The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-10-19
qurirulturuI unA Domestic.
The Managing Woman.


The managing woman Is a hrSl,raee
housekeeper. She has not abandoneu tnose
ia traditions OF wOmanhOOd wnlcn MAKES
on ~. :. and beautiful dispensing Of bread
~ aoual value with the earring thereon; nor
g. she holl with any mOGern theory Of
degradation in household wOOk, or shame
A. beverly and the need Of cOntrivance. On
,bs contrary. idleness and extravaganza
arc the worst shames 10 her; and a woman
ono reDudiates her natural vocation OF home
Attainment y no woman worthy oil lae
name. IL is when she Is Of the poor gen
teel' class that her special talents come INTO
fullest play. The best manner IA which 70
orgauiZe her household, the wisest appOf-
tIonment OF her income, the most mSeni-
ous wav Of sewing up tattered edges, ana
hiding unseemly patches the putting a
bri.rbt face on all her difficulties, ana nav
Ing the credit Of being 50 nice, when she
has 10 cOutrivs and think over every posi-
be meals Ut making both ends meet-these
are me delights Of true mdudger-ner trO-
phies aud her tr1mphs. How proud she Is
oil Ael faculty Of making the best u every
thing. Hos clever Is her mode OF yelling
the cloud, and showing the rOse-cOlOreu
edges and TIE silver ii0ings, 70 her hume
rous friends.
The Instant son enter house, whether
ricl VI poor. you know whether u belongs
10 q clever manager or not. Il is not in
the kinl-Cr amJGut VI property or furniture,
il l. not 10 lis ueNuess, It's grace, or It's IN
trinsc vll1e. but it Is ia its disposition, III
the AT With which everything Is made 10
lOok It's best, and. IN he case VI our poor
genlcel, tue clever hiding Of Deficiencies.
What managing woman allows the world 10
see her rents and tdltersl 80 long as IDge-
nioas patching, and still more Ingenious
shifting and turning, Can conceal what CAN
no- o. denied, The managing woman lets
none. I1- even the inflated, understand The
raz-.e4 -ounCWOrk underneath. she moves
the firi4.. urc 80 IS 10 hide the shabby pld-
ces. she binds her worn out books with
simple cLlntz coverings clean and gay; she
darns her muslin until Il becomes a new
fabric. OF the nature Oi cross barred c0bweb,
and turns her linen outside IN, and inside
cut, a.. every inch IS equally worn, and the
whole comes 10 DC the ragged lulAment OF
is destiny. SIZE manages 50 as t0De never
wholly without funds, or short oil holiday
provisions, 50 is never taken al disadvan-
tdge, and lets nothing pass into the dust
heap until she has extracted all the life and
marrow out OF a.. she 10 Is who keeps the
AI4-r tfA AAlsH A0UNltN1 sums AAtl A4Aft
The more lavish housewives to dispair, and
cause a frenzy oil admiration in their less
fortunate pOssessOrs, Yet VINO always has
well l.ied larder, and produce better sup
ply al u moments notice than many others
VINO double her weekly allowance She it
Is with one maid-Oi-aii-wOrk. gets more
done, and is surrounded with daintier nice
ties OF refinement and cleanliness. than are
sometimes 10 be found with plush and pow
der; GlO, with her hands full TO overflow
lag, never lets fall the smallest remnant Of
dJty- and even cOntriyes TO hold to the
skifts oil some pleasures as well; who finds
time for everything she has To- do, and
proper place l0r everything she has 10 keep;
who is never hurried and Is never tagging;
never beforehand and never behind-but
pulc,lIi, timely and eXact-neither wastes
her minutes in needless waiting, nor PUSHES
after them when lost, IN Tie frantic loose
ness 0f life common 10 the chasers Of time.
Tie managing woman who is not Dunctual
is the glOw-wOsm without its lignt the bird
without plumage, an anomaly out Of course
and time.