The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-05-18

passed with your books. Didyou
; lie down after dinner?"
! "Of course not"
"And didn't you take a pleasant
; walk down Broadway? Nor sit
at the parlor window with Efie
; How about that ?"
! There was no reply.
"Now the case is q very plain
one" continued Mr.. Thornton.
an fact, nothing could be palmer.
You spend from fourteen to sixteen
hours in hard work, while 'Effie,
taking yesterday as a sample,
spends about the same time n
what is a little better than idle
ness. Suppose a new adjustment
were to take place, and Efie, were
to be usefully employed in helping
! you eight hours Of each day, she
would still have eight hours left
F.! for selEimprovement and recrea,
ton and you, relieved from your
Ipres ovcrtasked condition,
might get back portion of your
health and spirits, of which these
two heavy household duties have
robbed you"
"Father," said Effe, speaking g
through her tears that were fall
ing over her face, II never saw
things in this light. Why haven't
you talked to me before? I've Of
ten felt as if Id like to help her
she says, that You can't do it,
I'D rather do it myself Indeed
it isn't all my fault!''
"It may not have been in the
past, Efie, replied Mr.. Thornton,
but it certainly will be in the fu-
turc, unless there is new arrange.
ment of things. 1t is q false social
sentiment that lets daughters be-
come idlers, while mothers, fathers,
and sons take up the daily burden
of work and bear it through all
, the business hours"
Mrs. Thornton did not come
gracefully into the new order of
things proposed by her husband
and accepted by Edie. False pride
in her daughter, that future lady
ideal, and an inclination to do her
self, than take the trouble to teach
another, were all so many impedi-
mcnts. But Efie and her father
were both earnest, and it was not
gbefore the overtaskcd mothers
weary face began to lose its look
of weariness, and her languid
frame to come up to an erect bear
ing. She could find time for the
old pleasure in books, now and
then for q healthy walk in the
streets, and call on some valued
friend.
And was Efie the worst for this
change? Did the burden she was
sharing with her mother dcpress
her shoulders, aDd the lightness
from her step? Not so. The
languor engendcred ty sickness
which had began to show itself,
disappeared in a few weeks; the
color came warmer into her cheeks
her eyes gained in brightness.
She was growing in fact more
beautiful, for her mind chccrfully
conscious of duty was moulding
every lineamento Of her countenancc
into a new expression.
Did sclfimprovement step? O,
MOI From one to two hours were
given to close practice at the pi-
ano every day. Her mind, be-
coming vigorous in tone, instead
of enervatcd by idlcness, chose a
better order of reading than had
been INDUCED before, and She was
growing towards thoughtful,
cultivated, intelligent womanhood.
She also found time, amid her
homo duties, for an hour twice a
week with a German teacher; and
she began, also, to cultivate nat
ural taste for drawing. Now that
she was employing her hours use
fully, it seemed wonderful how
much time she found at her dispo-
sal for useful work.
Dry white woolen stocking on
shingles cut the 7;ght shape and