The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-06-22
PREPARING FOR SUNDAY.

1T is so hard to get ready for
church on Sabbath morning at our
house," exclaimed "one Of the best
mothers in Israep'-or so at least
Mrs. Dixon was rated in the neigh
| borhood.
( Tell me some of your hindrances, )"
| said her visitor. who was of gen.
Grafton older than the little woman
who was sincerely regretting her own
irregular attendance at church.
''In the first place, breakfast is
very late"
mistake number one." said Mrs.
Sutherland breakfast at eight
would allow a Catholic maid her
early mass; which, by the way, is a
reflection on your church-going, is it
not?"
Yes, it is" allowed Mrs. Dixon,
with flushing face. IF a Roman
Catholic maid cannot have her ten
o'clock mass, she will cheerfully go
at seven or seven at six o'clock,
and we cannot get ready to go at the
eleventh hour! | never thought of
this so directly before"
"Well, my dear, Norah has shown
you how cheerfully one may give up
the Sabbath morning sleep. A little
extra rest is quite sensible, but if
church-going were as interesting or
as important to us as business or
sightseeing or shopping, you could
manage it; don't you think so?"
ooh, dear Mrs. Sutherland! You
make me feel positively ashamed.
But breakfast is not all that binders.
must have their bath"
mot must have on Sabbath, I'M
less it is a daily custom!"
why, yes, to change underwear"
Mrs. Dixon explained.
But why not before retiring on
Saturday night, or before dressing
on Sabbath morning, by some good
| natured arrangement between Mr..
Dixon and your sons?"
81 suppose they might" said Mrs.
Dixon, signing; "but they don't"
Certainly, cleanliness is only
next to goodness as I should
render it, one form of goodness and
the bath can be taken any night or
any other morning, I should advise
my dear ones to do without it, if
there were not time for it on Sabbath
before ten o'clock
ooh, dear, you make it seem alb
surd; must reason with papa and
the boys. While they were little fell
lows, We always went to morning
service!'
"They all have Saturday afternoon
free, from business, I think? queried
the earnest old lady.
Certainly; but they go else
where they must have some recrea-
ton"
Il see! But must the recreation
always be such as prevents Saturday
from being the Preparation Day?'
If the recreation is of SO fatiguing a
nature as to make it necessary to
spend Sabbath morning, up to a late
hour. in rest, is not such recreation
itself form of Sabbath-breaking?"
Give the boys that idea! But
there are other things that turn up
almost wilfully, one might say-a
spot to be cleaned from somebody s
suit; button comes Off a glove
Henry says those things are akin to
the beast in the ditch, that was TAX
en- out, aunty."
Now. if you won't mind plain
speaking, Janette, 1 think you forgot
to use Saturday as preparation day
for the first of the week.
Not word spoke Mrs. Dixon, but
! she bent over her needle-work indus.
triously.
3 You may remember Saturday af
= ternoons, when you were a girl, my
dear, when you used to call for my
: girls
mol" interrupted Mrs. Dixon. "Tt
be honest, they used to call for me
q and hurry me, sometimes help me. t.
go for a ride Or visit! They wer.
always ready on time.
D. Eyes, Saturday was our seventh
day. No piece of work was ever be
: gun on Saturday; by noon all house
I hold work was done, only the meals
q remained to be dispatched. All m,
t life my girls and had a half-holida,
Q on Saturday afternoon; and Sabbath
o morning found us refreshed. Clothe