The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-29
The SCHOOLGIRL Home Duties
~ MARoARET e. sANesTER.

is ready to welcome him, 10 give him
the easiest chair and 10 entertain hin
with her story of the day. The bond
Between fathers and daughters is very
close and tender, ana a father is often
chiValr0us and lOVer-like in his 1evO.
ton to the sweet girl who reminds
him Of her mother as she was IL
counting days. Do not be SO busy, 50
anxious about your own friends and
your own little concerns that you have
no leisure to bestow uDOn YOUR .ather
] trust that no little perplexity Of your
school life ever makes you cross or
fretful at home. PerpleXities are bound
TO come, bat the thing 70 do is TO tram
pie them under our feet and meet them
with a smile and not with a frown.
"A girl K knew was very affectiOnate
and even demOnstTative in her manner
toward her parents. She never failed
to say Goodnight, mother, dear" or
Woodworking. father, dear" at the
right moment, and | am sure she was
always ready with a kiss and smile
just when these were expected But
she never dreamed of helping TO get
supper on the day the maid was out.
ON that afternoon she was usually en-
gagged in writing a composition or
drawing q particularly difficult map.
She never offered to dress the little
sister in the morning or 10 amuse the
teething baby. If she set her heart
upon having a new hat or jacket or a
set of furs, or anyt somewhat expen-
siVe article of dress, she teased her ia
Their until his pOcketbOOk opened, and
he gave her what she asked for. Il
was nothing TO her that he should go
shabbily attired or wear a threadbarc
overcOat, so long as she was able TO
vie in appearance with the richest girl
in her class.
Girls do not tUangress in this way Of
set purpose. Most of the wrong things
they do are done from want of thought
They are. so accustomed to being put
in the foreground and having the way
made smooth for them that they accept
as their right what is freely shOWeTed
upon Them from the fathomless love Of
the parental heart.
An Out-of-schOoI duty that should not
be neglected is TO keep your books and
your clothing and everything that has
TO do with school where you can easily
ind them in the morning. Ia some
houses there is no quiet until Dorothy
ana Jean are fairly down the street
and out Of sight. So long as they are
on the block there is the probability
that they viii come flying back, looking
in frantic haste for a missing grammar
or an exercise or something that they
ought 10 have had in place before they
went to bed last night. A good rule is
to be entirely ready for the morning
before you lay your head upon your
pillow.
All through your life it viii be Il good
thing for yOu to keep in advance CT
your work. Never let your work hurry
you. but get it done long enough be-
forehand 10 feel that you have mar,
gin of time for any other thing that
may arise. You can do this by ObseTY
ing little system. The person who has
system not only has a place for every
thing and has everything i'm its place
but has a time for everything and does
everything in its time.
If you have undertaken out of school
to help another girl with her lessons.
or If you are one of those girls to whom
people come when they want some
thing Zone in the line Of church work,
YOU will need to guard your promises
There are girls who are always ready
10 promise anything they are asked,
but who are very disappointing indeed
when il comes 10 performing what they
have pledged. Remember that for you,
next 10 school duties, Just now come
home duties and last of all come the
duties that lie outside and beyond the
home If YOU bear this in mind, you
will not get duties tangled up. The
truth is they never conflict, is managed
Alright.
tCopyright 1905, by Joseph r. Bowles.)