The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-10-18
DAY IN AND DAY O11p.
THE APPARENT cEAsELess po,n
OF A WoMAN's DAILY LIES

OF A woMAN's DAILY LIFE IVY
How the Hundreds Of Little Thing, A.,
the House That Must Be Attend,
Cypress One woman-The Real s..,..
awoman's Life II Not to Worry.
Will there never be any end Of :.
dear friendi mean won't we evar ny
through Have we got to 20 from ss
thing to another foreveri / am not o,. Uus
bling, not even am one of the disconten.a'
but somehow l do wish we could ;nste
the chance for five minutes to sit down .N
say we have nothing that really sbo~s
after US, MARY Jane, amt you coming us
Hx mei" or, MARY Jane, amt you reads. 70
make me up" can cheerfully wait "
folks, you know, but it's thing that bo.s VI
me-washing things, scrubbing thin
touching up things, putting 10000 tbinass
shape We had all the furniture in n n@
when we married, and do you know bow ~
furniture gets scratched, and the sests
give out. and the backs split, and the ioints
give way, so that / dread a new chair aw
fully, because, say, who knows now wbs,.
the thing Is going to give outP Crocke,v
was an invention Of the devil, am sns.
Why was anything of the kind ever thouoS,
of The very instinct of crack and- 90 Is N
the best of it.
Just you take the item of lamp chimnev.
don't mean the constant expense of Inv
ing new ones, but the fact that you neva,
no, never, have a complete set of lamn,
about the house in full order. One or thu
other always wants a wick, or chimnsv
or a burner. / wish l could afford
lord of the lampwicks, with duties of NJ
other kind but just to see to those fragile
illuminators How long for natural %,
or electric lights down this way In.
haven't the least idea they take care n
themselves-oh, dear, mol Not anytbirg
takes care Of itself Dustl Now that !,
the one thing that makes the woman's Efs
as near miserable as she will allow it to be
Insignificant, impalpable, nothing; ton
small to scold about, and yet it is the I'm.
conQuerable, never suppressible foe Of rest
Iwant to see before die just one dav
when things won't have to be busted
Sweep it up! That Is just it. Sweeping
brings it up out of its hiding places and
lands it on and In everything. And when
we are through with brooms and busters
in one direction we find it in full forcs
somewhere else. It is our irrepressible
conflict How much dust do you suppose
a woman has to breathe, and how much to
eat in the course Of a Year, am not CON-
planning of the work, you know, only just
want to see gap in it somew here. It's the
same with mending clothes for our children
and husbands. Rips and tears and holes
worn through one after another, suppose
through eternity, If we should live so long
Just think of darning socks for 100000
of yearsi
Iwant to see our folks, just for once
without button of. I've tried my best
to get the buttons all on for six children
and my blessed Tom-every one on-on
every pocket, coat, overcoat, pants, but
can't. I never saw the day when there
wasn't button of something. Now mind
you, friend Mary, don't complain, only
would be 80 delightful to get through one
thing. like work. would not be with.
out something to do for the world, but
what fun it would be to have to look it up
Just have hunt for jobl
You know what they say about rugs as
being so much more wholesome than car.
pets and saving of work. Well, we have
rugs In six rooms-nbrary, dining room,
reception room, family room and two cham.
beers. That makes just six days week fer
taking up rugs and having them beat and
the floors scrubbed. We don't beat rugs
Sundays. Between you and l, what tel.
rible unrest fashion Isl 1t won't do to say
much about this, but did you ever think Of
what fashion is-say In bonnetsS Well,
it's never fixed, not for one blessed minute
It's a sliding scale-just moves along slow
ly every minute. You can't be in style
mot exactly quite-n you do anything but
have your hat trimmed OF course you
can't wear it If it's being trimmed all the
time. Mrs. Langtry Is no better off with
30 hats and 30 dresses. It must be horrid
to have so many, all going, going, going out
of style every blessed minute. BLESSED be
she that has nothing" Well, not quite,
suppose, but amt it blessed that we can:
have but one husbandi
Polyandry is just II, 900 times worse than
polygamy. hope there won't ever bes
Utah that starts up that notion. think
the world Of Tom, and that is just where
the pinch comes in. want him to be ell
right everywhere and just model, and the
blessedest old perfectio1f>in the world. And
he Is, but he wouldn't be without memo
hs wouldn't, and it takes just a continuous
watchfulness. 1t Ia just so with your john
I'll warrant. There is no end of seeing to
his things and putting them to rights. Did
you ever know man that could pick things
up and keep them in orderi Did you ever
know one who could shut drawers and
closet doorsi They don't like to be both
cred about little things. The fact Is, pre-
sumo, they feel just az we do-they want to
see the end Of something. Their way is to
skip over small affairs and leave them to
Us. Pm glad they do, for I hate pottering
myself; but, worse yet, hate potterins
men.
am glad they do leave the drawers ina
nuss and their shirts on the floor. can
see that woman has her mission-if We
only could-well, no, don't want to see
the end of some bothers What blessed
thing it Is to wear ourselves out for those
we Lowell Could you imagine tolerabls
life or a tolerable world with children LETT
outi Making home and keeping home
In order and making it grow in goodness
il such wonderful power and gift!
The secret Of Joy Is to cheerfully do wha,
we have to do and borrow no trouble Of
the future think true woman strength
will generally match her trials.-Mary b.
Spencer in St. Louis Globe Democrat
STRENGTHENING Slant Eyes.
The wheel Of progress whizzes on
The Japanese have got the wrinkle INTO
their head that their slanting eyes mus'
straighten out like white mans. Inc
consequence is that surgeon who was
doing very little in this country is fas'