Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-20

to eat. and we had one little corner
left which we could call home"
II was during these troublous times
that this nervy little woman put her
own hand to the plough again, and
there was no looking back. Being an
excellent cook, she met with success
as caterer. her services being in
great demand for Smart affairs
Later. one of the laundries discovered
her. She was very skillful in the finer
kinds OF work. and as the highest
prices were offered her, and their
reeds were pressing. she went to work
with will, continuing until she had
been able to lay aside small amount.
lest there come a rainy dav; and the
rainy day came. About tbs time her
aged mother, whom she had sheltered
for years. became i'll and she was
obliged to nurse her night and day for
more than 2 weeks before release
came to- the sufferer. And 1t was the
laundry money that enabled the
daughter to meet the necessary ex-
penses incurred during her mothers
sickness and death,
The last few years all sorts of adj
versities have befallen her and she
has been optimistic through them ali.
What have passed through has
brought out all the grit there was in
me-
Sweet are the uses of adversely"
If we but keep our vision clear and our
minds and hearts receptive.
At the present time this really re-
markable woman is exhibiting her YER
satility In various ways. Not long
ago her husband was called away, and
since his departure she has managed
his business, collected the rents, and
has tried to keep peace and harmony
among their numerous tenants. She
takes care of her home, does a little
plain sewing now and then (for she Is
exceedingly deft with her needle): ac-
commodities two or three of her old
customers occasionally by laundering
some of their choicest lingerie. And
she does this work beautifully; as she
says herself, ''There is nothing that
/ cannot wash or iron" This was in
answer to a question as to whether she
knew how to launder Kensington emf
broidery.
Fortunately for her. her labors have
not been entirely along practical or
sordid lines She has a piano (Which
was bought with money she earned
herselD and she has taken lessons for
some time, succeeding in that as in
everything she has undertaken. Then,
one OF the three societies to which she
belongs is conducted along musical
and literary lines. Their meetings
open and close with prayer; musical
selections and literary papers form the
main part of the program, and re-
freshments are served. The papers"
are sometimes Of religious nature,
and at others they deal with the lives
and doings of great men of the past,
each member taking her turn in con-
tributing an article. Is II not enough
to make one gasp? Is there ever free
moment for relaxation 1t Is doubtful.
And that Is not all. One of the other
organizations, the Relief society, de-
mands much of her time. There is the
poor to visit, the sick to attend; and
at times she has even washed and
dressed the dead and seen to the bury
ing. She is also member of Sum
day school class, and attends church
meetings regularly.
But the predominant trait In this wo-
mans character has always been the
love of home; and she has made hers
the home harmonious, never having
neglected her duties as wife and moth
err. A visitor after trudglng the de-
vious paths necessary to reach her
humble habitation, and having no.
ticed the unattractiyeness OF the ex-
terror and its environment, Is bound
to be amazed at the taste displayed In
the interior, the scrupuloua neatness.
and the honey atmosphere prevail
ing.
II have always been home-loving
woman. Whenever l have been obliged
10 go away, whether for work or for
pleasure, the only thing cared for was
TO come home again. My home has
been the dearest thing to me. Every
woman should have that hallowed
spot"
Yes. Home keeping hearts are hap.
piest." And the only way for us all TO
live Is In real home. and thus be
worthier TO enter more beautiful one
when we have crossed the bar"
LADY RARBIE.