Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-02-16
WOMAN IN THE HOME
Dr. Talmagc breaches on the Trials
Of Wives and Mothers.
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rou~"s appreciation at work not or
Lord. d"st thou not carc that my sis
ter hath left me Ia serve alone bid
her therefore that She hclp ur
Wonder j. Il beautiful village homr-
stead The man of the hou>" j. dead
aud his widow has charge "i the prem
i~"> 1t j. Widow Martha. of cjhauy
lc>. viii show YOU also The pet of the
household. II H. Mary, the Younger sis
ter. with a book under her ann. aud in
her ta," A." Sign of caIc ~ anxiety
IhUut auNtLiI" Company hI~ some.
Christ app"rin" at the "uIsIdr "f the
dunT makes some excitement inside the
douI The sister set back the di>ar-
rIug,d furniture. aTranr" their hair
aud in a dash prepare I" open the door.
They d" not keep christ waiiiu" out
side uuIil they have newly appaIrl,d
msrlNrS or ,lahuratciy arranged
their trr>~rs, aud then with affected
surprise come out and pretend not 10
have heard the TWO or three previous
knockines SAY: why. j. that YOU"
~rutHhlr. although. perhaps they had
not on their best. More al Us always
have ou uur best. Otherwise very soon
"uI best would not I've worth having ON
They threw open the door aud rect
Christ. They say: 'tiuud mort ing
Master Come in ana he >,alrd."
hrisi brought "a company of friends
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city visitors. You 10 not wonder, threw
III" country home into some pcrturha-
ton. | suppose the walk from the city
had been Keen appetizer. The kiich-
en- department that day was very i'm
poriant department. and | think a.
soon ~ Martha had greeted her guests
she went to that room. Mary had no
anxiety about the dinner She had
full confidence that her sister Martha
could get up he II, It dinner in Ert hany
and III" practically said: Now let us
have a division Of labor Martha. you
cook. and III Ill down and learn
lh" same difference yea now some
times see between sisters There is
Martha. industrious. painstaking. a
good manager. ever inventive of some
new pastry. discovering something in
household affairs. Here is Mary. fond
of conversation. literary. 80 fun Of
questions of ethics she has no time to
discuss questions Of household welfare
II j. noon. Mary is in the parlor
Martha i in The kitchen. Ii would hav.
been better for them to have divided the
toll, and then they could have divided
the opportunity OF listening to Christ
But Mary mouopolizes Christ while
Martha swrltrrs before the fire. II was
very important that they have "a good
dinner that day. for Christ was hungry.
| and lie did not often have luxurious Gu
tertairmrni. Alas. me! ii all the re-
sponsibiiity of that entertainment had
rested With Mary. what n repast they
would have had! Eui something went
wrong in the kitchen. Either the fire
would not burn. ar he bread would not
bake. or something was turned black
that ought Ia have been only turned
brown. or Martha scoldcd herself and
forgetting all ihe prophecies of the oc-
| casion. with besweatcd brow she rushed
| out OF the kitchen into the parlCr, per
haPs with tuhsSs in one hand and
| pitcher in the 6tlIcr. aud she cried out:
Lord, dost thou not care that my sis
| ter has left me III serve alone? Bid her
therefore that she help me-" Christ
| scoldrd not "a word. lit were Seeding.
would rather have Him scold me- than
| anybody else bless me. There WAS
| nothing acVrb in the S"Niuurs reply.
| He kEgw that Martha had been working
| herself almost 10 death Ia get Him
| something ia eat. ard he appreciated
her Kindness, and lie practically said:
MY dear woman. do not worry. Let
the dinner 20. Sit down here on this
couch beside your younger sister Mary.
Let u> talk about something else,
| Martha. Martha. thou art careful and
troubled about many things. hut one
thing is reodfGl."
As MariLa throws open the door
| look in To-day. and | see great MANY
household auNirtics. and about them
am going Ia speak Of the Lord of
| Mary and Martha and Lazarus will help
me by His grace
As I look into that door. in the first
| place. ste the trial Of nonapprtciaiion.
| That was what made Martha 81 ycNed
al Mary. Mary. the younger sister, had
| no proper estimate OF The elder sister :
| fatigue. just a. DOW men having annoy
ancr> of store and factory and shop or
| at the stock exchange com" home at
| night aud hear Of some household an
noyapcr. aud they say: 'Oh, that's
nothing, lm ought 10 he in Il factory
| "a daN and have ten ar fifteen or INVENT
or one hundred ,ub1rdinatcs. Then you
| would know something about annoy
| ance and trouble" Oh. man. let me tell
| YOU thai Il wiic ard a mother has tn
| ,CEdIIri at the SAM time "A university.
a c!aihiRs establishment, u restaurant.
Il laundry. - library. and has I" br
health otiIcer. police aud president ot the
| whole realm. She has IL do a Thousand
things. and Ia DO them well. in order Ia
| make things go smoothly. and that il
| what puts the awful tax on woman :
| nerves and "A woman> brain. | know
there are exceptions 1" the rule. Some
times Won will find woman who can
| sit down in the armchair Of the library
| all day without any anxiety. or tarry on
the bclated pillow. and all the cares OF
the household are thrown upon serv-
ants who have large wages and CREST
| experience. hut that is the exception.
I speak of the great masses of house
keepers, To whom life is "A struggle, and
who AT 80 years of age look as though
they were 40. The fallen at Chalors
and Austerlitz and Gettysburg and Wa
terloo are small number in compar-
ison with those who have gone down
under the Armageddon of the kitchen
Go out to the country and look over
the epitaphs on the tombstones. They
are all beautiful and poetic. but if the
tombs,ones could tell the truth thou
sands of them would say: Here lies
woman who was killed by too much
mending and sewing and baking and
securing and scrubbing." and the wsap-
on with which she was killed was 4
broom or sewing machine or a !Gd!c,
| The housewife rises in the morning
| half rested. vt an irrcNO bic huur ir
must have tbs morning r"pas' lraGN