, 1879-11-13
The "Plzen Clean Woman

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1t is 80 great an requirement. that one
does not wonder that the sentence
CLEANLINESS is next to GotilncSS was
ropularly supposed, for an indefinite
pariod. tc he quotation from the Bl-
hle Cleanliness is the chief distinction
between the tramp and many million
aires who could not claim even this al
vantage over the tramp. But the sen.
tsnce. cleanliness is next TO GodlineSs,
cannot be found in the Bible, neverthe-
lssS You cannot have too much Godh'
ness. too much temperance, too much
discretion, too much wisdom, but you
can have too much neatness, There
have been overneat men, We have met
one or two in our time. They always
get up in the night to eat, and are enc
mics OF sleep as they are of DIRT. 4 But
they are not so numerous nor peStiferous
as ,lae o,eructs wppan8 2tOO6
Who has not met the overneat womanl
We do not need to describe her But
ws viii. Revengsa sweet She makes
sar husband exchange his boots. for slip
pers on the door step, no 9matteg how
low the thermometer or barometer, the
poor fellow must dotf his boots in the
porch. Is he wet Z He must stay on
the stoop till he has done dropping.
Consumptiona, What Sf that Compared
with a soiled carpetf The small boy,
what a life he leads with such mother.
Followed about by q dusts pan and
brush, and a scolding voice The hyper
neat woman is always cross all of child
hoods days, he early runs to club
room Or beer saloon whefe be can see a
little rubbish and find the luxury Of
dirt. We once knew a ladyo Of this
character who, when lightning providen-
TALLY struck her house and killed ser.
want, sweptiup the eyidencing, dirt the
shock had, dislodged, before the coron er
could be called. AVN, -,
These spleen .cleah@ women always
hate to have company. "Guests are so
dirty you know The parlor is kept
dark and unused from year to year.
The carpet would fade and dust would
accrue. We once knew woman who
refused to open 'hes. parlor for The we'd
ding of her daughter. "The street is
too dusty" she said. She isEdust now
They opened the parlor> for the funeral,
and one almost wonders that she did not
turn over in her coffin. AA.A 4 ,N}
The overneat woman cleans house
twice q year. Twice q year the uncom-
Portable husband and children are made
doubly uncomfortable hThei weakness
of the flesh alone deters her from house
cleaning every moon. The overneat
woman delights to make people uncom
Portable. She is thin, dyspeptic, has
nerves, is troubled with dirt on the
brain, o Dirt on the brain is, very wear
ing on the constitution, and the hyper
neat woman nearly always dies young.
If she did not, nearly all her household
would. Her husband always has an
other chance. This is d dispehsation Of
Providence. We write with some feel
ing on. this subject, although, thank
God, we have, only seen. the, oyerneat
woman afar off But We have seen the
lives Of good men embittered, ,nwe have
seen boys driven to ruin, and girls i'm
bued with such hatred Of cleanliness
that they have become very ,slatterns, by
oyerneat wives and mothers.
All, mothers, do not mind cluttered
floor a little, gravel. or sand ,pns the
carpet, afhger mark on wall paper or
mirror. The day may come. when a
little dirtspread by baby feet or laid on
by busy baby fingers would be the glad
dest SIGHT in the world.