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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1887)
CV) THE WEST SIIOKE. Not thai r! r ami tleanlimwt uikJ niTty and dainty cookery are ii"t lo U valued. Far U? it frotn nip lo iriiiilraU; mh h a dot trine om th.it. I'.ut if a uman mut hoow Mwccn being weary, mrvoti, household drudge, aid what U h rmed a " k " hou keej'cr, for pity'H nake, li t her l Mail. Why rhould nhe itii' mm IrM burden ujion ItiTM lf, to (hp iteglc t of hiln-r dutie atfl nobler aitiiN? Why rhould !u make Ik r If and every one about her mi ruble, in order to carry out her ideal of good h'-UN-km-ping ? To come down to Tional mr llii alioii, ran not jou, dear mMt, marify your I r i-1. and h t " h Ij. " really help you? If the hank avount in Mnall, or altogether wanting, and )mi feel that you rati Hot afford to keep a crvnt,or two, or three, an the cane may In, economic in foiiip other direction, atil rave your health, your rpintj, your (ime, your youth an l gd look, for the benefit of your hunband aid ihiMn n and friend, (lave fewer clothe in the family, live on plainer fol, aMinh the ronipany-roioMi rated parlor, ami you will fuel, if yon give your min i to it, that you will In; healthier, happier, ami U tter looking. Your fiii will admire you, ami Mrangcr will think you n yirtir own daughter' eMer iter. It will prove a trial, no doubt, for a time, to feel that jou an' nMiifortable, and have no a hen or ain to eomplain of. I'.ut irrwvcre, and you will Uiidiie rvnigned, and a you amd to that hijur plane of home life, which I have at tempted toili mriU, you will take your family with jou, an l life will U well worth living, even though there U no pudding f.ir dinner, ami the l-t difdearv Hot UJMi the taMe when Milne iiiemU-r of your family bring home an unex- nt tnl gu-fl lo dine. The domestic martyr i an American inntitu (ion. Now hen elm, in any civilixcd country that I know of, twn the niihtrcwJ of the Iiounj undertake w much an hero. The Knglwh houw. kcejrr, although but the wife of the butcher, the baker, or the candle-Ktick maker, has at leant one N-rvant. And then her bread, her pie, her roant come ready for the table, from the baker' oven. If nhe ban young children, it in a matter of courw that the have a wrvant to look after them and amupe them. lut Van kec energy and thrift prefer other way, and in conwNjiience, there in, in every community, a numU-r of'xccllcnt, intelligent, well-meaning women who have sunk from bright, pretty, in terehting girl, into nervoiw, irritable, complain ing drudge. Jf they have gucnta in their hoiiwH, they (the guent) feel theinnelves a bur den, and are initially glad to cHcajie. Sicial i-onvern', intellectual convemation, mimic and amuncincntH have tuuall consideration where pickle and preserve, cakeH and fuiierfine cook ery, fill the mind and buny the handx of the hoftcn. I'.ut, an temixTaiid1 workent say alxjut the old drunkard, "They can not ljHaved; they are confirmed in their evil courM'x; but let uh rave the young let uh prevent the formation of the dreadful habit, whieh, once fixed, can not I) cured." Si I nay to the martyr, tioonand kill yournelveH. There will t thoe who will breathe freer when you are gone. I'.ut, young wivcH and mothern, take a word of ad via. Make life U-autiful and happy, in ho far an in you lien. Make home a cheerful place, and when you find yourmdven overburdened, drop uie of the burden, even though your friemln hold up their hand in horror at your incllicicii- cy. Never, never, whatever elw you may ! tempNd (o do, never traiinform yourn-lf into a domentic martyr. Ceija Teakck.
