The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-01-12


end Elizabeth Fry and Hannah More
is the Sod OF tie kousekeeper. Jesus
was reysr married, that he might be
the especial friend and coz fdant OF s
whcle wcrlG of troubled womanhood.
! l blurdsr. Chris: was married. The
Bible says tat the church is the
Lambs wife, and that makes ne know
that al Christian women have S right
TO 90 10 Christ and tell him Of then
ar0cyalces ana troubles, since by his
cath OF co1j0gsl fidelity be is sworn
10 sympathize. George Herbert, the
Christian poet, wrote two or three
verses on this subject:
! The servant by this clause
Makes drudgery divine
Who sweeps room, ss for thy laws,
Makes this and the action fine.
4 ycurg woman OF brilliant educa
ton snd prosperous circumstances was
called down stars to help in the kitchen
in the absence cfthe servants. The
dooSbeI ringing, she went to open |;
and found S gentleman friend, who sad
as he came IN: I thought that hesrd
music. Wss il On this piano or on thi:
h&rpi" She answered: No l vas
playing on q gridIon with frying pan
mpaniment. The servants sre
gone. and am learning how to do
this work" Well done! When will
women IL sll circles find out that It is
ho1ora6le to do anything that ought
to be done?
Agsin, there is the trial Of severe
economy. Ni1e hundred and ninety
nine households out Of the thousand
sre sus iected to it-sone under more
an6 solne ucder less stress OF circum
stances. Especially II man smoke
very expensive cigars and take very
costly dinners at the restaurants he
will be severe in demanding domestic
economies. This is what kills tens of
thousands of women-attempting to
make SIS do the work OF 81. Ayouog
woman about to enter the married
state said to her mother, How long
does the honeymoon last?' The
mother answered, "The honeymoon
last until you ask your huSosnd for
money" How some men do dole cut
money to thsir wives. How much do
YOU waat?n "a dollar" ''Ycu are al
wavs waiting dollar. Can't you 90
with 50 cents2" If the husband has not
the money, Isl him plainly say so. II
he has il, let him make cheerful re.
sponsa, remembering that his wife has
IS much right to it as he has. How
the bills come in. The woman isthe
banker Of the household, she is the
president, the cashier, the teller, the
discount CLERK, AID there is a panic
every few weeks. This 30years' war
agai1st high prices, this perpetual
study CT economies and this life long
attempt to keep tbs outgoes less than
theincome exhaust inrumerable house
keepers.
Or, nv sisters, this is 6 part of the
Divine disciplined lit were best for
you, all you would have to do would
be to open the front windows, and the
ravens would fly in with food, and af-
ter you had baked so times from the
barrel in the pantry, like the ore OF
Zarephath, would be full, and the
shoes Of the children would last SIS
long as the sEoes OF the 1sraelites in
the wilderness years. Besides
that this is going to make heaven the
mcre attractiGein the contrast. They
never hunger there, and consequently
there will be none Of the nuisances OF
catering for appetites, andin the land
OF the white robe they never have to
mend anything, and the air in that
hill country makes rybody well.
There are no rents to pay. Every
man owns his own house, and a man
sion a: that. 1t will not be so great
e change for you to have chariot IN
heaven # you have been in the habit
OF riding il this world. It will net be
50 gre&t e change for you to sit down
on the banks OF ths river OF life If in
this world you had 8 county seat, but
il you have walked with tired feet in
this world what glorious change to
mount celestial equilage. And If
your life on earth was domestic mar
tyrdon, Oh, the JOY Of an eternity in
which you shall have nothing to do
except what you choose 10 do! Mar,
tha has had no drudgery for is centu,
RES, quarrel with the theologians
who want to distribute all the thrones
OF heaven among the John knoxes
aud the Hugh Latimers ard the The
ban legion. Some of the brightest
thrones Of heayen will be kept for
Christian housskeepsrs. Oh, what q
change from here to there-from the
tine when they put down the rolling
pin to when they take uD the scepter
II Chatsworth park and the Wander
b:lt mansion were to be lifted into the
celestial city, they would be consid
cred uniuhabi:able rookeries, and
glor;fed Lazarus would be ashamed
70 be going in and cut of either OF
them.
There are many housekeepers who
could get along With their tolls II 1t
were rot for sickness and troble. The
fact is, one half OF the women OF the
land sre more or less invalids. The
noun nLal0 IaSS, WnO LIS uGFeT 0ao q
ache or pain. msy consider household
tell inccnsiGera Die, and toward even
ing she may skip away miles to the
felds and drive home the cattle, and
she may until 10 o'clock st night FIJI
the house with laughing racket; but,
oh, 10 do The work Of lie with worn
cut constitution, when whooping
cough bss been raging for six weeks
IN tie houssbold, making tae night
as sleepleSs as the dey-lhat is not SO
easy. Perhaps this comes after the
nerves have bee1 shattered by some be-
reavement that has left desolation in
every room CT the house and set the
crib in the garret because the cccu.
ra1t has been hushed into a slumber
which needs 10 mothers lullaby. Oh,
she could provide or the whole group
a crest deal better than she can for 3
part Of tee group, now the rest are
gone! Though you may tell her God
! IS takina care OF those who are gone,