Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-11-15

every day knltLlug Hn6 crocnekngs on.
SO steadily! It Is north window.
too The sitting-room fronts south,
and she can not sit there because the
sunlight would fade her carpets. The
shades are nearly always close down.
And the poor child wanders about the
yard looking SO homesick and lonely
that my heart aches for him. His
clothes are nice and fit beautifully. and
his linen is starched and polished and
fresh every day. She does her own
ironing. ] see her bending for hours
over the ironing-board, and stopping
every little while to cough. Look at
that line now. Hetty, and see what she
six white shirt-waists for the boy, |
plated every one. and to be done with |
the polishing-lron; then there is that |
skirt first showed you, and pair Of |
ruffied and tucked and embroidered |
pillow-shams, and-weli, all the rest
1t makes me sick at heart to see it and
think OF that poor. starved little boy.
He has no mother. don't you seep Only
nurse and laundress. She won't let
him run the street and get with bad
boys. She thinks she is very careful
about him, but she starves his very
soul. She has no time to an
, swer questions for him and help
him plan amusemen.s, and gym
pathize with him, and he can't play
/ In the dirt because he will soil his
| clothes. or course the husband has
| the same treatment He has TO be
very careful about throwing his papers
about or making litter in the house;
| and when he comes homo at night his
| wife is too tired to talk and coughs q
great deal. The cough worries him,
and he feels that he ought to do some
| thing more for her-but he has done all
he. can. poor man! The doctor has told
him to bring her to Colorado. and he
has done so-but she doesn't seem to
get much better, and she never will
Hetty, till she stops that everlasting
knitting and fancy work and gets into
|, the sunshine, and takes an interest in
. something outside OF her house-keep-
!, ing. am going to call on her to-
. morrow. She is new neighbor, you
, know, and will tell you beforehand
J Just what shall find shall ring the
I bell, and wait long time Then
g shall hear doors open and shut, and
8 finally the key turned In the front
e door, and / shall be let in. The sitting
: room will be dark and have close,
b shut-up smell-if it we're anywhere but
in Colorado it would be musty. The
O lady will raise shade and let in .
l. little light, taking care to shut out
e as much sunlight as she can by draw
y ing the knitted curtains close. Th'
y room will be literally crowded with
e handmade fancy work, and ever.
d thing will be painfully neat and un
,r used. shall scarcely have introduces
l. myself until she begins to bemoan he
ID lot on account of this dusty country
Is She will tell me that it is simply i'm
ra possible to keep things clean. and tina
III she wears herself all out trying"
to The call was made, and Aunt Ma
at tilda came home more indignant tina
ever.
IL Il tell you that woman is dying b
d. inches of fancy work and lack of SUI
n shine and pure air. She tells me ths
~ her disease is not hereditary. but sh
was always a delicate child, and it ws
brought on by a hard cold. A har
tie cold, indeed! How could any one kee
IRE any lungs and sit all day by a mort
ge window crouched over those fiendisl
"a shining needless"
Aunt Matildas usually mild brow
Ia eyes flashed Indignantly and th'
l. filled with sudden tears.
ma s'Oh, my dears, the pity of it! Al
7n' to think that she is only one of man
ss l saw whole stack of Home Journa
.eu and Journals of Fancy Work, al
hs fashion magazines, but not one sing
useful book or paper in the hous
Talk about the suppression OF il
proper literature. l sometimes thi
,ce journals of fancy work and fashi
oei ought to be included in the list,
tne they surely do tempt weak-minded wo
ap en- to their ruin. | meant to go hol
III next month, but you will have to Ike
he' me a spell longer, Martha I've
oe' clear call to missionary labor in
Aes red house over there. l must ha
Ihn the phaeton at least two or three hot
: every day-for she won't be able
walk far at first. and you must HI
a. me hunt up all the poor children y
know and if she must sew she sh
ans make plain garments for them. Blu
don't mean to let her touch nee
for month if I can help 1t. H
you will manage itp You'll see. VIII
there will there's way"
le' And in Aunt Matildas case
knew this to be true. Ella Baec
of Cuttings, in Chicago Advance.
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