The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02
Peas In YOur Shoes

4tecslNed G. letter yesterday from q friend who
epcAe OF the pleasant summer d mutual sceuain-
enee was having at the mountains with not q
S".e ID tl'e world and l thought / discovered
pees III me Shoes of my friend You all know what
sn1pa''' lor who has not, in Imagination seen tie
uesotee OF other ages making heir long pilgymayss
WIN PEAS IN their shoes, hoping by this pcnanee to
teep some flch spiritual reward don't think this
ieao put the peas in her shoes hoping for a reward
oos some now the peas were there ana when she
""lked they hurt 1t does seem as though peas get
tn tue SHOES more easily in summer than in winter.
on' IL only had more comfortable housed" IF
oliiy my children would behave like Mrs Lambs
oi4ii,'ien. III We only could so away for few
weeks When the mercury RACES in the nineties, as
friends!"
Just see that old devotee going on his Journey;
through fragrant forests where the birds Wed with
each other to make the sweetest mus c; over hills
from lhe summit OF which the prospect almost
reached into Beulah land by clear rivers that ran
inurlnuring soest strains through green pastures
ana over golden sand. Every step of tie journey
OUGHT 10 nave been OF pure delight but the pain
caused by the peas in his shoe was so excYuciating
'haI there was no thought of anything but the
agony. You remember one devotee received this
penance and he boiled the peas before he started on
ms Journey. What is the use our knowing factsand
not profting by them?
learned long ago, to boil the peas that have TO
wear In my shoes. Once in q while d raw pea gets
H. one Gay looked at Mrs. Lofty in her double
carriage, black, Sleek driver and blpoded horses,
ana pied the whip to my old lame, but faithful
nag, ana nearly ruined my foot and the horse too,
with that pea. That was only few years ago but
twas the last OF the right down hard peas that took
Gays TO boil soft. Sometimes / find that when
tihR nm IN high state OF grace, feeling sure all
the leis a. boiled, some one pea gets i'll my shoe
and the pain is intense The Hin of Difficulty is
long and tiresome and It is easy stop watching
ana take nap in the arbor. This warm summer
weather ought to be the resting time for the
OF our couE,ry, but we can't rest at all no matter
what OUT environment, if we've peas in our shoes.
Let boil the peas and not straw if our home
is not like somebody else's home; let's forget that
there Is such place the mountains, the seashore
or some cool resort away from the co0kstove and
planning for three meals day let's make the three
meals day the easiest thing possible and make
DeileYe" we are oil for a rest Of course, you'll
have to stretch the Imagination to It's utmost, but
smut the blinds and set of sweet peas pansies
and mignonette Oh the table and make believe"
If fever you let things CO." let them go this hot
weather don't mean let dirt accumulate No;
Keep sweet and clean house, home body, soul and
spirit, but don't fret
Anyone to see Haman, SO favored of the king
looking around on his possessions, would have
thought he might have been the happest mortal on
earth, but 'all this ayaileth me naught so long as
see Mordecsi, the Jew, sitting at the kings gaten
Let's boil Our peas MRS. G. I. WILDER.