New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-10-06

There are," said Mi. Thornton, as his
wife paused for anotherword, "some ff-
teen or sixteen hours of each day, in
which mind or hands should be rightly
employed. Now, let us see how Efie
is spending these long and ever-recur-
ring periods of time. Come, my daugh-
ter, sit down; we have this subject fair
~ before us. It is one of great impor-
lance to you, and should be well consid-
cred. How is it in regard to the EN-.
| ployment of your timep Take yester-
day, for instance. The records of the
work of day will help us to get toward
the result after which we are now search
ing"
Effie sat down, and Mr.. Thornton
drew chair in front of his wife and
daughter.
"Take yesterday, for instance" said
the father, chow was it spent? You
rose at seven, Think
eyes, sir; came down just as the
breakfast bell was rnng,'' replied Effie.
| ''And your mother was up at half
| past five, know. and complained of
feeling so week that she could hardly
! dress herself. But, for all this, she
was at work until breakfast time. Now,
If you had risen at six, and shared your
mothers work until seven, you would
have taken an hour from her days bur-
dens, and certainly lost nothing from
your music, self-improvement or social
intercourse. How was it after break
fast? How was the morning spent? p
! II praoticed an hour on the piano
after breakfast
| $50 far so good. What thenP''
II read the Cavalier till eleven"
| Mr.. Thornton shook his head and
asked:
"After eleven, how was the time
spent?''
II dressed myself and went out . lit
tie after twelve O'clock"
IAN hour was spent in dressingr'
Eyes, sir.''
"Where did you gop''
~ called on Helen Boyd, and we took
a walk down Broadway"
"And came home Just in time for
dinner? I think l met you at the
doorP'
ayes, SIR"
"How was 1t after dinner?''
II slept from three until five, and
then took bath and dressed myself.
From six until tea-time I sat at the par
lor Window
"And tea?''
"Read the Cavalier till went tn
bed"
"At what hourp"
"Eleven O'clock"
"Now, we can make up The &C.
count" said Mr.. Thornton. "You rose
at seven and retired at eleven-sixteen
hours. And from your own account
of the day, but i single hour was spent
in anything useful-that was the hour
at the piano. Now, your mother was
up at half-past five, and went to bed,
from her sheer inability to sit at her
work any longer, at half-past nine. Six
teen hours for her also. How much
reading did you do in that timer"
And Mr.. Thornton looked at his wife.
"Don't talk to me of reading! I've
no time to read,' Mrs. Thornton an
swered, a little impatiently. The con.
trast OF her daughters idle hours with
her own life of exhaustive toll did not
affect her mind very pleasantly.
And yet" said Mr.. Thornton, 'you
were always fond of reading, and can
remember when no day went by with
out an hour or two passed with your
books. Did you lie down after dinnerp''
"Of course not"
"And didn't you take pleasant
walk down Broadway? Nor sit at the
parlor window with Ef1ie2 How about
that?''
There was no reply.
Now, the case is a very plain one,"
continued Mr.. Thornton. "In fact,
nothing could be palmer. You spend
from fourteen to sixteen hours in hard
work, while Ellie, taking yesterday as
sample, spends about the same time
in what is i little better than idleness.
Suppose a new adjustment were to take
place, and Ellie we're to be usefully en-
ployed helping you eight hours of each
day, she would still have eight hours
left for scli-improvement and recreation;
and you, relieved from your present
overtasked condition, mig hit get back a
portion of your health and spirits, OF
which these too heavy household duties
have robbed you."
Father" said Effie, speaking through
her tears that were falling over her
face, ~ never saw things in this light.
Why haven't you talked to me before?
I've often felt as if I'd like to help her;
she says that you can't do it; I'd rather
do it myself Indeed it isn't all my
fault"
lit may not have been in the past,
Ef1ie," replied Mr.. Thornton, "but it
certainly will be in the future, unless
there is a new arrangement of things
It is false social sentiment that lets
daughters become idlers, while mothers,
fathersand sons take up the daily bur-
den of work. and bear it through all the
business hours.''
Mrs. Thornton did not come grace
fully into the new order of things pro-
posed by her husband and accepted by
Ellie. False pride in her daughter,
that future lady ideal, and an inclina-
ton to do herself, rather than to take
the trouble to teach another, were all
so many impediments. But Effie and
her father were both earnest, and it was
not long before the overtasked mother
weary face began to lose its look of
WEAKNESS, and her languid frame to
come up to an erect bearing. She could
find time for the old pleasure in books,
now and then for a healthy walk in tho
streets, and a call on some valued
friend.- Erchan0e, /
The Bankers Daughter-A Pcnnsyl.