The Dickinson press., 1888-10-13
WOMAN AND EOME.
WEARY FEET THAT PRESS THE
TREADMllL DAY AFTER DAY.

The Hanging of Pictures-lIints on Hair
D:cssing-.i Visiting Nonsc.naid-Iiho
Rasbamd-Trcatiucnt of Commissions.
Suggestions for the Houschold-ltcms.
The way in which k~cusework is locked
upon is illustrated by conversation between
the son OF Il thrifty mechanic who owned the
cottage he lived in and had iaoncy in the
bank and u neishbor who told the story.
What wages does your father earn,
Tommy
Dad, Why lie earns W. dollars and Il lalf
u day, right along"
And you:'
Il earn dollar a day"
AID Your M%iothcl, what docs Sue GET
Nam. wl!y She cook, aal washes and
makes The ,lo,llys for ie alnl dal atN! The
children. but >l.c don't earn nothing. There
a!a't 10 inoney III that"
Zoo many wives of farmers AND mechanics
have found there ain; 10 no>eN in t|.at."
lark and late, day in aud Aag OF, the same
wcaiy icet pres lhc s;.inc trc,ui..ill, with
%S2llloin am opportunity Ia sn- ,!e tju. sky
or the pleasant landscape around except
from the windows of the kitchen.
Il iSshown by statistics that tho largest
class q patients in our insaie %a-,ylillnS are
lie wives of farmers. The sad n!"nutony of
existence might Often lie broken ~, it the
''iar!ncrcss' tshy may not such " T. I'm to
rpino,ia only la Il litile income from her
poultry. butter or canned or preserved fruit,
something that is llcr very o"li. ] haNc
known II thrifty wife and mother who did
far more t0"arl supporting the family by
her management and forcthought than her
husband, who was obliged 10 conceal "a couple
oil pounds Of batter in Tie cellar n. II time,
or Il doom eggs, till She had cnou5l Ii 10 >lnuG-
Gle iNto town 10 buy q fresh c;:Ahric dress
TO wear To ''incc;ins' on Sunday. That wo-
mans life had been ali famine TIL her eyes
had the duiib, pathetic look of a patient an :
lad. There was not enough life left for
friction in that family.
Net the husband Was Il good man, and
kind rs far Us he knew how To be. He
owned the farm and the COWS and clich"ns,
aMl everything that was produced, as his
father did before him. The wife and chill
.i"en lad enough TO cat and clothing sii!li-
cio:l to keep warm. What moro could En
wanted: He never dreamed that the soul
lrc,is food ;s Well us the body, nTc, NOR"
than the body. If one must staIvc, let il hc
t:io least important. They can live and lac
lalpy on simple nutri,nent ut who's. board
SIT fil'tiItl!!ltSS 'iiu lp1c, I!illiil tipu:sii-
fulnr-s and personal Independence.
One way of preventing friction between
parents and children is by giving the latter
IN allowance oven though it lac small. III
daughters Were taught how to keep accounts
;.ld make investments there world he n lM"rc
practical scilse Of ~aifails after they became
wives and mothers, the wait of which often
h"il.., discard. i woinan taught to estimate
,iln.s at their real value and who las an in
ro!in 10 herself, II" l1attcr how small, will
mot le likely to counsel extravaganza.
After All, Il fluent %nallrc, a sense of ether
irnol as Well Us s~elfLou,i, true sympathy and
The power of looking at life from all sides
rnal,lc their posscssor 10 obviate friction in
domestic matters. Aud what JOY is there
like pouring Oil upon The troubled waters Of
family lle'!
II there Inc failure then, in The words of
.Aniel, The beautiful souls of the world
have an art of sanity alchemy lay which
bitterness is converted i}to kindness, the gall
If experience into gentleiless, gratitude into
benefits, and insults into PARDON
No wIetcledne@. can hinder the fact that
the bitter salt within life's cup may lie tho
very ingredient ncrdcd.-ilestcr VI. Poole Ill
Good 1l,u.l-.n,i,,r