Year: 1873

Writers and lecturers are continually harpng
on the mpossibity, in the present state of socie-
ty, of poor man procuring suitable "help-
meetn We hear so much of "female helpless
ness' and sfemale extravaganza" and such re-
ileratons of the statement that the present gener
alton of girls totally untitled for the duties of
wife and mother, that, like many other popular
beliefs which are unsupported by facts, pass cur
rent unquestioned. If we would take the testi-
mony OF these people, the poor man-which in
cludes all not entirely independent Of the world
pecuniarily- might as well hang his harp on the
willow and settle down into single bessedness.-
We are told that Dress balls theatres, operas and
scandal is all that the modern young lady is Ca
pable of appreciatng and enjoying, and that the
self-sacrihcing spirit that caused woman to leave
all else and through prosperity and adversely,
through good and evil report, cling to her hus-
band, is dead with the century that has gone.--
1t is said that young girl of to-day is thorough
ly conversant with the wsltzes of Strauss, but is
entirely ignorant of the first rudiments of bread
baking that though she can make a sensation
on the ball floor, she can't make pudding.


Is ii so2 This is partly the truth ahd partly
false; and we believe that there arc just as good
wives to be got to-day as when, in the old patri-
itchal times, Jacob served seven years for his,
Hho, as the preachers tell u.s. was an extraordi-
nary specimen of her sex.


Don't be 'sSkeered''. Young men contempla-
ing matrmony, don't let them scare you Off
Iae stomach is not the only thing for which We
should lives and in your married life there will
come time yes, many times when you will
need something else beside good cook for your
nearest and dearest friend. There will come a
time when the lightness and quality of bread, or
the consistency of pudding will be Of little ac-
count to you; and you will see her who they say
is fit for little but balls and parties, be unto you
ministering angel.


II the qualities of good cook and house-keep-
er are all that is essential to make a model wife,
then we had better all wed our mothers servant
girls, and happiness is assured companionship,
love and womanly devotion, passing for nothing
Do not be afraid, my young friend, if the young
lady upon whom you intend bestowing all you
have to give-yourself-is not as skiliful as some
body's grandmother who lived ''in the good old
times" and was noted for miles around for the
skill in the culinary art, but was doubtless
good old fraud who would have bankrupted a
man of ordinary income in these times by her ex-
pensive housekeeping don't be alarmed, she
will learn-and with love TO urge her on, will
make astonishing progI ess, and in time you will
have the qualification OF hearing that your wife
makes an excellent cup of coffee, when some Of
her relations who are taking lea with you pass
up their cup for the fourth time.


Should, as it inevitably will, sickness over
tuke you, tneD, dropping Tue lOilleS aEu tIiFoll-
ties Of everyday life, the true woman will stand
out, and her touch will not be heavier, or her
steps nosier, because she can execute difficult
piece Of music on the piano. Sic ma* not be
versed in the mysteries OF catnip tea, "r other
"yar5 drinks, as were those before mentioned
grandE!others, but we haze physicians 10 whom
we leave the selections of physics for relief,
and careful and attentive nursing is all that is
required. You will be astonished when you see
your young wife in sick room, and notice how
she does just what is required and you will won
der where she learned it. We can only account
for it by the Suppositon that its ''in EN-"


And as for filing the duties of a mother thai
will come natural. Did ) Gu ever see young
mother with her first baby wh } didn't act jnst as
II she had raised family ,f takers dozen Of
them ? How did she learn thai? Did she inherit
that latest quality from her grandmother? We
think you can go further back and say she in
herited it from Eve, when she dandled little Cain
on her knee-and who taught Eve?


We have seen the widest most thCughtless
girls settle down into steady, loving, careful
wives and if they dom there is some fault or the
other side of the house, for, heaven knows, the
men are not angels.


THERE'S considerable humbug about those same
good old times" and we would like to venti-
late on the rostrum, our opinion of that worn
outexpresson. - Cal Wdllacein Pittsburgh Leader.