Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-28
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The mother can do to help her jaded nerves
is problem which meets not only the CO
operation Of those who have her interest at
heart. but good sense on her part which
sometimes seems to be selfshness Seldom
is this so clearly set for,h as in the annals
o! small establishment. as recOunted the
other day by he youthful mother of three
You never shall give chose babies their
bath again without somebody to help you,
said the young father of the family by the
babies meaning a Jhrec-year-Old and twins
little less than two years old The mother
who had been TO Chicago for a little visit
said she had felt the absolute necessity If
she wasn't To go completely crazy, Of get
ting away from those babies" for a little
while at least. ana she had had the good
sense to make an effort to relieve her own
need by announcing that she was going off
on a weeks visit
The girl has promised TO take care of
them during the day. The grandmother
was going to look in to see that everything
went well, and her husband was going to do
Iis part during the night. On Sunday came
the denpuement. in which tie maid was re
leved by the father experimenting for the
irSt time IN giving them their daily bath
Il was worn TO rag when l got through"
was the paternal comment, repeated by
the GlrNSh mother. Il had no idea how
much strength it took and you never shall
do 1t again by yourself if | can help it,
Since then there has been an arrangement
by which little extra help has been Sc
cured.
This was only case in which the mother
was helped because she had the good sense
to help herself In another house the ar
raugement has been made by the father
that the mother was to take a day off. 1t
Is hard for the mother TO drop everything
just at the one day perhaps when she is get
ting things to the point of catching up
But 1t is just in letting things GO for a
little time that lies the secret of the great
est and most important of all things to her
that she shall be saved to her family
when they are grCWu-nOt as a piece of
wreCkage. but with some resemblance TO
her former state Of happiness and pretu-
ness.
To accomplish this she must take advan-
tage of the helps that are given her and
make some for herself. Gently and tact
fully she can point the way TO her own
need. And she can do many little things
which may seem at the time the better part
Of laZiness. \ novel will do more good TO
idded nerves sometimes than a drug. y
change of air and scene is of marvellous
benefit. Taking time to eat is one of the
things in which most mothers can turn
over a new leaf. And if there is no way to
take long auto ride in the fresh air there
are at least the street cars, open ones
many of them. upon which she can find
some excuse to get an outing and air
Ing both winter and summer.
There
Is no attitude which Is so rare or in which
there is such strength as that which makes
IN individual think highly of his work or
which makes him go SIN further and re-
gard it as a trust. The most helpful turn
which one person can do another is to in
spire him with or revive in him this thought
about what he has to do
Not long ago a business woman was the
center Of a little gathering of busy people
in which there were women who were do
mestiC and those who answered TO the i'm
"a nG Nq Ask cd hat Sn
was doing this woman fairly radiated with
pleasure when she spoke of her work. 1t
was just an ordinarily good executive po-
sitiOn in a business office, and there was
not one OF her friends who did not con-
slider that a personality which had such
unusual gifts Of magnetism and attract
iveness as hers was being ingIoriously
wasted. \ few minutes contact with her
not only dspelled this opinion, but sent
most people into hurried introspection
as to how he was estimating the impor-
lance of what he himself was doing
This is the kind OF individual which all
PEOPLE of earnest purpose like to meet. In
her little account given of being busy from
morning until night. with routine in
which she only allowed herself TO stop to
get cup Of chocolate, she showed such I'M
mstakable interest and delight in the work
of her little world that one not knowing
would have rated her position as inesti-
mably higher. Her attitude that 1t was
her work, and, as SUCH to her the best IN
all the world. she fairly vibratcd with
inspiration The spark which was emitted
could not fail to light one way or another
iu minds OF any responsiveness.
II is not what we do. but the way we
think about 1t which is the important part
in the modern viewpoint and in which there
j. the same philosophy as In the words of
Paul to every man-'nOt 70 think of him
self more higLIy than he ought to think.
hut to think Soberly according as God has
given to every man the measure of faith"
There is no attitude which leads to such
sure development as that which comes OF
seeing the best in the work in hand Look
ing al il from the material Standpoint in
approaching its Importance is found the
surest opportunity for stepping to a higher
place. II IL Is really not the work for
which we are intended. 1t IS that which
contains the path out. Treat it with rev.
crtuCe and give Il the best you have If