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make others happy, our countenances should be placid and 

 our cheerfulness assured by our vocal organs. 



" Fie, fie ! unknit that threatening unkind brow, 

 And dart not scornful glances from those eyes, 

 To wound thy lord, thy king, thy governor ; 

 It blots thy beauty as frosts bite the meads, 

 Confounds thy fame as whirlwinds shake fair buds, 

 And in no sense is meet or amiable. 

 A woman moved is like a fountain troubled—- 

 Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty ; 

 And while it is so, none so dry or thirsty 

 Will deign to sip or touch one drop of it. 

 Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper. 

 Thy head, thy sovereign, one that cares for thee 

 And for thy maintenance : Commits his body 

 To painful labor, both by sea and land, 

 To watch the night in storms, the day in cold. 

 While thou liest warm at home, secure and safe, — 

 And craves no other tribute at thy hands 

 But love, fair looks, and true obedience." 



That reads and sounds very v/eli, Mr. Shakespeare ; 

 but the women of our time are doing their full share of 

 keeping the home " warm, secure and safe." The world 

 and women have made great progress in three centuries. 

 Could we have stepped into the modest, unpretending home 

 of the *' Bard of Avon," where happiness seemed to dwell, 

 and looked our surprise and pleasure, how surely he would 

 have uttered these talismanic words : *'Anne Hath-a-way!" 

 An unknown author, in a poetic way, has sought to give us 

 sympathy in some verses styled " Kitchen Consolation." 

 Allow me to extend this sympathy : 



" Oh ! this baking and brewing. 



This boiling and stewing, 

 And washing of dishes three times a day ; 



The griddle-cakes turning. 



The skimming for churning, 

 The setting of tables and clearing away ? 



" What is it but weariness, 



Work without cheerfulness — 

 The same round of labor day after day ? 



I'd rather be painting, 



Or sewing or braiding, 

 Or spending my time in a pleasanter way." 



