Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-04-15

Thank God every morning that you have
something to do that day which must be done,
whether you like il or not Being forced to
work ana to do your best Will breed you a
hundred virtues which the idle viii never
know."-From N. B. column, Mnrct rs, 1905.
Bless your dear heart Aunt Madge; must
have hundreds upon hundreds of virtues, for
/ rise morning after morning, week after
week, yes, year after year, with duties before
me which ! feel compelled TO perform, and
sm always forced TO work with the additional
feeling also that must do my best
have wondered many times if. had only
made practice of shir king, as some do.
should not have gone through the world much
easier. But I won't shirk. II only those who
are careless ard leave the work which is
theirs to do, could realize that by SO doing
they are heaping care and pain upon some
poor souls already weighed down till il needs
bat feather or two more to cause them to
sink under ii, would they do betters / hardly
think they would. even if they could know
that the body SO full Of pain, the feet and
hands SO weary that they can hardly bear
their burdens, are loaded still heavier by their
careless neglect and, shall say it-laxiness.
II each would do his part, how much
pain and suffering would be spared. Thank
God there is another class who strive 10
tighten the duties Of their overloaded sisters
or brothers. Many times meet such helpers
and my heart is frightened, oh, SO much, BY
their kindness
To-day was struggling with task which
! should have beer. done weeks ago by someone
else, when along came one of the ..lifters" and
sent glsAness to my heart by taking the task
of my hands and performing il himself It
was nothing TO him. but he liked to help
others
Maybe some one viii say, 81 guess she
breaches more than she PRACTICES for have
not done my duty TO Aunt Madge, perhaps;
but have been very, very much at work. A
part Of the time have been quite ILL., and
really ought to have been in bed; even now /
/ am using time which should be spent in
sleep for it is past Ii p. m. am writing with
pencil, too, for upset my ink on the carpet
thing never did before in my life-one day
when was over-worked. nervous and nearly
| i'll. and company was coming.
One reason is that have not seemed 10
think o: anything which would be Of any use
TO tell the column. Maybe this is worse than
nothing. but Aunt Madge will be Judge. l
have been to the flower display at Horticul-
tural hall. Boston, and that is worth telling of
only it is impossible to do it Justice Were
any Of you there. wore my badge and did
hope to find Mutual, was there SUNDAY,
March p I know that some If our column
/ have been to previous horticultural shows in
Boston, If not this year. The music. by an
I orchestra of eight ladies. was very ENJOYABLE
I Such tables full of plants, of all sprfax
( varieties, l never saw. One very rare speci-
men l will mention was an African daisy:
4 another was the Killarney roses. as large a
[ big saucers; but the beautiful shrubs full of
/ blossoms of several kinds were beyond COM
parison. wish could go again, but il Is
over. Soon there will be flowers in the uuhlin
! gardens.
Spring is here, for saw little. bare-headed
girl on bicycle to-day. am in Maiden.
dear Aunt Msdge. and there are heaps of
Maine people here, but l don't see many of
them. Those do see hopeful and help
full Goodnight. Love to all. NAB.
81 Dexter ST., Maiden, Mass.
How true your thoughts on work are,
NJ. A. B. If-the worlds work was evenly
divided everywhere-well, We can not
imagine what the state of things would
be. ] caught a glimpse in some book ar
paper, perhaps some clipping sent for the
column of a title like this: ado the work
first which must be done.n That was
written to busy housewives.
Next comes letter from Mol, with
many helpful hints in different lines. On
reading some Of them said, ''we are never
too old to learn"
Dear Sisters Of the MEG:
thought would come some time ago with
some cold-weather hints, but as it is late for
them am going to begin on house-cleaning
hoping you won't all be through before this
reaches Aunt Madge or the NJ B. C.
If you are to paint floors, heat your paint
quite hot before it is put on, and il win drv
faster and make hard smooth finish. Does
not that sound reasonables
Ny next thought is for that dear little babv.
though may not be able to say anything to
help. liknow a minister who thinks his