The Worthington advance., 1897-01-21
HOUSEHOLD WORKERS.
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The majority Of girls have house
keeping tendencies, and may be easily
trained into accomplished housewives.
In these days of transition from the mar
rover conditions of the past it is natural
that some of us should go too far in
OUT desire to adopt the best the age has
to give. It is certainly desirable that
our girls should be thoroughly edu-
Gated, so that they will be able to take
care OF themselves, but we should not
ignore the fact that in the great ma
jority of cases they will be called to the
noblest, sweetest duty that a woman
can take upon herself-the care of a
home. ...
Upon their proper performance of this
task their happiness will largely rest
in the future years. Why, then, should
we not Insist that one part of their
education should be as thoroughly con-
sidered as the other? A young man
has no such twofold contingency to
meet. He knows that all his life he will
be called upon to take care of himself.
and if he is a manly fellow he looks for
ward to the time when he shall take
care of some one else and be the head of
family.
No self-respecting woman wishes to
depend upon the chance of marriage.
She desires to be as useful and as intel
ligent as she can and to be so trained
that she will be able to adopt some
means of livelihood in case she remains
g. single woman or becomes a widow
with children to care for and support.
The training for career which has
become the rule to-day in no way un-
hts modest, womanly woman from be-
ing good wife and mother. The
wisdom of books gives her power
to train her children more in
tel1igently. A disciplined mind is
able to meet with greater equanimi-
ty the various vexations and petty trials
OF home life. An intelligent woman will
succeed where a weaker woman will
fail.
There is no employment a woman n can
engage in which will bring her so much
varied and valuable physical exercise
as housework. Sweeping is better than
tennis for developing the muscles of
the arms. In house with modem i'm
provements, where there is not much
going up and down stairs and no heavy
lifting, a healthy woman can do all the
work sweeping, cooking and washing
and grow healthier every year, pro-
vided she has a happy home.
The vexations that wear out the
strength and make telltale wrinkles
that no patent creams will eradicate
are the vexations of the spirit. Selfish
ness, thoughtlessness and neglect do
more to wear out household workers
than toll. No woman is willing to be
treated as a domestic drudge, though
she may labor tirelessly in the kitchen.
She should always be treated as queen
by her husband and children when she
takes her place with them around the
evening lamp. She is too often treated
like servant, whose Legitimate place
is to wa)5 upon them. It may be SEN
timent, for she is able to get her own
chair, but it means great deal to her
when the children or her husband stop
to draw her easy chair up to the table
near the evening lamp or run to get a
shawl for her when she needs it. It
goes great way toward keeping her
happy and young in heart if her lord and
master does not ignore tho old gal
lantries that won her heart years ago.
N. Y. Tribune.