Every little while we receive a pro¬ 
test against the small space allotted to 
Woman and the Home. Certainly all of 
us who are interested in the home de¬ 
partment, are agreed that more of it 
would be better. But it is quite impos¬ 
sible for a mere department of any paper 
to cover all the ground of as wide a field 
as woman and the home. It is our aim 
to make known to our many readers the 
great breadth of woman's kingdom, and 
while giving them a glimpse of this vast 
realm, at the same time to help them do 
the duties that lie nearest. Those who 
leave the kitchen and the farm to take 
up other work, are not so much in need 
of attention here, for they will make 
use of the many journals devoted ex¬ 
clusively to woman and the professions. 
This is an age of specialists, and every 
woman ought to be a specialist, since to 
her sex is given the special work of the 
home. If our home department has 
aroused an appetite for more, we are 
glad, and hope that no hungry woman 
will hold her peace until her wants are 
supplied, even though they require three 
or four of the woman’s magazines. 
There are so many things in city life 
so totally different from anything met 
in country experience, that it is a won¬ 
der that city and country people are not 
more unlike. For instance, the numer¬ 
ous beggars met in our city streets. 
While they are various in looks, ages, 
complaints and requests, they are so 
common as to receive hardly a glance 
from the average city passer-by. Some 
of them utter the most extravagant 
blessings while there is chance of catch¬ 
ing the eye, and possibly a contribution; 
hut as glibly, they mutter curses, after 
the retreating forms of the the unre¬ 
sponsive. We sometimes wonder whether 
the indifference with which most people 
treat these unfortunates, is a hardening, 
to be deplored, cr merely an evidence of 
common sense. It is quite true, how¬ 
ever, that there is a nearer approach to 
the feeling of fellowship between the 
travelers of our country highways than 
between the majority of strangers on 
city streets. 
Beware of the person who is always 
ready to help you override your con¬ 
science ; who meets your hesitation and 
expression of doubt before doing a thing 
which you don’t think just right, by dep¬ 
recating your objections and assuring 
you that, “ It’s all right.” It is wonder¬ 
ful how quickly and easily such a person 
can explain away all the moral respon¬ 
sibilities which you are in the habit of 
considering as your guides. Young 
people most often fall victims to these 
bad advisers, and it is well for teachers 
to impress on young minds that each in¬ 
dividual ought to follow his own con¬ 
science. A live conscience and an in¬ 
dependent will, are a good team to take 
one through life by way of the straight 
and narrow road. 
A WOMAN TRUSTEE. 
“ O 0 you are trustee again,” exclaimed 
vJ Mrs. W., as she glanced from her 
knitting toward her husband, as he 
entered the diningroom upon his return 
from the annual school meeting in the 
West District. 
“No,” he quietly answered, “I’m 
not,” 
“ Why, you have the books usually 
assigned the trustee !” she answered 
glancing at the School Laws, Annual 
Reports and various other books which 
he laid upon the table. 
“ No, it is not I, but you !” 
“I !” exclaimed Mrs. W. in surprise ; 
why, I never attend the school meet¬ 
ings, and I never thought of being 
trustee !” 
“ That may be true, but jou are a tax¬ 
payer and perfectly eligible to the office. 
To be sure, not being present, you can 
refuse to serve and oblige them to call 
another meeting when, if elected, you 
will either be obliged to serve or pay a 
fine. Doubtless they would not insist, 
if they found you unwilling, but you are 
perfectly capable, and I advise you to go 
ahead; hire your teacher, make out 
your tax, and fulfill the duties of your 
office.” 
Mrs. W. was a thorough home woman, 
believing that the duties assumed by 
her as wife and mother were paramount 
to any other work or responsibility ; but 
formerly a teacher, she was also inter¬ 
ested in the education of the young, and 
after careful reflection, resolved to ac¬ 
cept the office. The first thing to be 
done was to read over carefully the 
school laws pertaining to the duties of 
trustee. This done, she engaged for the 
greater part of the year a capable 
teacher, paying rather more than the 
usual price, knowing that there were 
several older scholars who would attend 
the district school, rather than go away 
to a high school, if a thorough, com¬ 
petent teacher were secured; so she 
adopted this course in spite of the 
grumbling of a few taxpayers having no 
children to send, and the few “old 
fogies” found in every district who think 
the old times good enough, and who say, 
“ When we went to school, we were 
taught the three R’s, Reading, ’Riting 
and ’Rithmetie ; what was goo d enough 
for us is good enough for our children.” 
Regardless of these complaints, the 
teacher was hired and school progressed 
finely. There were no great reforms to 
be inaugurated in this district. It had 
been an unheard of thing for many years 
for a teacher to “ board ’round.” The 
school-room was neatly papered, and 
pictures were hung about the room, 
some of them drawings of the teacher 
and pupils handsomely framed ; patent 
desks were in use, and at suitable times, 
the house was carefully cleaned. 
Mrs. W., in reading over the school 
laws, found that the teachers could col¬ 
lect their pay at the end of each month ; 
so she made out the tax for enough to 
meet running expenses until the public 
money could be used, and placed the tax 
list in the hands of the collector (also a 
woman) to be collected. The tax was 
larger than customary, as to save time, 
trouble, and be ready to pay the teacher 
on demand, it was made out for the 
year, in the fall, when the taxpayers had 
money ; not delayed until the middle of 
winter or spring. Loud and long was 
the wail of certain individuals when the 
collector made known the sum to be 
paid. 
“ Why, I never heard of such a tax,” 
said one, “ I just won't pay mine but 
after the collector carefully explained 
that, doubtless, there would be no other 
tax during the year, he finally said, 
“ Well, if this is the way, I just as soon 
pay now as ever.” Another said, with a 
decided nasal twang, “ Well now I cal- 
kerlated to go to tho World’s Fair, but 
guess I can’t since this ’ere school tax 
came out; so much fer being run by the 
wimmen.” 
But the “ wimmen” were firm ; and 
the tax was collected, the teacher paid, 
and a language chart purchased. Al¬ 
though the schoolroom was fairly well 
equipped, it lacked a chart of any de¬ 
scription, and when solicited by an 
agent, after careful examination one 
was purchased by means of which the 
primary pupils were taught a thorough 
knowledge of the rudiments of gram¬ 
mar. 
Mrs. W. found that she really could be 
a competent trustee without interfering 
with home duties, that she had acquired 
much practical knowledge, and been 
the means of securing for the children 
of the district a year’s good schooling, 
that compared, at least favorably, with 
any preceding year. The school is now 
thoroughly graded, as are all the district 
schools in western New York. A uniform 
system of text books has also been 
adopted ; and the teachers must keep 
thoroughly abreast with the times or 
fail to receive a certificate to teach, as 
“Current Topics” is one of the many 
branches of study in which a teacher 
must be qualified to teach, even in a dis¬ 
trict school. one of the “ wimmen.” 
Phillips Brooks: “We are haunted 
by an ideal life, and it is because we 
have within us the beginning and the 
possibility of it.” 
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