The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-14

that be was hesltat1r g between two
women-one was q pr Tossing Chris.
ttan, but had a terrible temper, while
the other made no religious profession
hnt had a sweet dispositiou-Wesl
Immediately sent back word: Mar
~ the woman with the sweet dtspos:-
ton"
Marry a good hCu ekeeper.
The story is told Of teacher O! II.
dians who was reading them the para
BILE OF the Ten Virg rs by the aid Of
an Interpreter. AS she read she no
ticed a smile en- the fsc;s Of her usual
u sober -visagsd pupils, and, Stopping
TO i: ouire the cause, discovered that,
owirg to the limited vocabulary OF
the Indian dialect, which made the
same word serve for virgin AID ole
maid, the parable as it read through
the interpreter was to The efsct that
ten old maids lighted taeir lanterns
and went out to lock for husbands.
Woman's education one hundred
years ago was the lighting OF Lantern
to enable the girl to better lcok Tor 9
hu band, and her education vas II
the arts OF :he kitchen and the parlor
and the obi act ef education was mere
ly to make useful housewife. Now
the pendulum has swung to the othe]
extreme.
When men select women for w1V!
in quiet homes, where domestic grace!
prevail, tee fnery Of the world vii
sink into insigni6cance.
The most fascinating women are
those who can enrich the everyday
moments OF Ii e.
TIE time was when women OF TIT
very hest society became their bus
bands friends and companions, con
sidered their interests idsntica. ane
did not hold them as 80 much fat
game for graft. They made theil
houses homes and not mere passing
places for vanity to g through.
Give US women content to be Wha'
God and nature meant them to De
but no, the ideal life set up by th'
girl of the period Is plenty Of fun ane
luxury. Dress dWarfs her intelligence
while virtue gives up the. CHEST at hel
nod; fed to order, she must be nurseo
like baby and kept from hysterl
cal fit by a sugar plum.
It may be a seal dalous thing to SAY
but the scandal OF the fact Is sc mucf
greater than the scandal OF confess
| ing it that I will risk criticism for
the statement OF the fact--the d me-
tic life OF this country is In an appall
ing condition.
Many man has given up all higl
ambition for study, for Eelf-denyini
service OF his fellowmen, stihed th'
voice Of bis conscience when 1t de
manded sacrifice and devoted himsel
to the one object Ct gaining the whert
withal to keep sunshine in bis hous
by the ur rlnlted indulgen, % OF a fash
ion pampered wonan's fancies.
The fault lies with the parents; un
less they can give their daughter
fortune when she marries, they per
petuate a fraud upon the young man
| II by lack OF domestic training the,
make her rnfrS for the position o
wife in the home OF the young NAL
who has to make his way in th'
world.
Just as it is a mans Guy to provide
for his family, so 1t Is the woman
duty to adorn the home with all th'
e1cellences Of grace and good taste
and either by her own industry or TIT
Weli-5irected industry OF those VIII
serve her; to fill it with b althfu; in
fuences OF cleanliness, good order ant
neatness, so that every thing may min
lister to the comfort and erjoyment o
those she loves.
The stste of life into which it ha
pleased God to call our daughters il
plainly, for the most part, and which
entails the duties OF the housekeepe
and the home maker, and tor thos'
duties che learning acquired IL th'
schools often does much to uni
them.
The result Ct this unfaithfulness IL
the foundation education is seen IL
extraVagant hab ts Of our modern
housekeeping, the Ignorant waste
where the young women finds hersel
uable to teach and direct her serVant'
in cases where she is not required tt
do the actual work herself, and
wearying OF her attempts to be queer
O., her own household, she allows bel
little kingdom to live without a head
Her husband finds that the expense
Of married life is far greater than be
had anticipated and the comfort less
AS the expenditures increase, be sees
that his hard work on cne side is only
to supply the means CT wastefuiness
on the other side, and that his chill
dren are growing up with notions Of
life which nothing can satisfy.
We need not wonder that great dis.
content prevails among many men.
1t Is this extravaganza and 1rcom'
petence among women that account
very largely for the fact that there
are more than three millions OF men
in the United States past thirty years
OF age who are cot married.
would make all the Improvements
Of education and the accomplishment
of manners subordinate to the duties
OF the home-the means to make the
home happy. God speed the day when
French will yield to fritters, poetry
to pies, when the most studious will
excel in stews, and the professor Of
music will play upon pots and pans,
and the female president will rule II 3
roast, and students are taught to De
women rather than ladies.
Grew Res cue
The crew OF the schooner John R
Bergen, Fernandina, Fla, for New
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