The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-04-21
But to Live In Whirl IL Not to
Live Well. by Any
Means.
Lsnging for Life In the Country, Whsrs
OAs Can Enjoy the Living and
MourA the Dead.

have At least time to think. Where day
time amusements some time give place Il
parties, concerts, lectures, at q time whsl
husbands. SOM and lovers may share them
Who're house plants are ohesrfully de
spoiled Of their beauty to dock q bride o
wrsathe . coffin. Whore the dead nsighbo,
il borne to his last resting place by thos'
who loved him, and where the wav'
Of forgetfulness does not flow owe
him before the frat sun has gon,
down upon his new-made grave. I 0oult
not wonder that my friends thought turned
toward : simpler way of living than on
own. She had bnt just returned from /
long journey. Eagerly anticipating tn,
Welcome which must await her homecom.
ciety though che was-she was greeted as il
she had not passed out of ken for q single
day. A conventional expression Of pleas
ure OF ! question about her hsalth-indif-
ferent. commonplace, unmsaning-suticed
TO satisfy her friends. To Fer inquiry after
one whom sho had missed she was met with
the reply: "Oh, had you not heard Of her
death?" Or again. Poor thing! She il in
! world Of trouble,'' to resume with the
next breath the jeat and smile which an a.
fusion to sorrow had banished.
Yet We are neither heartless nor insin-
cers. We ara simply in = hurry. I wonder
ii there il really reason for such haste to
these things como to us in good time by
faithfulnsas and patience? Would not the
chances for enjoying the end be greater if
We could hasten slowly? A millionaire at
40 may we'll afford TO treat himself to a
incoming" with his wife and children. The
man grown gray in the struggle for wealth
OF place will retire but reQretfully to take
his case in the library which his hard
earned money has provided and adorned.
II his treasure be not there, how can his
heart stay there contont?
We Americans are ready to hate the critic
b comes "amanR rs takin' notes. with
the intention Of writing US up for foreign
newspapers. He satirizos Us n We osll
him unfair, which is likely to be the case,
but We are unable TO swallow without . wry
face any criticism which is not sugar
coated. It may be that Max O'Rell bore
that in mind whom he wrote Of American
society: They seem to have missed the
path that leads to real happiness. Thor
domestic Joys are more shadowy than real.
10 live In . whirl 10 not to live Wells He
shot an arrow into tho air that has not
fallen wide of it's mark, and yet it is this
very unseemly haste upon which We are
pluminR ourselves, a. = people, ~ citizsns
of no mean city. as individ uals. Whether
or not Max O'Rell himself lives according
to the most approved pattern, it cannot DO
denied that he has touched a sore spot in
our social anatomy. There ia a good deal
of nonsense in the ever-ready excuse, "We
live such crowded lives" OF course We do,
but is there need Of it? DC two duties ever
conflict? The truth is, we are in the habit
of racing and We like it. With serene
countenanees We struggle to maintain our
difficult footing az we are iostled along the
busy social thoroughfars. We meet old
friends with u start of surprise, but there
il. no time to stand indulging in pleasant
reminiscent talk. There is not even room
enough to walk abreast with the old friend
and tho new. Oh, for q quiet place to
step apart without losing onr places in the
procession! And there is 80 much that is good
TO enjoy nowadays. The periodical litera-
ture 10 of itself q liberal education. Time
Expended in reading hsbitually the best
magazines would be an Unreasonable source
Of pleasure and profit. The art galleries.
she libraries, in which we are growing so
rich, all sorts of Photographic appliances
which give SO much for SO little pains and
money, the parks in summer, and the long
rides at the rate of one cent a mile are
means at the same end, which we cannot
afford to foreRo.
You have not lived here long enough to
batch the infection of haste. 1 hope." The
Remark was addressed to a bride of but a
short residence in this city of great expeo-
cations.
Indeed ] have.'' was the feeling answer.
! cannot account for it, but I am always
n a hurry, always anxious. always tirad.''
1t hardly seems possible that the hour
Rlowly told By the old clock in the cornSr,
long tune ago, really stood for. no more
peart-beata than the same space of time
erked of by the pretty FL nch timepiece
n the modern drawing room. How full of
good times that old hour used to be- !! How
XnnD. whan VIA Uara rn1yrhfu I IINu ,,..--
RhlnRs could happen, how much could be
lone in sixty minutes, then Our grand
Mothers found 1t long enough to spin and
lev, to brew and bake, to read and medi.
nte. to write long letters full If pleasant
lectures. Our own mothers, with loving
I%atienoe, mended and darned it's minutes
way. They paid and received friendly
aisits between the strokes from hour to
Jour, and if they gossiped a little over their
3nltting-Reedles, who shall cast the first
fone? They found it long enough to
lurse the sick. to fondle the baby, to look
those homely duties. They had time to
~Pad-.study for grown folks had not thcn
m Inland wrote clever lstters that de-
rived the name of "correspondence."
1T ID impossible to enumerate the accom-
aishments of the woman of to-dav-there
not time. We are willing to take every
ing for granted, freely admitting that the
aly thing she lacks to make her happy.
Seful. thoroughly admirable, is the for
often advantage of leisure. Men and
pmen OF leisure are out of date. In every
fpartment OF life in this sesth1np CITY.
pm the cradle to this grave, drudpery ia
Ae rule. II
1--WE are missing our purpose 80. The
srp-strino snaps when the tension makes
music sweetest. ut is better to wear
than to rust out" is q f%allacy, Why
sould we do either? lbe penalty az indo-
ace ID the gradual deterioration of brain.
muscle, of character. The penalty of
Serwork amounts in the end to the Same
$nR. In the case OF women, however. il
10y no means work alone that is re-
onsible for waste of vital force. There
n vast proportion s%quandered in
Arposeless social activities" Dinners,
adlngs. receptions, teas gnlors-aIl so
fasant and refreshing in themselves-be-
me a burden and u snare when from hour
hour tho live-lon9 day they press upon
pa other. This city is getting too large
ceremonieus visiting from Hyde Park
Lake View, yet who would lose u friend
ing tho line? An invalid IL often OK
aed from mere conventional obligations,
the busy woman who happens to survive
racket with = vestige of health Is held
strict account for tho pound Of fesh."
ans philsnthropic soul should institute
polal clearing house where pasteboara
~ shall discharge mere duty calls''
Ahout personal super%intendoncs and with
Nal satisfaction. We can grasp the other
IN OF tho dilemma and take each other
HFru6t, which, after all, in thu kinlast