The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-11-10
System In all Things.

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arithmetic? Can't find my slate. Iwish
folks would let my things be where
put them! l shall be late to school,
This is what a boy said in petplent
| tones as he heard the distant call of the
school-bell. 80 dear. never have
time for anything" said a woman who
was asked il she liked to read books.
The same thing was the matter with
both the boy and the woman. Hum
dreds, yes, thousands of people are
troubled in the same way. They do
not have time and place for every
thing. Nothing saves time, nothing
saves worry like doing everything in
its own time, and putting everything in
its right place. That is the way God
rules the world; He should be our pat
tern in all things. He has promised
that while the earth lasts, seed time and
harvest, winter and summer, day and
| night shall come in regular order. In
all of the thousands of years that the
world has been made, He has not for
gotten one thing, or put it in its wrong
| place. Let us try after God fashion
to take care of our little worlds,
that is our daily duties and doings.
Teachers do this in the little worlds Of
their school rooms. They do not hear
an arithmetic lesson when they happen
to feel like it, neither do they neglect to
give geography lesson when the right
time comes. They have an order of ex-
ercises which they follow. and thus
have the same lessons at the same time
every day. Mothers in their little
worlds OF home do not always, but they
| should have an order OF exercises.
Then the breakfast will always be in
time for school, and hungry boys and
girls will not come home to find dinner
half an hour late. Let us look into a
home where there is a time and place
for everything. Clothes that arc taken
off are not left lying on the floor, but
are hung up in the closet. or If soiled,
thrown into the bag or basket for soiled
unmade and until it is time to get into
them at night, but they are aired and
made up in the morning. The break
fast dishes are not allowed to remain
unwashed until it is time to set the table
for dinner. The remnants of the dinner
are not left until it is time for supper,
but Immediately after dinner they are
gathered up and put into the pantry or
ice-box.
Articles of clothing which belong in
the bedroom or should hang in the
hall are not thrown upon the parlor
sofa or chairs. The saucers are piled
in rows in the closet, so are the plates
different sizes and shapes in different
piles. The glasses or goblets stand in
rows by themselves, turned upside down
SO as not to catch the dust. The knives,
forks and spoons are not put away in a
pile together but in separate boxes, or
in basket which has a division for
each. The pots, kettles and tinware
are not set away in the same closet as
the dishes.
The clothes in the bureau drawers,
they are not just iammed in, but those
of kind have their places in certain
parts of the drawer. The stockings are
neatly folded and laid at the end; the
shirts are in pile at another end; the
collars are in box together A good
housekeeper will be able to put her
hand on anything in the dark. She
will have special days in the week for
certain kinds of work: Mondays for
washing, Tuesdays and w ednesdays for
ironing, Thursdays for the cleaning Of
silver and closets, Friday for sweeping,
Saturday for Sunday cooking and gem
eral cleaning, and Sunday for rest and
the worship of God. a
II can look up at the clock and tell
just what you are doing,' wrote lady
to friend whom she had been visiting
for some weeks. That is the way il
should be in every home; everything
should, indeed, go on like clockwork.
1t will not always be easy to have
things go on in their regular order, for
friends will come in to call or there
will be sickness. At such times the
best thing to do is not to throw away
the rule, but come just as near it as
possible. When our friends find we
have regular order of duties, they
are apt to try and suit themselves TO
it.
Boys and girls who live in homes
where there is no order can do much t.
help bring it about. Those who do
live in orderly homes must take good
care that they do their part to help
keep itup. They often do great deal
to disturb the good order of the home.
Young folks should have times to
study and to play and to do errands
when they are out Of school; then there
will not be too much of any of these
things in their lives.
In arranging what we shall do with
our time, we must not forget to plan
for the odd moments '.the between
times'-that we think not long enough
to do anything in. They come while
we are waiting for some meal, or riding
in the street-car, or on the ferry-boat.
1t is possible at such times to study and
learn a new language, or read in
teresting and helpful books. 1t Is
said of President Garfield that he al
ways had a book in his hand when moi
otherwise engaged. It was thus that
he became so thoroughly informed on
all topics. In boyhood he thus began
to lay the foundation for wise states.
man.
If not wisely employed these odd no
ments are apt to be given up to teasing,
or gossip, or some ignoble purpose.
We may even find that we can do two
things at once. 1t was thus that Elihu
Burritt became the master of fifty Ian
guages and is known the world over as
"the learned blacksmith" Here is bis
own record of what he did in one day
.sSixty-fve lines of Hebrew; 80 pages
of French; 10 pages Cuvier's Theory
lines Syriac; 10 lines Danish; 10 lines
Bohemian; 9 lines Polish; Is names Of
stars; 10 hours forging"
ssSOmetime' is the worst time to have