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Show Dull Lives. The woman ages eariiest who has not outside interests. I thoroughly believe be-lieve in the home life for women, but it should not be all home. A woman who does her own work is liable to make a slave of herself. There is a broad streak of self-sacrifice in women and the wife and mother, especially if her means are narrow, bounds her horizon by her husband and children. She rises early to prepare breakfast. She airs the house, brings in the paper, pa-per, interviews the milkman, carries out the ashes, brings coal from the cellar, is lucky if she hasn't an errand at the grocery, lays the table, cooks breakfast, gets her brood out of bed, buttons collars, takes needed stitches, braids hair, washes ears, laces shoes and finally feeds them. Show me the man who would not be a total wreck after one trial of it. The house cleared of all but a baby or two, there is dishwashing, dish-washing, sweeping, dusting, window rubbing, marketing, cooking, table laying lay-ing and then the rush of hungry folks. The afternoon has only the babies to amuse and train, the dishes to wash, the mending to do, some left-over ironing iron-ing and supper to get. Probably some young girl of the brood will wash the supper dishes, for the mother must sew. If she doesn't the children will all be naked. She has little dresses, guimpes, petticoats and shirt waists on hand, j and how she must thank heaven that men's and boys' clothing comes ready to wear. When midnight approaches,' she glances at the morning's paper, unless she has a nursing infant, in which case she has had to stop Ion;: enough so she could read the dally j news. ' That woman lives five years in one. That is the pace that kills. She lives in dishabille, she steps around without regard to a healthful poise, she thinks only of little things and her mind shrinks. What can be done about it? In the first place, she is too unselfish unsel-fish and too sacrificing. Let the man of the house make the fire, carry out the ashes, bring up the coal. He makes too much muss? Then scold him and mak? him clean up after himself. He will learn. Take ten minutes alone for a cold bath and slight calisthenics. You can learn to get up ten minutes ahead of time, and the cold sponge bath will more than repay you for it. You ought to have a right for that much as you have for time to say your prayers. PJven a small child can lay the table, a little girl can cook breakfast, break-fast, or a little boy for that matter, and let them do it. When your hands are dust they will have to wait on themselves. Keep some interesting book, not necessarily a novel, at hand and read a page if no more every day. Straighten up. Keep your mind in a correct poise as well as your body. Be interested in something, outside vour snut-in life. Next spring you win be a year younger than you now are, instead in-stead of five years older. What is the difference in women? Some have enthusiasm en-thusiasm and some have it not. Catholic Cath-olic Union and Times of Buffalo. and canning, too many women put away their Jars before they are securely secure-ly fastened. She says: "Keep your jars in a cool place and within reach for at least twenty-four hours after canning, and every little while give the covers an extra twist to tighten them. Then turn them upside down -and be certain j that they are securely fastened before you put them In the Cellar or storeroom. store-room. If you have properly followed directions di-rections you will never have your fruits ; or vegetables spoiled. A good plan Is ! to keep all the paper bags that come into the house and use them to put over the glass jars. This guards the contents from the light and allows you to crowd a number of jars close together. to-gether. The glass jars are an improve-. improve-. ment upon tin cans from a hygienic I point of view, and with these transpar-! transpar-! ent receptacles the condition of the contents can be determined at any I time. |