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Show (AimnAi, mawimi oi mai;. IlltllU Cattln.tAL MAN 11. in hat leo thinking nver tht matilagt contract In lis relations to the female labor iut. Hon, and hero la a part ol his findings "A woman enters for lllo In a eaere.1 contract wllh a man I efort (lod at tho slur to fulfil to Mm tht duties of wife mother an 1 tho head of lilt Inane It It Ittfol for her, oven with hit consent, to make afterwards a eecon 1 ontra t Tor so rosny shll.lngt a week with a mill owner, whereby she becomes unable to protldt her hutband'e food, train up her ihtl Iron or do the iliitlot other home " lit further drclaret that It It no mieallou or tht lawfulne-s of gaining a fiw more shillings for the expeMW of a family, but of tht breaking a plor contract Ilia most solemn between man and woman. "So argunieutt of ex-ldlcucy," ex-ldlcucy," ha aays, "can 1 aimlltod. II It an obligation of coneilence to which all things mutt glva way." Thla expression from an uncommonly uncommon-ly learned Catholic celibate will count limply as very gool evidence theta man believing as Cardinal Manning doee, that perpetual bachelorhood waa onaof tht purposes ol lilt particular cnttlon, should refrain front talking of mailers that Immediately concern wives and babies. It almpty ehows Ibat however profoundly such a man may dlicouree upon (lod and Ills works n tht abstract, ho tannot veuture much of an olnlon upon tht living relalloni of Ood't human creatures without running great rltki of being ridiculous. There Is no mistake about tho solemnity solem-nity of a wife's covenant to perform Ihedomestlo duties of the household. Hut what of that reciprocal covenant which tho huiband makes to provldt the household Willi food, clothlug, fuel, etc., all of which lie may and may not furnlahf And when ha does not, then cornea to tht wife, who may havo been faithful to her vows, that which It more Irylug than ,the terrors of death to a true womau a houxhold of hungry and trcetlug children, with nothing within her naih to rellert their wants. What li lira utt of bach-i bach-i lor prints i rutin to audi a woman about her marriage covenantto"provlde food" (wtBupjane, of cour-e, he means thtcooklugof ll)forhcrbubaml?Wnat I roml-o or covenant of that kind will or ihculd ever come Wtwoen a uiother and her tunning otliprlng? Thla It not seiitlmei.tallty. It It truth In lu severest fealuna aul obligations. obli-gations. The cardinal la good enough to make It ierfectly uu lentood that lilt ndmoiiltlons aro Intended iartlniUtly for the women who g to Hit mills to i am bread. It la reasonable to aetuiuo that women who chooso such an occuiatloll do so III rctioneo to the coiiJItloua wo have discllled. Huao they should accept lni tllcltly Cardinal Manning's IJia, that "no ar-umenta of exidlency oati U almllted" In cnnlllct with that sacred vow to "keep home for her hutband." It would fait about a million families In the Ax of having notonly nolhlnjto oat, but no home to keep. A contemporary very -rtlnenlly aika of thecardlnal why hodoraaiot make his adminltlon more general. Ullie women who through misfortune or neglect art Induced to earn tho family bread In the mills violate a sacred covenant In thui neglecting thu kitchen and tho nursery, what art tho million! of women dtlug who with no oxctito savu a craving for Indolent leiuurt leave their home-hold home-hold caret to other handt? They llko-wlw llko-wlw liavt vowod to "provldu their hmljamla with food," and yet they require re-quire him to enifloy others to isrforni tho duty while they enjoy Ihemielvis. Hut there It no pro lit In carrying thu absurdity further. Wo have only to repeat, lu conclusion, that men who liellevu aud lira after tho attirn of Cardinal Manulugahould avoid talking talk-ing much about the dutlee of motherhood. mother-hood. - |