Deming graphic., 1914-03-20
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with care and skill aud arranging th'
house with taste Int her parties are
never the success some other Wa
mans are, who does not spend nearly
81 much time. strength ar money.
Why. Because the first woman has
no Imagination. She thinks of h r
house ~ il Is before her guests ar
rive. moi how il will b. after every
room is full. llcr kitchen is in per-
feet order. bni how will il be- after
the several runrSrsr ARE returned Ia
lit! Not u table ar sink j. empty for
-nilrd dishes aud only the floor il,
left. Haven't Yen seen such II kitchen
during the pr"grr''- Of party! The
hostess did n"i li~r her imagination.
II Another thing. We ARE hearing
." much these days about ronsrrya-
lion. timber. land. coal. minerals. eir.
Scientific management deal, with
conservation III time. strength and
carrgy.
Onr of the difficult things athletes
have Ia acquire is the self control
necessary to conserve their energy Is
To learn To keep slill to learn "Power
through reposr" ns one author puts
il. Athletes learn to stand. sit and
lie still Before game they are put
to bed. for hours. and must not even
talk much. They must conserve every
ounce of energly and nervous force
aud learn only to move when il means
something. something accomplishes
something. Show me woman who
can sil still. She i, nervously tap
ping her foot. or her fingers or fuss
ing with her dress. hair, Il book. or
pencil (when she isn't crouching like
mnd) and oh. how we women do love
rocking chairs. A rocking chair is II
woman's safety valve, by means of
which she let's of the steam of her
nervousness. The sweet, calm. placid
and serene women of the past are
gone and in her place is the high
strung. strenuous. hurried and eXcil-
ed woman Of today. whose whole COM
plant. both solo and chorus and then
dn capo is "I'm so busy, ~ haven't
time" "Don't ask me to do anything,
I'm so hurried" And so on. Poor
Us. We only do not see the implica-
ton and confession that we are so
unsystemntic aud futile that we are
too weak To manage our lives, but
are managed by circumstances which
are quite within our control. A wise
man says, Burdens borne upon the
bnrk bear rs down, placed under the
feet, live us up" Are we them. so
infective that we cannot say to our
own environments. "Thus far shalt
Ihon come and no further" in our
time. strength or energy for | will do
the things that mean service to
others. The beautiful kindness 80
nr, drd in this sad world and not per-
nit these luxurious needs to steal
from mc my blessed opportunity and
privilege To live and work for race
that God is trying so hard to uplift.
Bernard Shaw says that man
should change his attitude of mind
towards God and that instead Of
spending 50 much time in so called
Worship he should go to work and
help the world. each in his own small
place. That God. in effect is saying
to man "Siop flattering me, pity me,
help me. How can we help il we
waste our time on the unessentialsf Z
Did you ever stop to think that the
real work of the world is done by
dirty peoplea Literally "by the
sweat of the brow" somebody's brow
do gc eat our bread. Who sows and
harvests the wheat, who digs the
coal. who. in short does the funda-
mental. necessary, down at the bot
tom hard work Of the world that We
may be comfor,ablei Not the shaven
shampooed, manicured and massag-
ed! Oh, no. Personal neatness is
a luxury, somebody goes unwashed
that We may be clean, somebody digs
beneath the earth that we may be
warm. somebody dies in agony that
we may have rubber shoes, somebody
slaryes that we may over-eat, some
body suffers in storm and cold that
we may have furs. children and wo-
men work in i'll smelling mills at noisy
looms that we may have clothing and
even in our homes some one must
wash and scrub and clean the pots
aud kettles and stoves that We may
be comfortable. In return for all
this service and toll, fatigue and dis
comfort, what do We give the world!
Do we spend our time in minister
ing still further to our luxurious,
artificial wants or are we passing
the work on in higher, better, more
| ,,;,;,u,l wny IN others9 III We are