Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-27
A NErGHRoRLY COMBINATION.
How Two Mothers Get Leisure Not.
withstanding Many Children.

IN RS. JONES and Mrs. Smith are neigh
Am bors on New Jersey avenue. and 10
ElA Hthey are in circumstances that hardly
G& Justify the employment OF servants
they make themselves mutually help
iui 70 each other IN a very sensible inann.r,
which was discovered by a STAR reporter.
The friends Mrs. Jones and Mrs smith, are
rot what could be called working women. aud
yet they are very busy, for with two or three
little folks in either homie there arc many
garments TO mend and Wounded hearts 20 heal.
There are clothes 70 he put on aud of, hands
and faces 70 wash, baths 30 be given
and iullabys TO sing. II is a constant round Of
toll BY day and ofiimos wakesuincss at night.
for sometimes Tommie lie hoarse with n cold or
Jennie has a croupy breathing that causes ap-
prehension. and the mother is happier IN tie
tender assiduities about them than in s.eep.
Society folks in their low-necked dresses aud
high-necked thoughts may scorn such lives as
these. and yet who can deny that our house
vile heroines are happy2
sEIsHBoALY COMBINATION.
They have introduced method into their
homes, and by q neighborly combination are
growing p with the country and their children.
year or two is the limit Of their residence in
the city, and it was since then that their ac-
quaintance began 10y chance through the meet
ing OF their children. Now these women cou.d
give the natives good many points about
Washington Both were school teachers i'm
their younger wears and one Is a college grada-
ate. though not of tho strong minded sort
Il hey have, therefore. too much sense 20 waste
their time IN silly society gossip or neighbour
hood scandal. and have formed a plan of CAM
palgn all their own. By system and economy
OF time they found that each could spare two
afternoons week for doing the town, and 10
fh.t ~ a
for the combined fiocks Of little folks. Tbe1
regret that they cannot go together. but have
cheerfully accepted the next best thing and
after they have made their separate rounds
compare their notes THIS often leads 20 q
second visit 10 the same place for the settle
ment OF some disputed point. aud interest ia
added to their sightseeing tours. They have
''done" everything from the Washington monu-
ment to the site for the Lafayette statue and
have some opinions Of their own on current
| topics.
wHAr THEY HAVE DONE
They helped Congress 10 decide where 20
put the distinguished French patriot. inyesii-
gated tho tunnel fraud and during the fight on
the Atkinson bill have gone over the ground
and studied the District railroad problem.
They have visited the art gallery. the White
House and the departments. have shook hands
| with President Harrison and baye visited tina
| various suburbs. taking few free rides 10 SEQ
ASh Aft bVOhl SUBURBAN property. Inc
Capitol, being the most convenient ar wei! an
interesting place. Is their most common resort
They have visited the Senate and House and
have made notes OF their impressions OF public
men. They have. in short sized our solous up
and put them down on paper for future refer
ence and revision. As one OF our heroInes "a
democrat while the other is a republican
| their notes are all the moro Just aud enter
] tanning.
| Mrs. Jones, the democrat. happened 20 Ls
| in the House the day of the artillery explosion
| when Cannon made his exhibit aud lighting
was general all along the line. and. Hs lucS
would have 1t, the republican. Mrs smith, was
| present when the democrats battered the door
open and ran away to return and vote some
other day. Their notes were not Rltogctho
/ complimentary to the participating statesmen
but were truer than the expungeB record and
may some day be interesting "reminiscences Of
| disgraceful scenes.
Thus two lives are relieved OF the monotonous
| drudgery Of household cares and the mothers
are better fitted to be instructors of their chill
dren. The world itself takes On a new mean
ing and society women with ali their frills and
| fretwork are hut slaves IN comparison. New
fields are never wanting, and there is always
| something definite to I've done in the afternoons
| out. Occasionally matinee 10 attended. and
| two or three times during the summer pionIo
parties were formed TO 40 down the river so
J that altogether the two modest Jersey avenue
homes with their many cares are about AS
happy as the world affords. and the neighbour
hood is none the worse that two ncighbors
have no time for gossip.