The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-12

ate, drank, slept and nearly died by it
sNlb6dAg morning. Ain or shine, the
washing was done: if it rained. the
clothes were dried in the house-around
the fire or anywhere, but dried they
must be! o Tuesday she ironed, and such
ironing!h eYery brown towel, was faith
fully folded and ironed all over, and she
would have considered It an everlasting
disgrace not to have ironed her shirts
on both sides. Wednesday she mend
/ ed, laid sewaY the weeks wash and
chufded. Thursday Her house was
sweptAnd garnished from cellar to gar
ret, 81 perhaps I sh0al6 shy from garret
TO cellar, Friday she did the thousand
ata o66 tAiags that Come underthe head
Of little, puttering jobs" Saturday
FsAe baked and ihaOpped floors. A very
good system, you perceive. if only she
had ''bbssed'a the system instead of let
ting theb system '4'boss'' her., 4 We're
either Of the two children i'll, it wen
only a question of getting to bed before
Sunday morning; the system went On
- usual Did the mother herself feel
hardly able to rise from her bed, she
worked # OFF, but the system pyst
not he interfered with. T"' 9'(' rs
|Ts As'the months went by Mrs. Living
stones voice became; a fretful, quern-
lous whine, the crows feet began to
gather on her face, the circles to dean.
1kie ste il shost, She Jailed IU dssiy;
but the system went on the same.
One Monday morning the sun rose
and found Mrs. livingstone in bed;
when her, husband came in with the
milk he went into the bedroom in sur
prise at not finding her upland here
|letme say that he was a good, faithful
husband one who. did all he could to
ig hten his wife's labors, and remon-
strated with her almost daily on the
system, which he said would kill her
yet. care you sick this morning,
Emma?'' he said. ''Do not let the
clothes boil over the stoveI My head
swims lso that Il must sit down a
Even in her delirium she knew the
day Of'the week, and washed as usual!
The washings were done without her
now for many weeks; and when at last
she did rise from her sick bed, it was to
AAOAvAsO' Va VVoAy OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, IuOIC
trying to an energetic woman than a
dangerous illness. In the long, DAYS
that she reclined in her easy-chaif- the
slightest jar enough almost to draw
tears from her eyes; the least thing
enough to upset her calm and quiet for
the day-she had ample time to think
of the wreck she had made of herself,
the neglected opportunities for intellec-
tuali and physical growth, the money
her sickness had cost in various ways
yes, so much time that she almost grew
frantic! 49,
There came a time at last-one
blessed day-when g mother" took the
household reins again; took them to
drive. herself. instead of allowing the
system to do it for her; a time when
the ochildt4 Eand father followed her
around with loving looks, and thanked
GU that5nothef Mas wen again, even
though she could never be as strong as
before hM Illness -
LOOK out Tor these systems, sisters;
they. are making invalids and old wom-
en- Of, many of us. Remember that a
dirty floor is better than a back-ache;
and that be the house ever so clean, and
neat. it loses for the family all pleasure
if the home mother is tired and de.
lfpfessed.-@AaG6el G. tAssdres0s, IN Coun-
try Gentleman. r.,n. 81