St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-03


Tor fifteen years. and she is the best
| housekeeper | know"
All through the history Of humanity a
| need calls forth supply. Each cOndi-
ton of suffering or demand has, through
| all ages. brought forth its cure. its re-
! ply. Sometimes we do not see the cure
as quickly as we might, bur it is always
waiting, always ready when our need
is great enough to drive us to it.
| What, then, is the response here to
the hundreds of drawn. tired faces; the
hundreds Of strained. tired voices; the
hundrewS of broken-down women, who,
instead of rlpening into a vigorous old
age, wither and drop into different
stages of incapacity and suffering?
| The answer is here:
Learn bodily economy.
| Spare your forces as you spare your
| money.
Watch your bank account of muscular
| and nervous strength.
Let us see how this is to be done.
| Each household may be said to consist
OF four departments. First. and most
| trying, is the servant or governmental:
second, the sanitary; third, the culinary !:
| and fourth. the aesthetic, which covers
all decorative conditions, refreshing of
ornaments. arrangements, etc, and is
equally important with the others in the
formation of a reStful home
we suggest this way of laying out the
work done by the home maker, because
system, not routine, is in itself refresh
Ing. 1t is reStful thought that, looked
ar in comprehensive way. our round
of daily drudgery has This possi--
BILE dignity. 1t also helps US to in
dividuallZe our duties and see whence
comes the friction which is the cause of
our wear and tear.
Foreign nobly and successfully over
these departments, even in cottage,
hOusekeepefS need few Simple ac-
qufrementS of body and mind; need to
have them become habits; habits so
deeply woven into her existence that
the p0SSeSSOr IS unconscious of their
presence, but habits of whose absence
she would be exquisitely conscious.
First-Breathe slowly, breathe deep
ly. breathe quietly, breathe pure air.
There Is no room more easy to venti-
late than well-planned kitchen, for its
heat is sufficient to permit the constant
entrance of cold air. Many morn
Ing'S preserving and baking may be
metamorphosed from a mere firing,
fatigulng task into healthful exercise if
these points are attended to.
Many sInkful of heavy dishes have
been washed with as good results as
gymnasium practice, if pare air is well
breathed meanwhile (Which is a strong
point against unventilated buffers
cloSets.)
Second-Stand well. not on the heels
nor Oil the toes, but fiat on the balls of
the feet the body poised slightly for
ward. the chest well raised and air.
filled.
Orders given to servants or tradesmen
from q
themselves and bring d9ubly the fine
results.
When you stand in this way you rest
part of your body, even though the
standing muscles are fatigued.
Above all, when you rest, rest, If
you have few minutes to sit or lie, do
nothing else in that few minutes.
Allow your chair or couch to receive
the whole of your weight, and give your
thought only to your own weight. In
this way you will double the amount of
rest you get from five or ten minutes
freedom from work or care.
DO not, while sitting or living, allow
your mind to plan what work you will
do next, how you will do it, how soon
you will be sufficiently rested to get up,
but simply rest and grow heavy. Let
your Imagination help. and play" like
child, that you are a mountain or
something else which occurs to you.
The greatest rest comes from freedom
of mind. We can keep our minds free
if we will but learn how Let them
take up one thing at time and be con-
tent.
Nothing is more sure to be slow poison
to the systems of American women.
with their consciences and their nerves
than the game of Flaps and slams"
When you STIR cake, do nothing else;
when you bake it. rest if you need it.
Do not stand around wasting good
muscle and nerve waiting"
Plan your work Ill your brain; then
let your brain rest, and it will be again
ready for work when your body is tired
and its work done.
Cultivated women do not work with
the same good results physically as
peasant women. for the latter work with
their minds free from all thoughts but
of their work, while the former work
wishing often they were anywhere but
where they are; OF if not this. still their
minds are working in many different
lines of thought.
When you find you are not taking
things one at a time and simply, and,
therefore, there is confusion and ia
tigue, stop shortI Take ten minutes
rest. lie down with thought of your
weight only and you Will be aStOniShed
at the results. Everything will clear
and yon will start fresh as if after
good sleep. The day that is the most
full of pressing care is the day when
you cannot afford to take at least one
such rest.
Tho prevent this confusion, cut off
each duty from its successor; begin
anew with each task and get in deep,
slow breath before each change of
work.
These are the simplest directions, but
if followed they will surely prolong the
lives of all our faithful housekeepers,
aud set of fresher-faced old ladies will
grandmother the next generation