St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-06
WOMEN'S VACATIONS
Aunt Polly Considers That the
Matter Is Likely to Be
OvepdOne.
The Taking Of Girls Away
From Home Held to Be a
Mistake.
Reasons Why thec Women OF
the Future Should Be the
Home Makers.
PEOPLES Church Entertain
ment at Market Hall--SO-
cial Events.

Do you know, my dears, that l some
times think we are entirely OVERRIDING
this matter of vocationS for women. In
woman's paper that l saw yesterday
some one was lamenting that there were
still so many girls in this country VINO
were content to stay at home, ana seem
to have no special work on hand to take
up their time. Now, have also noted
that fact, and been glad over it. Can
any one give a reason that shall be intel
ligible to everybody why girls should
all rush into something that will take
them away from hOme-the home that
a fathers business sagacity and tender
forethought has made comfortable, per-
hapS luxurious.
Has father no right to expect that
his daughter shall find her highest
pleasure in the house that he has built
for her? Has the mother no right to her
daughters companionship when she is
grown, after the yeas OF loving care
she has bestowed upon her? Shall she
not feel that this bright, capable girl
will take some of the heavy burdens
that modern social life have placed upon
her on her young shoulders, anu allow
the mother a little breathing spell in
which to enjoy the fruits of all her toll
and self-denial?
Surely, no one will answer nay. Then,
why not encourage the girls to think
that they are doing their duty to their
parents just by being what they are, the
fathers pride and JOY, the mothers trst
lieutenant and the sweet older sister OF
the younger children. A girl is her
IN,,nL
sees the image of that Womanhood that
he is bound to honor and protect. 1t is
true that the time may come when the
petted daughter may. have to put her
hand to the pillow and turn the furroW
of labor for herself; but will she be any
better fitted by reason of these little
efforts that are not needed now? do
not believe she will. | am so Old-fash-
toned, my dears, as to think it is better
for the men folks to make the living and
the women make the home.
Girls, if had my way, should all be
born into families where there is
reasonable plenty, so that they should
have nothing to do but make home
happy and be happy in it. The ideal
life for the average woman, and 1t is
Woman'5 ideal, too, is to be spent in
home, made and kept by the love and
CII1fGlIy vi SOlilC 11FSlJ
likes to look forward to such home;
that is, the average well-baIanced wom-
an. Some miss it, of course, and feel in
their heart of hearts thai they nave
missed the best thing, and so missing,
stand bravely up and battle with
fortune hand to hand.
Dear girls, don't let any one deceive
you into thinking that you are not
filling an important mich in life. when
you are content just to be the lovely gIra-
ciousaselves nature intended you to be.
1t is as high duty to chase the shadows
of care from the faces that first bent
above your cradle beds with love and
devotion, to show how we'll you love
those parents who have loved you by
making the sunshine of home as, say,
that the most ardent advocate of the
emancipation of woman could tell you
of. AUNT POLLY.