The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16
THE DOMESTIC WEEK
HOW ONE WOMAN LAYS 1T OUT DAY
Bi DAY.

WIN hhu consolation Combined. |
Domestic routine is the supreme char
acteristic of housekeeping. Every wom-
an who is at the head of an establish
ment recognizes that she is relative to
the domestic system as it has been regu-
lated for us by our foremothers. They
established the precedent, and we have
no choice III the matter of living up to
1t. Now and then some feminine Philis-
tine dares step over the boundaries that |
lie between the days of the week, but |
she is promptly frowned down. She has |
no followers. 1t is only logical that |
ironing day should follow wash day and |
that baking shall follow sweeping, and,
although certain iconoclastic members |
Of my sex wash on Saturday and use
their thimbles on Sunday, there is no
authority upon which to base their mis-
guided methods of housewifery.
Sunday as the first day of the week is
very trying time. 1t rarely starts in
quite right The morning nap is lux
ury you are credited with, and it has to
be paid for later with some confusion,
more or less loss of temper, good deal
Of Observation-Disclosures not at
all congruous with the day of rest
Before / 1 o'clock in the morning any
number of things have happened. A
headache has materialized, collar but
ton has disappeared, two people have
found holes in their stockings, one pair
Of gloves has turned up missing, one or
two Sunday school lessons and spank
ing or two have become tangled up in
each other, and the cook has looked up
| q new place in the columns Of the Sun
| day paper. Some one has said that Sun
day is the clasp that binds together the
volume of the week. That is well said.
Everybody needs Sunday. 1t proves the
N~-.o Of labor as compared with rest
and is thing to be grateful for.
| Monday is stupid, dismal day. 1t
has little to recommend it. blue Mon
day" it is the world over. The children
hasten tardily to school and fail in their
l
domestic routine The holiday attire
and the Sunday literature are alike put
away. The dust and the cigar ashes are
wiped up, there is suggestion Of steam
and suds in the air and dinner becomes
an affair Of secondary Importance. The
daughter Of the house rearranges the
chairs in the parlor, puts away the mu-
sic and the photograph album, picks up
few stray hairpins in the vicinity OF
the sofa, dreams little, puts fresh wa
ter OH the flowers and watches for the
postman. AS Monday begins the busy
week it is fraught with good resolutions,
with intentions Of thrift and energy.
Tuesday bears hard upon the good
resolutions Of yesterday. The domestic
, machinery is now in capital running
order; there is an odor of fresh bread
in the culinary department. the kitchen
floor has no blots upon its character
! the clothes bars are draped in glossy
linen: the housemaid looks contentet
and happy; time and activity have made
, smooth the wheels. Tuesday is goot
day. The housewife depends upon Tues
day. The week is still i'll its infancy
and the future lends an inspiration.
Wednesday is the day OF days. l
sheds ii luster over the days that ar
, past and the days yet to come About
, fingers the chime of wedding bells. Th
: week is in its prime, i'll the bloom OF IL
maturity. Wednesday suggests cleal
table linen, fresh cut flowers, leisure
contentment and clubs. The church al
society, the social and literary and fol
eiyn mission clubs convene. The wee
is well on its way.
6 Thursday follows so closely upon tn
9 heels Of Wednesday as to be clad
! some of its waning glory. The weddln
is over; the flowers are faded; some
\ the stitches in the web Of good resolr
g tions have been dropped; the cook ha
an afternoon out. The week is far &c
+ vanced.
Odious. doleful Friday Hangman
dayl Sweeping day With small excu'
for being A grim reality, dismal IL
cessity, harbinger of i'll luck! Wltho'
Z Friday civilization would come to
u standstill. cobwebs and criminals woul
multiply anu inoie"eo "nu 90"
= dust, riot and chaos. Resolutions of Ca
!" lier days relax and disappear. Frld'
- brings its own invoice Of energy, and
= is one of the pillars of the domest
~ week.
y Saturday is busy, encouraging tim
y Il anticipates a day of feasiins al
y u prayer 1t promises rest to tho Chi!s'i'
" and the sinner and brings it inu,cu
~ ! the Israelite. The minister ADDS the i
=, ishing touches to his sermon the che
VI meets 10 rehearse and disagree, the WI
~ Garner receives his hire and ban ne
~ DIV. the family larder is repIenish'
Ill the children wrestle with their SIn4
so,,ool lessons and the week CLOSES vi
SOAP and water conflicts.
HARYoT HOLT CAHooN.