Scriptural Authority For It.

Otago Witness, Issue 2803, 4 December 1907, Page 91

Scriptural Authority For It.

"Don't you think, Minerva,"- said Mr Backenstots anxiously, as he *" tied the" strings of the kitchen apron firmly around his waist and tucked his whiskers carefully behind /the bib to keep them out of the dishwater— "don't you,. think that we are] carrying' this idea of^co-operation in domestic matters to extremes? I have been washing 1 dishes for a week now, and between | times I have been, doing a little Scriptural reading, and I can't find in the Bible any authority for men doing kitchen work; on the other hand, women are frequently spoken of in this connection. 'She looketb well to the ways of her household,' 'she j worketh willing with her hands,' 'she nseth ! while it is yet , night and giveth meat to her household' ; these quotations, Minerva, j cwould seem, to warrant the conclusion that ' household duties should properly be assigned to the woman." "My dear," replied his wife, "like the rest of your sex, you are adapted to thorough research, but are painfully 'superficial. If you will pursue your fi<udie« further you will find in the. Second Book of Bangs, and the twenty-first' verse, these words : T will wipe Jerusalem as a ioan wipeth a disE, wiping it and turning it upside down.' This conclusively proves tirat you are nobly, although quietly and unobtrusively, doing the work designed for you by (Providence. When you are through, be sure and wash the towels clean, rinse them, snake them, and hang 1 them straight on the rack. Death, you know, George Henry. lurks in the dishcloth." And Mrs Backenstots tied her bonnet strings in a butterfly bow and went out to attend v meeting of the Society for th? Extinction of the Microbe by Means of Electrocution.