The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-12
WORK THAT GOES AwRv.
ssme Thing. that Disturb the Household
Happiness,

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Happiness.
Every housekeeper knows that IL IN
not the steady routine work which
goes on day after day. with variations
Of incidental company and incidental
extra work Of various kinds, that
breaks down the health and temper.
In tho harmonious home, and there
are thousands of such happy homes
throughout the land, each member of
the family contributes q share OF work
TO the complete whole.
The things that exhaust the patience
and leave a powerful impress finally,
like drops OF water IN the hard rock,
wearing out nervous strength and pa
thence, are the unexpected. There
seems to be certain individuals so con
stituted that they can not conform to
the routine ways Of any home. They
invariably tangle up the work by go
ing on in an individual way Of
their own, regardless Of the con-
venience OF all other members Of the
household. The hour for breakfast
may be settled for all the rest, but not
for them. In all sorts Of unexpected
ways they manage to interfere with
che routine Of things. and actually
make double work for everyone else
There are some housckeepers who
have no idea of system, who are hard,
drudging workers, forever cleaning
and grubbing over floors and pantries
and noise are not parts Of q good house
keepers work. The wheels Of motion
In q well-kcpt house move SO noislessly
that no one is aware that there Is q
system in all that goes on, unless IL DO
by the sense of quiet and peace pro-
vailing v everything. II Is
Just this quiet atmosphere which
che undisciplined person fails to
appreciate. Yet there car be no
home without serious breaks in
comfort where there Is no thorough
system, disguised though It may be;
and the ignorant person wonders why
everything seems to be in perfect order
without any display Of extraordinary
work. The reason is that the work IL
all done at an appointed time, and an
extra effort is made il there Is TO b
extra work.
The housekeeper who is systematic
docs not attempt to do more than she
can. She refuses to do unnecessary
work which she Is sure can not be ac-
complished without hurry and confu-
sion, and which will put back neces.
sary work. II requires cool judgment
20 estimate this, and some indcpcrd-
ence to accomplish IL. When every
other woman In the village has Joined
. new society, IL seems churlish to re-
fuse to do 80, yet the systematic house.
Keeper must sometimes refuse II IL in.
rterferes with necessary work at homo.
IN general II will DO found that abe
does more for the church and for the
ether objects In the village because
her time is 90 arranged that she has
moro to spare.
The family sewing.besket u not Il.
lowed to get beyond her needle. The
old maxim, "A stitch In time saves
nine" II carefully needed. and the
rmending Ia lessened. The systematic
woman keeps an account book and
knows TO q penny what I he expendi-
lures are, and she docs not 60 beyond
them. She is not subject to untoward
socidents, like the upsstting Of lamps,
the overturning Of china, and those ".
'rious mishaps that try the patience, be-
u she Is careful. The whole secret Of
her system lies in her care Of little
things. And because Of this very caro-
abe il saved much Of the labor Of more
negligent ome
Nothing is so wearisome and so wear.
ling to the nervous system ~ the irrita-
ton arising from want OF system and
general haphazard methods Of house
keeping. 1t is truth, not fiction, that
indolent people always work the
hardest. They never find what they
are in search Of. They make all man.
ner Of work which Of necessity they
are compelled to take care ON. Y.
Tribune.