, 1878-05-24
Getting Through.

,Ss fsu.ssecper IL vision OF the time
-, her bHG,e will be in order from al.
"a, cellar. her seuing al done up, and
,turItai leisure afforded her for social
sril,mrn'. reading, and rest. While she
9-e,u. OF this domestic millennium the
,-8r.trtHl. spider b. bIsily weaving his
- ,r l.r yarlur, the tireless ily is buz-
ga, r.tryNhcrc, the omnipresent dust
.s,f... uu N,l her bric.A. brac, the little
tvr,. aui tues are slowly but surely
us,rus their wAy io daylight, the stores
h, ,Hr .rigf melt away, and she wakes
4, fud d thousand demands IN as many
hHrrai directions requiring her imme.
dat, asi entire attention. To do every
thing at once With only one pair Of hands
IL impossible, and il she has two or three
or half dozen pairs at her command the
difficulties are not materially lcssened !;
a. We climb higher our horizon widens
and greater number of objects claim
our attention; rs our households enlarge,
and receive members belonging to them
only by contract or courtesy, our cares
increase, aud our perpleXities multiply.
The doctrine of the Survival of the fit
test" is good one when properly modi-
fed and made to apply to the duties of
the house-mother She must select from
the muttudinOus array of things to be
done those which to her seem most i'm.
portant, and attend to them first, leaving
such as are of inferior moment to bide
their time; having done this if she can
be content she is wise as well as hap.
py woman. But the trouble is that when
once she has determined that the sewing
must and shall be brought up, frightful
cObwebs in the best chamber and finger
marks on the window pane disturb her
purpose or make her restless and unhap.
py while accomplishing it. Or she has a
taste for reading, and groans as she sees
the shining rows of books n well.tilled
libraries and attractive new magazines ly-
ing within reach, but which she cannot
stop to read. Or one of the children
breaks limb or contracts serious illness
and everything gives way till the patient
recovers. Or dear friend comes to
spend week at her house and the rites
Of hospitality claim first attention.
Nevertheless, in spite Of all Interruptions,
it is quite possible to map out general
programme and work pretty well up to
il, ty distributing ones labor over
large amount of work aud laying them
on rather thin. If one has so many
sduare feet to cover with just 80 many
grains OF gold, he must lay it on thin or
there will be bare spots, and they are
simply unversed in the ways of the world
who take gliding for solid gold. Some
women are great deal more executive
than others, and accomplish with one
long sweep of their arms what smaller
women must take many strokes to com.
pass. But comparisons here are odious
and each housekeeper must be in man
ner law to herself and not waste her
strength in trying to do and to be like
somebody else. When one is compelled
to live on a small income he does it by
cutting off supertluities and restricting
himself to just those expenditures which
necessity demands. Misery is, by no
means, the inevitable result of such a
course; happiness is very evenly distribut-
ed in this world, and one may be happy
on "dime a day. as easily as on an
eagle a day, If he only brings his mind
and body into the right condition. So if
the house mother has slender resources of
strength and means she will make them
go the farthest possible by cutting off all
superhuous demands on them, and ex-
pending them only in doing what must be
done. To sum up, the whole wisdom of
this subject is embodied in remark al
ready made. The house. mother must Sc
lect from the mutitudinous array of
things to be done those which to her
seem most important, and attend to them
first, leaving such as are of inferior mo-
ment to bide their time and having done
this if she can be content she is wise as
well us happy woman.-N. 7. Tribune.
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