Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-09
VISITING HERSELF.
S:,o Novel way :, Hostess Gaze HERSELF q
Mention.


It camo about il this wise: For weeks
The had endured Tie ordeal Of living in
house that Wa beng made over, with
Ill the turmoil AID tzibula.icns that
this sort Of housekeeping implies Be-
cause sis s;auted Il new p:ano she had
sg&cticed ell sorts OF economics, even
ts,mg tic hoQseworl2 for 4 large family.
Result, WORKOUT Woman, with set of
lraycd nerves, which it bchoovcd the
family to avoid cncroaching upon. 1t
became plain to Ill concerned that if
harmony was TO reign il the new house,
al it hid rcigned III tho Old, il would bo
necessary TO 90 some nerve patching,
and that right specially. And it was de-
creed that he LolnlileePes should have
res. and change, Whatever the cost and
inconvenience might lie to the family.
There were tempting places 10 visit
.lt that cntailod i journey, and she was
too tired for journeys. There were
friends WHO would have been LAD TO
entertain her, for she is a popular guest,
but that wonid necessitato preparations
that she had not the energy to under
take. "What need, " she argued, ito so
away for that which I have in my own
home, if only 1 had leisure to enjoy it?
No one amcng all my friends has a
more pleasant home. 1t is manifest that
people like to visit here-they say so,
and they come again and again. l will
pay myself q visit. -
So she threw economy to the four
winds-it had served its day, for the
new piano was numbered among the
things she could not enjoy-and she Or
dered in provisions for expected guests
and hired the best cook she could find
to prepare the food and do the chamber
work.
Then she dressed ii her prettiest
frocks, put all rroL!2.ns Of ways and
means resolutely behind her and made
herself Us charming as possible to the
family, emitting 10 courtesy she would
have shown others had she been the
guest CT strangers.
Size did 10 work. Cook and the fam
lily entered into tie joke and did their
part Loyalty. She Steps as late as she
pleased ard took morning walk ill.,
stead of making beds, busting and
sweeping. She luzuriatcd in uninter-
ruptcd sicstas and fingered in the bath
and over her toilet.
When iuvlination led, she spent hap
Ply hours in music CT dipped into the
new books aud magazines. AS often as
she liked size rode or drove about the
quiet cocntry roads. Always she forced
her thoughts away from plans for work
which Lag before her when her visit
should eud and dwclt upcn only such
topics as she would have discussed with
friends.
1t was happy visit for ell. The
husband and children had not only been
spared the dismal period of tho home
keepers absence, but they had also had
the opportunity to see at her best one
who had been obliged by themere limi-
tation of endurance to trust out" III
every direction save housekeeping and
domestic problems.
Many Il woman has been in the tread
mill so long she has ceased to cast ex-
pocfant eyes toward restful green pas
lures. AS often as not she is herself to
blame. A little more resolution, little
less care for what others think of her
housekeeping, deal less Of the belief
that no one can fill her place, and she
would fare better
Where more than one woman lives in
family they gain much Of brightness
and hopefulness through alternating
work with pleasure, one doing the
necessary work ;.4A oversight ono week
and the other the next week. 1t ought
to be possible il every family to arrange
to secure an occasional period, long Or
Short, in which 10 forget accustomed
cares. Women who ere thus favored
wear longest as 4 ralo.-Philadelphia
Times.