Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-01-07

the household should come upon you
for one week, you would be fit for the
insane asylum. The half rested house
keeper arises in the morning. She must
have the morning repast prepared at an
irrevocable hour. What if the fire will
not light, what if the marketing did
not come, what if the clock has stopped
no matter, she must have the morn
ing repast at an irreyocable hour.
Cares OF the Housewife.
Then the children must be got off to
school. What if their garments are
torn, what if they do not know their
lessons, what if they have lost hat or
sash-they must be ready. Then you
have all the diet Of the day, and per-
haps Of several days, to plan; but what
if the butcher has sent meat unmastica-
BILE or the grocer has sent articles Of
food adulterated. and waat If some
piece of silver be gone, or some favorite
chalice be cracked, or the roof leak. or
the plumbing fail, or any one Of thou
ctlnh AAAAA-G NANAA OA AAAAsN W AN1Ngs
Spring weather comes. ard there must
be a revolution in the family wardrobe,
or autumn comes, and you must shut
out the northern blast; but what if the
moth has preceded you to the chest,
what if during the year the children
have outgrown the apparel Of last year,
what if the fashions have changed.
Your house must be an apothecary's
shop it must be dispensaryi there
must be medicines for all sorts Of all
ments-something to loosen the Group,
something to cool the burn. something
to poultice the Inflammation, some
thing to silence the jumping tooth,
something to soothe the earache. You
must be in half dozen places at the
same time, or you must attempt to be.
If, under all this wear and tear of life,
Martha makes an impatient rush upon
the library or drawing room, be patient,
be lenient o woman, though | may
fail to stir up an appreciation in the
souls of others in regard to your house
hold tolls, let me assure you, from the
kindliness with which Jesus Christ met
Martha, that he appreciates all your
work from garret to cellar, and that the
God of Deborah and Hannah and Abb
gail and Grandmother Lois and Eliza
beth Fry and Hannah More is the God
of the housekeeper. Jesus was never
married. that he might be the especial
friend and confidant 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 right to go to Christ and
tell him of their annoyances and trou-
bles, since by his oath of conjugal fdel-
ity he is sworn to 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, as for thy laws
Makes this and the action fms.
Divine Discipline.
A young woman of brilliant education
and prosperous circumstances was call
ed down stairs to help in the Kitchen In
the absence Of the servanta The door
bell ringing, she went to open IL and
found a gentleman friend, who said al
be came in: Il thought that l heard
music. Was it on this piano or on thil
harp?" She answered. mo, l wal
playing on a gridiron, with frying pan
accom- paniment. The servants are gone,
and l am learning how to do this work. "
Well donel When will women In all
circles find out that it is honorable tc
do anything that ought to be done1
Again, there is the trial Of severe
economy. Nine hundred aud ninety
nine households out Of the thousand are
subjected to it-some under more and
some under less stress Of circumstances.
Especially if man smoke very expen-
siye cigars and take very costly dinners
at the restaurants he will be severe il
demanding domestic economies. This Ii
what kills tens of thousands of womer
attempting to make 50 do the work o.
81. A young woman about TO enter the
married state said to her mother How
long does the honeymoon last?" Th'
mother answered, The honeymoon
lasts until you ask your husband fol
money" How some men do dole on
money to their wives! How much dc
you want?" "A dollar " "You are al
ways wanting a dollar Can't you d'
with 80 cents?" If the husband has no
the money, let him plainly say SO. If h'
has it, let him make cheerful response
remembering that his wife has as mucf
right to it as he has. How the bill
come inl The woman is the banker o.
the household, she is the president, the
cashier, the teller, the discount clerk
and there is q panic every few weeks
This 30 years war against high prices
| this perpetual study Of economics anC
this life long attempt to keep the out
goes less than the income exhaust in
Vulnerable housekeepers.
Oh, my sister, this is part of the Di
vine disciplined If it were best for you
all you would have to do would be 4
open the front windows, and the raven
would fly in with food, and after yos
had baked 90 times from the barrel II
the pantry the barrel, like the ono o
| Zarephath, would be full, and the shoe
Of the children would last as long as thu
shoes of the Israelites in the wilderness
40 years. Besides that this is goinl
to make heaven the more attractive II
the contrast They never hunger there
and consequently there will be none o
the nuisances Of catering for appetites
and In the land Of the white robe the,
never have to mend anything, and th'
air in that hill country makes every
body we'll. There are no rents TO pay
Every man owns his own house. and
mansion at that. 1t will not be so grea
a change for you to have a chariot II
heaven IL you have been in the habit o
riding In this world. It will not be .
great a change for you to sit down OF
the banks Of the river OF life II In thi
world you had country seat, but II yol
have walked with tired feet In thi
world what a glorious change to noun
celestial equipagel And II your life o.
| earth was domestic martyrdcn. oh. tn