The morning call., 1890-07-25
"noNoK TO WHOM HONOR Is DUE. :,
Mnmrn Il Mnrl, In Eamilies

Word About the Dissemination of
Women to Work in Families.
Editor IIomdn'S Column, Morning Call:
An article in last Fridays issue of THE
CALL emitted q Keeping Husband" gives
a report of the response by Mrs. ii. c.
Y Dung to a toast given at reunion Of the
Wonan'S Club in MarShalltown, Iowa.
Her response is only quotation, / think,
from tie writings of Miss Juliet CorsOn,
the well-knOwn teacher OF cookery. l re-
member reading il several years since under
the heading OF - How to Cook Hus Dand."
As Miss CUTson is now such All invalid it
seems hardly fair to deprive her Of the
credit due for her brilliant little recipe.
Another article IN the same issue COM
ments upon " The DIsincliuatiOn of Edu-
Gated Women to Enter a Family III ANY
Capacity One might almost say any
mental capacity, for IL really amounts to
that, and this is, l think, the true reason
why an educated woman hesitates to as
sumo such positions. The very fact of her
being educated shows that she has not been
reared to iii such places, ana is probably
unaccustOmed TO their duties, while the
educatlOu-l speak from experimentation
initiates against her obtaining them. Many
women, one might almost say two-thirdS
Of those who have full purses, have empty
heads, or If the brains are there, they are
Ike tall0w ground, III state Of uncultlya-
gin she rarely says serYant-to be bet
ter educated than herself, and IN such a
case 1t Is almost crime TO speak gramma-
ticaily. The educated woman has usually
seen better days, and while 1t Is bitter
enough to be deprived of accustomed COM
forts, perhaps Injuries, II Is still more bit
Ter to be obliged 10 submit silently to the
little sluTs and lnnuendoS-what the English
term "naggiug'-which some women know
So well how TO administer to their more I'M
fortunate sisters. Being educated, the lat
ter is, of course, fond OF books; they are
often her best triendS-perhaps her only
ones-aud she has been used to catching
one up at odd moments, and culling from
its pages some little gem OF prose or poetry
that would SOlace or give her food for
thought during many busy hour. Madame,
however, not having the same tendencies,
would probably consider this a very Oh
jectionable habit, and so baby would need
to be held, or JOhnny's jacket, or Susie's
apron required mending, thus filling up any
leisure moment. A man under like dis
agreeable circumstances would at least
have the knowledge that after certain hours
bis time would be his own, for while man
works from sun to sun, " oman's work Is
never DONE" and nearly every woman, be
she mistress or maid knows the truth of
this adage. All this, and 1t Is not an eX-
ceptiOnal case, explains why quoting again
from the article IN question, there are
plenty VINO are Wiling 10 take subordinate
places as teachers in public schools, as
newspaper hacks, as copyists, as clerks and
Office secretaries" tor there, at least, they
can, after work hours, have few moments
of quiet thought, a breathing spell, as 1t
were, for the next days labor | hope |
shall not be accused of having overdrawn
or too highly colOred the subject, for well
know there are very many ladies who do
all in their power to brighten the lives of
their subordinates or dependents" the
stranger within their gates and all honor
be to them for it; but perhaps it may be
only one of the ills that flesh is heir to-
that congenial clements in mistress and
maid SO rarely meet, and home life without
harmony is like the play of Hamlet" with
Hamlet left out l.. s.