Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-08-18
HOUSEHOLD.
THE SIMPLIFICATION OF LIFE.

J is the very joy and fullness OF liv-
that creates longing for the sim
bcatior OF life. Out of the marvel
abundance of things material and
Ritual, one brief life, one limited
5y and brain, can appropriate so
|hll a part for it's own that wisdom
the choice becomes vital, and
han nature cries out for some help
4 companionship in the effort to
sp true to the best things life offers.
arts and inventions of modern
'ilization have added immensely to
. chaos and complexity of life rather
La tended to its simplification.
What If enlightened spirits, desiring
but into life and get from it the
&c and the best, should begin to
what William Morris calls ga
nple life fit for men,? And to par
Erase him slightly, to attain peace
aer, beauty, freedom, goodwill be-
BEN man and man; life free from
ven care, but full of incident-not
Re stuffed chairs and more cushions,
b more carpets and gas, and more
) nty meat and drink, and there
hal more and sharper differences
ween class and class.
The present civilization" Presi-
be Hall of Clark University tells us,
harder on women than on men, and
hes are harder on her than
verify" Men work toward large
b for which unnecessary and frivo-
! s demands are pushed aside.
bmen too often give their precious
brs and efforts unstintedly and IN
ely, because they are naturally
Ig-suffering, lack courage and we'll
dned purpose. They have the su-
tme opportunity of making daily
ing a worthy end in itself. They
tceed in burying themselves under
Vial obligations and possessions,
! ead of rising to the level Of ideal
ing In q simple and artistically or
red life, with time and room album
! BIT for human gifts and graces to
wer into perfection. But If women
st need courage and purpose for
simplifcation of life, men need
f-restraint, that the getting of
bney, or power or knowledge even,
I'm not destroy the sense of proper
-n in life. There are men in plenty
9 "The Man with the Hoe" who, as
Srkham himself has said. sis in a
ge way the type of the man who
forgotten to grow, who has for
ten that man does not live by
! ad Alone"
. ID a recent Christmas sermon upon
eace on Earth" the preacher la
nted the fact that modern homes
th their burdensome cares and pos
sions were less the abodes of peace
of harmonious living than the
lpler homes of our forefathers; it
hot to be denied; nor that home,
ich should be the place of peace
the haven of rest from which one
luld 90 out fresh for work or enjoy
MT, and to which tired, homeless
bile should come to share the boon
rest and peace, is too often the
ce to escape from to find rest and
ones life. Women live through
bw months of the wear and tear OF
rage home life with its endless de-
nds, and go away for long rests
the cessation of worries. Men
crate it's stress and strain, paying
bills YEARLY, and betaking them
yes to their clubs for rest and the
bortunity of free-handed hospital
Inconvenient houses, makeshift
itary equipment, redundant car
8, furnishings and bric-a- brac, un-
med domestic service, the struggle
effect in imitation of richer peo-
Is displays, and other potent causes
ke too many homes a travesty OF
real thing. Hospitality vanishes
he worry over service and belong
b; the forms of it which most sur
b are voted bore by the long suf-
ng victims; children are given
more and more to "the care OF
state" in kindergartens, public
high schools, museums, libraries
parks; young people find a free
congenial meeting ground at the
ntry clubs and summer resorts,
in theaters and lecture-halls
evolution of the apartment-house
the transfer of homes into its mar
limits and conditioned existence
DIV naturally from the complex
overburdened life of the time
House Beautiful.
Important to Mothers.
nine carefully every bottle OF CASTORIA,
and sure remedy for infants and children,