The Red Cloud chief., 1879-11-27
The .Pizen.(Iean Woman.

Cleanlines, i an excellent acquire
m.nt. IL Is 80 great an requirement
that one does not wonder that the sen
tcncc Cleanliness i next 20 Godli-
ness was popularity supposed. for au
indefinite period, Ia bc aJuotation from
the Bible. Cleanliness l. the chisi dis
tinction between the tramp and many
millionaircs, albeit there have been
many millionaireS who could not claim
even this distinction over ia. tramp.
But the sentence, Cleanliness i next
Ia Goodness can not be found in the
Bible, nevertheless. You can not have
too much Goodness, too much temper
ancc, too much discretion, too much
wisdom, but YOU can have too much
ncatnc>s. There have been nyernrat
men. We have mel one or two in our
time. They always get up in the night
Ia eat, and are enemies of sleep a. they
are Of dirt. But they are not 80 numcr-
Gus nor 80 pestifcrous a. the oyerucat
woman.
Who has not met the oycrncat wom-
AN? W. do not need la describe her.
But we will. Revenge i sweet. She
makes her husband exchange his boots
for slippers on the door step. No mat
ter how low the thermometer or baron
cter, the poor fellow must dof his boot,
in the porch. /, h. wet? He must
stay on the stoop till lac has done drip
ping. Consumption? What j. that
compared Ia "A soilcd carpet? The
small boy, what "A life he leads with such
Il mother, Followed about bv "A dust
pan and brush and a Scolding voice (the
hypcrncat woman j. always CROSSE all Of
childhood's days, he early runs Ia u
club-rOom or "A bccr-saioOn, where he
can see a little rubbish and find the luz
ury of dirt. We once knew a Lady of
this character who, when lightning
providcntially struck her house and
killed a servant. swept up the cvidcnc-
ing dirt the shock had ~di~lodgcd, before
the Coroner could hc called.
These '~'pizcn-clcan " women always
hate 10 have company. "GucSts are so
dirty, you know The parlur is kept
dark and unused from year To q The
carpets would fade and dust would ac-
crue. We once knew "A woman who re-
fused To open her parlor for the wedding
of her daughter. "Thc street i too
dusty she said. She l. dust now.
They opened the parlor for the funeral,
and one almost wonders that she did
not turn over in her coffin.
The ovcrncat woman cleans house
twice a year. Twice a year the uncuml-
Portable husband and children are made
doubly uncomfortable. The weakness
of the flesh alone dctcrs her from house
cleaning every moon. The ovcrncat
woman delights Ia make people uncnm-
Portable. She is thin, d~yspcptic, has
nerves, is troubled with dirt ON the brain.
Dirt on the brain l. very wearing la the
constitution, and the h]ypcrncat woman
nearly always dies young. II she did
not all her household would. Her hu>-
band always has another chance. This
Is a diSpensation of Providence. We
write with some feeling on this subject,
although, thank God, we have only seen
the ovcrneat woman afar off. But We
have seen the lives of good men cmbit-
tered, we have seen boys driven to ruin,
and girls cmbued with such a hatred of
cleanliness that they have become very
slatternS, by ovcrncat wives and
mothers.
All, mother, do You not mind 4 clut-
tered floor. a little gravel or sand on the
carpet, a finger mark on wallpaper or
mirror. The day may come when a lit
tie dirt spread by baby feet or laid on
by busy baby fingers would be the glad
deSt sight in the world.
We wandered sadly round the room,
No relic could we find,
No toy of hers to ~oothc our gloom
She left not one behind
But look there l. a misty trace,
Faint, underlined ana broken.
Ut fingers on the mirrors face
\ dear though simple token.
All, friends, how clean such dirt l..