Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-06-11
LIFE OF a WOMAN.
How One Who Is Ameitious Goes Through
Single bay.

Single bay.
Every one In society knows Lady Fan
ny Gleremont, typical woman of her
time. She was once asked what she did
in day. According to writer in the
Nineteenth Century her answer was:
Il try to get through sons fourteen
hours of work, and endeavor to cram in
as much play as possible. Above all, l
aim at growing soul in spite Of being
wife. mother and hostess. am
always trying to read and improve my
self, and | am always being called back
to the petty things of life by incessant
interruptions. Leisure is like gay
pocket.money, exceedingly scarce.
There are SO many objects for both;
every one comes to me for advice, or
ders, sympathy and information, | am
supposed to have the qualities of
thoroughbred, combined with the pa
tient endurance of the garden donkey.
/ constantly feel as overworked as a
bishop or Scotch station master in
August. speak in public, open bazars,
address political clubs and associations,
write for several magazines, have nu-
family and with friends, literary and
political, preside over and superintend
several political and charitable organi-
cations, whilst all the time | have my
children to educate and see after, my
husband to play ady-in-waiting to, my
household matters to superintend and
regulate, my parish in sickness to pro-
vide and care for, and the country
neighbors TO call on and entertain.
yesterday, Tor instance, thought in
the morning | had little leisure, and
hoped to grow little soul-iust a shoot,
bytrying torenew acquaintance with one
of Heroert Spelcers books. ! can not
tell you how refreshing chapter Of
deeper thought than | can usually af-
ford time for is to mel feel as much
invigorated by it as by gallop over
some breezy downs. ! had just taken up
my book and was reading to myself How
to Live?' THAT is the essential question
for us. Not how to live in the mere ma
terial sense only, but in the wi dest
sense. The general problem which
comprehends every special problem is,
the right ruling of conduct in all direc-
tions and under all circumstances
when my cook came in with an apology
to inquire had forgotten the trufiles;
but they were absolutelyanecessary for
her entree tonight?
Hardly had the door closed, and |
had tried to give up my mind entirely
to my book, when tho butler entered
and asked me whether it was my wish
that he should take orders from the
gardener. | closed my book i'll despair
and listened to long but fiery mono
logue of that functionary on the indigni-
ties and insults that had been forced
upon him. | endeayored feebly to stem
the torrent Of his indignation. After
this domestic crisis attempted to read,
but the words swan before my eyes, and
my mind was incapable from nervous
irritation from following any argument
closely. just as | was beginning to re-
gain my calm the door was flung open
and the twins came in with a request
that | would go on the lawn and see
them jump leap-frog.
"Closely following upon the heels q
these events the village schoolmastes
called to complain th2t the eurate lSs
visited the National school or lfrsda3
and had told the chi ldren to stan3 =.
on his entrance. But shat was n th.4ty
that he, Mr.. Jones Thomas, repsesept&
tive of the majesty Of abe school bos4d,
as he pictured himself h be, would M
tolerate. He was gccG enough to gay
that he liked clergyneA in their proper
places. Apparently, he gas not kiGd
enough to ine,d1e the Naagaai School
as one Of then IN the miasS of this
discussion my cpp pyerfowed by the
announcement ttat nay mastiff Hienda
had bitte'l pnr most Important tenant
in the leg.
SIN the aftaspoon drove 9th Jack,
and we tried toSeiher his ne@ pair At
Durniafd, and ! ma9e a little speech
upon tAe MUSICAL feeling in the coun-
try. Stopping at the lodge on my way
back gut out eiid rea9 chapter OF the
Bible TO MY ihaid's old mother, who
is dying OF cancer. | Was annoyed to
find that she had not Qp that day her
basin of soup from the hall rs usual.
81 only got back to the house just
in time to receive my gues5s. They con-
sisted Of Whig Peer, p Tory Demo-
crat, a stock-broker, q celebrated
actress, a philanthropic jew, an editor,
an Agnostic, a Jesuit and Protestant
tempered by Mahometapism. They all
talked at dinner, but | was too tired to
take an active part in the conversation
invsplf There was one little miShaD
the fish did not arrive in time. Jack
grumbled at this and said that it was
my fault; that ought to have remem-