Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1870-11-25
Eelerteh Miscellany.
MOTHERLY TALKS.

We almost regret the old fashioned
times. and often wonder if the elegancies
and (supposed) increased comforts of oul
modern dwellings are sufficient compen.
satiou for the multiplied labor, and the
necessity for SO much more help which We
are forced to employ. For, though ouI
mothers and graudmothers did more rough
homely work, We do not believe that they
had half SO hard time in doing it as their
daughters have. in their efforts to teach
modern servants bow to perform the me-
eessary labor of our present style of house
keeping To weave web of cloth is but
fchild's play. compared to the worry. and
disappointment. and modification that
cause our modern fbousekeepers to "die
daily through the utter incompetency Of
those they are compelled to have about
them, The tyranny of our modern style
of living increases the proper amount Of
work to be done far beyond what one pair
of hands can perform.
We think the deterioration is in the
servants, and not in the mistresses. With
all loving respect for our mothers and
grandmothers. we feel confident that thei,
daughters executive ability is equal te
their own.
To be sure, husbands will tell of their
mothers ginger bread. pies, and dough.
nuts, and, with an air of hopeless longing
or patient endurance, wonder why nobody
"now-a-days' can ever cook as their mo.
theirs did!
To be sure! Why can't they? For
the very reason that "now- days" the
husbands cannot eat lever so many
pickles. or big bowl of bread and milk
as they used to do on returning from
school. and finish off with pocketful oi
apples-half ready to cry that their con-
tanning powers are not equal to their ap-
petites. A good game of "tag." howev-
er. up the front stairs, down the back,
through the long hall once or twice, soon
remedied that difficulty in boyhood. II
husbands will only let their brains run
wild for short time, quit study, forget
business. gold markets, and all such cor
roding cares. ard be wild, harum -scarum
boys once mare, their wives ginger bread
will taste just as good as their mothers
and grandmothers' did That's what is
the trouble with the husbands appetites.
The housekeepers' troubles lie deeper than
this.
The whole routine Of modern house
keeping is much more complex than in
our parents time. To be sure, they rose
earl y-parents and children then knew
what "sunrise" meant, for they were
dressed and at work before the suns ''red
Wheel began to rise over the eastern bor-
der. The cows were milked, the milk
put in the cool milk cellar, the butter
MADE. the breakfast ready-a good, sub
stantial, nss.lthy breakfast-long before
the time when our housekeepers of to-day
are out of their beds. Early to bed, ear
iy to rise" simple, nourishing meas, quiet
home pleasures NOT many hours spent IN
senseless calls, but an occasional good old
fashioned visit to keep the heart fresh and
living-these insured health and strength,
good digestion. tranquil sleep and cheer
full homes.
Early Rising facilitates the action of
the domestic machinery in a wonderful
manner. One hour lost or wasted in the
morning clogs the wheels. and the work
drags heavily all day. One hour gained
is the best lubricator in the world Eve
rything glides along smoo'hly-head,
heart and hands work in harmony.
Once. when little girl. we were in
despair because our ''stent' was not fin
ished in season for US to ''go berrying'
With the brothers and sisters. Taking