, 1880-01-24
HOBBIES.
A LETTER FltOM CALIFORNIA.
To &hs Editor o{ 1hs Chicago Tribune.

10 &he Ealfof o. 1M chicago 1FtD1h&.
NEW YoKK, Jan. 14.-The heaItll-ltght OF
Tho Homo shines brightly in this new year,
and the family are gathering round 1t In lar
mony ouce more. While we sit here, tt1o
wind whistllng outside, the snow-tlakes I'LL
Ing the mir md covering the corth with tlolr
whlteness, shall we not be rs charitable to
the eartl,t covering Up NIL defects with tho
pure. white mantle Of kindness?
We haze bright family circle, and where
there Is so much quick wit there will be dif.
ferenccs OF opinion. little "spats," some pet
ulanco md Barcasln. little poutlngs, and tho
many te,sIngs Incident to oil largo 'familIes;
but we may take NIL these things In kindly
why, though Quietly, very quietly, giving back
IL inrHScent H j. merrment, @ even il tt the la,sh @ Is
agsl!nst ourselves. We can always do better
execution by q gontlo retort.
II we Disagree upon ~ important point let
j. VIC s xes hsf lis tS5 %ors a saaigs
and needs = little setting strntght, shall
haye to tell him TINT II housekeeper ard
cook bear about tho Same relation to cich
IN He5 sepks Y tue of sf95s tH one ot
may know how to cook In tho most admirable
manner, so that even l!er husband cAti lind
nothing to blame. In her sensonlngs,.. her
12nps her ,rosts Hr steTs sSt hss p;lnE
desire u regale his palAtc, and yct mny luck
executive ability,-6e utterly incapable Of
performing the duties necessary to the man
Even j.. ii. Il. viii admit that q 1nan may be
perfectly competent clerk or bookkeepcr
and yot bu entirely. incompetent to perform
the duties pertaining to the head Of tho
6 Z HIT WSy %oan Teule sxpsetcd ssa dp' q
knGW st,zea sS pnS trades caa n,yt.4 when os man
woinal. plust understand tho business Of
si he sS Ssas'sss sse eRiaas ds
screetiy, to say nothing Of beaf(ng them;
must be u gool aceounlant, t,-know how To
mike oiio dollar DO the duty Of two; mako her
enowed esS % Gth csSo Ill., 81; os soaa aWaSs Ss
cheerful; "meet her husbnI,ti with alille,n
tor fcar 10 ,nny bc took weak to resist ths
wlne-onp; sit up late to iaAke and mend; bo
y, early T. to q, have bay III Ills bEsakfast reaay,-a!l
M ksspsr s il 81 ns est 5snqnt II Ths sVS QUO
thlng lie has to do, anl when ile comes homo
he finds 1t hard, very hard, II his s!tppeets aro
S1 W. nMt %ay y toF t o. ~ 1 oS
or too little done. Don't you tltluh tho du-
ties oro lust lIttle uncqiially dlyidedY, As
to every wo!lall learning to cook, u Is about
sSssRs s svisap fispSef e2sr q n asnea% tS It
I ,an! painfully conscious that there. arc
still those WHO caan0t bear. the least
shadow Of disagreement, who become
thalt: cull-beli out IT Tie Circuit" il
we essay to touch tho check rein while they
are mounted on ttelr hobbies; but that Ii
iust. thu delight at,l chnsin Of a numerous
! faMlly,--the hobbtean nre checked, aa1 Wa learn
| that others like to rfda US well as ourselves;
, and We learn also to bear the checking with
patience, tho chafllng with slnlles.
Them too, tlere Is A fax, y little too rough
iii hiH bfNltlps. In nnptts haln-hA NAV nrnilf
ny the advice of Cassandra, who las come lii
| ut the door 10 offer It.
| Qitano, you aru right; there Is too ilttlo
humanity In this world, aud too much human