The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-12-13
The Woman who is Always Tired.

: Tyndall, when we are always able to
do entire Justice to the people we
know. AS "A usual thing we over.
rate or underrate people.
OF all the overrated people it is
ever ones misfortune to know those
woman who are known as a very
domestic woman are the ones who
receive the largest share of com
incubation with the least genuine
claim to it. In almost every neigh
bOrhO0d lives such woman, who
is not very we'll known among her
neighbors, aud who does not count
FOR much in the community, because
she is $50 devoted to her family"
1t is this kind OF woman who il
"always tired.n She regards 1t as
"A matter of domestic duty to never
rise above IA condition of physical
exhaustion. She does her washing
on Monday and her ironing on
Tuesday, though the heavens fall.
She cleans on Friday and SATURDAY
is sacred to baking. She C0ncocts
jelly and cans fruit at precisely Y the
right moment, and she seats her
seltseverely III the evening with an
orthodox mending, basket before
her.
Calling upon one of these
domestic paragons, one may chance
to touch upon matters of current
interest. With "A superior smile
she calmly ignores them.
"BooksW OH no she has not time
to read she devotes herself entirely
to her family"
You inquire about Mrs. Glenn,
who Was left penuilesS at her hus
bands death.
''KcallN she don't know. She
had lived near Mr.. Glenn tor eight |
years, but had never been in he |
house but once. If she was in
want, she supposed the church
would relieve her. For her part,
she WAS 80 overwhelmed with care
that it was all she could possibly do
to attend the wants of her family
Now there are certain draw back
incident to the condition of a woman
who never reads, never takes any
interest iu the joys and s0rrows OF
her eighb9rs, who starve her
higher nature to minister Ouly to
material ucedE, aud who thus de
pIiyes her soul Of sweet sympatht
tic growth by narrowing her sym
pathies to her immediate family.
Like many fatal faults, this had
It's origin III a strong virtue. 1t is
right for home to be daiHtily cared
iOr, and = meth0dical arrangement
of household duties is the real
road to good housekeeping. 1t is
ii matter of health aud economy
and family comfort to make the
Jelly aud can the fruit at the proper ,
times, all these things are founda.
TiJns Of that harmonious condition +
of family comfort, which every Il
wife and mother desires. But it is {
only the foundation. Our fault is a
that we sometimes mistake the
0i living for the life itself /
1t is the abuse and not the use OF q
this sacrificing energy than
the woman who in Il
always tired. 1t is because she T.
ignores the higher lite i'll her zeai II
IUr the lower one. Il
1t is an unjust slander on the
Ords OF creation to affirm that thpii )
hearts are only accessible through :
heir thrOais; that they would )
'ather their wives would make pad h
ling than poetry, and pies rather a
han pictures; that wife who o
sradnall sinks into I household h
lrudge and slave, a la Hannah e
Jane, wins an admiration that the L
woman cannot hold. I,
Order aud LeatneSs aud well {"
erved table are Indispensable re. II
luis iteS, but they are only Y means to .
wing. not the life itself. When all J
he lime and strength of the wife II
md mother 90 to these. what has q
he left for npaniOnship, for So
icty, for all that makes life worth
wing The duties of the wife and d,
mother are very important, very
acred, bat those of the woman are
igher than all. She must respect "'
er own individuality. Life is az
ivine gift, and means a great deal. ct
The one great need of the age is W,
reading high-minded IL
Who can equal such y
woman IN her executive force, III
/ her swift comprehension of com 10
ION needs, III her sympathetic III n'
ght and generous charity She
lolizes life aud all its relations,
itering with swift enthusiasm into tic
I that is best and truest in hu- ii,
anity. ca
No woman who is overtaxed with vi
)usehold drudgery can be trIe AN
lie or a true mother. Nor even 90
IN she be good housekeeper. IN
he airy grace aud dainty touches po
a home can come from no over en-
rarried hands and heart. Woman -
ust take time to read, to think, to St
'ep pace with this advancing age. ma
Nor will poverty aud discomfort Gu
How this course. Wealth consist pc
rgely in the application of the iTo
ind to given subject, aud one
40 is physically exhausted and
antally starved Is not living high rel
ough to command an outlook. ly
lere is no motive power. 1t is SO
1 that domestic dnty should ever ba,
underrated. To create home ter