The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-09

tiful1y poeties DuE III those romphtunc1
would speak the truth, thousands OF
them would say: Here lies woman
killed by too much mending, and sew
ing, and baking. and scrubbing, and
securing: the weapon with which she
was slain was broom, or a sewing \
machine, or a ladle." You think. o
man of the world! that you have all the
cares and anxieties. If the cares and |
anxieties OF the. household should come |
upon you for one week, you would be |
nt for the insane asylum. The half
rested housekeeper arises In the morn
ing. he must have the morning repast
prepared at an irrevocable hour. What
If the IRE viii not light; what II the
marketing did not come; what II the
clock has stopped-no matter, she must
have the morning repast at an irrevoc-
able hour. Then the children must be
got on to school. What IL their gar
ments are torn; what If they do not
know their lessons; what IL they have
lost hat or sash-they must be ready
Then you have all the diet OF the day,
and perhaps OF several days, TO plan;
but what If the butcher has sent meat
unmasticable, or the grocer has sent
articles of food adulterated, and what
IL some piece of silver be gone, or some
favorite ehalice be cracked, or the roof
leak, or the plumbing fail, or any one
of thousand things oecur-you must
be ready. pring weather comes, and
there must be a revolution in the lam
be ready. Spring weather comes, ana
you must shut out the northern blast;
but what IL the moth has preceded you
to the chest; what III, during the year,
the children have outgrown the apparel
of last year; what IL the fashions have
changed. Your house must be an
apothecary's shop; it must be dis
pensary; there must be medicines fer
all sorts OF aflments-something to
loosen the Group. something to cool the
burn, something to poultice the inham-
nation, something to silence the jump
ing tooth. something to soothe the ear
ache. You must be in nalf a dozen
places at the same time, or you must
attempt to be. If, under all this wear
and tear of life, Martha makes an i'm
patient rush upon the library or draw
ing-roorn, be patient, be lenienG Oh,
woman, though may fail to stir up an
appreciation in the souls of others in
regard to your household tolls. let me
assure you, from the kindliness with
which Jesus Christ met Martha, that
he appreciates all your work from gar
ret to cellar; and that the God of De-
borah, and Hannah, and Abigail, and
Grandmother Lois, and Elizabeth Fry,
and Hannah More is the God Of the
housekeeperi Jesus was never mar
ried, that he might be the especial
friend and eonfidant of whole world
of troubled womanhood. blunder;
Christ was married. The Bible says
that the Church is the Lambs wife,
and that makes me know that all
Christian women have a right to go
to Christ and tell him of their annoy
ances and troubles, since by his oath
Of conjugal fidelity he is sworn to SYM
pathize. George Herbert, the Christian
poet, wrote two or three verses on this
subject:
The servant by this clause
Makes drudgery divine:
Who sweeps a room. as for Thy laws,
Makes this the action fine"
A young woman Of brilliant educa-
tion and prosperous circumstances was
called downstairs to help in the kitch-
en- in the absence OF the servants. Tia
door-beIl ringing, she went to open II
and found a gentleman friend, who
said as he came in: Il thought heard
music; vas it on this piano or on this
harp?" She answered: No; l was
playing on grid-iron, with frying-par
accompaniment. The servants are
gone, and / am learning how to dc
this work" Well done When will
women in all circles find out that 1t /:
honorable to do anything that ought
to be done?
Flow great are the responsibilities O
housekeepersl Sometimes an indiges