Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-07-18
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methods, half the families on square
enjoying one luxurious, well appointed
dining room. with expenses divided pro
rata among the families who are it, pro.
prietors. Another section Of housekeep.
Ing win b simpliAed by the girl Of tie
future-cooking. Good cooks may b
rare. but all cooking Il ovsrdone. We
are passing dangerously through the era
Of annual sacrifice, sweetened starch,
boiled dough and celluloid pis. The girl
Of the future win abandon these means
sf suicide and adopt . wholesome, nat
nral diet, largely Of the fruits which
come to N In such orderly succession
and generous abundance, ready for use.
an economy of time and labor and money,
and especially Of health. which Il beyond
present computation.
"Housecleaning win not be . buga-
boo to the girl Of the future. II was .
woman who wrote that melancholy poem
expressing the desire to die In autumn
time She wanted to get away before
the fall cleaning set In. The house Of
the future viii be cleaned skillfully and
thoroughly by companies organised for
that purpose. Il win be the work Of Q
day. not the dread Of months and the
labor Of weeks. Its results win b .
sense Of freshness and immunity from
disease. instead Of backache, nervous
prostration. collapse and an influx ofpat-
ent medicine.
THE girl Of the future then viii select
her own avocation and take her own train
Ing for 1t. II she be q house worker, a.
majority prefer to be, she win be % val
liable on that line a. to command great
respect and good wages. II she bs IN
architect or jeweler or an electrical en-
gineer or . steam plow driver, she win
not rob cook by mutilating dinner or
. dressmaker by amateur cutting and
sewing or q milliner by erecting her own
bonnet. not a bit sooner than shs win
buy pine and birthstone and mako her
own matches and embarrass the original
Blue Hen
Matches are satisfactory already.
Cooking will DO when cooks choose their
profession for love of II and are trained
and paid and honored and people are
fined who cook without knowing how.
The dressmaker by choice and prepara-
tion viii be an artist, and the girl Of the
future will not come apart at unseason-
able times In public places.
so 1t will be seen that, although ami
nority Of the girls of the future win
sometimes choose and prepare to be law.
yers or astronomers or civil engineers,
instead Of housekeepers, the home Of the
future and the husband-and In this case
he spells II with q big H-will not beleft
to the mercy Of incompetent and exas-
perating servants. Not at all The sew
ing girl Of the future viii not be sery.
ant. except In that general sense In which
we are all servants In just 20 far as we
serve humanity. We are servants In too
bmall q degree, every one Of rs. The
house helper viii not be incompetent,
because the development and training OF
woman for her best and truest work
will have extended to her. and she viii be
maid Of housework because she loves IL
and is better adapted to 1t than to any
other employment She viii preside In
the kitchen with skill and science, and
you will not pay her 20 month and ask
her to take as part Of her wages dirty
woolen petticoat and pair Of mismated
shoes. importunate for repairs; neither
will you underfeed her and offer her .
precarious ironing board across two
chairs for bed.
, The service girl Of the future win b
paid perhaps double or treble her present
wages. with wholesome food, cheerful
room, an opportunity to see an occa-
sional cousin and some leisure for recre-
ation. At present this would be ruinous,
and whyi Because too frequently the
family has only one producer. The wife
Is the consumer. producing only more
consumers. Daughters grow up and
around man like lilies OF the field.
They toll not, neither do they spin. And
yet say unto you that even Solomon In
all his glory was not arrsyed like one Of
these
"As I began to say, every member Of
Every family Of the future viii be q pro-
|iucer of some kind and In some degree.
The only one who has the right Of ex-
emption is the mother, for child can
hardly be born with cheerful views Of
living whose mothers life has been for
It's sake double burden. From this root
spring melancholy, infidelity, insanity,
suicide. The production Of human souls
IS the highest production Of all, the one
which requires most preparation, truest
worth, gravest care and holiest consecra-
tion. II the girl Of the future recognizes
this truth. she viii have made an advance
indeed. But apart from this condition
every member Of the family should be .
producer. and then the produ-
GER in the kitchen will get such remunera-
ation for her skill a. viii forbid her to
be the hopeless. shirhng. migratory cres-
(ure Of today. I'll
"Much might be said of what the girl
Of the future will not do. but time for
bids. She viii occupy desirable positions
md owe her success to her fitness and
worth. She will hold and enlarge her
place In the professions. She will almost
lighter occupations. She win
iii majority Of the government offices.
She will be chief Of division. head Of bu.
reau. consul. superintendent Of industrial
director Of insane. inebriate and
,rphan asylums. She viii be on the civil
ervice commission. immigration boards,
,oards of health. inauguration commit
tees. college faculties. In senate and
house, probably on the supreme bsnch,
possibly In the cabinet, ,,perhaps In The
presidents chair. ."-Washington Star.