April, i87g.
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THE WEST SHORE.
rWDE Rf WOMAN1" WORK
It if the glory of American manhood that
Robert Collyar can point with pride to hia
anvil, or the title of i ad splitter be worn aa a
regal una hy our ((raat, nohle man, Lincoln;
awl it i a shame upon American womaiihoMl
that tha very women who will crowd with
agar haste to laurel the "beloved Cullyer," or
tha idolired Lincoln, will ahrink back and
whiapar of aome woman poet or philanthropist
aa though the deeervod eternal disgrace, "Did
you know aha waa a milliner in her younger
daye!" or, "I have heard that Mn. Kindhoart'a
inulher kept boarders;" and perhaps these aamo
woman are cooking and scrubbing anil inillinor
ing and tailoring in their own hoinea. Nothing
ha ao (orcibly lairtrayed the almost universal
pravalonce of moral weakness in thia direction
aa tha miaarehle auhtrfiige t which I-
have reeortad during the recent financial die
treat. The family income waa reduced, through
no fault hut the hnukago in values, etc.,
eieneca mint lie leaaeneil, the mother ami
daughter bravely decide to discharge the ciKik,
and " do Uia work thernaelvea," but they hiive
uot the bravery U admit thia fact ti the world;
and an we hear from the mother that alio hail
"lived in the dirt juat aa long aa ahe could
endure it," and that "ahe and the girla had
determined to ae if they couldn't have a clean
home for once ' And tho father la not ipiito
brave enough to even compliment this attempt
of hla wife and daughters to come to hia reacue,
and when a friend aaks: "Any oue eick at your
house; have uot noticed your wife and daughters
out fur some tiineV there is an Humanly blush
and etpleiialiou something like the folluwiug;
"Well, uo; Uio fact is our girls were growing
np without any practical knowledge of house
keeping, awl my wife baa decided Uigive them
a lew Iwaous.
Matter grow worse. The father's burdens
grow heavier to I m, and then 111 iogelic
whiaiara it it imiaed around among a few friends
that Muw la ao aniious to keep up her
music and ao fond of teaching that ahe could,
with a proper amount of urging, lie induced to
take a few music scholars; Uieii possibly, after
a while, another friend is in such delicate health
that ahe needs eaerotee, and hence is iierauaded
to take an agency of aome kind; "not, of course,
for the sake of making money," but aa a kind
of health bit; or, aome lady suddenly discovers
that ahe is sulleruig (nun loneliness and divides
to lake a (aw boarder lor rooi.iny,' and M the
masquerading goea on, truth and honor are
aaenllced, and yet nobody is deceive-1
Just here Is a great anil important work for
(he aortal edeoUst, the work id impressing
upon wiunen, to convince our glorious young
women, that labor is honorable and aitnleas
idbriieaa dishonorable. Kverywhrre this hydra
haaxled pride aaaerta itaell II. m much pln.
enthrone, eiulaavor la retarded hv the ,leire on
the part of many to eoctira in their organisation
pri.na of aortal iliatiwtioo lor othocra, and,
what is lar woraa, hi MM luds aome earnest
w ise, enthusiastic workers because their cloUiinu
way not be ui the Isteat style, or their names
not vary familiar to ths society repirter.
I'o not understand nir to inUmate that high
social poet nan is at all antagonistic to wise,
phllaoUirvipie endeavor, for I think the facta
will prove that a maontv of the .ihcient
active wnrkara la the charitable and other
ithilaalhrotac inatituUons of i l.ieawo are men
and women ..f wealth an. I high social position;
halt I also beJwre thai there is a v sat r, , , ;
taraa of royal men and women in the great
middle claaa who liava not been railed inUi the
sarvioa, pareoo of rsslasmsat and culture who
save ottamaa las ovwri.voked and shall I
wktspar it, noble woman' avoided taseausr
twstr Slraaaaa wr home made and their mdliner
pesvwivv ouir o ioivk' as omen engsevl in
philanthrope mature, aside to rnucise lh
"atyle" of aomo efficient worker, ao long will
our work be retarded. Let ua ctuau tliia
childish soarch for women in atyliah olothea,
and only consider the atyle of the woman.
Mm. Ilarkert, in Inter -Ocean.
THK MORAL STORY.
"I haven't anything to do," laid Ned,
gravely, aa he sauntered down the walk leading
to the grape-vine arbor. Ned had been having
a furious game of tag with Christopher 1 .00, but
Christopher had gone home now, and Ned
looked very much aggrieved aa ho took hold of
the edge of the hammock wherein waa Aunt
Kllen reading, and began to awing it back and
forth.
Aunt Kllun closed her liook, and reached her
pretty white hand out to meot Ned'a.
"I'oor boy," ahe said, "you do look forlorn
enough. 1 hin't you want me to tell you a story?"
" Will you, truly ?"
" If you aay ao, yes. Whero'a Sadie?"
" Sewing a sheet for mother. She's got to do
twice as much oa her middle linger before ahe
goes to I'lay. "
" Well, aak m.-tber if alio can't come out here
to sew and listen at the same time."
(Ml ran Ned to obtain the desirod permiaaion,
and Aunt Kllen lay looking up at tho grape
vinos, wondering what ahe should say to these
children. Sadie and Ned came back together
111 triumph.
"Now 1 wonder if 1 can't make room for you
up here; it will bo so much pluaaantor. Qive
me your band, Sadie; that's right. Now we
will sit hero three in a row, while I watch Nod
listen mid Sadio sew.
"Oh, Aunt Kllen," shrieked Ned, in delight,
"what a rhyme! I could make better poetry
than that."
" I don't doubt it. Now are wo ready? Once
there waa a poor fisherman who lived down by
uie sea. roor. 11111 1 aay 7 Io, ho would have
been poor but for one thing. Ixmg, long ago,
wnen ne waa a tiny nany, lie hail a gilt from a
great king who loved him very much a gift
which he had kept all these yeara, and which
he hail valued very highly now that he had come
to the yeara of discretion. It waa a long atring
of priceless s-arl long that lie hud never
lcen able to count thorn all. Kvery night ho
told nd M aa he sat in the door of hia cottage,
and they slipped down tho chain and disap'
peared with those already counted.
"One night, aa he aat counting hia pearls, an
old man, plodding along by the aea ahore,
stopped and spoke to him.
friend, aanl ho, 'what have you hero:'
nil for answer the fisherman hehl im hi.
of i-oarls. That is a beautiful and priceless
chain, said the old niau. 1 Where ia the other
enii 01 11 1
"The fisherman turned to lift it up, and lo '
not a pearl waa to be aeen on it; the atring lay
111 a long, bare coil .bout his feet. Could you
believe a man would Iw ao careless ' lie had
never st..p,Hl to ,w where the end of tl1B nil
lay aa he counted oil the iieerli. They had
dropped oil. one by ,.no, and tho wavoa waah
mg up to hia door, had carried them all out
to sea.
"Waan t there oue left!" aaked Sadie, for.
getting to aew. 1
"Yea, those that were still uncounted, he
had. but, oh how he regretted Umg all the
hug. beautiful cham ! 1?. felt poorer now than
ever, (or he knew that he could never hope to
22? Egfcf Kft, and he roaolved u,
waU-h carefully the pearl, .tall left hi.n, to see
Uia Ml one of thoa. should slip away."
Aunt h,llen." aaul Nd, tliu yoint. "1
believe y , !, 1
"Well." aanl Aunt KUeaj "don't you like
morel stories r llk0
Nl shook hia head decidedly. "If vou're
comm. u, the mo now. I think I'll go "
And Ned begu, u. turn aummeraault. in the
freshly cut grass, whiatling very loudly, ao that
ho might not hear the "moral" which he IE
sure Aunt Kllen waa telling to Sadie.
But Ned waa not ao thoughtless a boy aa he
liked to appear, and I think ne traced the moral
out in his own mind, and in heart echoed Sa
die's words as she folded up her sowing to carry
in; "Aunt Kllen, I'm going to be very, very
careful to watch where my 'pearls' go aa they
alip down the atring. Thank you for the story. "
And here Ned waa quite willing to echo with
hia lips aa well. "Thank you, Aunt Kllen "
Little Star.
A BIT OF MARRIED EXPERIENCE.
I married my wife about 35 year ago. The
ceremony was performed about aoven o'clock in
the morning. Before retiring that evening we
had a good talk with each other, and the result
has sweetened our entire Uvea, We agreed that
each should always be watchful and careful
never, by word or act, to hurt the feelings of
the other. We were both young, hot-tempered,
both positive in our likea ana dislikes, and
both somewhat exacting and inflexible juat
the material for a life of conjugal warfare.
Well, for a few years we found it hard work to
alwayB live by our agreement. Occasionally (not
often) a word or look would alip off the tongue
or face before it could be caught or suppressed;
but we never allowed the aun to go down upon
our wrath. Before retiring at night on auoh
occasions there waa always confession and
forgiveneaa, and the culprit would become more
careful in future.
Our tempers and dispositions became gradu
ally more congenial, ao that after a few yeara
we came to be one in reality, aa the marital
ceremony had pronounced us nominally. In
looking back we find that for more than 20
years our little agreement haa been unbroken,
and t here has been no occasion for confession
and forgiveness. In buaineaa we have had
adveraity and prosperity, failure and luooeaa.
We raised a family of children, and now have
our grandchildren about ua; and we are simple
enough to believe that we have better children,
and better grandchildren beoauae of our little
agrooment. Under auoh a contract religiously
kept, no ill-natured children will be reared,
and no boya will find the streets and bar-rooms
more pleasant than home. To make a good
wife or a good husband requires the co-operatiou
of both. --A non.
Haitinkxs oa- Old Auk. Age often dis
plays gentle and holy affections, deep
as the foundations of the soul, that diffusa
benignant aunahine throughout the circle of
their influence; radiant, celestial hope some
times cheers the declining path, and create a
delightful composure of the heart, altogether
unlike "oomfortless despair;" deserved honors
crown a uaeful life, and attract veneration and
love, for not alwaya is transcendent merit,
though retiring from high stations in the world,
made the aport of "bitter scorn and grinning
infamy." Manhood haa magnanimous virtue, as
well aa degrading vices; victories nobler than
war'a grandest triumphs, as well aa tempestuous
temptations; worthy, as well as ignoble, ambi
tion. What sight is more sublimely beautiful
than friendship, whose corner atone wis law
by the hand of youth, growing np in majestic
simplicity, aa every year adds materials to the
enduring fabric, until at last the sunset of
gild the structure with a grace like that of
l'aradiae? Yea, it is true that age may m
the smile of faithful regard, aa well as the
"altered eye of hard unkmdncaa." "Amid
aevereat woe" a hopeful quiet, uncomplaining
temper, alive to the koeuueaa of sorrow, yet
wearing the look of heavenly patience, is some
times aeen, aa welllaa "moody madness laughing
wild." And, finally, age, though "alow ooa
uming," very often reap the earnest of j
mortallife, and spiritually ripens for the ski
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