Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-09-03
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sr,thmelic? can't find my slate ! wish
fJ,kS would let my things be whore l
put them shall be late TO school"
rni i what n boy said in petulent
tones rs lac heard the distant call OF the
sch ,pl-hell. 80 dear never have
ii nc Tor anything" said woman who
was asked il she liked TO read books.
iuc same thing was the matter with
both the boy aud the woman. Hun
dieds, yes, thousands of people are
troubled in the same way. They do
not have n 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
torn 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 Gods 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 1t. neither do they neglect 10
give q geography lesson when the right
time comes. They have an order of ex-
crciscs 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
home where there is time and place
for everything. Clothes that are taken
of are not left lying on the floor, but
are hung up in the closet. or if soilcd,
thrown into the BAG or basket for SOilcd
clothes. The beds are not kept all day
unmade and until it is time to get into
them ut night, but they are aired and
made up in the morning. The break
fast dishes are not allowed to remain
unwashed until il is time TO set the table
for dinner. The remnants of the dinner
are not left until il 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, 80 are the plates
different size, and shapes in different
pile. The glasses or goblcts stand in
rows by themselves, turned upside down
so a. not To catch the dust. The knives,
forks and spoons are not pat away in n
pile together but in separate boxes, or
in basket which has n 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 TANNED in, but those
! of a kind have their places in certain
parts of the drawer The stockings are
neatly folded and laid ut the end; the
shirts are in pile at another end; the
collars are i'm box together A good
! hou.ckecpcr will he able to put her
hand on anything in the dark. She
will have special days in the week for
certain kinds of work: Mondays fol
washing, Tuesdays and w edncsdays foi
ironing, Thursdays for the cleaning OF
silver and closets, Friday for sweeping
Saturday for Sunday cooking and gen
cral cleaning. and Sunday for rest and
the worship of God.
~ can look up at the clock and tel
/ just what you are doing. wrote lady
to II friend whom she had been visiting
for some weeks. That is the way il
should be in every home; everything
should, indeed, 20 on like clockwork
1t will not always bc easy to have
things go on in their regular order, for
friends will come in to call or there
will be sickness. Al such times tn,
best thing To do is not to throw away
the rule, but come just as near it ~
possible. When our friends find w,
have regular order of duties, they
are apt to try and sHit themselves to
it,
Boys and girls who live in home
where there is no order can Ito much tO
help bring it about. Those who tic
live in orderly homes must take good
care that they do their part to hell
keep il up. They often do II great deal
to disturb the good order of the home,
Young folks should have times {;
study and To play and To TO crraads
when they are out of school: then there
will not be too much of any of thcsC
things in their lives.
In arranging wha, we shall do with
our time, we must not forget TO plan
for the odd moments -"the hctwccI
times we think not long cnougl
to do anything in. They come while
we are waiting fer some meal, or riding
i'm the street-car. or on the ferry-boat
T., +, nj t. 81 A 4,
learn n new language, or read in
teresting and helpful books. Ii i,
said of President Garfield that he at
ways had book in his hand when no
otherwise engaged. II was thus thai
he became SO thoroughly informed on
all topics. In boyhood he thus bcgar
to lay the foundation for wise states
man.
II not wisely employed these odd mo-
mcnts arc 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. II was thus that Elihu
Burritt became the master of fifty Ian
guages and is known the world over ~
"the learned blacksmith Here is hi
own record of what he did in one day
"Sixty-iivc lines of Hebrew; 30 pages
of French; 10 pages Cuvier's Theory
lines Syriac 10 lines Danish; 10 lines
Bohemian; 0 lines Polish; - names o
stars; 10 hours forging
Sometime is the worst time to hav,
for any duty. The clock strikes
"twelvc" every day, but it never strike
"sometimc.
Gather up the fragments that moth
ing be lost. Mrs W. +. CrattS.