QUITE NEGLECTED.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1262, 18 October 1911, Page 11

QUITE NEGLECTED.

A scnooii FOR HUSBANDS, And why not? Wo have our schools foi mothers, our domestic training classes, and a dozen other efforts for teaching girls to grow into wise and helpful ■ wives and mothers; hut never a class or 11 school for training boys to bo good fathers and husbands, says a writer in an Australian paper. "Homcmaking" is the watchword in all the modern tiaining of girls, but it never enters into the boys' education. The woman who has no knowledge of "home-making," either from instinct or training, is a byword amongst her friends and neighbours. And perhaps it is right that it should bo so, for the art of "homo-making" is undoubtedly one in which every woman should excel. But, while it is essential for every woman who has the privilege of n home to understand its management, there is no reason why hw partner should bo absolutely ignorant of all that helps to niako the home a place of peace. Of cour;e, the mother must bo the mov- , ing spirit of the household, a.nd without her there can be no home; but in nine eases out of ten she is the head and hands as well as the heart. When this is so it is small wonder that she "wears out" and becomes a little frayed in the edges of her temper. Very, verv few women object to doing their own duties; a mother will sweep and wash and cook aid sew and teach, iill with tho greatest cheerfulness and pleasure. But when, in addition to acting as cook, needlewoman, housemaid, laundress, and governess, slio | has to do the work of a gardener, carpeu- . tev, ponltrv farmer, and bootblack—well, ' sho finds if a littlo too much for one pair of hands. But when the husband has had his home-making instincts developed, things are very dittcrent. . Thero is no more beautiful thing in lifo than the 1 household which spells "home" to both 1 husband and wife. You know it at a glanco by its look of comfort and chcer- ' tulness. His tool-box is to tho normal ' man what her work-basket is to the aver- I ago woman; from tho contents of both I you can guew pretty well at the charae- 1 tor of tho homo. I To soma men the instinct of 'Hook | round and tidy up" comes naturally, just f

i as some women take instinctively to the household arts. But it is realised no>that it is not raff to rely on a woman's instinct to take th« plaoe of education in tho important work of "home-making." Sho must bo taught-the wienco of hou.«okeepin? and tho care of children, nnd properly ?o. But why should not boys a.so be trained in a few of tho arts which will help to make the wheels of home run smoothly? Uvery boy should be taught, at least the manly accomplishments of .carpentry, and gardening—just as eveTy girl is taught to tow a.a<] cook. Tho saw and thy spade, tho me and tho hajntner, should be to every man what tho needle, tho brnom, and the saucepan arc t.r> every woman. A man who cannot put n_p a shelf or mato a stool should be an ridiculous ns a woman who cannot sow on a button or boil a potato. Then, too, it would be a goH thin* if our boys learned a little ebout tho ethics of home-making. With many men—husbands, brothers, or sons—tho belief eecins

fo bo that as lonp: ns they supply the money for the house their duty is ondwl. But all the money in the world ennnot make a homo. The woman is taught that she must carry tho spirit of comfort with her if she wouut b<? n renl homemaker. She nrait bs ■ unselfish and considerate of other's comfort; she lmrt be swoet-tsmpered ami sympathetic, ready to soothe the ruffled spirit, or to join tvholchesrtedly in the hobbies and pursuits of nnstmnd <i?id children. To the de-.-ph niToc.tionate wife and mnth»r these qualities come of them.'elvre— they are born n{ her love—but with many a woman tV idnil has to be kept ever b'-fnro her, or selfishness would blind her But Hn our men have the same ideal of Hfo held up to them'? Are they taught to be considerate in little things, to be ■ grateful for tho devotion that is showcre'l upon them, to be appreciative of the efforts made for thoir comfort? Yet every woman knows how much these, things mean to her happiness. Gratitude'will lighten the'heaviest load, and npprociaition is the best of all spurs to further effort. And how many men are taught that tn?y have a duty to thoir children, just as strong as the mother's? In ha.lf'tho homes one knows the children aro left entirely to the mother's charpe, rind cx.tmple «nd companionship of n father ftre oft/?n mnch >;trn7iqr« r in tho f"rminpr of a rhi'd's chsr-cttr t % an the mother's love nnd care. The Voy wlio finds n friend bit' symnathiser in hi" father is the boy least likely to wron" in life; tho jrirl who is n 'companion to her father, as well a s to her mother, is he ffirl with the broatVt, pnurst outlook in life. We riyul everv dny nf the bwirty of motherhood, but fatherhood ho« a bennty-aid a diify-,T= dislinrtivoly its own; aid perhaps ronie day. our boys will bo taught that it is so.

AGAINST ALL REASON! Tho Mejliss, tho Persian Parliament was recently shocked to its foundations by the action of a member, Vakil el Rcoy, who during a discussion on tho next election mounted the tribune, and declared that women possessed souls and rights, ond should possess votes. "Now Vakil el lioojF has hitherto been a serious poliJ/oian, says the "Times" correspondent, and the ITouso listened to his harangue in dead silence,' unable to decide whether it was an ill-timed joke or a serious statement. The Miiltehid, whom ho invoked by name, rose in his place, and solemnly declared that he had never in a lifo of misfortune had his oars assailed by such an impious utterance. Nervously and excitedly ho denied to women either souls or rights, and declared that such doctrino wonld moan tho downfall of Islam. To hear it littered in the Parliament of the nation had made his hair stand on end." THE ARTS OF THE HAIRDRESSER, The artistic and effective Coiffeur triumphs, including / transformations toupeee, switches, carls, etc., on view at Miss M'Gee's Toilet Salon, 4 Willi 3 Street, are the result of long study and experience. These aide to beauty and fashion are constructed of finest first quality hair, and can bo arranged in half a dozen different styles to harmonise with tho features of the wearer. All diseases of tho scalp Gkilfully treated Advice cratis.—Ad?l, While watching Hoybridge- (Esses) cycle sports, Lewis Drew, thirty-one, foundryman, received a slight scratch on tho cheek from a woman's hatpin. Inflammation set in, and his death has occurred from erysipelas resulting freni the ecratoh.

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