The Jersey City news., 1892-02-10
THE TRIFLHS OF LIFE
The Homemakers Get Their
Full Share of Them
How to Tighten
Their LaborS.
REST, RECREATION END READING.
Women Should Enjoy All Three
Practical Hints For House.
keepers.

woman's life is full of tribes, Trifies
which must be attended to, and yet at
one time are never all done. If she is
mother there are countless additional
trifies added to her responsibilities. IL
the wife of neat, perhaps exacting man,
she has more and more. IL may seem
very trifling thing if she, in the faithful
performance of the ninety and nine
duties of her daily life. neglects to replace
a missing button on his shirt, but what
a scene it might cause. have heard of
such things happening, haven't your
A good wife and mother is an ideal
being. In our busy. rushing day when
woman are so successfully competing
with men in the professions, 1t seems at
times as though they were treating
somewhat indifferently their greatest
blessings, wifehood and motherhood.
They Interfere too much, one often
hears women say, with their life work,
their art or profession. Perhaps tney
do, but there will always be women who
will be willing TO be home makers and
not think their lives thus spent in vain.
1t is to these we now give our
commendation and advice. To reign a
loud ephemeral plaudits, but generations
may be benefited by such Il woman.
HOW TO LIGHTEN LABOR.
TO reigh successfully one must be un-
selfish to some extenG but not so as TO
bear burdens which belong entirely to
others. Children make trouble bat after
a certain age they can be SO taught that
part of the burden will fall on them,
teaching them self reliance and self re-
srect. Treat q boy as though he were
gentleman and he will treat you as gentle
man should. Show him that you depend
on him and in nine cases out OF ten he
will be too proud to disappoint you.
Teach children to be neat about their
belongings, to have place for them and
to use that place; to fold their napkins.
put the chairs in their places, to put away
their plavthipQs. These are the trif1es
which tire an over patient mother and
which the children should learn to do
themselves. I remember little tot of
two VINO was the only girl in family OF
four Her brothers had grown some
what careless about their mothers in
junction, always to leave their coats and
hats on the rack, which was low enough
for them to reach it. The girl OF
the family had the bump of order fully
developed and thinking herself unob-
served she picked up her brothers coats
saying, 80, those Doysl those boysP' quot
ing her mother.
MuGtl time and strength can be saved
by making each child attend himself to
his toilet articles, to pick up his clothes.
The younger ones will want to heat their
elder brothers or sisters so badly that
they will soon learn to help themselves.
Girls take more naturally to household
cares. The feeding OF the birds and
watering OF plants can easily be left to
them, aDd few would not feel a great
pleasure in the responsibility. Through
mol objlIrau laarn n hA nrdarlV
Industrious and considerate, and nave
some appreciation of the many steps
needed TO make them we'll and happy.
The time thus gained by the mother, can
be spent in rest. reading and recre-
alton:
REST.
When vou do rest, make 1t perfect rest:
Take off your shoes and corset, get good
wash, and brush your hair. Then
take a nap Try not to think OF this
stocking not being mended, ana that not
beiug done, but give your mind peace.
Allow your couch to receive your full
weight, and stop thinking of household
cares In this way you will double the
amount of rest you get. You will not be
tired when the children and father come
home. You will be able TO greet them
cheerfully, and your restful air will
pernfeats the whole home and bid them
welcome. There is great deal in the
family. The lack of it has made many u
mother wonder why her boys spent so
little of their time with her.
AS to reading, women often find it hard
to keep up with their husbands and chill
dren in this line. They know they ought
to read the newspapers, but when do
most men read theirs? Why, going to
and from their work, and have no doubt
that many housewives would feel some
what guilty. or indulging in luxury, II
they were calmly to pick up the morning
papers and peruse them before their work
was done. But women must read, ana to
accomplish this they must give up some
of their time stealing duties. One thing
would strongly commend Is that chill
dreh, IL the housewife be blessed with
them, should be simply but substantially
dressed. Tue iaces and fancy work which
adorn the underwear take much time and
their presence will never make up for the
absence of the adornment OF the mind
which reading gives. A woman must
keep up with the times, with her husband
and children. So let the fancy work and
embroidery go if something must, and
not your reading. II, when you try to
rest, you fiud your mind wandering and
restless, take up some little simple story
or novel and il it is stupid you will soon
fall asleep, If it is interesting. it has stolen
your cares from you. In either case 1t
works for good.
As to recreation, don't neglect that
either. II the children play tennis take
enough time once in awhile to watcn
them, and become interested in their
games. Listen to their sports and SYM
pathize in them. Many woman fluids
recreation in looking at the store win
dows. An art gallery when you go to 1t
in the right spirit and not for work. Will
afford endless food for thought, and furn-
ish the mind with beautiful pictures TO
call up during home hours. DON'T give
up your church because housework takes
too much time, nor give up too easily all
social pleasures. Don't have excuses of
being too tired to go to the theatre when
your husband wants TO take you but what
an ideal As though any woman was ever
tired enough to refuse such an invita-
tion.
UOTISEHOTD HINTS.