Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-07

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Too Much of a Lady


And enjoying the Eden walks shady.
wonder If ever she turned up her nose
And sighed. I'm too much OF u lady,
Too much of a lady, dear Adam, to work.
helpmeet was made to be petted
You keep things in order 1 really must shirk
Though the fact, dear, is deeply regretted"
Today she has daughters whose delicate hands
Are wholly untitled for labor:
1t almost fatigues them to flutter their fans
When they languidly call on neighbor.
Their mission on earth is to gossip and dress.
And live upon lifes sweetest honey,
And they haven't a bother or trouble unless
Their masculine bank fails in money.
1t isn't the loveliest thing, to be sure,
To dabble in cooking and Dishes
But never home was kept tidy and pure
By dainty. aesthetic wishes.
l am free to confess there is something in life
More attractive than putting stitch in
And many weary Industrious wife,
Isn't deeply, in love with her kitchen.
But duty Is duty, and dirt always dirt.
And only the lazy deny it;
Crocheting is nicer than making a shirt
But man never yet was clothed by it;
Til one grows fragile and lazy,
Or fiounces through the streets, silly gazers to
please,
| Is being too much of u lady,
Too much of "a lady to darn up her hose,
| Or govern her home with acumen;
Too much of lady, wherever she goes,
To ever be much of woman!
The muscles that God made are useless to her
Except to be wrapped up in satin;
And as for an intellect she would prefer
| A bonnet to mastering Latin.
Too much of a lady to own grand heart,
| To be true daughter or mother:
Too much of lady to bear the brave part
That ne'er can be borne by another.
BY fashion or birth quite too fine for this earth
When it comes to the Judgments great pay
day,
Though our Lord may delight in the lilies in
white,
win he smile on too much of LADY,"
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1t is said that man would be little
better than savage but for woman.
With equal truth we may assert, both
men and women would be hard and
selfish beings but for children. These
call out, and refine and soften the
best feelings of the parental heart
Their little deeds are so many, and
their simple innocence so affecting,
and their careSSeS SO winning that
love and attention flow out to them
almost instinctively. That must be
a hardened nature which cannot be
removed by their soft touch, the
playful childishness and the hundred
little prarks of baby.
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If the mother would have her chill
dren susceptible of training. let her
make her own life what it should be.
Let pure and holy thoughts fill her
mind: grand and noble deeds enter
into her life. Just as surely as like
produces like in the vegetable king
dom, will the life of the mother be
reflected in that of her child
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The advent of spring flowers and
balmy days warns us of the woeful
fact that the reign of terror to mdu-
kind is at hand, when the thrifty
housewife will arm herself with all
necessary equipments and proceed to
throw open the doors and windows
order the stoves to be carried out,
and turn your hitherto peaceful abode
into as uncomfortable place as could
be imagined. Why should we hasten
this coming calamity by this proph-
esy, only to warn the lord of the
household to gather up an extra sup
ply of patience and abide the time
with becoming fortitude. For as sure
as the rain and the mud are hardin
gers Of the bright, merry spring with
its birds, buds and blossoms, so surely
will this disordered house be trans
formed under sk;llful hands into a
fresh, clean and pleasant home.
Peace and order will once more take
up their abode and the strains of
Home, Sweet Home, will sound all
the sweeter for the temporary dis
quiet.
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