The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-05-18

maid, we should co operate for our mutual
advantage in this way. She should supply
me daily with three meals as good as those
we had been accustomed to have, and |
would give her one half the money she
could save from the weekly allowance after
the amount of breakages had been de-
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The effect was wonderful. The old fairy
burn, the china would not break and the
linen could not tear, the sugar became
friendly and the eggs helful. Depravity
appeared to depart from inanimate objects
and | soon had in my employ a shrewed
alert woman who recognized the fact that
in serving my interests she advanced her
own.
| trained my children to helpfulness, and
telch the boys, as well as the girls, to
sweep, dust, mend and care for their cloth
ing. There is nothing unmanly in a boy
lie lrning to do those things which will
make him comfortable and Independent
when away from home. 1t is surprising
how greatly my labors are lightened by
their assistance, and how much more
unselfish and consderate the children are
growing under the discipline.
1t used to trouble me very much if any
thing interfered with the routine of the
household. | worshipped days and sea-
sons, and was determined that no meal in
my house should be movable feast. As a
consequence, | became the unhappy slave
of my own laws. Now, method is my
servant, not my master. | try to curb an
abnormal appetite for dirt, and overcome
| the domestic sin of excessive cleanliness.
My home may not be so immaculate in
ach minute and unseen part, but it is a
| pleasanter place to live in
In all my economy of time and money,
and read the best books, and hear good
music. Every day | make point of 60
ing to my room, lying down resting mind
and body. This brief withdrawal from
the thick of the family life keeps me fresh
for the evening, when my husband ard
children naturally expect to find me, in
some degree, companionable. | make it
my point to save something of my self for
those who make my home as well as for
the things which make it.
The browning grace OF the home, in my
:, H. 81,
try TO see the funny side of every annoy
ance. My children are often ill, but |
discourage anxious inquiries after the
| health of the members of the family, believ-
ing that it is possible to talk yourself and
others into any number of diseases.
| The breakfast table is not a bulletin
depressing symptoms, but the place where
a bright keynote for the day is struck.
The supper table is not made battle field
but a pleasing panorama of what has
occurred during the day in the outer
world
make habit of forgetting disagreeable
things as quickly as possible. one great
factor in this result is never talking about
them. keep the genie in the bottle, for
the grievances that are aired grow with
every airing. In dealing with Bridget
fault it does not yield me any moral sup
port to dwell on the arrocious acts Of her
predecessor.
81 build IL fence of loving trust
About today
fill 1t full of happy work.
And therein stay"
Simplilication, individuality, cooper
alton and persistent cheerfulness make it
possible for a woman to keep gray hair and
wrinkles at bay, and she, as well as |, can
manage to be happy, though busy house
wife.