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OPEN COUNCIL. 71
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Madam I have :, been " stirred up to wri...
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Open Council. 71
OPEN COUNCIL . 71
Madam I Have :, Been " Stirred Up To Wri...
Madam I have :, been " stirred up to write a few lines to you in consequence of having which letter from
• reformers cer casuall tain y taken E should . F . " say be a form s to , and increase er number very the rig htly number your too journal , of that marriages " in the gran . " d a But aim in , adds their of social your , a
rank corresp of onden life are t , young so useless men . " are These afraid are of bitter the expense words . " t Women Ias a marrie own d man , possessing a true helpmeet , and therefore free to , speak may without to , this incurring sad and
dep any lorable risk of t unkind ruth ? personalities So _icseless I , add woman my abou emph t ati whom c testimony so much has been said and degradsng herselfuntil she is called useless / What deeper
reproach should sung , can lit be as uttered the resul ? t Were , of there own any observation stronger . ep It ithe is t ri to ht to ly , I my gsay
that my app observa y , tion has been confined chiefly to large towns , where business is prosp Y erous ladies , and of varied the avenues to lishmen wealth t comparativel of amiable disposi y numerous tionof . attractive
which to appearance do oung nothing be abound . taken What on every is accomp fashionabl laid side down ; bu y t called at they will s , seem " work The systematicall " bare is onl idea y an of y , to having amusemen be taught t ,
real work may to dowhich up or must be regularly done . at a given time , would any be renounced by any , one deeming herself mothers a " ? , a lad believe y . " Ou it t is of such materials of God
order what can we ch expect possible as wives social and reform can ever I alterthat we a part to be ' s
, w no , t wives he money depend -getters t onl , but our ho wives comfort are to and be j the money also -spen our balance ders . On at our the
the banker Mrs ' s . , Gaxton and our described future y our prospects by me Bulwer . But who to ( I quo spend oy t , e from money memory wisely , could to be make like
a glory sixpence behind do it , , requir that e s sixpence no small w amoun as , in du t of ty t bound raining to and do , disci and p leave line . a Sham halo of e ,
unutterable shame on the mothers and teachers of the present race of young ladies especiall tha y t professional that training me is n not , w onl ho y are neglected earning bu a t good despised income . How , out many of which men , tt tsacrifice of
ign t s ingle mi comfor gh and t lay t , are by driven some tc hundreds to of the their very annuall wi verge v y , wi t heir hou at in l comes he th c ompelled y the utt on to er e
orance ncompeene es , eng new wives throw dress are wido t or here w bonnet and wh children o w to ould hel w illing an a anxious burd ly economize en husb upon and , s ocie h o t will y ? than g H ladl ow wi y th m renoun bit any ter young ce tear the s
have to confess they , would p gladly save more , if , they only knew how to manage Are their wives houses to be be merely tter ? ornamentsdelegating all real duty and work
where to 7 iouse the our 7 ceepers ? is The utterl habi unj t of hiding tifiable , i gnorance strangel by increasing hired houseke Is it ri ht ,
husband is it wom has anl expense y to , for a out wife to t his o y dail andon us toi her l ? , sh Shame are of o d n ut y y e to hirelings wife . who , while in suc g the h , ry
circumstancestolerates go . the evil . — Shame on those who are too idle , to discharge , their duty—too , proud to learn it . Yet such wives I see dail but y . work would
I have to workand shall have to continue to do so ; my be a ' hopele idleness ss , cheerless and , incompetence work , were Alas I to ! see who my can gains tell frittered how away husbands by my
ws . many their at this dark hour load are in crus silence hed b ! y I the believe burden and of therefore such hopeless I eak toil . — And and because bearing sp
household I have "been of blessed spending with my a wife ey who wisel understands y , and of bein the g not art less of governing the true lady her than the housewife , , I think I may venture to subscribe myself ,
A Happy . Husband .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1863, page 71, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091863/page/71/
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