The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-02

therefore presume CnaL MIS-. H. mas no l1CJle
"live branches" clinging to her, that have
awakened the grand enduring mother love-
which so nobly teaches us to bear and
forbear. For surely she would not so en-
phatically state that she never leaves her
work in an unfinished condition, if she had
1.-The many plans of mice and men
How oft they gang aglae."
HousekeeperS can attest to the truthfulnes
of the quotation.
TheOremi
When little Ralph comes in with a
bruised finger and lisps ''Ha8el' between his
sobs, would Mrs. K finish her dishes before
ing to exercise his vocal organs? Or would
she stop, take him in her arms, kiss the
dimpled finger, administer the miraculous
balm, viz: witch hazel, and, presto, in two
minutes be is down; tears and bruises for
gotten?
And you were at liberty to continue your
work, not finish. For presently baby Dot.
who is of an exploring turn Of mind, has
climbed upon dining chair and made the
descent with much more rapidity than grace.
You run to the rescne. She is not seriously
hurt but frightened. and with more kisses
and care sses (the mothers pahacea for most
ills) you quiet her; and presently the wa1en
lids reluctantly close over the bright eyes
and baby Dot is asiee,' With an inward
Thanksgiving for the God-given gift, she is
laid in her crib and the tears softly wiped off
the pretty round cheek.
With a light heart and a quick step you
hasten to the kitchen, empty out the cold
dish water get more and in a short time
without further interruption the dishes ale
at last washed and set away.
I only gave the above incident to- convince
Mrs. K that there cannot always be system
and allotted time for house work. Yet do
try to systematic my weekly work; and aim
to accomplish a certain portion each day.
But | cannot by hard work and judicious
management, accomplish the days work in
couple of hours, as Mrs K. advises. | ad-
NIT Mrs K is very fortunate in having a
husband that is so willing or so APPLY trained
as to assist with the household drudgery, AS
consider that part of the work. But do
not admit that be will allow IDS to plan a
system OF work for him While consider
it correct and most essential that he should
help us and tighten our burdens, [ maintain
that man generally is capable of systematic
| ing his work without our assistance.
Again, Mrs. Jno. q. says woman has it
in her power to mould a man as she will
LAS the twig is bent, the trees inclned4' is
a h0mey saying, but admirably adapted to
The male gender for habits and traits of
character formed in early life are apt to
cling to him, and ecceptricities to become
pronounced las the years grow Oh him."
and my mothers way" will become a
familiar quotation.
Public opinion contends that it is the
woman who usually ''drags the man down."
Yet Tennyson says:
LAS the husband is the wife u.s.
Thou TT mated to clown,
And the grossness in his nature
Shall have weight to drag thee down."
And, confdentialIy: coincide with him,
though don't dare shout it from the house.
top. With what bright hopes we set out on
tie sea of married life. We have no fear,
Glove will conquer all things" But gradu-
ally we find it is adamant and not plastic
clay we have been trying to mould. We give
up the attempt and resignedly make the best
of it. The dreams of our maidenhOod will
| never he realized Rut we are not unha nOv