The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-16
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We knows noble old lady (now over 50.
who used to say that by little headWorE
Ihs could save 50 much time in housekeep'
ing as TO have the afternoon for rest, study,
or such work as she might enjoy. This
woman had large family and = great deal
to do, SO it was not an exceptional case. A
great mathematician once said, II he had
but three minutes in which to perform a
problem, on which his life depended, he
would spend two Of the minutes in think
ing how best to do ii; so great did he value
the art Of rejecting well over the business
to de done, even in the greatest emergencies
Of life. And could we not all vastly better
work in this world by more forethought
How much our heads could save our feet
in our daily homework One reason
SO many women are such efficient
workers is Just because of this Tx
ed habit. II they had any occasion to so
upstairs, they reflect whether there is any
thing that needs to be taken up, thus say
ing one or two journeys, The same when
they are going down again, When the ta-
BILE is cleared, the articles to be taken into
the cellar are placed altogether on tray
and taken down at once. While the other
work is going on, the busy mind runs
through and plans out the sewing work
that is to be taken up when leisure time
comes, The way oil cutting It out, the
manner Of trimming, and the whole gen
eral plan is gone through with before u
needle is taken up, very likely, Before
rising in the morning the breakfast Is
tLor,S,,r,I,I il, ,,1nDrnJ and thn nrlnr in u hipb
fthe different details are carried out Is
quite decided upon, 1t makes all work
easier to have 1t thus planned beforehand,
and many weary woman might secure
many bright half hours to herself every
week II she would but inaugurate the sys-
TEN, 1t is like packing trunk-you know
how easy it is for one skilled in tho bust
ness to put In third more than one who
piles things "just us II happens" 1t is al
ways such pleasure to look back on a
well.passed day and see Just what has been
done, People whose days are full Of idle
ness and ease do not have the monopoly
Of happiness, by any means, AS uncom'
Portable people us have known have been
summer boardeH from the city, who have
nothing to do all summer but to fan them
selves, They seemed 80 utterly overbur-
dcned with the task that one could hardly
help commissioning them, Occasionally a
few flies fluttered into their shady rooms
and had to DO whisked out, and then
there was work in earnest and trib'
ulation enough. Surely these people who
have nothing else to bear are rarely able to
bear themselves, From what l have seen
OF both sides, over-wOrked people do not
seem to mo to be SO miserable as those
who have nothing to do, They have, ut
least, the noble compensation OF feeling
that they are OF Use in the world; that they
add largely to the comfort and well'belng
Of others, and that they belong to the pro-
ducers instead Of the mere consumers. To
one who has led busy life absolute idle.
ness would DO most rksome ponance. But
headwork will tighten labor; so Use it
literally and teach the art to those about
you. II housekcepers would preserve their
health let them save time by headwork.-
HOtSekGeper.