Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-23
THE WORD OF ADVICE:

~ GU must not sweep" says the
" doctor, easily, as he leans back
- In his chair. NOR wash. flor lift
anything heavy"
A weary smile fits over the pale.
thin face Of the woman listening; she
is paying money for medicine and ad-
vice, the medicine II taken will sOothe
her, the advice, II taken, would cure
her.
But what folly to be told not to
sweep, wash. or lift heavy things. Her
mind pictures her small house (wherc
she does all the work. unswept, clothes
unwashed, and the heavy, fat baby not
put in his high chair or lifted into bed
she feels a wave Of resentment as
she looks into the calm face Of the
doctor-he knows as well as she does
that these things are to do and no one
but herself to do them and she gets
up and goes home and continues with
her sweeping, washing and lifting
heavy burdens. Her life strength GIBBS,
but she goes on, as long as she can.
"You must not worry" says the ply
sician to his next patient, nervous,
worn-out business man, whose eyes are
sunken and dim and hands tremulous.
Leave the business when you leave
the office; put it Off your mind; go
home and think or do something else;
above all things, avoid hurry; eat your
meals slowly, chewing things we'll.
Get a good nights sleep. A trip some
where would be highly beneficial"
The man says nothing, but he sneers
as he walks down the steps Of the doc
tors house. Easy enough to say DO
not worry" How about that big bill
due next week and nothing to pay 1t
with? How about those unforeseen
losses which have thus rendered him
fearfully short? No, do not worry, nor
hurry, eat slow and sleep well. He
remembers shudderingly the long hot
nights, when he losses increasingly, ris-
ing more tired than he was on retiring.
"a trip" did the doctor say?" The
man chuckles bitterly over the idea.
"When he has barely enough money
for the running expenses. Bah" And
the man runs for a car, jumps of
downtown, bolts piece Of pie and
glass of milk, and hurries to his Office.
So merrily goes on the Doctors day.
He tells the stout woman to fast, and
straightway she goes to banquet; the
chin, nervous woman he tells to take
more maps, keep quiet, and eat plenti-
fully, and the nervous one goes down
to the raging bargain counter. The
girl with bad complexion he advises a
strict diet, no sweets or candy, and the
next thing she does is to go to the ice
cream saloon, and. so on ad infinitum.
What 10 Hard Work?
"What an immense undertaking
some people seem to make out of moth
ing at ALL" said a matron. ITO those
who really bear the burdens and heat
Of the day the strenuous efforts Of the
self-indulgent woman would be anus
ing, If it was not SO provoking to hear
her complaints when they consider the
why and the wherefore. In a month
or two from now fortunes favorite
will have to open her house in town,
and she will undoubtedly be perfectly
worn out with the effort of having
the rooms cleaned and more or less re-
organizing her household. To be sure,
she will not personally have to exert
herself In the very least; neither will
she have to pay the bills. Nevertheless
she will feel the task to be herculean,
and will talk to all who will listen to
her as II she could not stand the
strain" ''Such rush and a worry!
l am nearly deadw said one of these
heroines. speaking Of her great obliga-
tiOns. THE amount of work l have
done and still have to do Is appalling.
Just as soon as l have breathing
spell l shall have to so to the Hot
Springs to recuperate."
Now. what do you suppose she has
really done?" said one of the group
to whom the Overworked woman had
been speaking. as the latter rustled
languidly away. "Donew echoed an
other. why, she has probably told
one woman to scrub the paint and
another to put up the curtains" And
they all laughed unsympathetically.-
New York Tribune.
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