The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-15
CRUMBS OF PIECRUsT. -READING.
BY MRS. G. W. PYE.
From the Western Rural

From the Western Rural.
II have no time to read" How often this
declaration falls from the lips of women an
ever ready excuse for ignorance or what is
passing in the great world beyond the narrow
limits OF their own neighborhood.
Talk to them Of artists and works of art, of
authors and their productions, or Of the as
poets of our own land, civil or political, and
in nine cases out often they will listen with
forced attention, quietly remarking when you
have finished, without betraying the slightest
embarrassment at their want of information,
II know very little about such things [ have
no time to read Turn to neighborhood
gossip--retail all you know, think conjecture,
Or have heard respecting various mutual &C
quaintances, and a lively interest will be
awakened in your auditor; q flow of comment
and witty remark elected, which prove her
fully capable of conversing upon any subject
with which she is familiar. ...-f...
Talking of fashions, you Will find her no
stranger TO them, and she would blush to
plead ignorant in regard to matters of dress
NO time to read" and yet time to attend
to the affairs of others No time 10 beautify,
enrich, or strengthen the mind, and yet time
to spend in adjoining the body The latter
is certainly duty; the body is the earthly
dwelling of the soul, and q beautiful
mind is all the more lovely when robed in
beauty. .~--t: l-f
A careless sloVenliness in regard to personal
selves, as 1t detracts large portion of the
affection and esteem which we might other
wise receive against Others to whom we do
not afford all the pleasure of which we are
capable, and against God, who has formed
this dwelling and given it to our keeping
This, however, is not the highest, hottest
duty, and instead Of being a life purpose,
should occupy a secondary place i'm the
thoughts.
A fine form and beautiful face may please
for time. We admire them just as we do a
statue or picture, but who would wish to live
With figure of cold marble, to depend upon
1T for companionship? Soon soulless perfec-
ton would become Wearisome even more
quickly one tires Of sOuless human face,
though perfect as the embodiment of the ar
tist rs dream. a .s5. "a'. t.3
An idle tongue spoils many pretty face
and well stored mind shines through many
a plain one. Think over your list ofacquain-
tances and see how many of them look to YOU
as they did when you first saw them.
Has not beauty in many cases become
lnsipld and have not plain faces grown
beautiful f51nt1
who was the prettie8t girl at the party
last evening?' said lady to a gentleman
acquaintance the morning after a social gath
erlug Jennie G. would have been, If she
had not opened her mouth" was the apt re.
ply;
reading depends not SO much upon the guam
tity as the quality OF what is read and not
so much upon the time spent in reading, as
the time spent in thinking Of what has been
read. A lover of knowledge wifi find time to
read when another would find none A lady
OF my acquaintance, whose husband is farm
er, always reads while she is doing her churn-
ing. little practice will enable one to knit
.as we'll with book as without and even
crochet and tatting may be done with an open
volume before one. 1t is an excellent plan to
have book near While sewing, so as TO read
few moments occasionally, and spend the
time while engaged with the needle in think
Ing. Such course expands the mind won
derluly.