The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-05-22
THE BLUES.

THE BLUES.
How to Exercise These Pestilent Little
7 Devils by Wholesome Rest and Recrea
! ton. !,
As the spring season comes on, almsst
every one. begins to suffer more or less
from this intangible but. very decided
complaint. 1t would seem as if the
lovely spring days, the warm sunshine,
the sight Of budding trees and spring
ing fiowers, would put new life in our
veins; and, to a certain degree, they do
! freshen Us and do us good; but, we al
most all overtax ourselves in the spring.
| If there is any season of the year when
4 children should be leniently, treated as
to lessons, it is in the spring. House
keepers that are wise will clean house in
the fall; the spring cleaning is a sure
precursor of colds and nervous fevers
and utter prostration. 3-5 -yIG fod5
But before, or sometimes in the place
of, colds and fevers we have the s'blues y
Things are no worse than they were a
month ago, but we can only look on the
dark side. If Bridget breaks dish, it
is always, at this season, the one you
cared for most. The chiidren's mis-
chievous pranks are almost unbearable,
and it seems as If John whistles s.Silyer
Threads Among the Gold'' so indefati-
gably just to aggravate one. 81 feel
cross and nervous and tired-you ought
to feel so, too," is, l fear, the secret
opinion of too many of us when we feel
tblue." sHj g.. -ieE3s .iiln6to9
!
/ Now a man, when he is in this mood,
generally knows how to treat himself
He will manage half holiday, by hook
or by crook, and take brisk walk. or,
if that is impossible, he will determine
not to think of h g anxieties until he is
in better spirits. But woman7res-
pecially young women and girls ctlso
differently. 2a 'itftS 80 '.}3t'h
Mary s.feels blue,'' so she does not
exert herself to dress, but sits sewing +
the very worst thing one can do when
low-spirited; or, being very conscien-
tious girl, perhaps she suddenly remem,
bers that she resolved some tilne ago to
read Locke on the Understanding, or
Bacon on the Advancement of Learning.
She is about as fit to read such works as
! if she should undertake to eat a pound
of beefsteak when she had not particle
of appetite. She sits and pores over the
book and wonders that things look hor-
ribly dull and flat to her all day!
venture to say if Mary had given her.
self good days work, such as sweep
ing and busting her room, arranging
her bureau, ETC., and then taken q brisk
walk, taking little thought as to her
"best things" the blues would have
vanished. .-@F3Rt Si'4 a
But again, q young wife and mother
feels blue. She has been looking over
the children's clothes and sewing for
dear life for a week past. Bridget is
saucy, and somehow the pretty home
that she loves SO much seems narrow
and conining. l say to such a one, at
almost any cost get out of your own
house, for day at least. 1t is good
for us to hold our children and hus-
bands off at arms length, once in q
while, as an artist does his picture; we
get a better view and forget the little
blotches here and there that annoyed
us. *f& {4Hf ! Il
I have a friend who says whenever
she feels blue she puts on her bes,
clothes, and really some of Us will find
/ that will do us good, Find out some
one to help or to cheer if you can, but
do not refer to your downheartedness
The moment we confess feeling, be il
love, hatred or low spirits, we intensity
it. Act and speak cheerfully and yol
will find you are feeling brighter soon
I should like to whisper word Il
some of the husbands sea tered through
the land. In the spring of the yea
'smother" gets nervous she snaps a
the children, tells Tom too sharply tt
'sstop that whistling,' and perhapi
suddenly breaks down and takes to he
bed. The poor husband is completed,
surprised cant understand the mattel
ut all. He goes to bis business, o.
works upon his farm day after day, ant
is in and out from morning until night
He sees his business friends from day i
day, and seldom is troubled with tn
children's racket, for they are trainet
to be quiet and to have every thing il
order when papa comes home. % II
But all through the long winter hov
different it has been with the wife. Sh
has been from morning till night, fron
week to week, and month to month
with three or four children CONSTANT
demanding her care, thought and pa
tience. Her servants are care, an,
part of the time, if in the country, sh
may have been without any. In min
cases out of ten, she has not been fire
,, from this care, away from the four wall
: of her home, for two days at q tim
within six months. She needs to breath
new atmosphere, to see some othe
scenes than the home scenes, be it eve
80 lovely. .i. - laG
You propose leaving home e-she s'can
manage it".-but this should not be ri
lowed. Let MS women be more unselfis
: : in the matter. If you have friend wh
! : is tied to her home by the care of twoe
|, :, three children, can't you offer to kee
= her house for her week or two? Eve
suppose you merely change houses fe
I, time-any change is good. 9I33
. If more husbands would but reali
that their wives must have their holids
!. from the care of children and servant
u and that this holiday had better con