The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-09-02
NOT SO WELL AS HER COOK.
A Woman who scouts tho Idea OF be-
Ing Happy Housewife.


A woman who scouts tho Idea OF BE-
Ing a Happy Housewife.
"Do you want to know OF q fraud
which ought To be oxpcsod?" said Q
certain bright little woman to q New
York Sun reporter the other day.
"Of course"
swell. I'm it,"
"Youp"
eyes. I'm a whited sopulcher. I'm
d popular fallacy. I'm u delusion
and snare and false prophet"
.Nonsense! What do you mean?n
swell. l am supposed to be mis-
tress OF fine house. with money.
aud servants to do everything for
me. am not? OF course. am And
you think my life Is one long, lazy.
luxurious round of doing as pleaseP
Precisely. i knew you did. And
you envy me. And when you think
OF me it is with capitals, as a happy
housewife? just so. Well. now tell
me, do you ever lie awake nights
wishing you were my cook? All! you
do not Nor my waitress No. Nor
my maid? Not even that Well.
just let me inform you that you are
deceived. am not a happy house,
wife. | don't think such a thing
exists. I'm slave. A miserable.
abused, downtrodden, fettered slave!
II you want to enjoy life that Is as
free as the ocean wave. as full OF
solid satisfaction as 1t Is empty Of
responsibility, become a cook or
domestic servant OF some sort Any
day in the year a good cook may
take her choice of good homes, fat
living, and substantial incomes.
Once ensconccd. she has her regular
work. her regular hours, with ample
compensation. She does not have to
rise early nor remain up late. Her
mind Is not distracted by u multi
plicity OF duties. She is able to plan
her engagements weeks ahead. for
she knows just when she will be free.
''But the greatest OF all privileges,
If the cook wearies of the fare, or
doesn't like her mattress, or thinks
she doesn't get enough breeze in
her room, she can drop 1t all at Q
moments notice. II she is tired Of
Newport, she needs only to make up
her mind to that effect. II Newport
pals upon her she can hio Herself to
tho Pier; or il she pines for religious
advantages her weeks wGges will
quickly transport her to Ocean Grove.
In fact, she can roam the wide world
DER and there is no one to say her
nay She can save enough money
during the winter to take her back
to the 'ould country for the sum-
mer, and she doesn't leave furniture
behind for moth and rust to, corrupt.
nor house where thieves may break
in and steal She is absolutely GER
tain OF finding good homie with
salary at whatever time apd place
the fancy or the necessity o3mes.
'.Now, look at me. Responsibility
hangs upon me like the Old. Man OF
the Sea on Sinbad's shoulders. l
must be cook. waitress, hLsemaid.
health inspector, nurse, seamstress,
Justice of the peace, teacher, con-
fcssor, adviser and judge ism my own
household. That is enough to try
tho resources of any human being.
But in addition must decide on the
wardrobes of myself, my children
and my servants, in so fafDas they
appear in my household mfairs.
must be tortured by dreSsmakers;
must wear myself out in peSfunctory
social duties; must hear aud attend
to the calls OF charity; must Guilt
vate music, art. literaturG;' be up on
the latest novel, opera, eJhibition;
must identify myself with nm church
work, and must entertain. People who
will rend my personality and my acts
in tatters after they DESCEND the
front steps. Suppose am Tired and
want to throw off the cnIS OF all
those duties Can ~ Hardly. !
am chained to them. Thp,ychildren
must be fed, clothed and trained.
Tho housc-and that is the. bugbear
of half the women living.Me house
must be kept going"
why don't you just ttiose it up
and go away" vontifedS the re-
porter. ~ " bib
"Closc it up! That showsithat you
don't know anything abpBtsit. II I
closed it up, the moths gstlf and cat
up the chairs and carpets; the thieves
carry of the silver ahd bfk-a- brac;
more burglars cut up 'thohEAd pipes.
and shc water floods tho hWlse; must
and dust take possesslAat except
whore they are routed BY MOULD. and
weeks of work will not Vake the
place habitable againio ,fKth. too, II
] have servants who arcfeaskfactory,
l dare not let themeo bGt may
never see their like again,M
Friends Of NtrrssSn, Mn.
MA