Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-04-03
TO MAN AND HELPER.
THE MEANING OF FAMILIARITEM
WELL-kNOWN TO WOMEN,
How Sam Patched the Wall Paper
and Fan Acted as Helper-Adam
and His Agricultural Pursuits In
the Garden of Eden Painted by n
Modern Eve.
New York Times.

That too familiar item on our plumb
er's bills, " TO man and helper" is ex
pressive OF so much in our daily domes
tic relations that one almost forgive.
the plumber the gift of the phrase.
"Ill patch up that paper on the
wall; you leave it," says Sam. Anc
then Sam appears on day when yor
are in the thick of some particular,
absorbing household task and he says
I've come up early to mend that pa
per, and if you'll just make some paste
for me, please, I'll go at it," You
sigh, but do it cheerfully, thinking, il
it is early in your married life, tina,
that will be all. Presently, however
there is demand for rags, stepladder
pail and whisk broom. These also
you get out and return to your work
Fam calls Sam, "where have you
hidden my brush? 1t was in the tool.
box right in the left hand corner, and
it is gone. Some one must have
taken it," Again you leave your task
and go up stairs or down stairs to the
place whence cometh the paint and
behold the brush a little to the north
east perchance, but quite in the visible
neighborhood of that little left hand
corner. Without even . blush of
shame he takes it, and you return to
your own work. You have barely be-
gun again, when Sam appears at the
door: Where can l find a box the
right size 20 set on the stairs, 80 that
can put some boards across on which
to stand the stepladder?"
You think minute. and you know
that the only box available is one
filled with odds and ends OF needful
kitchen things, but you resignedly
lay them all out on the floor and give
Sam the box, catching at the same
moment look which reveals that he
10 about to ask you for the boards
There are only two long boards on
the premises, and those form q walk
in the back yard. Still they can be
taken up, and they are-but it entails
vigorous brushing and cleansing.
Then for time Sam vanishes, and all
is serene, but not for long. There
are a clatter Of boards and notes OF
masculine trouble, which you ignore
until, finding that it is not q day for
taking hints, Sam calls again, "Fan
will you please come and steady this
thing, or I'll break my meek" OF
course you 60, and of course you find
that he has not already broken it
You get odds and ends of things to.
ge'her to even up and strengthen his
rickety scaffolding, and then you 81,
ON step with your head up between
the boards to steady the ladder, except
when you vary it by handing a pasty
rag, or brush, or a match for hi.
pipe. Then is the time you say, "Te
man and helper, three hours" and ge,
your revenge. for Sam really sees the
point.
Now, 1t is strange thing that it i,
always "msn and helper" If q wo
man undertakes anything, as rule
she goes ahead and gets her things TO-
gether and does it all by herself, but Il
a man starts any task not in the line
of his ordinary business he will manage
to draw to himself the assistance O
every woman within call. If it i.
driving nails, some one must hand The
nails to him; a woman would keer
them in her pocket or mouth. II he
is riveting something, the woman mus
hold the other hammer on the under
side and get in her arm the jar of the
stroke. II he even mends his fishrot
or ties his flies, one must hold the
waxed thread or turn the rod with
both hands. I do not zee how an,
married woman can doubt the truth O
the Scriptures. Why. to her, the
fifteenth verse OF the second chapter
OF Genesis set the seal of truthfulnes.
upon the whole. When man wa.
made and put in the garden of Eden
to tend it, he hadn't been there a da,
before woman had to be made to helr
him. He couldn't get along alone q,
all. Fancy started him out to SOW hi,
radish seed and having nobody to ask
how far she thought he ought to pu,
the rows apart, go he could put then
some other distance. 1t must hav.
been awful
Poor Evel For of all conditions O
"helper" that of the gardeners helper
is the worse. 1t is easy to imagine he
her days work over, as she supposes-
planning for a quiet rest upon a COO
green bank through the long summe
twilight. Along comes Adam, belatet
in his work, because he has been cast
ing his line from shady moods into deep
mossy pools, where the speckled trou
are lying, and he says to Eve: "M!
dear, won't you come along with M
into the gardenf haven't seen any
thing OF my darling all day. Yo'
can sit on q nice sofa stone in th