The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-18

what puts the awful tax on a womans
nerves and 4 woman's brain. / know
there are exceptions 10 the rule. Some
times you will iud a woman who can
sit down in the armchair Of the library
all day without any anxiety. o Il tarry on
the belated pillow. and all the cares Of
the household are thrown upon serv-
MS who have large wages and great
experience, but that Is the exception.
speak Of the great masses Of house
keepers, to whom life is a struggle. and
who At % years OF age look as though
they were 40. The fallen at Chalons
and Austerlitz and Gettysburg and Wa
terloo are a 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 epltaphs on the tombstones. They
are all beautiful and poetic, but II the
tombstones could tell the truth thou
sands Of them would say; Here lies
= woman who was killed by too much
mendlpg and sewing and baking and
securing aud serubbing." and the weap-
on with which she was killed was =
broom or a sewing machine OIL q ladie.
The housewife rises in the morning
half rested. At an irrevocable hour she
must have the morning repast ready.
What II the fire will not burn? What
II the clock stop? What ~ the mar
keting has not been sent In? No mat
ter that; Il must be ready at the ir-
revoeable hour. Then the children
must be got ready for school. But what
II the garments be torn? What II they
do not know their lessons9 What II
the hat or sash is lost? They must
be ready. Then you have the duty Of
the day or perhaps several days TO plan
out But what II the butcher sends
meat unmastcsble7 What II the gro
Ger furnishes you articles Of food adul-
tersted2 What II the piece Of silver be
lost or q favorite chalice be broken,
or the roof leak, or the plumbing fail,
or any one OF 6 thousand things oc-
cura No matter. Everything must be
ready. The spring Is coming, and there
must be revolution in the family ward
robe. or the autumn is at hand, and you
must shut out the northern blast. But
how II the moth has preceded you 10
the chest? How II the garments Of the
last year do not ft the children now?
What II all the fashions have changedP
The house muss be an extempoIiEed
apotheeary'sshop dispensary. There
must be relief for all styles Of ailments
something TO loosen the Group, some
thing to cool the burn. something to
poultice the Inflammation, something
TO silence the Jumping tooth. some
thing to soothe the earache. o mar OF
business, II you had as many cares as
that you would be a fit candidate for
an insane asylum HMartba make un-
der such circumstances an impatient
rush on the library or the drawing
room, be patient be lenient. Oh, my
sister, though my words may not
arouse 10 many souls any appreciation
OF your toll. let me assure you from the
kindliness with which Jesus Christ met
Marths ths, he appreciates all your
trials from garrett TO cellar. and the God
OF Deborah and Miriam and Abigail Is
The God Of the housekeepersl Christ
never married. that lie might be the
especial friend aud confldant Of whole
world OF troubled womanhood. Iblun-
dered. Christ was married. The Bible
says the church Is "the Bride, the
lambs wife" and that makes me know
that a woman has a right 10 90 to
Christ with all her annoyanceG and per-
plexities and fatigues. for by bis oath
OF conjugal fidelity He hath sworn 10
sympaihize. George Herbert put the
thought In three or four verses, quaint
and peculiar, but strong, and in one
verse saying;
Thy servant by this clause makes drudgery
divine;
Who sweeps a room as for thy laws makes
this and the action hns.
A young woman OF brilliant educa-
ton and prosperous surroundings was
called downstairs 10 help in The abb
sence OF the servant, and there wal .
ring al the bell and she went TO the
door, and an admirer entered. He said:
u thought / heard music in the house.
Whs It on the piano or the harp?" She
said: "Seitheri 1t was a frying pan
accompaniment TO a gridironl In
other words, / was called downstairs
10 help. ! suppose some time / shall
have TO learn, and l have begun now"
When will the world learn that every
kind of work that is right is honor
able?
But, oh, the Joy for the weary feet
when they step into the celestial equip
age, and, oh, the Joy Of those to whom
hons was a martyrdom on earth when
they go into that home where they will
never have to do anything that they do
not want TO dol What a change from
the time she put down the rolling pin
TO the time she took up the scepterl
II C%hatsworth park and the Vanderbilt
mansion were lifted into the Celestial
City, they would be looked at as unin-
habitable rookeries, and Lazarus him
self would be ashamed to he seen going
In or out Of them. 20 great are the pal
aess sBaiting all Gods dear children,
and 30 much grander the Heavenly
architecture than the earthly. It Il
often not only the toll OF the house
keeping, but il Is the sickness and the
sorrow that go along. II is a simple
fact that ons-half Of the women Of the
land are inrallds. The mountain lass
who has never bad an ache nor a pain
may consider household work Of no
very great WEAKNESS, and at the even.
tide may skip out TO the fields and
drive the cattle home, and until ten
o'clock at night may fill the cabin with
laughing racket, but, oh, TO do the hard
work OF the household with q Ghattered
eonstitution-after six weeks wboop-
Ing cough has ragged In the household,
making the nights as ~sleepleIs as the
days, then II is not so easy. And then
this work Of the house has often 10 be
undertaken when the nerves are shat
with some bereavement that has
put desolation In every room OF the
house and sent the crib into the garrett
its occupant has been hushed
INTO 4 ilumber that needs no mothers
Oh. Il was a great deal easier
Tor her to brood the whole flock than
10 brood q part Of them, now that the
rest have gonel You may tell her that
her departed children are in the bosom
a loving God, but, mothsrlike, ths
MI brood both focks, putting one
wing OF care over the flock 10 the house,
the other wing Of care over
he flock 10 the grave. Nothing but the
'ld-faahioDed religion Of Jesus Christ
an take a woman happily through
lone trials. All these modern reli-
amount 10 nothing. They do mt