Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-04-28
WANTED-LADIES.

A few years ago, the New Wo-
man was so much in demand, and
in style, that the term lady"
was relegated to back numbers
of the feminine gender, or appro-
priated by cooks and laundresses.
But the masculine, tom-boy style
of girl has not given satisfaction, |
and from present indications, a
serious problem is arising in the
social world. The new woman
declines to be domesticated, and
the home, has become an eating1
and lodging house, instead of a
haven of rest and hospitality.
The word lady, means literally,
bread-keeper, and decidedly not
bread-winner. The tendency of
the times is, for every girl or
woman, whose father or husband
isn't able to keep her in the big
gest puddle of the social swim, to
strike out for herself, and dis
cover her sphere in doing what a
man, or a forced.to -be bread
winning woman. could do equal
ly as well. The widow or orphan,
who is forced to go into the world
to earn an honest livelihood,
needs the sympathy of all who
are blessed by male protection,
and are able to remain keepers
at home.
The woman who leaves home
unnecessarily to seek fame, for
tune, or prominence, must surely
forfeit happiness and her home
Influence, woman's most blessed
iprerogative.
The providing of a home is a
mans work, the keeping of it, a
woman's; and instead of house,
keeping being mental drudgery,
and degrading, it should be the
most honored calling. The moth
er who makes a home, and rears,
trains and sends into the world a
family of boys and girls with right
principles and each equipped fol
the duties of life, does more fol-
the worlds betterment and hu.
manity's uplifting, than the mos
brilliant prima donna, talented
actress, or heart stirring writer
although mother" may be he
only epitaph. 1t is bread-keepers
Observation-Disclosures whom
; the grace of hospitality is seconc
, nature, that we need most to day
The passing away of the ante
bellum darby, trained for servics
, from childhood, is in a grea
/ measere counter-balanced by
modern conveniences and inven
tons unknown to our forefathers
Coupled with the many daintiel
and ready-prepared foods to b.
procured from grocers, there il
no need for the housekeeper o.
: to-day to become a drudge, un.
less she so wills it. With proper
training, Southern girls could
soon become as accomplished il
housewifely arts as were theil
grandmothers, and lose nothing
of their dignity and grace, ever
though telephones, hydrants anG
electric lights were substitutes fol-
the old time pickaninnies. Let a
; lady give as much time and
thought to housekeeping as she
would to preparing for a public
career, and there will be no dan
ger of the home degenerating
into lodging house. The old
time, gentle type OF Southern wo-
manhood will return, Southern
chivalry will awaken in men who
never part with dollar unless
obliged to do SO and they will
lavishly supply every need, as
well as provide ample pin money.
| The bringing about of this revo-
luton is not only with mothers,
but with legislators and the press
as well, for training at home, edu-
cation and public sentiment must
unite in working for the return to
first principles.
University Notes.