces; and i -erenely unaware that
she ha- hung her water-cu-or draw
ing crooked until some distressed ocru-
paut Of the rOoru points it out
The modern female hand and eye are
- far unframed that not one young
woman In five can take shears amt cut
straight across n breadth % goods IN
less she fold and crease the cloth. Or
slowly cuts By a thread
For myself. I have saved many
dollar first and last by being handy
with tools
When was little girl ant held
mortal objection % allowing my Older
brother any accomplishment which !
had not. conceived the brilliant idea
one summers rainy d1sof making nv
SET a churn. whicu vas 10 b. an exact
reproduction in miniature ~ an old
fashioned Instrument my EraHdm0theE
used 4ad called an .-uP-and-Ioxu
e'hurr-
\ gentleman called az eur house and
foand ne u-dsr the he'd diligently
boring = hol-. uto a round pisss-.s Of
wood Wishing - make himself agree
able - me- | suppose. D.. inquired
whst ! va making / replied IN re
most uasts.r-ef-flet way. as II 10 were
the most common natter in the world
Tor seven-year-oid girls 70 manufacture
household goods. a ehurn,~ and
great Nas nv indignation a. be went
away Iauzhiag as Il he had heard the
greatest !o5xe IN the world After that
| never met him. even after | bad
grown TO the dignity Of young lady
hood and trained gowns. but what be
inquired with most aggravaring IN
tere=t II ms ehuru vas done
IL never was. ! an bound 20 say. but
| learned nay lesson Just the same. and
whenever / want 4 naiI driven in
shelf put up. or \ window-sha.is nd
!usted- do not wait FOE carpenter
Instead. | thank my stars that I ever
practised On chgrus and wooden sew
ing machines and II il were necessary.
think | could-with al the confidence
l once began my ehuru-5uild house
after a fashiou,-Wide Awake