The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-09
WOMAN mi HOME.
MANHOOD STILL ABoVE MoEEY
IN THE SOUTH.

And Her daughters Are stil Taught
the Practical Huties Of Max.
ing q Happy Home,
Thousands of young women nova
days, especially In our cities, are
taught that money covers every defect
in character. Ambitious mothers
seek for money. 1t matters not how
much wanting In manly attributes
the husband may be, If he is able to
furnish horses and carriages, fine at.
tire and splendid mansions and ,,rO.
vide the means OF travel he is pre-
ferred to the man Of mental culture,
moral weight and business ability.
Mrs. Margaret A. Mathar, in a recent
address before the Illinois State Fed
Grafton OF Women's Clubs, tterates
the same sentiments when she says:
mo longer ia a young woman will
Ing to marry a man with q moderate
income. The love in-a-cOttage idea
has been ruthlessly destroyed by the
onrush towards social ambit!ons.
Character, ability and intellectually
nc longer weigh much in the social
scales, and when n mother asks an
other If her darghter married well,
the usual ans"or is Affirmative or
negative, according to the size Of the
check the happy bridegroom can
sign. Our ideals h&ve been powered
with gold dust. Woman's measure Is
taken in diamonds and jewels, instead
Of worth, womanlineSs and culture.
The completely Of modern life has re
duced the JOY Of living to O. minimum.
Tnere are diss greeaOle truths, but,
says Col. j. b. Klilebrew in IL o South
ern Farm Magazine, the South Is TO be
congratulated that with all Its prog.
ress 1t has not gone SO fast that money
stands higher than character, or
wealth than happiness. Southern VIC
men have not YET descended SO low az
to make themselves simple racks to
hang rich jewels and fine fabrics 0
nor are they ready to be put up at
auction 10 the highest bidder. There
Is something 81 exceedingly debasil g
in the thought Cf woman prostituting
all the sweet grt c3s, affections and
generous lmpulSes OF her heart, all her
gentle refinement and courtesies and
kindly deeds that should make heI
character sacred, all the lofty ideals
Of her nature that have illuminated
the moral sense OF the world fu1
thousands Of years-there is SOME
thing so debasing in the thought If
misusing all these charms and virtues
To pose az q gilded butterfly. In the
absence of experience no sape mind
would bslieve these things to be posi-
BILE in The South and I'D u Gay ana
sUhtfatjOn.
The writer has a peculiar admira
tiOn for S1utherL-born women. They
are the guardians Of our homes, the
mothers Of III children, the living
examples Of the highest human vir.
tues, We are unwilling and loath to
bell, We anything disparaging to them
Yet Wnen We see so many hundreus
that nave no other occupation but to
ransack mercantile houses for new ap
parel for their adornment, atten
theatres almost every day or night ia
the wetk, spend their most precious
moments at card parties and dislike
to discharge any household duties
whatever, we fear there ia, especially
IN the cities, a class growing up that
Is destined to reduce the high stand
ard and sum total Of womanly virtu.s
a woman may sc live as to become the
exposure or all eyes; she may pleas,
by her graces and attract by her wi
hUr accomplishments in music, poctr,
and tie me arts, and even In soilO
learning, may be- great aid her beau.
ny unrlvalld; her pathway may be a.
orlllianG as That Uf a mejaOr and also
a., useless, un.css she r, quires a knowl
tdge or those domestic arts ana duti,s
ana pleasing ways that make husband
ana hUmo and children happy. This
Knowledge Is or more value in life
than all other knowledge, for without
IL lhcir lives would be miserable fail
urts. A true oman Is the living
soul Of homo. and TO be q true womaL
slic must acquire tn 80 HABITS and
practice those domestic virtues Will
OuJ whlc1 There Is ., homo.
a little more than tilJy years age
one Ct Tie WcalthitsU men in the
South married u gin who bad Ceeu
tlaihed III all tie duLies or housewife
fy. Her nome WAS u model OF tnrif
aid ncatneas. Five Cauentels We're
born TO this couple, ana as soon a,
lhey lttcned an age in which They
could be MADE useful, their mother
caught Them all the Gutics incumoent
upon tie housewife. They wer,
Taught 10 sew, tidy up the j.OuSe, at
tthu To the diniug-foom, COX u
make bweelmeats. They we're also
Ia. ght sto milk, clurn and even to
wash and laundry the clotiing. TIE
theory Of this practical mother wa
CnaG though her daughters might
Il, yer be cumIelled to perform TINS
duties, YET lAeY would b. the b tier
able to IL struCb their servants 20 TN,
Wurk If they knew now to p riorm IT
themselves. 1t will be intereslii & To
our reAGtls to know that all five O
Utehe daughters made model house.
WjveS. They married men not for
tLeir wealth, but for their ability, in.
telllgenCa and worth. Not one OF
tliehc girls has failed to meet all the
dI manos OF society, and their homes
are among the most hOSpilable and
Vie best Kept In the SouJn. Their on
ttrta'nm nts are fnoquent, and 1t is
CONSIDERED quite a privilege to be H.
weed to one Of them. The practi.
cal teachings Of the mother made
All her daughters model ~housekeel-
ers. There il no sloveuness, no wait
OF eatness or comfort about the
ntuse. EyorJ thing is well ordered
and we'll administered,