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135 NOTICES OE -BOOKS.
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Women Catharine And Wbrh M . . Sed By Gw...
, . believe _Neyer , b were y women there in such any obstructions civilisation to was prosperity this art so and needed comfort , for as never exist , we in
our domestic service . And how are the young women of the luxurious fitted classes to prepared overcome to th meet em ? them And ? how How are are the the poorer women classes of the trained middle to rej classes oice
in their exemption from them ? should " If a at parent least qualif look y forward her for to that provision condition by , and marriage be ashamed for his to daug give hter her , he to
her husband unless she is able to manage her house , to educate her children , American to nurse her housewives sick , and . If to train she can her do servants all thi — s the well inevitable she is a productive destiny of
partner , and , as Madame Bodichon says , does as much for the support of her household as her husband . the " technical It may , or sense may . not But , be if her the husband duty of a is , mother straining to educate every nerve her children to support in
his family of , it "would first be -rate both schools relief and or hel the p if cost she of could a save him . the If immense she be expense skilled in the pur art of nursing she may , stave off the fearful governess bill of the
physician . If she know the cost' and necessary consumption of provision , the economy keeping / of ' she _accounts will not , and onl , y in preserve short , the her whole husband art from and an mystery immense of domestic amount
of harassing , care , but secure to him the safety , blessing , and honor of living within his means . of " houseke If she be ing a qualifie from d the _Jionseivife rising to the the great setting burden sun , perp from lexity our , and Canadian misery
frontier to fa ep , T South of Mason and Dixon ' s Line , will , be , -we will not say overcome " Overcome , but most it cannot certainl be y whil greatl e y the diminished present . imperfection of domestic but truemust take the bull b
the service horns exists . . We It must is a roug accept h say the ing battle , . We , must * We accept Grod _' s appoint y - _ment forei them gn . . peop We We le must must , ignorant , skilfull year after of teach our year modes , firml receive of life disci into , gro line our wn families and up in patientl habits demi- adverse savages bear with —• to
them . . We must do this for y the love , of Grod y and p our , neighbour—and y for selfpreservation ; and when this , perchance , is done , we must see them pass off
to into We believe know their that nothing vocation the of , Southern married Southern mistress life life , and from of take observation slaves to our has , homes an but easier we a new have task raw no than reason force the !
matron of the free North . heads " These of our , certainl young y , women are not tjie when light they visions look that forwar float d to around marriage the as romantic a con- *
' tions dition of of their sweet parents dependence when they and elegant transfer leisure them . to their These husb are ands not the for calcula support - and exemption from work .
" But these hard tasks are in the future of every American married woman . Worh in this form is her inevitable destiny . No amount of fortune , no wisdom contrivance to fit lierself of tenderness for her , can work secure ? Oug her ht from she not it . to Is stud it not the , then domestic , true
arts as lawyer ? and doctors study the sciences of law and medicin y e ? " We do not limit our suggestions to the young women of the luxurious ' in
classes . The ( laughters of our farmers and mechanics are not brought up not the steps to qualif of their them frugal for grandmothers productive labor . Their but parents to enahle strain them every to nerve clress ,
' _. showily ; or ir y they fail of marriage , to half , educate them for the genteel lousiness of teaching .
" We _Ihave limited our remarks mainly to the domestic education , of j . women expectants who of are marriage not within . this We class believe , and there Avith of are her them famil very , as it few is seems the of our to us young , this *
great" reform is needed . Tlie administration , y "work before
135 Notices Oe -Books.
135 NOTICES OE -BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1859, page 135, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101859/page/63/
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