When the Society for the Enlightenment of Mothers shall have accomplished its work, and, as a consequence, it has become a recognized idea in the community that woman’s special duty is to rightly train her children, then it will be in order to organize that other society, the object of which shall be to provide mothers with time for attending to that special duty. And perhaps some of my remote descendants may be called upon to draft resolutions for said society, and may be glad to find, among the musty papers of their great, great, great, many-times-great grandfather, a hint for a beginning, something like this, for instance:-- “_Whereas_, Mothers of families are burdened with many cares, and whereas their crying want is want of time: therefore. “_Resolved_, That, in our view, the necessities of the age demand the organization of a society, the object of which shall be the diffusion of time among mothers. “_Resolved, secondly_, That this society boldly takes its stand on the platform of Simplification. “_Resolved, thirdly_, That, to effectually disseminate its views, this society requires, and shall have, an _organ_. “_Resolved, fourthly_, That said organ shall be called ‘The Columbian Simplifier and Time-Provider;’ and that writers shall be pecuniarily encouraged to illustrate in its columns our grand idea of Simplification in its bearing on household duties and on dress.” There, I leave my great, great, great, many-times-great grandchildren these hints, with my blessing, and would leave, also, an article for “The Simplifier,” only for the difficulty of putting myself in a frame of mind corresponding with so remotely future a state of things,--a state of things, that is, when the controlling purposes of woman’s life shall have changed so entirely. I have a mind to try to do this, and write my article, and have it read at the sewing-circle; but then it would be premature. These mothers do not yet recognize their mission; neither do they yet place mental culture among the must haves. When they do, they will work for far other than their present aims; not but that many of these are commendable, but that they stand in the way of better things. Take ironing, for instance. This forenoon I heard Mrs. Fennel say to Martha, “Don’t slight the towels. I take just as much pains with a coarse brown towel as I do with any thing.” Mrs. Fennel prides herself on having the clothes “look well on the horse,”[A] the tinware bright, stove polished, tables scoured, towel-fringes combed out nicely, and a pantry stored with nice things to tempt the appetite. Now, the question is not, are these ends worth attaining, but are they the principal ones worth attaining?