Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-12
Household.

Emperor William is said to give closest
attention to details. How well he will
succeed as a ruler Is as yet an expert
ment, but that attention TO detail is a
large factor in success no one will deny.
tiny pivot lacking the minutest part
icle of oil may destroy the most beautif1I
| machine, and failure to note seemingly
insignificant trities may wreck the more
| intricate machinery of q home. Much
at variance with all established opinion
as 1t may be the gift of systematic
attention to detail is not bestowed upon
all women, 1t Is an accepted theory that
the mere matter of sex settle beyond
dispute as fact that every woman can be
homemaker. AS well assume that
every ma can be a Napoleon or Caesar,
or any leader who has dominated men.
The kingdom of home has its perpIexi-
ties, its rebeIlions ana its diplomatic
conditions that require for successful
solution the same kind of tact
and persistent patience that carry
men to victory in broader realms.
Unfortunately women are not elected to
the office of homemaker because of auy
display of quality for the position, but
under the influence of considerations ex-
terror to this, many assume the duties
with scarce thought of fitness. When
woman has determined to ACCEPT the
responsibilities of the marriage state she
should Immediately begin the preparatory
work. 1t is to no wife's credit to say,
knew nothing of cooking, of the care
OF house, of the cost of neces-
stiles, until l married. - Such knowI- |
edge should be acquired; this any |
I'M toll Il
may never excel In domestic arts. as -
homemade she may be an abject failufs, |
but ignorance of what is essential is qulte,A
ineXcusable in her although not born thst
genius of home. For ignorance, a4NirI
only thus far, is she excusable, Blu. be-
yond this sympathy with her weakness is
Der due. Too ready are the veterans TO
censure the young thing who, having
been shielded in happy home OF busy in
Inc worlds wide ways, has never known |
whether or not she possesses the genus !
OF housekeeping. 1t 10 not necessarily
weakness OF character that makes her
unequal to cope with the "help, &"
heaven save the mark, or to prevent
disorder in rooms and discomforts that
sven the husband menta ~ groans over.
Talents she may possess that would make
her the envy of her critics and her inner
consciousness is daily protest against
heir prostitution. Usually ere she has
had time for oultivatiug or grating these
'oreign olive branches, the duties of ma
ernity are upon her and her vitality is
exhausted under the new burdens. In
his is additional cause for charity that
hinketh no evil.
Husbands who are inclined to grow
estlVe because there is not always .a,Rs
harmonious adjustment, would find uzSfe
eady excuse If they could have any ap-
recitation of the variety of duties, difz3es
ering so widely, each calling for cars4
III thought as to the best doing, often all
rowdIng into one day. II they could
now the variety of talent necessary to ?
e exerolsed by the mistress of well
ept home, there would be more pa g
enoe at shortcomings. The other side (
this, when a woman marrries she o
acitly assumes duties which she is +
much bound to perform as if they had J
cen one by one enumerated and she had q
each voiced her aequiescence. She u
lust be the housekeeper, and if she lacks
noWledse she must seek it. No matter
DIV much she may chafe under new ex- a
,tions, no matter how much she dis O
kes It all one duty stands in her path e