The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18


Ruskin says we grasp at majesty IN
tie least things. and abcicatc IL IN tne
greatest. / believe We 90. writes a p'sht
woman. That's what ties our faces up
In hard knots. drOOps the corners or the
mouth and sends other lines parallel win
the downward curve, and makes old Wo-
men OF us before our time. 4 believe
Susan T.. Anthony attributes her youth
full energy and her vigOr AT seventy-siN
wears TO the fact that she has been men,
tally absorbed by the great issues OF the
cause 10 which she has devoted ner Ire.
Mrs Anthony has no hard lines IN hef
face. i'm fact, she has grown old grace
fully enough 20 have assumed grand
motherly air that is by no means uh-
becoming. Thirty years ago she was
called am old maid and there was no
hint Of the material nature IN the tall,
rcsOulte-lO woman who struck out
from the shoulder and wore aggressive,
angular elbows and inartstic bonnets,
and was ridiculed and caricatured until
the caricaturc became the prototype ana
she the representative. She Is no older
to-day than she was two scores or years
ago. and the success that has crowned
her efforts has harmonized her spirits
and made her beautiful in old age.
[ believe Ruskin's idea about graspinS
lent and perpetual Ienewer OF youth.
lie means the majesty OF thought, as Well
as action you understand.
In womans sphere On life. there Is Moth
ing that can transcend the majesty Of
hOme-making. There IS no need 20 recall
the thousand details that are blended IN
the sum-total Of home-making. House
keeping is relative TO home-making' ana
there are thousand details under TINS
head. Ii is I'm housekeeping where We
grasp at majesty in the least things, and
never rise above the iootstool or the
throne OF the home-makcr What OBJ
stacles intervene between ms and the
throne 10 continually prevent our wear
ing the crown and welding the stepttr.
We escape our royal heritage Wheh we
| place 10 light a value upon sell-sdci4iic
| when We offer up ourselves upon the
| altar Of false economy, when we eNchaNse
nerve force for material results mat are
| i'm no wise its equivalent
| Perhaps you know a woman who Ia
| week grasped at the majesty or currAhl
Jelly. She has q shelf fun OF the car
| mine tinted fruit syrup put up IN glasses
/ Glued down with paper and white OF egg
| and all labeled. She worked pretty nara
over il ard IL made her pretty cross
ana her husband mentally measured NO
physical results along with saccharlhe
results. and the former weighed the most
by a good deal Perhaps you know a "o-
man who grasps at the majesty OF dust
ing and securing and dressmakng, ana
well. Won can tell ny looking az hef
whether she lifted her occupations 70 hci
own level or deccnded u tie level OF
them You can tell by the thought waves
that surround her whether she governs
the hCme. or whether the house governs
her; whether she keeps the house Tor
the sake Of making a home for her sub
iects. or whether she keeps house for the
neighbors and as a matter Of playing
at precedence We made great stride
I'm reaching for real majesty when We
abolished 4 best room that was Kept
closed for company. and when the COM
pany cake that was too good Tor the
family was abolished.
We have yet 20 learn how 20 preserve
nerve force and the Importance OF I'M
personal thought as a tonic, and OF SYM
pathetic thought as an ozone generator
for home atmosphere.
| heard "a woman the other day bcwail
the fact that her housemall Of all work
| wiped up the floor with the dish cloth
and made mullins when she ordered
biscuit, and the problem OF home making
/ looked 10 me as though 10 was hopeless
as FAR as solution was concerned. II a
| cyclone had swept away the roof she
! could have put but very little more regret
In her wall Grasping al majesty IN such
things as floor cloths and biscuit demon
strated insufficient regal qualiilcations
/ for home observation-disclosures Press.