St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-05
-OR THE
MAIDEN
AND WIFE

The tardv, reluctant Northern spring
seems really to have reached US, the
warm. facilitating days, when woman
nature is tried to its utmost, are at
hand. There will seem to be so many
things to do, and often only one weak
woman to do them, that it is no wonder
that women get TO feel. as ''Snappy"
woman used to say, as if they would
Just fly to pieces" but, my deaTs, take
an Old woman's word for it, there is no
use in allowing ones self to come
to such a pass. You remember
the savings of Poor Richard,
that were taught us In the days
of youth almost as religiously as Our
Bible texts and one of them SAID that
''thera is luck in leisure Ii you stop
to look into it YOU will see how deep the
truth is Luck. we all know, as olteh
consists in getting good ready as
the children say, as IN any SpCclal Wis
dom possessed by the lucky one: 30 II
tie days are to be very full OF WORK.
lust take time to get a good ready before
YOU begin. | know that short purse
often crowds duties together and creates
seeming endless confusion, but 1t Is
only seeming. The woman ut the head
OF affairs knows pretty well what she
wants 10 accomplish before she begins;
so if she is good ready she stands O9t-
ter chance of succeeding than If she fol-
low the plan of the rushing houSekeeper
who calls Ter girls at t O'Clock on
Monday morning in this fashion:
"GirlS. l say, girls, get up at once
Here il is Monday morning. ana 10
mOrrow'S Tuesday and next DAY
Wednesday. Half the week gone ana
not lick of work done yet. mat
Just my luck" You see, she not only
had not waited to get good ready,
but was piliug up three days work TO
feel tired over before she began. when
/ was a little girl. | heard the express
sion "Rome was not maize in day so
often that l thought Rome must be
wonderfully leiSurely place to live III,
but as grew older, | was comtorteu
often and OFTEN when things dragged
unavOidably by the thought OF the Ola
saw. Now. by gettinga good ready mean
tOtake every precautlOn TO nave the WORK
accomplished without OVERRIDING. Your
body is a wonderfully delicate machine,
and II one Of its parts gets out OF NIX by
over-fatigue, the whole mysterious crea-
ton is sick. VIII you be gamer Ii you
do three days work, or two. or even
one and half. on Monday, and then
are obliged to stay in bed Tuesday and
fee fit for nothing on Wednesday, TO
pay for being so smart? Surely not'
Let other women run their houses and
the thousand and one things connected
with them as they please, but don't
allow the thought of what THESE same
neighborS will say about YOUR way or
doing to make The least difference with
YOUR method. | know q woman VINO
lived once in Il neighOOrhOOd where,
if the washing at amy house was
not on the line by noon, at latest, on
Monday the neghOOTS sat in Judgment
on that housekeeper and uttered Sympa-
thetlc words for the husband of such
"shiftless" creature This woman
found that she could not bow to the
idol Of washday and do her family and
herself Justice. so she thought the mat
ter over and did her hOuSeWO in her
own way. Monday morning there was
GOOD breakfast leiSureiy eaten, The
man of the house sent off in splendid
humOr To his Office, the hOuSeWOrk we'll
done Up, everything in order from top
10 bottom, and tic clothes put to soak.
Then she had lunch and took a nap.
Then She did up her back hair smooth
and t!ght-Gid YOU ever notice how
much moral support there is in close
coiling CT your back hair?-and then the
clothes were WruHg cut into a suds and
even over ana left for next day. Tues
days breakfast was planned so that it
would HOT take long 10 get: then the
h0usewurk was finished up and the
washing finished. tuesday afternoon
saw it all done, and good natured
mother 10 make tuesdays dinner table
a place OF comfort. The neighbOrs
Wondered little. then declared that
mis-. Y. was real whimsey, and had
her own way of doing everything"
But you can readily see that it was a
case o. getting good ready"
AUNT POLLY.