St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-08-01
RUSHING THINGS.


N0sAlng 0alned In Hoosewofk BY Cso.
slant Harsyins.
II think there was never q maxim
that was so often quoted to me when
was child as the one treating on the
unwisdom of too much hurry" said .
woman who had passed through more
vicissitudes than most of the sisterhood
are ever expected TO endure.
"'The more haste, the less speed, was
household phrase with us, and by its
careful and insistent observance have
saved myself great deal of wear and
tear and made life much easier, hope,
for my family.
"There are people in the world who
never seem to feel that they are accom-
plishing much when they go quietly and
unostentatiously about their business.
Such thing as working without bus
tie and rush would be distasteful to
them. They do not seem to feel that the
house is clean unless windows and doors
are flung open and everything is piled
promscuously out of the rooms in order
to give them a chance to raise a great
lust and flourish brooms, brushes and
scrubbing-cloths and splash water and
toss things around generally. In ad-
lition to this, half dozen things must
be undertaken in one day, and unless
everybody is worked to death. there is
no end of fretting and annoyance, If in
deed, the difficulty does not assume .
much more serious form than this.
There ought to be a school in which
housekeepers could be instructed in
the art of working quietly ard without
ado. There is neither good sense,
economy nor dispatch in rushing things
in such q way. Nine times out of ten
the great quantity of work laid out is
only partly finished; the house is the
scene of the widest confusion; meals
are irregular; children are cross; the
entire family exposed 70 dampness and
dEnfts:- and the wife and mother. dis
gus4ed ard dissatis1ed. II anything but
an amiable person. How nucA better
u would u 20 take up tie task " 80
tioa4 ord put IL Ao1se h es1ss oxpeDo
- t1SSe. III t16e esoeelsS01 ~ - t11t0
tiresome stirring up that many house.
holders arc subjected to.
''Of course, it depends somewhat on
the community in which one lives.
There is neighborhood not many days
journey from the great metropolis
where 1 woman would be scandalized
If she did not have a general house
cleaning time. One sensible little
woman who lives there and never ap-
pears to clean house, simply because
she never turns her entire equipment
out of the windows, is always spoken
of with some sort of mental reservation.
The busybctiies and Mrs. Grundys Of
the town often remark: oh. yes,
everything looks nice where people can
see it, but have my opinion of a woman
who never has a regular rhouse-cleaning
time. Mrs. x has lived in this COM
munity for four years. and she has never
vet had what would be called a thorough
house-cleaning.'
"But, nll the same, her house is i'm
maculatc from cellar to attic. The
family is never disturbed by cyclonic
periods Of cleaning and earthquakes Of
pitching things out of the windows.
She has fewer attacks Of nervous pros
tration than some of her neighbors,
and her husband and children have bet.
ter tempers, fewer colds and more rcgu-
lar meals. She has learned, in all OF
its completeness, the beauty of the say.
ing, more haste, less speed and in
grained it into her daily life SO that her
household is without confusion, and she
is spared the reaction that comes from
seasons of concentrated effort, and the
misery that springs from rushing
things."-N. Y. Ledger.