Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-05-01
WISE THOUGHTS
Cencsrning Thiags Pertaining se
Inomo Life.

Mrs. Ewing, in one Of her lectures on
the Importance of good cooking, said the
widow Of our murdered Garfield once wrote
TO her husband these noble words: II am
glad 10 tell, that out OF the toi! aud disap-
pointment of the summer just ended, ]
have risen TO victory. The silence Of
thought since you have been away has
won for my spirit y triumph. 1 read
sonething like this the other day: There
10 no healthy thought without labor, and
thought makes the labor healthy 1t
came to me when was making Dread one
morning. said to myself, here / am
compelled by an inevitable necessity to
make our bread this summer; why not
make it a pleasant occupation and make il
40 by trying to zee what perfect bread can
make 1, seemed like an Inspiration, and
the whole OF life grew brighter; the very
sunsl,ine seemed flowing down through
M, spirit into tho white loaves, and now
believe my table il furnished with better
bread than ever before. This truth, cid
a. creation, seems Just now to have become
fully mine-that need hot be the shrink
ing slave Of toll; but Its regal master, make
ing whatever I do yield its best fruits
Mrs, Ewing then said what a glorious era
would dawn upon the world, aud what q
truly regenerating influence would how
out from its happy homes, il every woman
would ponder that truth till abe was en-
abled 10 "rise up" to a similar victory. Fol
what nobler ambition can there be in life
than that Of makias a perfect hone! Mer
toll, uncomr rlainingly, day after day. al
their lives, to give their wives and d"ugh'
ters comfortable homes should thoss
wives and daughters count it "dru,igery'
10 devote = portion OF their time and en-
ersIes daily to making those homes pleas
ant aud attractive in every possible way
Il there any higher or holierier object ia
which they could devote all their power
Of mind and body? 1t is not the n,is.i"n
of every woIsan to do house work. But
il 10 Of prime importance that every wo-
man who attempts to preside over house.
hold sho'd be thoroughly Interested in TIL
dOmestic arts. And no woman has any
moral right to assume the duties Of = wife
| who considers house-work "drudgery" tG
he pushed aside and shirked whenever
possibIe-ur who is willing To remain ig-
Moran, upon the subject OF housekeeping
In dumestsc, az in sll other affairs, "know-
ledge is power" and where servant hab
itually makes poor bread AMI vile, sloppy
coifee e-serve. badly cooked food Of al
kinds. ani does her work generally in .
slip-.hod, imperfect manner, 'l,e fault II
not hers alone She does 10 because hel
mistress, on account Of her ignorance o
the proper methods Of doing such things
| il powerlesa TO correct the evil. The true
house wife, while seeking the highr,t In
tellectual ani % tile ic culture, seeks alst
to become conversant with the com'non
ordinary dutic. Of the household. Societ,
will never be reformed until the home +,
made a. pleasant and fascinating as ,l
club room, the restaurant aud the saloon
Is II reasonable 10 n,pposu husbands. son
and brother. wonld patron'ze these place
il their homes were equally attractive
Then furnish good nOurishing tah-hav
variety for the manner of both men aa'
women we are. depends greatly upon tn
| nature Of our diet.