The Helena independent., 1894-05-27
SLACK and SLATTERN
They Dlf'sr, But Either OF Them
VIII Upset the Entire
Household.
slFA slack Is AlwAIa Late aud is rhsrebS
Continually Designating the
whole Family.

There aro two species OF the genus wom-
mn that have 10 bo dealt with everywhere
and that arr exceedingly vcxatious when
permanent members ot our households
Slack Is half an hour behind timo as n
rule Sho bcgns the day by considering
that her eternal Happiness lies in being in
bed after sho ought 10 bo and attending
to her duties. Hero she makes a desperate
aght. She will not get mp at @ O'Clock.
She win get up at half past 6. There is no
trouble about that, but by half past tho
house A in q hubbnb, ono wanting this,
another that, and half dozen delayed and
hndered about prompt morning duties.
by and by she Is on hand. breakfast Is
% be ready BY TAT least it ought to be
for tho workers in the field. She flies
about, and overy ono elsc is flying about,
uneasy, hurried, worried
breakfast after half hours furry and
rattlo is not roady--it Is ready 10 minutes
late. How delightful those 10 minutes Of
waiting Arol Every member OF tho house
hold irritated Tom has TO bolt what ho
oan and dash OF for the train. Tho others
feel that they have been wrongcd. As it
As programme repeated every day, II gets
to be an outrage Nothing runs smoothly,
Tho children arc snappish, tho husband is
disguised, tho order Of the household hope
lcssly broken up, tho days spoiled for their
best. All this because Mrs Slack will
not start on time.
Every day should begin smoothly, Tho
mother Of household should DO held, and
bold herself, accountable for morning of
peace and beauty. That one who by self
Indulgence annoyed all the rest OF the fam
lily ought 10 be compelled 10 yield or elso
vacate her place have implied that Mra
Slack is a mother and properly head of a
family. i know her very we'll l hnvo
seen her tactics and had my patience worn
threadbare by her utterly useless behind
handedncss For three years / lived in just
that sort OF home l never saw the hus-
band out OF time. The needs OF the house
hold required decision and promptitudc In
the opening OF the day, but there was in
varinbly slackness. If tho breakfast hour
was deferred, still Mrs Slack was late.
She took another half hour in bed. Ar
gulng with her did not particle Of good.
Urging, begging, it was all the same. The
woman simply had a magnificent power
OF negatiyoness. Nothing could stir her
Mrs. Slack Is the same way with her ar
rangcments. The churchbells ring, and
she Is not ready. The last stroke fails, and
her gloves are 10 be buttoned. Nothing
ruflles her. But she has ruflcd usolcssly
every one she ought to hold dear and be
rcady TO exert herself to please. Dinner Is
like breakfast, a little bohindhand and
this throws out every arrangement Of the
family. There are perhaps eight in the
household. Each one loses at each meal
by waiting 10 minutes, often half an hour.
Counted at Is minutes each there are
two hours Of labor lost at each meal. Six
hours knocked out of industry In day.
This in moath makes 1SO hours; in q
year, 2, ,160 hours. These are all working
hours, and divided by 10 gives you q loss
OF 2l6 days.
In fact, / dotost Mrs. Slack. I cannot
help 1t. She throws all tho responsibilities
and cares Of life ON Others. Docs she work
Bless us, yes. When started, sho keeps up
whirligig Of motion and a hurricane OF
trying TO catch up. She never docs catch
up; nobody can get even with lost time.
Her food is tumbled on the table. Some.
thing is burned at each meal; something
else is half cooked Now the soda is left
out, and now the salt. Then in tho hurry
the oatmeal is salted twice and spoiled.
In fact, tho very easy business Of having
well ordered household, with smooth anC
pleasant action and kindly disposition, il
made impossible When ride is propos
ed, Mrs. Slack Is never on time, and th,
los.
turned into provocation. She works lik'
= sawmill, but there is no need Of 1t.
we'll ordered home does not require buzz
and a whir.
Slattern is the other sort--always on th,
boom. She Is never behindhand, You car
be sure, but rllshes ahead at tho cost Of
modesty and comfort, especially tho com.
fort'of Others. believe she is just now
the fashionable young lady. find her in
the cars, noisy and boisterous. She IL
wasteful and reckless at homo. She is nc
more considerate of othgr peoples wishes
thnn is Mrs. Slncls. One Of this genus has
been In my kitchen for a month. She camc
in with old familiarity. Not only wns she
Ht once singing about her work, but whis
thing. She whistled from top of tho housC
10 the bottom, and the dishes ratified ia
accompaniment But crockery is crock
cry, and she has become expensive, be
gin 10 belieyu that Father Alcott mus
haye been right-that we all have lived il
some previous existence and arc hero ant
now paying for our gins committed then
Otherwise how shall we account for thi
terrible necessity Of letting into our order
~ households such whirlwinds and hurri
canes as Miss Slnttcrnl This kind will
bankrupt sou n unrcstraiued but Il take
such strain Of the nerves 10 constantly
hold In and guide her,
Slack won't get up In tho morning
Slnttorn Is out ut the growing of cock, but
you must b. after her and on the watch.
Now, my dear AIRS. Slack and Mrs. SInt
tern, / have sot down nothing In malice
Tho simple fact Is you ought 20 reform
No such typo Of human being lltA dcccntly
into society II you could have a world oil
10 yourselves, n would do, hut YOU cau't
You have to live with other people, ant
you aro the recipients Of other pcoplc'l
good viii and work In uumbcrlus7 ways
There Is no excuse for spelling littl,
paradise with your excessive nursing o
your foibles You really don't see why
you should ho put out by other people,
notions. oh, my dcnr, but TINT is th,
very key 10 human society, tho bottom o.
our pot luok-t0 ndapt ourselves tu others
Thore isn't room IN thcWouds for each on,
60 1.-Two alone aud do Just as sho phases
Won't you now Try 10 think how mucl
plcasantcr IL would be- ~ you tried 10 Vc
through tho days with au ullort 20 please
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