Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-08
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words 1t is an utter impossibility. They are the
nohammeds to whom the Mountain and the
Fountain will come.
lhe busy mother, who must count the pennies
carefully and who cannot turn work over to some
one else Just because she feels she is nearing the
limit OF her endurance, is Just the one to whom
the mountain and the golden waters thereon will
come with alacrity One hour day should be
hers to spend in quiet and aloneness on pleasant
Mt Solitude. half hour in the morning after
the dishes are done and the children off to school,
can, If the will is there. be taken for "stretch
out all alone. Or little mendng can be at
tended to--her own mending preferably-in this
quiet halt hour away from all the rest of the
household and in a room which for the nonce at
least is all her own.
Again in the middle of the afternoon she should
slip away with book or a bit of music or lust
nothing at all, and with the understanding that
she is to be undisturbed, revel in a quiet half
hour in which she meet her ideals face to
face and feel stronger and better for the inter-
view.
This rule rigidly adhered to will add pounds
Of vital force to the busy housekeeper, enable
her to retain her youth and vigor, and cause the
days so crowded with duties to be counted pc
riods of satisfying activity instead of hours Of
dreadful drudgery. When evening comes she will
be ready for a happy social time at her own
freside with friends, and life will take on a
fullness and completeness little dreamed of be-
fore Mt. Solitude was discovered and daily Wis
tied
SUNDAY FOR REST
Now what for the busy toilers in Offices. stores
and school rooms to whom the midday half
hours are impossible? Sunday. In that day lie
golden hours of blessed respite and on First
Day the week should be started Alright by good
long draught at the Fountain of Refreshment
Two hours at least should he taken every Sunday
for solid rest and aloneness by the women whose
week days, from rising time TO retiring. belong
to the man who presents the little envelope with
its bread buying ducats each week. Be she Free
Thinker or Orthodox, she should make the Sc
curing Of this much time in which to recuperate
a religious duty. One church service less will
sometimes do it and the hour of peace and quiet
will put tired mind and body into an attitude
of appreciation and worship when the best SER
mon ever preached would fall barren soil
To these women the Sunday solitude is as food
to a starving body and after fifty weeks of six
toiling days and rest period, there comes the
looked forward to vacation, which should be
spent in part at least, beside the Fountain of
Youth which wisdom has at last discovered.
change of scene and of faces good and at
times necessary to build ur the nervous system
but the woman who will quietly return to her
home three days before the date set for her to
return to her office, and in freedom of mind and
body spend the time in absolute rest and com
oarative solitude will find herself years younger
md fresher than the woman who lives every min
ltc of this hard worked for vacation in round
If gayetics or in travelling from place to place
This is the age of the strenuous life, but it is
1nly the wise ones who mix the simple with it,
who come out victorious at the grand finish.
Happy YOU who may go to the "deep narrow
valley with green walls" but If your path be
;ct in a wilderness of brick go where you may
est and 'invite your soul" 1t may be to your
,wn luxurious boudoir, it may be to some quiet
'oom which is yours for the nonce it may be a
-ery plain little with view of chimney
,ots, but fix your eyes on the far view, see the
,ue arch above, let your thought of the vastness
f Time lift you a "wave rolling under boat"
ct the fountain of youth immerse you and grow
oung and strong with the "power of the ages"