Year: 1874

One head is not expected to contain all the
wisdom in the world, but everybody is expected
to know something about what is required OF
her in any place she voluntarily engages to fill.
We have all laughed at the anecdote OF the
Irshman who applied for the situation of
school teacher, and when asked if he had ever
tlught school or knew anything about it said, !,
No, but | can presently learn" He differed
from some of our would be school teachers in
one essential; they don't know how and will
not take the trouble to learn, if they can get
the situation and the money without.


Some people are expected to know more about
some particular things than others. For in
stance, we were very much surprised some time
ago when two men were here one was grad
uate from college, the other an ignorant we'll
digger, who could neither read nor write
Speaking about corps of troops, the collegiate
gentleman called it a corpse the other pro-
nounced it correctly. If it had been reversed
we should not have been so astonished.


Again, young lady graduate was asked the
amount of the Presidents salary. This was
several years ago, and she answered Twenty
five hundred dollars" Some people when de-
tected in such errors, say, "Oh, knew better !;
but did not think" People are expected to
think and to know too now a-days. Years ago,
have heard it said, when people had commit
ted some of the minor penal offences they could
plead ignorance of the law and escape the pen
atty, if they would make it appear that they
were really ignorant; but now the facilities for
acquiring knowledge are such-newspapers
and books SO plentiful-that such pleas are
not allowed.


Miss Arvilia DoolLtle is engaged to a poor
man, one who has to labor for all he has, and
she is very well aware of it.. When | meet her
she tells me, 81 never made a loaf of bread in
my life. | never made pie or cake or pud-
ding in my life. Mother always washes and
irons my clothes. She says Pm too delicate to
do I Al
OF my new dress. 1t is perfectly lovely. 1t
takes me two hours to do up my hair. always
allow fifteen minutes to tie my neckte. l can
never get it to suit me till I've tried ever So
many times


With this as an index, you can read in her
character q whole list of extravagaut whlms
and ideas; but her intended knows nothing Of
all this, and pictures to himself the cozy home
they together will make and enjoy. He is not
at all dismayed at the thought Of the long hours
OF labor it will take to provide for his home.-
He intends to be very careful of his bride and
do all be can for her comfort and pleasure.


Now, if young lady volunteers to become a
poor mans wife, has she no duties to perform
What would be thought of a man who would
marry without any knowledge of getting liy-
ing, and sit down with folded hands and com
plain of his wife because they did not have as
nice and comfortable things as their ndustri-
GUS nelghbor? Ii woman cannot perform as
hard physical labor as man, should she shrink
from all duties and engage in mere frivolities,
when it would be better for her, physically and
morally, if she would do her duty and do it
well? Verify, / cannot rrh IL is '.at 49,
ridiculous and presumptuous for Arvilla to be-
come poor mans wife, with her ignorance of
domestic affairs, of which she boasts, as for the
Irishman to try to teach school. If she tries to
cook she will waste the means in experiments
which her husband has to labor so hard to OBJ
tain, while at home with skillful guide she
could learn all the arts of cookery without ex-
perimenting and without wastefulness. Why
shouldn't young ladies be expected to know
something as we'll as other people Mrs. Loret-
fo K "a, P1YoI Nom Voy, Eo.