The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-01-26
Fussiness.

| There is class of honsekeepcrs who
are always in the suda. Somehow they
seem to have great deal more to 20
than others, who, appearing to do littie,
accomplish everything really worth nc.
| compishing. These fussy housekeepel. .
weary the life of all quiet.loying folks
who are so unfortunate ms to be i'm thei,.
neiShborhood. Instead Of sitting com.
fortahly down and inqurjng what il to
| be done, how il can be so done that il
shall have logical beginning, middle
and end; what must be done. what may
be done, what may be left undone; what
is urgent, and what can wait they begin
everywhere, and Charge all along
the line" Or what is almost as
bad, they devote themselves To some
triiiing detail which might have been
omitted altogether, and let all the rest
of the household machinery drift into
confusion.
The fussy housckccper has speciallies,
and whims and notions. Her plumage
is always ruffled, her manner il always
agltated. she is in n perpetual stew. and
unfortunately never gets quito "donc"
I'll the last quiet sleep ovcrtakes her.
The worst of il Is that these fussy folks
always persuade themselves and try to
persuade others that they are nccom-
pli.hing great deal by their .fussiness,
which is only true in that they make to-
tai destruction of all peace and comfort
within the limits of their petty soyer.
eighty. Now there is great deal to be
done in every household, however small.
and it can be done, all Of it, without any
fuss at all. The whole operation of
house. cleaning can be gone through with
by only disturbing one room at II time, or
two rooms at n time, while the rest of
the house is kept in its usual order.
There is no sense in tearing things to
pieces unless one can at once put them
to rights again, and when they are torn
to pieces the thing to do is not to fret,
nor to scold, but to set such agencies in
operation MS will restore order and
Wilderness again. 1t has always been
observed that all the great agencies are
noiseless. Sleep, death, heat, light,
electricity, gravity, not sound does
either of these mako rs they all move on
in their mighty missions through the
earth. They come and they 20, and we
know naught of their coming or going
save by the results they leave behind.
The best housekccpcr we over saw never
raised her voice above a%vhispcr. When
she spoke you had to listen to hear what
she said. You could tell the reasons by
looking at her house. The various
preparations for Spring, Summer, Au.
tumn, Winter, were mado always in sen.
son, but so quietly that everything was
done without the stroke of hammer"
No parade vas made about things left
undonc, and though she often had to
f,,r Il: l:.l. l..
plans, there was no fuss made about the
waiting, no attention called to it, and
only she herself knew That everything
WAS not rs she wished The secret Of
her success lay in the quiutude of soul,
the clearness of her intellect, and the
patience of her disposition, and these
could not fail to be impressed on all
about her.
i the housekeeper would be homo.
keeper as well, she must avoid fussiness.
The home 10 infinitely more than the
house, and there is such a thing as de-
stroying the home by what is supposed
to be the very perfection of housckeep.
ing. The most immaculate OF house
keepers are not always the most lovely
of women, for they often 1.-THE mint,
anise and cumin while they neglect the
weightier matters of tho lnw, inatice and
judgment and the love of God. In pro.
portion as woman is lussy is she ineffi-
cient. The efficient woman has an eye
for the main chance and never sacrifices
them to side issues. The fussy woman
is forever pottering over non. essentials,
and Of course is forever behind hand
with the essentials. Fussy people are
usually afflicted with many words and
have no appreciation ut all Of the maxim
SILENCE is golden" or Of the proverb
"a word fitly spoken is like apples Of
gold in pictures Of silver" Prompt.
ness, punctuality, serenity, are utterly
incompatible with fussiness; and b 7re
we give as hnt to show how those who
are disposed to overcome fussiness in
themselves may do so. BY being prompt
in the performance Of duty, ignoring
and neglecting all side issues and going
for the main chance. BY cultivating
punctuality, timing themselves by the
clock and forcing themselves to be
"rea0y Oh the dot" invariably. BY
keeping calm and cool and undisturbed
in the midst OF confusion, neat and irri.
tation.