Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-05-08

what earthly use her knowledge OF
chemistry, OF astronomy and geology
would be in the home she would now
have and in the society in which
henceforth she is destined TO move. !
bethought me of the mistress Of a GER
tain house, whose knowledge Of bot
any is very much greater than her
knowledge of bread making, and she
could discharge the duties Of a college
president better than she al direct
The affairs of her own wildly disor-
dered home. Too close application to
her books has greatly undermined her
health, and her husband and children
are objects of general sympathy in the
neigh6orhood in which they live.
| recall the case of q hard working
mechanic and his wife who made
every sacrifice that their only daugh-
ter might receive an education better
than that given her in the excellent
public schools in the city in which she
lived. After graduating from the
high school she was sent for four
years TO a we'll known college, and
came home highly proficient in many
things she knows nothing about to-
day, for she is now the wife Of a hard
working carpenter who cannot afford
TO keep ven u servant for her, and
she married in utter ignorance of some
of the simplest rules of housekeeping.
She has four children, and the sys-
tenn Of housekeeping prevalent in that
home would drive a tidy housekeeper
crazy.
Ii does not, Of course, follow that q
highly educated woman must be either
a slattern or an inefficient mistress of a
home. But it cannot be proven that
this so called higher education is of
my value TO the wives Of nine outof
ten men. The education given in our
public schools is amply sufficient for
their needs, and if to this can be add
ed the practical education necessary
10 conduct a home and a knowledge
Of how to make that home q place of
rest and peace and comfort TO her hus-
band and children, she need never
blush because of her lack of knowl-
edge. OF what use is a knowledge
OF chemistry and higher mathematics
and hydrostatics 10 the wife of a man,
who may have 10 do her own house
work and care for her own childrenl
A great deal Of fun and poor wit is
poked at modern cooking schools, but
what is taught at them might well
form a part Of every woman's educa-
ton, for the palates Of good many
men have keeuer sensations than
their hearts when they are once fairly
established in their homes, and the
best Of them think "a sight" Of what
they are to eat, SO that il behooves
every woman TO 60 TO a home Of her
own prepared to conduct its affairs
in a wise and sensible manner. This
is particularly true In this day Of in
efficient servants, when even wealthy
women are sometimes compelled TO
discharge the duties of the kitchen and
laundry and pantry themselves. A
clear conception Of her duties as q
wife and mother should form q part of
the education of every woman, even
though she goes TO her grave without
knowing how TO calculate the exact
distance from the earth to the moon,
or how TO separate carbon from oxy-
gen in anything in which those useful
clements exist She will most likely
have a husband who can forgive such
pitiful ignorance II she can mako his
home a place Of rest and peace TO him
"a home that is indeed q home for the
spirit. -Zenas Dane in Good House
keepinp.