Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-10-14
THE HOME CIRCLE.
CONNECTED ny NAiol,cA H.zl.Kwoop.
Household Papers No. I.
ny BETTE LYNDON.

1t IS Il commonly accepted notion
that ii is IN imroSSibility to do more
than one thing at :, time: hence the old
aiare Don't have too many irons in
the fire. or some of them will be sure 10
lie burned" Now | can demonstrate
10 the contrary: for hehold.--l am
writing, dipping here and there into
The columns of he"Nermon: household
and slipping my coffee 10 keep me awake
But generally admit the truth Of the
adage. Yes. too many irons IN the lire
that : inst whatailS nine tenthS OF
the women, especially farmers wives;
AMI az though the special dates ct the
wife was no. enough to Thoroughly de-
valope her physical organization: when
the Lord of the Manor gets in a hur-
l-y IN his department of labor he inn
mtdiateiy delegates all the small jobs
Ia his wife. and with 4 large force OF
able bodied help he marches on TO vie
Tory. while his wife with more work
nd no help steadily travels on t
disappointment. disease and death The
old song. hear You say. of man 5
tyranny and womans martyr
dom" II may be an old song but IT is
true in majority OF instances. Men
will hire help because they can usually
get that which Is accustomed to the
work they want done. If it is to chop
wood no man in his senses would en-
gage youth fresh from some city store,
neither would a merchant hire clerk
who knew more of plowlng and driving
oxen than he did OF the relative merits
of Jeans and French cashmere. But
each business man will have his assis-
tants understand their work before be
ginning They haze not time to teach
them. Tor their time can be more profit
ably employed with something else.
Yet. if a woman wants help to do her
Homework. she is usually obliged TO go
without, as skilltul, efficient heIp.is not
to he had. torty-nine times out of fifty:
and when 50 overborne with the multi
tude Of her duties. each one equally I'M
rortant she finally concludes to try one
of these mistreSSes CT the kitchen, what |
is the result? 1t is hardly necessary TO
tell. for there are thousands OF house |
keepers who know By experience just
what would say If she Is an orderly |
person, one of the results is that she |
is never able to find anything in its
proper place. Does she believe that
Cleanliness is akin to Goodness, she
will find mouldy bread in the box, milk
sci away unskimmed out of sight for
two weeks. the cover eff the vinegar
and the flies holding jubilee in the
key, the skillets hung up without wash
ing. fourteen dishes containing butter,
seven with remains of sauce. and three
with cIStard baked two weeks ago; and
5" on nd nauscum. If she ventures a
word of remonstrance. the probability
is that tins Young lady will pack all her
own clothing. and perhaps some not
hers in flour sack and walk of. 1t
Will take week of additional labor and
worry to bring this disorsanized house
hold back to its normal condition. and
he mistress VOWS 10 herself and quite
frequently to her husband. that she
Hill meyer have another girl IN the
i"nSr. But the next lime there is an
rush ot work The same scene IS
e-enactcd. Well. what VII! You do
bout i? There is 40 disease without
"lne remedy. either known OF I'M
Huwn.
In the first place, when the husband
AS more work than lie can do he. need
ot leave the milking. feeding pigs.
nlittimg and CARRYING in wood. and
arrylng water quarter OF a nile away
. his wife. If he has additional! labor
, has she. He can do little more
lmself or else undertake less. We of.
an near farmer, talk OF getting more
mi in cultivation. but do no: remenl-
ii eyer once bearing a man say that
e wanted 10 give more thorough till
se 10 that already cultivated. g,
More acres. more stock, more horses
ore tools and more hired men: all "
AXE more work for yourself ana wife. "
IT at The end of the year you have no q
ore clean cash Ia show for it and your
Ife has bough; all the groceries and II
lrt Of the clothing with butter at 10 "
MS pound and eggs at SIX cents a IT
zen