Asheville daily citizen., 1894-09-26
WORK THAT GOES AW2Y.


huuIiuthSs
Every housciccpcr knows that it is
not the steady routine work which
goes on day after day, with variations
of incidental company and incidental
extra work of various kinds, that
breaks down the health and temper.
In the harmonious home, and there
are thousands of such happy homes
throughout the land, each member Of
the family contributes share of work
to the complete whole.
The things that exhaust the patience
and leave Il powerful impress finally,
like drops of water on the hard rock,
wearing out nervous strength and pa
tiencc, are the unexpected. There
seems to he certain individuals so con-
stitutcd that they can not conform to
the routine ways of any home. They
invariably tangle up the work by 60
ing on in an individual way of
their own, regardless of the con-
vcniencc OF all other members of the
household. The hour for breakfast
may be settled for all the rest. but not
for them. In all sorts of unexpected
ways they manage to interfere with
the routine of things, and actually
make double work for everyone else.
There are some housekccpers who
have no idea of system, who are hard,
drudging workers, forever cleaning
and grubbing over floors and pantries
hat fn hr al RrS In
and noise are not parts of good house.
keepers work. The wheels of motion
in n well-kcpt house move so noislcssly
that no one is aware that there is n
system in all that goes on, unless it be
by the sense of quiet and peace pre-
vaiing over everything. 1t is
just this quiet atmosphere which
J the undisciplined person fails to
appreciate. Yet there can be no
home without serious breaks in
comfort where there is no thorough
system. disguised though it may be-;
and the ignorant person wonders why
everything seems to be in perfect order
without any display of extraordinary
work. The reason is that the work is
all done at an appointed time, and an
extra effort is made if there As to be
extra work.
The housekcepcr who is systematic
does not attempt to do more than She
can. She refuses to do unnecessary
work which she is sure can not he ac-
complished without hurry and confu-
sion, and which will put back ncccs-
sary work. 1t requires cool Judgment
to estimate this, and some indcpend-
ence to accomplish it. When every
other woman in the village has joined
Il new society, it seems churlish to re-
fuse to do so, yet the systematic house
keeper must sometimes refuse if it in
terferes with necessary work at home.
In general 1t will be found that she
does more for the church and for the
other objects in the village because
her time is so arranged that she has
more to spare.
The family sewing basket is not al,
lowed to get beyond her needle. The
old maxim, "a stitch in time saves
nine" is carefully needed, and the
mending Is lessened. The systematic
woman keeps an account-book and
knows to o penny what he eXpendi-
lures are, and she does not go beyond
them. She is not subject to untoward
accidents, like the upsetting of lamps,
the overturning of china, and those va
rious mishaps that try the patience, be.
cause she is careful. The whole secret of
her system lies in her care Of little
things. And because of this very car,
she is saved much of the labor of more
negligent women.
Nothing is so wcarisome and so wear
ing to the nervous system as the irrita
tion arising from want OF system and
general haphazard methods of house
keeping 1t is truth, not fiction, that
indolent people always work the
hardest. They never find what they
are in search of. They make all man
ner of work which of necessity they
are compelled to take care ON. Y
Tribune.