Telegram-herald., 1891-02-11
HOUSE AND HOUSEKEEPING.

When she drove abroad IN her luxurious
eharios behind hish stepping bays, jung
ling with plated harness, or repaired In
the season TO scssnore or mountain. she
was striving feeoly TO push away the
tons OF splendid responsibility from her
brain.
One day she gave over the futile at
tempt Something crashed down upon
and all around her, and everything ex-
cspt ircorceivsble misery OF soul was a
blank.
Expensive doctors diagnosed her case
ga nervocs prostration. When she
vanished from the eyes Of her public.
and high sslaried housekeeper.
butler. q nursery governess and an eztr,.
Abigail took her place and did half her
work. in the sstin hned she'll out of
which che had crcpt, manned and we'll
nigh murdered, IL was announced that
shs was under toe care OF specialist
CT retreat"
4 retreat, Heaven save and pardon
"a for making such homes part and
parcel and a necessity of our century
and our lan1i
Our honorable's consort never left il
until SIZE was borne forth into the securer
refuge Of the narrow house that needed
none OF her caretaking. Upon the low
green thatch lies heavily the shadow Of
8 mighty monument that. to the satir-
lists eye, has family likeness to the
stone pile which killed her.
The second lease" is that Of farmers
wife. born and bred among the hills be-
yond the shelter Of which she had
travelled but once. and that on her we'd
ding journey. She came back from the
brief outing - take possession of her
own house -prideful phrase to every
young matron.
It was sn eight roorned farmstead,
with no modern Conveniences. That
meant thai all the water used in kitchen
and dwelling had 70 be fetched from
well twenty feet away: that there was
TO drain or sink or fa-Uace; that station
airy tnbs had not been heard of. and the
washing was wrung by hand. The stall
wart farmer "csIcula.ci 20 live in hay
Ing. harvesting, planting. plowinz.
thr~shfng and killing tines Whatever
might have been TIE wife's csleulations.
she toiiesf unaidcd, cooking. washing.
ironing. scrubhin-. sewing. churning.
butter making and bringing Up fam
ly,- single han1ed, with never n Great
urs TO LIT an ounce OF do a stroke for
her while she co1ld stand upoa her feet
When sls WIS laid upon her back
an unusual occurrences except when there
wss fresh baby nssghboF looked in
twice day % lend hand, or Mrs.
Gsnp vss engage for fortnight. It
wsz nes aa unusual occurrence for the
nozrinally ccnvalsscsnt rlosher 20 get
dinner for s1x '-usen folks" with 3
weeizs-eld baby upou her lefs arm.
Her husband was energetic and fore
handed. ani without the slightest ap-
proach 50 intentional cruelty looked to
his wife 90 keep up her end Of the leg :
He toieTssed no waStsfuiaess. and sx-
r-,fe.a to le vell fei ard comfortable:
and cs,mfovt with his Ysnk~e mothers
sn iur-sSsssiHoess- To meet his views,
ss ~eIkzs 70 satisfy her own conscience.
kss parsurr herazae = usossel manager.
rvuan Of 'sfxralty.'
resw hs- lss. year n he fn-z7bh
surs os r,nflscuse. From sunrise un-
slSark. .ex-ept WHEN forced tStsse her
meals. sss ssfuod At one virsfow and po'-
srh.d one psnrwith bar sprun,sa rsast
Ek- = srrrch between heT pur-Asrsi
tro~s. her rasuth prrsed Ssso An an
gvzssssd kzst. her heGov eyes dres<iy
snxicus-she saidess psssss-Tr ever D.
AHaa- u,nsf azs<azlr sad he<znszss she vas