Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-01-14

hand AMI lougs IN the Othur. she rusha.
cut Of ihe gitehen into the presenc. of
Christ saying, "L1ri. dost Thou not Ear.
that NY sister hath left me- IL serve aloB-sf,
Christ scOldrt not "a word ID it were sold
ing. | would rather have His ~r1lding than
anybody elSe'S blessing. There wa na.h-
inE acerb. Hy knew that Martha had al.
most worked herself 90 death Go get Tim
something To- eat, aud 80 lle throws world
OF tenderness into Hi information a. tie
seems TO say: MY dear woman. do not
worry, let the dinner 90; sit down on thf,
ottoman beside Mary, YOUR younger sister.
Martha, Martha. thou art careful and
troubled about many things, but one thing
Is neediui.' A. Martha throws open that
kitchen door look iu and see a great many
household pcrplexitirs and anNirtir,.
First, there j. the trial ~ npu-apprrcia-
ton. This is what made Martha -p mai
with Mary. The younger -is-ar mad NO rstl-
mate Of her older sisters iItigusS A.
now, men bothered with the auNi-tio- 1l
tho store, tho olIire and shop. or coming
from the Stock Exchange. they say when
they get home: ION. Won ought 10 ha in
our factory little while. yul ought TO
have 10 manage eight. or ten or twenty
sunnrdinateS, and then Won would know
what trouble aud anxiety arn-' Oh. sir,
the wife and the mother has To conduct at
the same time university. "a e.. thing cs-
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hrary, while She T. health officer police
and president of her realm, She must do
thousand things, and do them we'll in
order to keep things going smoothly. and
SO her brain aud her nerves are taxed to
the utmost. | know there are house trcp-
ers who arr 50 fortunate that they can sit
Z iu an arm chair in the library or lie on the
hriated pillow and throw off all the care
upon suoOrl mates who, having larE'
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all OF the affairs of the household. Those
are the exceptions. l lam speaking now of
the great mass of housekcepers wo-
men to whom life is struggle, aud who
at thirty years of age, look as though they
were forty, and at forty look as though
they were fifty, and nj fifty look a. though
they were sixty.
You think, o, man of the world that You
have all the cares and anNieties. If the
cares and anXieties Of the household
, should come upon you for one week, YOU
would be tit for the Insane Asylum. The
h1lf-rcSted hOusekeeper arises I'm tn"
| morning. She must have the morning re-
past prepared at an irrevocable hOu-.
What il the fire will not light: what il the
/ marketing did not come; what If the clock
has stOppei-no matter. she must have the
morning repast at an irreyorable hour.
| Then the children must be got OIL to school.
What ii their garments are torn; what ii
they do not know their lessons. what If
| they have lost a hat or sash they must bee
ready. Then YOU have MI the diet of the
! day. and perhaps of several days. to plan;
but what If the butcher has sent meat IN
mnsticablr. or the grocer has sont arti lie,
Of food aIUlterated, and what il some nians
/ Of silver he zone. or some fayorita cbalin .
he cracked or the roof leak or tn, plumb.
ing fall. or any one of a thousand things
/ occur Won must be ready. Sprlng weather
/ comes. and there must be a revolution IN
/ the family wardrobe, or autumn comes.
! aud Won must shut out the northern blast:
| but what II the moth has preceded YOU to
! thn .bnlt. ,-l,at If Iurip,, tho ,.aIr III,