Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-05

~ lL' commonplace. How much has
kuskln revealed to rs OF the poetry in
arclilt' ctnfr. Ind we nave out TO Drirs,
thu eyes I" S'.e it, I" iind the poetry of
Housekeeping. Professor Norions advice
might well -, taken in Il broader ard
dt ciI,r Sense than appears ON the surface:
ll.ttN"t Your occupation may b. and
however crow Il Your hours with affairs
q" not Tail to secure at least a few min
ui' every day Tor refrcShmrnt az your in
n"r nj VIII bit "t roetrA." and
strength ana peace, aS We'll as refresh
m"nt. il come The food 81 III, soul whose
htiit! l"t is ct&t in a hoin, where high
ideals lnNpir' ana control th, most IA
miii;ir ard ir"Saic details Of its govern
m'nt.
People cannot always create the place
~ winch they are compelled to live. 1T is
p"%sibie, unfortunately. too frequent that
woman finds herself in a location and
rnNir"nagc which is next To intolerabIc.
but even Their, she also finds the goddess
~ opportunity 1T hard t. encourage and
to assist. and what difference can be
made by IN" dGit plying OF hammer. lacks
aud drapeIy. Iicw grateful. too. ought
she u be that color is like music II can
ne in any Key. hut let her SCI, to il thnt il,
is in rune! A tasteful, decorated room
mas the power to exercise the demons OF
loneliness and despair and have We not
seen reotis' aye. and apartments. and en-
tire houses, that absolutely tempted men
10 commit suicide, The Cracker woman
IN the South illitcratc as Sh, is poSSesses
an AFFINITY To characterize persons ana
H.,
was one OF this class who narrated an in
cident OF Il man who, i'll IL fit OF drunk
enness, rode his horse through his house
from the 'front.' to the back door '.Eut >
said she, i'll her peculiar dialect and man
ner. ut wnrn't M wonder ma am he done
IL. when We come to think on it, for his
VIE, she 'lilus kept the house jes like she
moved thar yistiddy. or lowed to move,
tomqrrer: Certainly there is quite as
much truth as poetry in the Cracker
womans Judgment Of cause and effect.
| h.S a.
sons TO whom poetry in anything is AZ
much foohShncSS as Christianity was To
the Greeks of st. Pauls day. and it is
equally true that not only the great ar
list. but the great man is generally n
poet in some sense. Our best history is
sun poetry and we cannot have our be-
by many names, and the bourgeois
sentilhommc talked prose without know.
ing 1t. there are many housekeepers who
h hne hw ny il, oring poetry into their
fdngement. and i'll thus making them
the abodes OF peace make them the
schools TOT the education and develop
ment of all that is high and noble in hui
man hearts. Here both the highly educat-
ed and accomplished woman and her sis
ter VINO has not enjoyed corresponding
advantages meet on the same ground The
instinct at least belongs TO b0th-the
Penelopes and Nausicaas, and Cinderel-
las-the, Clarissa Harlowes and the Md
rvs and Marthas of today: ali had and
have a common interest in making home
beautiful. That woman of the olden time
so aptly portrayed in Holy Writ. in whom
the heart of her husband safely trusted.
who worked willingly with her hands.
who like the merchants ships brought
food from afar who rose while il was yet
night to give meat unto her household
who laid her hands upon spindle and dis
taft, who made coverings of tapestry and
was clothed in silk aud purple, has surely
left little opportunity In which the most
highly educated and enterprising of mod
ern housewives can surpass her in either
the efficiency or the poetry of housekeep-
ing.
Nor is a plethorie purse an absolute es-
sentiaT to beautiful housekeeping. Ad-
vantageous and convenient as it may be.
the willing and tactful woman possesses
a frIitfulness' of resource and expedient
which is far more valuable than mere
money. There Ia truth in the old proverb
that there be more foolish BUYERS than
foolish sellers, and an abundance Of
means very often serves only to empha-
size vulgarity and bad taste The eve
made quiet by the power of harmony. and
the serenity of mind insured by the all
sence OF discord and disorder, may be in
the home of the poor woman as well as
in the rich. The magic of a fair and
cheerful countenance and the charm Of
good breeding do not demand for their
setting the costliest household appoint-
ments. There is as much poetry in the
flower which greets you from a plain
bowl as from a vase OF cnt
glass or silver and, If women would only