Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-20
.oMe.MAKlNa INSTINCT.
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T,ysn and Country Women.

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Town and Country Women.
There was pathetic story IN an oio
school reader of a poor, homesich oeay
that was captured on the shores oi us
native stream and carried of To city
by an experimenting naturalist. ~ Was
shut up in room and given p,eoe "
wood wherewith to amuse itself. for.n'
uit m its natural instinct asserted itseli'
e. began at once to construct dam gu,
of the material supplied 1t, ana iapO u
for DAYS industriously, If In vain. Inc
world is full Of women OF TINS sor.' "a
cept that the outcome OF their enorts ~
more tangible than that OF the amman
intent unon dam-building. The citles'
and even the country, are full OF homes
which women have contrived out OK tne
meagerest materials. A man on Sinai'
salary accepts the dreary hall bedroom
fourth floor back, with dogged suolnis.
sion, considering his quarters par
and marcel of his hard luck. lts
dinginess grows dingier; old poots'
soiled clothing, crumpled newspapers
burnt matches, and disreputaole pipes
intensity its dreariness, and the smell Oh
sta1e tobacco-smoke is over it all. he
looks at the dusty chaos hopelessly' ne
knows that every thing is at skies ana
seyens, but the instinct to adorn anu
arrange is not born in him and he can
only be helplessly miserable. vi course
there are exceptions-to be studled on
shipboard, in army quarters, and else
where where men have absolute sway
But there the cleanliness and precision
are plainly exact. The general express
sion is not homolike, but reminds one OF
the regulated and supervised system
which prevails in benevolent and penal
institutions. The woman, as rule,
takes possession of her shabby apart
ment and Immediately looks about her
to see what improvements are prac-
ticable. The torn wallpaper Is neatly
mended; the carpet is patched or darned
until the bad places hardly show A
few wards of cretonne furnish pretty
customs, table covers, and curtains Tor
the cupboard, where her cooking uten-
sils are slowed away, and concealed.
With piece of pasteboard she contrives
work basket and paper holder.
The windows are washed and pol
ished until they shine. Her few
poor little treasures, prints and photo
graphs, the bric-a-brac bought at the
cheap counters of the great house-fur-
nishing establishments are carefully ar
ranged, and the place that before was
dreary and shabby is converted into
something decidedly attractive. 1t be-
came snug, CHEEKY little nest. toward
which the occupant hurries eagerly
after the long day in which she las
stool behind the counter, or piled her
needle in the crowded work-room OF a
fashionable dress-making shop. II is
here that she rests, reads and dreams
those day dreams that fill the hearts OF
women of all classes and conditions.
The same instinct frequently mani
| tests itself in new countries, after the
wife joins her husband in the home tc
which he had preceded her. Floors are
secured, windows are neatly curtained
bright rag carpet is made for the sit
ting-room floor, flowers bloom in tht
front yard and vines Chamber over the
front door, touches of sweetness ant
homely comfort springing up under he
magical hand. 1t is to labor like thi
that women have devoted their mind
and energy, and if their genius has no
yet found expression in the highes
forms of art and science, they have re
deemed the waste places of the worl,
and have made the wilderness blossom
as the rose.-Chicago Inter-Ocean