The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-02-15
UNNECESSARY WORK.

House and Kitchen Duties.
The amount of unnecessary exertior
given in this country to the accom-
plishment of any task has long been a
subject of comment among wise men.
Individuals so seldom choose the quiet
systematic way, allowing each detail
of their task to follow the other in
regular order till every thing is done.
In no place is want of system so sorely
felt as in the household. The erratic
housekeeper is responsible for more
than half the ills usually attributed TO
unframed servants. The fact that serv-
ants in this country are sally un-
trained is reflection against their
mistresses. II requires large amount
of patience to take a green girl and
train her to the work of a refined
household. The reason so many girls
give up their work in anger
as hopeless task is that
they are taught without system t.
go from one thing TO another,
and can never feel that the tasks oi
the day have been rounded each to
completeness. The worker who does
not feel some pleasure in success.
full accomplishment OF well-done
work must have low. british ma
ture. 1t is the unnecessary steps the
girl taxes usually that weary her. and
these the careful housekeeper always
seeks to save her from. Uneducated
people are often very obstinate, but II
they are once shown or made to com
prehend system by which all theiI
work can be done in order and time
saved for themselves, they will usually
prefer il. 1t is certain that VI method
ical households the servants usually
remain longer and there is less com.
plant than in easy going homes where
rules and hours are scorned. In one
house the servant knows every hour OF
the day what is expected of her. There
is but slight variation in the work
| from week to week. The servant s
| time to herself may be limited, but she
| is always sure of that time. 1t is not
| taken from her on trivial pretexts,
| while she in her turn knows too well
that any appeal to set aside the allotted
tasks will be of no avail. There are
| few housekeepers who can not remem-
| Der kitchens where no large amount of
/ WOIh was 0OhGs y ACb GNCIN OhC oo lOE-
/ ever in a hurry, rushing "thither and
yon,n and the tasks of the day seemed
| to be forever undone; and others where
an immense amount of work was ac-
complished by the same number OF
/ hands, yet the kitchen was cleanly.
| and the quiet manners of the workers
hardly gave sign of what was being
| done. If there was extra work. it was
carefully planned out and ordered by
the kitchen clock. Is there any reason
that girl trained to the easy way of q
systematic household should not prefer
it to the disorder and drudgery of ''go.
easy" homes.-N. Y. tribune.
i'm Kentucky First Citizen -
"No, sir; we can not account for the
sudden death of Colonel Gore" Sec
ond Citizen" Had he been drinking
any thing?" First Citizen" Nothing
10 hurt. Let's see! l believe he did
take a glass of milk yesterday" Sec
ond Citizen" That explains it, The
water in it killed him. ."-DrSks'S Maga-
zine.
well. William" said Mr.. Hard
head to his new confidential clerk,
''you are in first-class position now
at good salary. shall expect you
to be faithful and diligent; in fact, to
make all my interests your own. II
won't be necessary, however, for you
to make love to the typewriter. I'll
attend to her mvself."
A much travelled goat is aboard
the United States sloop of war Galena.
1t is a pet of the sailors, and as such
has journeyed up and down the Atlantic
coast and among the West Indies II
eats with the men, and goes around
among the mess chests and mess tables
as Independently as would any officer.
1t understands the boatswain's pipe as
well as the sailors, and whether sway
ing or squaring the yards, making sail
or at drill, Billy is at the head.