The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-07
WOMAN AND HOME.
nj aNBooD STILL ABOVE MONEY
IN THE SOCTH.

snG Fer IauShters &re stlU iaugnL
the Practical Iuties Of Eak.
ing Eappy Eome.
Thousands Of young women nova
Says, especially In our cities, are
taught that money coverseEery defect
In character. Ambitious mothers
seek for money. It matters MT how
much wanting in manly attributes
the husband may be, il ne is able GO
furnish horses and carriages, hae a0'
tire and splendid mansions ano no.
vide the means of travel he is pre-
terreo to the man Of mental culture,
moral weight and business aolilsy.
Mrs, Margaret a. Msther. 10 q recent
address before the Illinois State tso'
GRAFTON OF Wcnen's Cubs, ite1ateS
the same sel tinenus when she says:
mo longer is a young woman VIII
ing to larry man with moderate
inc: me. TIE love in-a-cou,ase IDEA
mas been ru1hlessly destroyed BY the
onru,h toHarcS social ambitions.
Character, ability and intellectua!!ts
10 lorger weigh mucn In the social
scales, and when cne mother asks an
ouner il her dsl ghter married We'll,
tie usual answer is Affirmative or
negative, according to the SIZE OF the
cneck the happy bridegroom can
sign. Our ideals Lave been powdered
With gold dust. Woman's measure Is
taken in diamonds and jewe:s, instead
Ut worth, womsnllness and culture.
Tae oonplesity Of modern life has re
duced the joy OF living to a minimum.
Tnere are disagreeaole truths, but,
says Col. J. B. K.lIebrew in tEe soutu
ern Farm Magazine, the ScuLh Is to be
that with all IT'S prog
ress it has not gone so fast that money
stands higher than character, OF
wealth than happiness. Southern VIC
men have net yet Cescenoed SO low as
to make themselves simple racks to
hang rich jewels and fine fabrics uoon;
nor are theY ready TO be put up at
auction tc the highest bidder. Tnere
Is something 50 exceedingly oebasiE g
in the thought Ct woman prostisuciDs
all the SNee- greces, ahcctloGS ana
generous Impul=es OF her nearr, all net
gen,ls refnenent and cOuItesleS ano
kindly deeds that should make her
character sa,red, all the lofty Ideals
OF Ler nature that have Illuminated
the moral sense OF the world fVl
thousands OF yearS-there IS sons-
thing so debasing in the thought u
misu,ipg all these charms and virtues
10 pose as gilced butterfly. In tne
a abserce Of experience 10 sane mind
would bslieve these things to be possi
bic in the South ard IN cur Gay anc
generaLlUn.
The writer has a peculiar aonoira
tion Tor Ssutherr-born women. Tney
are the guardians OF our homes, the
mothers OF our children, the living
examples OF the highest human vi.
tues, We are unwilling and loaoh to
belle vs anything disparaging to them
Yet wen We see so many hunoIe1s
that have no other occupation bus &c
ransack mercantile houses for new ap
parel for their a6ornment, atten
theatres almost every day or night lr
the week, spend their most prscious
moments at card parties aad dlsilk'
to discharge any household outles
whatever, We fear there IS, especially
n the cities, q class growing up thai
is destined to reduce Ghe high stand
ard ana sum total Ut WomsnlY VIRUS
a woman may so live as IT, become Uht
cyIoSure Of ali eyes; she Eay pleas,
oY her grscss ana atL1ac5 u her vi ;
her Accomplishments IN nuslc, poe,ry
ana TIE me arts, and even IN scHc
learning, nay b- great AID ner beau
W unrlvalsc; her pathway may Do e.
brilliant as that VI & meJ7Of and ais.
as useless, un.esS she 7, 9 1lres kno"l
sdse Of those domestic arts and duLles
auu pleasing ways tuat make hGsbstc c
anc home and Children happy. Tni>
knowleoge is or more value in life
than all other knowledge, for withou,
lG tEelr lives would be miserable fall
ures. A true woman is the hV:ng
soul OF home. and TO be true WonaL
she rust atQLire thse lie BITS aro
practice those oouestic virtues witt
ouJ sh.cl there Is 90 ione.
A little more tEan i.tY years agt'
Cne II the wealthiesG men in the
South mar,itd a girl whc lad bell
t1aiueo IN eli TIE duties Of house wife
ry. Eer home Was a model Of turlf.
3cd Les:nesS. Five daughters were
born TO tuis couple, ana as soon a.
key resc-eo an age il which they
could be made useful, the!5 mother
l4ugnL uhs IN al the Cuties inCumoent
upon the housewife. Tney were
taught to sew, tidy up the house. st
teru TO tie oinicg-coom, COX ant
make sWee meats. Tney were also
lalgnt to milk, courn ard even to
v asu an6 isuLdry the closttng. TIE
theory Of this practical mother was
Jtat lncush der OsUghters might
u.ver be cymlelieo to perform tntS.
cuJiss, YET hey would b= she b. tel
able t. irstcucJ tnelr servants In tl,t
1ork if they knew low &c rlo1n it
themselves. 1t will be interesting IL
Jur reaoers to know that all FIVE 0
.aese daughters made model u,=
wives. They married men not for
treir weslyo, but for their AGILITY, in-
,eineeLcc ano worth. No5 one ct
these giris nas failed 10 meet al tie
d. sna1CS Of society, and theli hcn:s
sre amorg the mus5 tospilab!e aod
Vie best kept in the SouJu. Tneir Oh
Il erla'nnen5s are f;equent, ano it IS
coLsioereo Qlite privilege TO be IL