Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-04-08


Mrs. Raynor rose from her seat to
pick up the newspaper, folded it neatly
and laid it on the table. Then she
took up her mending again, saying as
she seated heaself:
81 could not endure hired girl in
the house, Jack. They are ali so SLOW
emily and neglec.iul. Mary never could
re m ember to rub off the kettle III the
morning when she filed it; Bridget
al ways forgot to hang up the broom, and
Hannah used to spill things over the
stove. l tried all three thoroughly.
and decided never to have another girl.
Well, those are only miuor evils
compared to your becoming fretful
invalid, or dying OF overwork. Brooms
are cheap, and what did it matter if the
kettle was dusty occasionally"
Jack" Emma's tone WAS one Of
Mortified disayproval. at il the prin-
ciple of the thing more than all else.
1 never could, If tried fifty years, find
a girl with any system about her."
Jack only smiled grimly in reply.
"And l will say this in my own
praise" pursued Emma, nobody
could gather tsaspoonful OF dust in
my house after l have swept it, if they
searched from garnet to cellar
"True," said Jack. cit would be q
waste OF time to try"
elf you ever do marry" said Emma,
paying no attention to her brothers
sarcastic tone, 81 hope your wife will
be orderly and neat. You have no sys-
tenn about you, and if she is no better,
I pity the house you live init will
always be at SKIES and sevens."
II would rather it would look like
pig-sty than that FANNY ife-should
overwork herself IS you do in keeping
it clean and neat. Aaron, you really
ought to put stop to Emma's perpet-
ual trifing with her health and
strength"
Jack had expected only smile and
sigh from his brother in-law in answer,
but to his surprise Aaron spoke:
"Ive talked to her about it often,'
he said, but it will be necessary for her
to have q severe lesson before she will
learn common sense. made up my
mind a year ago that I would say no
more to her on the subject"
Common sense" said Emma, I
don't understand you. Would you have
ne sit with my hands in my lap and see
the dirt rot the floors through, and the
stove 60 to pieces with rust?"
"No," said Aaron, but 1 would have
you rest whenever you are tired. 1
would not have you polish the stove
every Wednesday and Saturday, no
matter how much else there is to attend
to; and mop the kitchen and hall floors
at regular intervals, even if suffering
under severe cold, which is liable to
be increased by any imprudence."
ct never have had severe illness,
Aaron"
"That is no surety that you never
will have one," said her husband.
"No; bnt I am we'll enough always.
I've often felt under the weather, OF
course, but have always worked it off.
There isn't lazy bone in my body"
eff you were taken sick, the house
would be handed over to the tender
msrcies of q servant. That fact, if no
other, ought to make you prudent. and
careful of your health" said Jack.
And another thing; whom we come in
at night, you are completely tired out,
and consequently depressed and often
fretful. Now, if you husbanded your
strength, ysu would feel bright and
cheerful every evening. Women who
work as You do, wear out before they
reach middle age, or else go insane.
Farmers wives help largely to keep the
insane asylums full. And it makes such
difference to man whether his wife
is glum and cross, Or"
at seem to me-" interrupted Emma,
b" that Jack has great deal to say late
ly about wives. l hope he won't bring
home one Of those Hopson girls and ask
me to welcome her."
"And why not?' asked Jack, with a
sudden flush.
"Your eyes ought to tell you why
not" answered Emma, their house is
forever Uttered up with all sorts of
trash. Books, newspapers, birds and
plants scattered ell around the best
parlor, and no attempt to systemize the
work OF the house."
"The family is very large" said
Jack, land Of course the girls can't
keep things in such apple-pie order as
yOd w. Dub tAOJ arc oll hAulhOlc anu
full of fun-it's a treat to go there"
LESS fun and more work would be
better for the house, said Emma. u
don't mean to say that 1 ever saw soiled
curtains there, or rusty knives, but
there seems to be no system about the
work. Now I should have each girl
perform certain duties on certain
days"
SIN short. make herself into paten.
machine to go by regular winding" in.
terrupted Jack. "Well, Emma, per-
haps it is as we'll to tell you now as any
time that l am engaged to Fannie
Hopson, aud we are to DO married in
May"
Jack"
1t was all Emma could say, SO
shocked was sho at this piece of news.
"Of course you pity me from the
bottom of your heart" said Jack, :" bnt
no machine woman for me! I've had
enough of systems, and I should hate
Fannie if she followed me around to
wipe up the tracks I made on the
kitchen floor, or made point of wash
ing the windows at a certain hour on
certain days of the week."
And with this parting shot Jack
walked out of the room slamming the
door behind him.
The first thing Emma did when the
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