The Dickinson press., 1889-02-16
WOMAN AND HOME.
DISASTROUS RESULTS OF OVER
WORK AND LACK OF SLEEP.

Hints OH Jelly Makins-Thc Ideal"
Husband-A Cause of Awkwardncss-A
Fathers Mistakc-Hints Worth Heed
img-Numcrous Useful Notes and Items.
When the days are long and hot, when the
nights are short and a person is not cool
enough to sleep until late, there is much dan
ger that the housckeeper will not see to it
that she has enough sleep for the keeping up
of her strength. 1t is, of course, much the
wiser plan to get up early, and do the heavy
part of the days work in the cool time of the
morning. even though one be so sleepy it
seems very hard TO get TO work. However,
this sleepiness soon wears off, and the work
goes easily and well ut that time of day.
The farmer and mis- men are at their work
as carly as the liousekeeler, and so are ready
for the carly hearty dinner, which must be
prepared over the hot stove. After the din
her is eaten the men folks always give them
selves Il half hour or more of rest, but the
women of the home must, or they think they
must, Immediately clear the table, and it is
seldom much less hot i'll the dish water than
over the stove. When the dinner work is
done, il no extra housework calls, there is
ALWAYS the mendinS basket, on if nothing be
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CARPET rays or piece a quilt.
We see much in the papers nowadaysab about
the fact that insanity is very prevalent
among women of farmers homes. This is
accounted for in many ways-"ovcrwork,"
"monutunous existence" and occasionally
some wise men say 'too little sleep" If
women who have TO work for farm hands, if
women who carry heavy Homework year
III and year out, would deliberately make up
their minds to take n midday nap, they
would find in the long run that they could
do more and better work, and come out of
hard work with better nerve. than if they
tried to work every minute of the day. The
few minutes of daylight sleep wi ] come
back laden with manifold riches of strength.
1t is useless for Il woman to say She cannot
sleep in daytime. If any one will lie down
quietly and close the eyes onc-half hour per
day. at the same time every day for two
weeks, there will be no trouble about not
being able to sleep in daytime. For many
people the half hour per day is sufficient rest
to help keep good strength all day. The
sleop ut night will be all the better for it,
because the nerves will not DO SO worn and
tired as TO make ono restless.
No one can make a rule that will apply to
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necessary but one thing is sure-any
had better or on the side of too much sleep
than run any risk rs TO wearing out her
nerves, which work on too little sleep is sure
to do. Children, too, are sometimes abused
by those who love them best by being obliged
to get up to breakfast whether their sleep is
.'out' OF not. They will wake up of their
own accord when they have slept enough.
\tn women In foo mI1rh Iyl1rl, in ~
directions. We sew too much, we some of
usl scrub too much, and many n one cleans
for hard hours ut Il time when Il very fey
minutes of care taking would have prevented
the necessity for the cleaning. If we would
take Il zap in the midst of the day, and by
foretllought save the time from unnecessary
WORK, We might live longer TO do work.
One trail, delicate woman, who has been
able all her life to keep her home pleasant
and her five children happy, thinks her sue.
cess ali due to the fact that she sleeps twenty
minutes every afternoon, her nerves are
rested, her body and mind refreshed, and
her strength renewed, SO that she does not
become overti.ed before night. She began
the habit when she t:rst began to keep house,
and learned to always take the time for it
because it was economy in the end.
We hear much about woman's rights, but
10 woman uses all the rights that are nc.
corded her unless she makes of herself phvsi-
cally tic strong woman she has Il right to
be, then increases her mental strength To
what 1t should and can become. When the
majority of women do this there will be 10
question rs TO the status she will nave in tho
home, tie ncighborhood and the nation
hrc ka1,in in philoIalnhin p,.osc