The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-11-15
ANDERSON. S. c., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER l5

TALK, Lut CoioISo IVY, Souoo -, A's
Gertrude, Mr.. Thomas says please send
him a handful of nails" The nails are
sent, a sigh of relief breathed, when a
step is heard. Old Uncle Sam wants
"Missis to give him piece of bacca, if
you please, ma'am." He is an old man |;
the tobacco must be given. While at
the storeroom, the children wish lunch
con, which is given them; this I 60 to
the dining room for. With very indis-
tinct recollection of how | intended to
shape the article am working, I again
take my seat, when one of the tenants
children come in with "Please, ma'am,
some medicine for mammy's baby" a
little baby must not be neglected, so the
medicine is sent While / am at the
storeroom, Clanton, my little boy, comes
up crying; he has cut his foot; he has
to be attended to-. Dinner time comes; !;
feel that have been very busy, but lit
tie cutting out has been done, and Iwon-
der how can I economize labor.
Many persons are extravagant in their
expenditure of labor. Like Martha of
old, they are numbered with many cares.
So intent are they in keeping faultless-
ly neat house, that they worry every
member of the family. Mrs. Smith is a
house-keeper who is quoted by all of her
acquaintances as model. To be as good
house-keeper as she is thought to be is
to have attained perfection in the art.
Faultlessly neat, spotlessly clean, is every.
thing which is subjected to the visitors
inspection, but oh, at what an expense of
comfort! She is always fretting, COM
planning that everything is not as it should
be. When company comes. she has an
air suggestive of apology. The servants
dread scolding if small duty is omit
ted. The children are more at ease when
out of the house than when in it. The
husband is cramped in his movements:
She complains if his boots are dusty, if
he forgets to place his hat on the rack,
or chances to place a newspaper or book
on a table not expressly intended for
those articles. No wonder he thinks
such a waste of labor unnecessary, and
wonders "Why in the mischief don't she
sit down and keep auiet!"
What man wishes in his home 'ls rest
and peace. Solomon tells us, "Better is
a dry morsel and quietness Herewith than
an house full of strife" have quoted
from Solomon as the wisest of men. We
are told that he had seven hundred wives,
all of whom were princesses. Think of
being subjected to the tongues of seven
hundred womenl And this he had to
stand for long life, not the three score
and ten years which is the ordinary time
allotted to man to live. Verify, Solomon
"in all his glory" was not 10 be envied.
As sunshine to the material world,
causing everything to expand under its
genial influence, so is good humor to the
moral world. There is no labor-saving
machine equal to bright, energetic wo-
man. She infuses new life into the econ
omy of the household. If there is a
necessity, she can bake, sweep, dust,
patch, manage and contrive, remember
ing .
"a servant with this clause
Makes meanest work divine:
Who sweeps room as by Gods laws
Makes that and the action fne."
Such woman is fortune in herself,
with her boundless love, her infinite trust,
willingness to merge every thought and
feeling into the union of married life, in
its oneness-its completeness. Humbly,
reverently, she realizes her responsible
position, her children respect while they
love her, her husband is strengthened to
renewed energy by her cheering words as
he realizes
domestic bliss, the only gift of Paradise