Middletown transcript., 1895-07-27

of penance. She prided herself on
the amount of work she could do in a
given time, and nothing made her
happier than to have her washing out
in advance of her neighbor's on Mon
day, unless it was to invite the minis
ter and his wife to tea and give them
more kinds of cake than the last hos
tess had done. And she would keep
on doing this to the weary end. What
} if head and back ached, feet dragged
with fatigue, and every nerve was on
edge? She had the satisfaction of be-
ing known as 'a good housekeeper,"
and her vanity was satisfied at the ex-
pense of her health.
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Sit down to do everything YOU
can. When you are preparing the
vegetables for dinner. when you are
creaming butter and sugar for cake,
when you are ironing the small pieces,
and even when you are wiping dishes. |
You will be surprised at the end of |
the day how much less tired you are,
and you will also find that you have |
more inclination to enter into the fam
lily pleasures from which you were de-
barring yourself by allowing yourself |
to become so fatigued over the duties
which you must perform daily. You
will be a better mother, a more COM
panionable wife, more satisfactory
friend. if you bring to these relations
a body less fatigued, mind fresher,
becaused less dragged out with toll,
and nerves no longer on the surface,
but smooth and unruffied, because
you have learned the secret of conser-
wing power and strength.
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A woman of seventy, bright and ac-
tive for her years said to me the other
day: "What is the matter with so
many of the girls? They cannot en-
dure anything. They break down over
what their mothers would have con-
sidered mere trifes. They cannot be-
gin to do what their mothers could do
at their age. don't understand it,"
But l understood it, and told her
so. She thought a moment and
admitted that I was right. Their
mothers had so exhausted their
strength in their desire to be good
housekeepers and their dread of be-
ing "shiftless" that they had no
strength to give their children, who
were reaping the results of their moth
ers indiscretion. Yes, that is what I
call it, indiscretion. They knew no
better then, for they had not been
awakened to the broad question of
heredity, and of the influence which
actions of their own would have upon
the coming generations.
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Mrs. Will Carlton was Baptist mis-
slonary In India before her marriage
to Mr.. Carlton. Her first husband
died in the missionary work there and
so did her three children. She re- !
turned to this country to recover the t
health she had lost, and against all {
her prearranged plans married instead s
Of going back. She has kept ever
since most ardent interest in India, q
and pays the expenses of one native
there, year in and out. She I
organized board of young people in 6
Brooklyn, where she lives, into a
society, and gave it the
lame of "Farthest Light" She went
o her husband for the name, as she
turns to him for sympathy
nd assistance in her missionary en- =
husiasm. She has no children now,
ut she says if she had a daughter
be would want to dedicate her to
1ission work in India.
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1t is doubtful if anything she saw in
hicago pleased Mrs. Grant so much
the discovery of nest of sparrows
Lincoln Park. In this snug recess
the great bronze figure the birds -
uilt comfortable home, and re-
aimed there unobserved until Mrs. Is
rant detected them. Ia
"a IN
do not wait for mother to say she is ID
red after hard days work before =
'u offer her some help. Look H..
'ound quietly and see if the fire We,
eds more coal, the hearth brushing aor
,, or if it is time to set the table, or =
1T the kettle to boil. 1t will help
II wonderfully if you straighten up ,tn
w n1f l.. |
II saw Mrs. K. going into an auc- n
IN sale last Monday. Isn't her craze ~
r bargains extraordinary" "Yes.
deed; I believe she could die happy
she knew she would be laid out on
bargain counter and be buried as a.
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'rene-Isn't it curious how innocent
orge Ferguson is? They say he
yer kissed anybody in his life, and
esn't know how to kiss Laura
ere is not word of truth in it! He
s-that is, he-why, should think
"oulo KNOW now by this time.
MISS Harkaway," said Dolliner, 81
'pose you have seen the statement
this weeks Gazette that we are
gagged to be married2" "Yes,n said
> Il saw it," "Well, wish you to OLE
DIV that had nothing to do with
= announcement, and l have
tten this letter of denial" "Ob. w,
ouidn send it" she said, naively.
hat is the uses" "But it isn't trueIn ca
hat is SO, but it isn't impossible. Do
1-know that paper contains a great 500
ny valuable hints?'' And he took S
hint. TE