The Globe-republican., 1889-11-06
REST AND RECREATION
They Are Absolutely Necessary to Womsa
In All Callipgs.


They Are Absolutely Necessary to Womeo
In All Callipgs.
Social debts nowadays must be paid
Is promptly as the interest on a note.
Society has become exactlng. and shows
its Indifferent creditors no mercy. 1t is .
lamentable fact, also. that although tho
situation is improving. very few render
for the world the very best that they
are capable of doing. 1t no longer says
that the mind which created Aurora
Leigh would have been better occupied
in interpreting the mysteries OF house
keeping. 1t does not inquire if Harriet
Hosmer can darn and knit 1t at last
comprehends that the hands which can
successfully WELD the pen or the chisel
do better to relegate the homelier tasks
to those who can do nothing else. This
is not meant as an differentiation Of
housekeeping. which requires skill and
wisdom; but one star differs from an
another in glory. and all are not ex-
pected to shine in the same orbi: or
with the same magnitude. But, at last.
it is permitted women to choose their
work, in a measure. and do that to
which they are best adapted. Still they
have not awaited themselves of the
change as they might have done. and
must do if they expect entire success
Few persons. men or women, can apply
themselves to more than one profession
at a time.
Yet the woman physician comes from
the bedside of her patient and sits
down at the sewing machine. or looks
after the cook or the chambermaid to
see that they have not left undOne tho
things that they ought to have done.
There are many married school teach
ers who keep house and manage
schools. and, since they are not omnip.
otent, fail to do their best in either.
In these days of endless averages. pro-
tracted examinations, and complicated
reports. the school responsibilities
ought to be sufficient. Yet they wash.
iron, cook, sew and house clean. and
the result is diseased nerves and shat
tered health They are old and worn
out when they should be in the vigorous
prime of life.
As a rule OverwOcked women have
no one to blame but themselves. They
begin their married life by doing things
no reasonable husband would expect or
require. but to which he finally be-
comes accustomed and accepts as a
matter of course.
The sewing machine has been de.
vourer of strength and leisure, and in
the tucks and rufiles it has made posi-
BILE has been probably more of bane
than a blessing.
The mother who spends all her time
in making elaborate clothes for her
children should remember that neces-
sa-y comfort and cleanliness and taste
may be had with half the expense and
labor which she sees fit to bestow on
them. The personal care and compan-
ionship are worth more to them than
all the lace and embroidery and ruffles
that ever were devised. Money will
buy clothing; nothing will buy that care
and sympathy which she, OF all the
world. can give them. Human strength
has its limits. and if it is wholly ex-
pended upon the unnecessary. the inn
portant and vital must suffer. More
than all others do the mothers of
families need rest and recreatiOn-rest
that they may be fresh and full OF
cheerfulness and courage. in the face Of
the ceaseless demands made upon them;
and recreation, which relieves exist
ence of monotony, and enables them to
return to the old routine with clearer
vision, and with stimulated interest in
what. otherwise. must become dull,
Joyless ground. Inter Ocean.