Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-24

mons application OF one set OF facuiies I e
book keeping In household occupa.ioi as
there i no corresponding ran 1' to thu
machine ten hours a day The proiohge e.
standing in the shop II NOT aoas ~.
! to health, cannot promote Il, as uoe' .''>
itemperate exercise OF houseWork.
TO take any occupation out Q! tne Iea ~.
| of drudgery. either the occupatIom " ,aa III
end TO be attained by 1t must pe ~ .ue IA.
zaton Th ;y Artist It h 1hs deal But there
Is sa nossil,le always in every kind Of work
an ideal Of excellence. the opporthh nn,s
Of cultivating the beautiiu,i; - Ana the
Aim q - ~ make the home the most attrac-
five Mace to all the inmates Is an anu uas
| tic development. while at the same t''ne
| 1t banishes drudgery .o.,ara a. that
makes any work drudgery. y tne per-
sonality is tuned to a Key OF niEh p ~
pose and exalting Ideals, nolhin Is.,a,nrv
The hands may do can become druoseIiS.
| The personality transforms the qualley
Of the performance. The work DecoiIleS
means TO an end and the work IS iden-
..ned with and exalted ny .he 'iio''
Lucretia Mott, washing her disnes a.
the table after her meal was nnisHe ~,
that she might enjoy and pc enJoyea, w ny
made of the dishwashing an accompan-
iment to the art of a genial and interest
ing hostess, and took 1t quite out OF the
domain of mental service. service. .. bic aou,b.
The advice of a physician TO ms daugI-
ter TO dismiss her second girl ana 40 the
work herself which had been the duty OF
the maid might wisely ne DC 1s!ow Women ~
The daughter soon found her delicate,
annette made strong, sound sleep instead
OF restlessness at night, and vigorous
health instead OF nervousness; .,..o.,
Over the stretches OF recorded history
and even comparing the early cOnditlohs
of pioneer life in this country with I'M
well-furnished domicile Of today, the evor
luton of nousewifery Is panorama .,
the development of civilization. Ana YET
from the far-away dawn to the present
woman has had MO power 70 secure uue
reward as an economic factor, ever.
when multiplied lines or industry "er'
carried on in the domicile. ,
To a large degree the economic lnequai-
ity and the meager reward Of fhe WORK
lust laws which deprived her as wife and
widow of an equal share OF the Joint az
cumulations of the matrimonial nrn',
was the cause of the woman rlgns'
rage were not discussed at first. MIS-,
Stanton went before the legislature OF
New York to call attention to the MUS
tice of woman's position as an unre
warded housewife ana motner, "olhci
in the home.
The Industrial social. ethical and es-
thetic educational influences OF the nome
are vet to be duly estimated as factors o,
social economies " hen we have passed
from the present confused transltioh
state to the Justice of economic equality
the household realm will without doubt
become the chosen arena of woman 5
work. The social problem ana the reau-
justment made necessary by the relation
of man to the means of subsistence II
how to place all workers in the home ana
outside the home on equal terms eco
nomically. In,
The expenditure of energy and skill
must become the basis of reward inc
real value of material things Is the
amount of human energy. faculty aplilty
and skill which creates, forms and pro
struc ,ure of the house is the Waite OF the
labor which has wrought its various ma
terials from the natural forms or the
tree the rock. the ore, the SAND, thS
CLAW the marble. None of these are OF
any practical value till mans labor
and skill have created value in them
When mans labor mas created the nab
itation and its furnishing. the work of
woman begins to create the home. w ON
ans realm is essentially realm OF me
forces. and her creations are not OF Inc
same material forms as those OF man
But the work of the household is con
tribution to social state that should De
reckoned in material values.
That which makes the comfort, restIui-
ness and refining influence of the home.
apart from me order, tidiness ana beauty
OF it's arrangements. is not TO be meas
ured by dollars. But the laborS whlch re-
suit in order, tidness and beauty, ana
supply the many requirements OF tn'
family. should be rewarded on the basis
Doubtless then the great mass OF wom-
en- will gladly ciloose the occupations OF
the home rather than those OF the shop.
factory and office.