The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-21
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Tired Women.

Tired Women.
T sometimes wonder whether it is
really necessity Of our life of the
period that so many of US should be
almost always tired. For tired we are
in body, soul and spirit, SO tired that
we neither do justice to ourselves nor
do the good We ought to others:
Children, friends, acquaintances fail
to receive from us the rest and re-
freshment we might give them, simply
because even the smallest cup Of cold
water weighs too heavily for our weary
hands to hold it, our weary hearts to
feel the need our neighbor has Of its
draught Of sweetness.
Why are we so tired that life is a
dragging process uphill rather than an
easy and delightly progress over q
charming road, with new vistas of
beauty opening at every turn? 1t is
commonly supposed that it is because
we have so much to do, and so little
time and strength in which to do it,
that we women are so worn out, not
only now and then, but as a rule.
And some provoking people compla-
Gently observe that we ought not to
attempt so much that we should let
things go; it would do just as well in
the end. Others make comments on
our lack Of system, either of which
facts, in the mouth of the critic, as
sumes the air of needless blunder.
We listen and we sigh. Should we
adopt the zaissez taire principle, it
would bring upon us reprobation; it
always does on the woman who is
prone to let her household ia Ike its
chances, and who orders it's routine in
a haphazard way. On the other hand
the woman who plans, and carries out
her plans with energy, compelling her
family to be on time with military
precision, is apt to gain the reputation
of domestic martinez. Both women,
whichever course they elect to pursue,
are quite likely to be tried much Of
the time.
Now, while the year is still in its
beginning, can we not, each for her
self, find out where the trouble is;
what, in our particular case, forms the
straw too much which threatens to
break us down altogether?
Some of us do not get out of doors
often enough. We have great deal
to do in the house, and no particular
object to call us out, and SO we stay
in the kitchen and the chambers and
the parlor from Sunday to Sunday.
We literally do not taste fresh air and
drink in sunlight oftener than once a
week or once fortnight the Winter
through. 1t is no wonder soe are
tired.
Some of us do too much sewing.
Why spend so much time, for instance,
in refashioning clothes that are in
order and nice simply because they
are not precisely in the latest mode?
A tired little woman showed me the
other day gown which it had taken
her steady week, with two late night
sittings and fierce attack of head
ache, to change from the graceful,
clinging skirt Of last year to the bunchy
and .unbecoming skirt Of the present.
Sew We must, and sew we will, my
sisters, but don't let US expend too
much time and effort on the endeavor
to be always up to date in our dress?
Why not he independent enough to
adopt our own styles, to certain ex,
tent?
We might be less tired if We learned
not to feel in haste. People talk OF
being wearied by worry. Hurry wears
upon one quite as much as her twin
fend, worry, and both are task-mis:
tresses carrying whips. To worry and
to hurry are to grow old in youth, to
lose the sense of the elastic nerve and
the bouyant spirit. If We can shut
the door on these demons we shall be
less tired by far than if we give them
entrance. Fretting over the inevita-
BILE distresses and annoyances Of oul
situation has much to do with tirine
us. Fretting seldom does any good
It frequently does harm. Foreboding
is as idle and as surely fraught with
evil.
The remedy for all the trouble is a
very old-fashioned one. The little
golden key called prayer unlocks fol
every one of us the chamber called
peace. The Saviour bade us remem.
ber that our Father knoweth what we
have need of, and BE said:
Clear not, little flock. 1t is your
Fathers good pleasure to give you the
kingdom. The kingdom Of heaven is
within you" With the kingdom o1
heaven in our souls, earthly affairs
and daily duties will adjust themselves
as they ought. We shall get hold Of
a clue to the labyrinth in which WE
have wandered. We will cease tc
struggle. Accomplishing what we
can, we will commit the rest and all
results to One stronger and wiser thar
we. Perhaps We shall learn to live
restfully and cease to be so otter
tired. The soul at harmony with God
and in right relations to Him and His
world, and the little bit of it in which
we are partners with Him, the SOU
thus placed does dominate and uplif'
the body in which it dwells.-Mar
garet E. Sangster, IN Congregationalist
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