The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-14

after snas fashion. liza. In january
started "a little school. Ia May.
when nsy schocl closed, / vert 70 l.. a.
second gsri / needed the chang could
do tse wasting, aud graE glad 70 earn
ray & q week Home IL October with 90
Ter E1y wssgs. After iSc days' Tssx De-
xaa sctocs again. / earnkd a gooa d=al
by sa@isg IN the evening wien n~ days
work Vas core ana grating
array A. usual. trying 70 get ~oney
enough to btsy sSacf her nice warm shawl
/ hsvs 81. 81 aay own sarnirgs-ss for
@tgry ard 81 for the pile Of sewing ! did
fer the ladies' at DT. Gr4y's society.
r.. wsTstsd a long story In twenty
four chapters. and / wrote Il in fort
r.igss-fS5 p4gez-- besides work, sewing,
nursing ard company.
iris IL surpassed only BY Irs. OIL
phantS achievements. 1t taxes ones
ersduIity % learn that this sturdy Eng
llshwo1an cree wrote a novel IL SIX
weeks. ia the Intervals Of nursing a sick
husband that she seornsd ruacaine-ussts
garments and delighted IN her own fine
ness 5lework.
ssrs. Gs~kelrs biography 81 Charlotte
BToute shows these csls6ren OF genius
charttte. Anne end k.naisy-to be house
keepers OF the over-psF tlcul4r sort do
ne noz rsanefna4- how Emily punished
Ts<ar for settlrg on her clean. white 5ea.
ard how Charlotte would suspend her
writing when inspiration was At white
heat Ia order 20 cut the eyes cut Of the
potatoes before poor. blind Tabby peeled
taeny
Amelia r.. Barr IL said 70 be a house.
keeper Of the kind called notable, ard she
is the mother 81 fourteen children AID the
author Of perhaps as many books.
Iiterar. Women as Mothers.
The motherhood OF the literary woman
L. indeed as uaimpeachable as her domes-
flcisy. when / was among little chill
dssn' said Harriet Martineau. sit fright
eus me 10 think what my idoiatry OF my
osn children would have been" The de-
x0fao1 OF GeGrge Eliot 10 I,ewes cnii-
sfrn xas very deep and tender and the
references TO them ia her letters show
the real mothers heart The author or
Jos boys mefhered every dependent
creature that came within her circle OF
infiEemce. from the serene philosopher
af1e called father TO the helpless baby that
wac poor Mays legacy 10 her. Helen
Hunts edoratson Of her children was Ike
that OF Mrs. Burnett for the two boys.
enc of whom she has ImrDortaiized as
Iaf,le Lord Fauntleroy. Mrs. olphsnt
had IN English family ~ 20 size. and was
Il genuine English mother IN her unset
ne.n lah0Fs for the welfare OF her sons
afaa daughters
Jhe per one goes into the histories
of literary women the more apparent II .
that the best advice ihat could possibly
b.. given TO s'cae!ebs In Search OF a Wife
is. fsst a literary wife-sf you can. For
good ail-roInd domestic drudge there -
nothing Ike a woman poet or woman
novelist II the reader is in an unusual
IS thoughtful mood. however. II rnay &C.
cur to him 10 ask why domestic labors are
required OF 3 woman who Is poet and
novelist When Harriet Nartineans
brother read her first published essay re
said: Now, dear leave II TO other wo-
men 10 make shirts and darn stockings.
aud do you devote yourself 10 this. 4
right manly uttsrance. And IL every NO
man OF letters could have such an eman-
CITATION proclamation read over her she
would stand higher among her peers ana
her life would be pleasanIar reading fo-
her admirers after she Is dead.
Surely aeniss should furnish exemption
from domestic labors. 1t does In the case
OF man. and It should In woman's case.
too. When a literary man confenplates
matrlmouv his fiancee's friends and rela-
tives do not rise in body TO inquire
whether he is q good pastry cook. whether
he could whitewash the kitchen and do the
fall cleaning In an emergency ana
whether ne has been taught the noble art
of making his own coats and trousers. and
darning his wife's silken hose As for
his fiancee herself. she gives thanks TO
heaven for bestowing on her husband
who Is a genius: she asks no questions as
TO his domestic qualifications. and she lays
her youth. her health, her beauty, all she
has and all she might be, on the marriage
altar, and counts II all well lost If only
her worshiped man of genius has leisure
and quiet and comfort IN which TO pro-
duce his ron1ances or his histories. "He
IL a geaius." she says, therefore he must
do nothing bat write" ! imagine her in
dgna;ion If some unapprectative neighbor
should intimate that her man OF genius
would be a better sort Of a husband IL
he worked az the carpenters trade three
fourttH OK his time. or knew enough Of
tailoring 20 make his own clothes. Wo-
man inssiuctiveiy recognizes the exenp-
lions that genius should bring 10 a man,
bat man. esactfng ego,ist that he Is. has
20 hesitation IN demanding double. triple,
nay uuaGruple. service from woman.
Does his better half make poemsT Let
her make pies also IL she would be ac-
counted a model wife, Cor man cannot
i've on poetry slore. Il she an accom-
pitsAe,i essayist9 To the sewing machine
at onref lest she icse the virtue Of do
rnesticity ard degenerate into a confirmed
hlnpstocking Is there "A novel smmering
IN her brain9 Drive her at once TO the
kitchen. and sel her brains 10 simmering
over a hot range until the novel evapor-
ates. ard she develops that mild form az
mental alteration that COMES from an un-
realized ideal Is there any incompata-
biiity between feminine genius and the
washtabf Il an extra amount Of brains
any excuse f8r iounging around in a lux
uriocs study and toying With a fragile
pwng Nay, verify not for a woman IL
she evolves the product 81 her genius AZ
ali iet her 10 81 among the pots. kettles
and Dams" oar idea Of perfect wifehessd
and motherhood. 'fhr ever-womaniy." as
Goethe puts Il. has always included pots.
kettles pans. sewing utensils vaghtuhs
ana cooking stoves, Snd this idea 50 an
raent ard honorable. has got 10 % main
iainea intact regardless ~ the yearrtn-s
80 wonsniy genius.
II feel very moral today writes Miss
A's9it io hey sister. having dose A hlx
wash alone. baked swept the house. picked
the hops. sot dinner aud written a chap
ter Ga Moods " Think ~ an American
man ~ letters making such days record,
F0tGk - Mr. Haweils. for instance feeling
very moral because IN had ssne his
wash. baked dozen or So ioaves of bread.
sNeVg tae house. picked tne hops. got din
nvT AID written chagser In a Modern
stance literary men would rot be