The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-06

Leaving ont OF account the not incon-
siderable number OF wives who are COM
PEELED TO protect themselves and their
children from their husbands, says Vogue,
the experiences that marriage brings TO
most women are in reality very terrible
With maternity comes not only physical
anguish. but care and anxiety that know
no respite A little reelection on this
cue phase ought to convince even senu-
mental splnsters that as haven Of rest
matrimony has drawbacks. Protected
from the world" indeed The world is not
a locality or an arena like Wall street,
or a battlefield where are only struggle
ana sorrow, and over against which are
-, Sheltered homes. F-om what are
homes protected Not from disease, death,
unhappinoss. envy hatred, and all the
other unlovely brood of evil passions All
homes know some OF these terrible az
filotions, and some homes know all OF
them. And in minor matters there are
the wearying routine Of domestic NE
the IoathsOme Offices that all but rlch
women have TO perform for infants and
invalids, and the incessant supervision
which is the price Of a well-ordered home.
About all the protection the husband can
compass is to provide food and shelter
fundamental necessities, 10 be sure. ANA
the breadwinner is worthy Of all honor,
but he differs from the castle-in-the-alr
knight Cwho lives only in the imagination
of maids and spinsters) in two particulars;
he is not an omnipresent protector ana
he exaets reciprocity of one kind and an
other from his wife.
The provider is not nearly so romanuc
q figure as the protector" but he Is
truer to the life. If maidens, young and
elderly, would only force themselves 10
face the prosaic facts that husbands at
the best are only comrades and breadwn-
ners, not knightly protectors ana that
Fnatrimony is a state of reciprocal services.
certain suffering and hazard, not smell
tered, restfuI haven for wives, they would
spare themselves much post-marital dis
illusionment and misery.
A feast Of reason and flow Of soul do
not satisfy the modern college mald, as
the housekeeping records Of the BaltlinoIe
Womans College show. FOR ms y 80 "a
mounds Of beef 1900 pounds OF muttons
5000 pounds of poultry, 4,We pounoS Ol
pork and 5000 pounds Of veal. -Four tho 1ti,
sand five hundred dozen OF esss WI
also be used. Large quantities OF nsn ana
oysters, which are purchased Week g3
week and not contracted for yearly, l4,Uog
-
5000 pounds of crackers, l,aO POUNDS OF
coffee 100 pounds of tea, l2O pounds OF choc-
olate and $50 gallons Of ice cream nave
been ordered. Some OF the otnef ltsihs
include Z 800 pounds of butter, 5,b00 gallons
of milk, 5000 pounds of lard, 4fb busnels
of potatoes, $50 cans OF canned Negetdpiies
and 10000 pounds of ice. Fruit, groceries
and other vegetables are purchased as
Thav NAV be needed. These amounts
are required to feed 300 girls.
The wife of Canada's governor gener-
Al saws the New York Tribune, doubt
less came to the country full OF Iait ,i an9
TO work in the household arrangements
of the colonists. But these colonists are
stff-neeked people inherllln r., m e,,A
they have declined to accept these re-
forms Stories current in Canada lndl-
cate very strained relations between III
deau Han and certain social magnates.
Some of these stories may nave beeh mah-
afactured; many are doubtless eNagger-
ated5 but the fact remains that they op-
Itds said that hotels, as well as private
households, have declined to entertain
Lady Aberdeen on account or her inter-
ference with domestic service in the in
terest Of reform. One story relates that
Lady Aberdeen was invited to dine at
the home of a leader of society in Mon
treaI The maids in attendance were
dressed in neat suits of black lustre, with
dainty white caps In passing INTO the
these costumes with disappearing eyes.
When one Of these maids served her. she
said, indicating the cap. My poor child,
/ see YOU stiil wear that unfortunate
badge Of servitude. Pray take II off, and
do not put it on again while you serve
me-" The maid at once complied; but
the mistress of the house caught sight OF
her capless head, and bcckoning her. de-
manded the cause. The girl said she had
taken off the cap by request of Lady ABB
The mistress told her to put it on at
once, and the girl obeyed. 1t is said that
III Oh hne lee fuf limo
any intention of interference, and thar
her hostess politely but firmly explained
that in her own house she had always
been and would continue TO be mistress
OF her own servants.
Another story Is to the effect that
couple well known in Ottawa society We're
invited to dine at Rideau Hall. The ABB
sence Of the husband from the city caused
the wife to decline. Lady Aberdeen sent
an invitation for her to dine zen famille,"
and on her arrival explained: This is
Haddo Hall night, when we all dine with
the servants in their diningroOm. Lord
Aberdeen will take you in to dinner, and
the butler will take me- Thereupbn the
visitor begged to decline the honor She
had not understood that the invitation
&c dine with the family included the serv-
At a meeting for the discussion of do
nestle service reform Lady Aberdeen is
reported TO have said: Il have been in
Formed that there are people in Canada
who de not keep more than three servants;
and more than that, that there are actu-
are Employed Think Of the labor i'm
posed on the unfortunate two!" A voice
was heard from the body of the hall.
~ actually keep oneH Another exclaim-
ed: Il do my own work Think of the
labor imposed on me-" There are about
forty servants at Rideau. A number were
sent back because there was not sufi-
Gent accommodations for them.
One of the ladies present at the meet
ing mentioned stated that she never made
any engagements without consulting her
servants to see il her engagements would
conflict with theirs.
No one doubts the conscientiousness,
sincerity and kindheartedness of LADY
Aberdeen, but many of the mistresses
of households object to her methods and
are inclined to resent dictation regarding
their domestic affairs from one who has
not had sufficient experience in coloniaI
household conditions to advise under
standingly concerning them. IS
Even the woman printer is old The
head of the Womens Printing Society in
England has discovered that in 1871 the
printer of the Morning Herald was a NO
mans and moreover that she was fined $50
and imprisonment for six months for a
lHbel on the Russian ambassador which
appeared in the paper named.
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