The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-17
The Public Be SerUed
Mrs. Wilson Woodrow'S Article
BY MRS. WILSON WOODROW
Ths world famous writer on vital subIe0a

The harmony Of the home, or OF d
business organization. or OF any eh'eI-
prise where people are ASSOCIATED IT,
| gether depends largely upon the ARMY
Of each one concerned IN II " nl'"N
his own business.
If we wish to live happy and sue
| cessful lives-and who does hot!-"e
have to learn to attend strictly 70 our
own knitting. To gain real treedom Si
thought n action we must De as leau'
to grant 1t as to take it.
A woman | had never seen pelore
dropped into a chair beside me on d
summer porch and began a conEeIsa-
ton. She was full of her W allaIIs'
and after a few preliminaTles she pe-
gan to talk about them. ,, .oid
ooh, what a luxury 1t Is, she sdlu,
ito be able to do as you choose one
in a while: to arrange your lime n
your affairs as seems best 10 you anu
without interference. l have taken d
months freedom" she settted qoWn
comfortably into her chair, and l am
going to do what | please in the way
please and when l please. l never
can do that at home, and so ran
you see" she went on to explain,
my sister-in-law makes her home WIN
us, she is really the kindest soul IN
the world. and i am very fond OF her;
but she spends her time in arrahglhg
other peoples affairs. She is always
trying to live other peoples lives foI
them. rnL,.o
how good it would be for my ouSs
neighbor to have a drive in the middle
of the morning, or o nice 1t would De
TO take the little child across the stree
on an excursion, and she turns her AT;
tention to me and decides that l neee
a new interest in life.
"She Is a masterful person, and oul
--sll-- l., f1rpnl tn laaUn PVHrNtnlHk
and take that drive; poor woman, sn'
looks worried and 10 plainly thinking
all the time of the things she has lei
undone at home. The child VINO Il
snatched from its play to go on the eA
cursion cries all the time II Is away
And [ have to abandon my W wlshe
and follow her plans, or else get III
ITS a mania with some people" sh
declared, ~pensively. They want !
play the part of a ruling provldenc
to everyone with whom they are as
ders. hopelessly, what Is one golh
to DO about it?
why, the very day I came away,
she burst out again, when l mad
dozen things to attend to. trying I
arrange so far as I could for everythin
and packing my trunk and so on, sh
appeared late in the afternoon and tol
me that she had invited guests in I
dinner.
- Then when I expressed my surprif
and told her how ~inconvenient II wa
under the circumstances, she said I'M
she thought ! wal very wrong TO re
y that way about II; that she had oor
1t not only to give them pleasure, o.
to freshen me up for my journey; Thel
AZ was nothing to do, so Just had
M make the best of it."
"a NY chance acquaintance did not a.
as for my opinion. and consequently d
a not give it; but l had one, neverth
less. :.
\. 1t struck me that II she had RI
away from home to gain a scant mon
of liberty, It was her own fault: II tea
and prayers couldn't make slster-l
law mind her own business, there we
other methods of teaching her to
!. SO. Give her a dose of her own med
=, cine. !,
". Let her feel the consequences OF h
a own acts. II she invited guests at
~inconvenient season n without co,
sulting the mistress Of the house Z
mistress of the house could have ma
both her and the guests uncomtortat
by refusing to appear,
Reprisals are the only things certa