Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-26
HOUSEHOLD.
"Rest is not quitting the busy career.
Rest is the fitting OF self to the sphere. !"

'Rest is not quitting the busy career.
Rest is the fitting of self to the sphere"
There are days when housekeepers should
search out the true philosophy of rest and
profit by the research. There is DISPOSE
ton, especially among the notables in
| housewifery, to have mental hurry that is
quite as wearing as is the physical. Women
| who live in nervous haste not only never
find time to rest in the day time, but too
often lie open-eyed through the night sea-
son, because of the stress of work they feel
upon them. This is all wrong, especially
in dog-days, that are long and are often
| made too busy. Nature teaches the doc
trine of rest in all life, and from her why
not learn a lesson2 The cattle that lie on
the grassy slope lazily chewing the cud are
wiser than your busting little woman who
rests not, but who fights dirt, sews and
cooks with the same intentness and fdgity
industry in summers heat as in winters
cold.
Now when the debilitation that accom-
panies heat is felt by everyone, why not
pause when it is poSsible9 The halfhour nap
can be taken if there is determined purpose,
and whether sleep comes or not to rest in
recumbent posture with the will with
drawn from even the finger tips, to close
tired eyes and think of nothing, is rest.
Thinking of nothing is the larger part OF
the need. To stop absolutely in the planning
Of work, to let all Encouragement drop and
resign ones self to the soothing minIstra-
tons OF complete idleness this is rest
philosophy. Then lie down every day, busy
little woman, it is not waste, it is gather
ing up of the spent energies and giving
them new tone-it is a renewing process by
which is gained fresh intellectual and
physical life.
Another short lesson for the overworked
housekeeper is, never to stand when you
can sit down. a chair conveniently placed
and always used when practicable would
spare many pang, and more can be done
sitting down than at first glance seems
possible. Another rest for weary ones is to
let others help where they can, even if is
not done quite so nicely as it might be- IN
selishness and self-sacritice are lovely
traits, but even lovely traits may be ex
CSSSlNciN u6NClOpCu, Itliu liz ShouIu
carry even these to the extreme of being
hurtful to the possessor and to others, and
which frequently incapacitates her by ill
ness from discharging her peculiar duties.
Hurry, never wise, is to be avoided in
summer. Forgetfulness and hurry are twins.
Much energy is wasted in useless action be-
cause Il didn't think when was up stairs
or wherever forethought would have saved
steps 1t is homely adage among hOmely
people, make your head save your heels"
but one that is worth remembering.
Lastly, the stay-at-home housekeeper
ought not to feel that she can have no COM
fort during the heated term because she is
at home. The abandon that home allows,
with a proper regard to restraining and sys-
tematizing work, using the precaution of
securing suitable diet for ones self as well
as for the family, are fair substitutes for the
doubtful benefit to be derived from chasing
the phantom of pleasures over miles of rail
way and finding at last that one room in
hotel at fashionable summer resort, is a
poor exchange for the comforts that were
left behind in the home
Rest then, busy woman, all you can, and
thus carry on the work of fitting self to the
Spnere