I would not «ay one word in favor
of sorry, negligent housekeeping, but
women very often get so fastened in
the routine and monotony -of their
daily work until they think they can't
get out. They do the very same
things the very same way, day after
day, and the habit grows on them
until after awhile they feel like that,
if they were to neglect the slightest
detail, the whole household establish
ment would be wrecked. When you
get to that state you better relax,
“let things go,” take a day off, and
try to get out of the rut.
I heard a man say that he bought
a Panama hat just because he didn’t
like them—he almost despised them.
He had worn litt! soft felt hats un-
3effersonUrt
til he felt like he couldn’t wear any
other kind. So he bought the Pana
ma because he didn’t want to —be-
cause he wanted to overcome the
tendency to get cranky and “set”
in his ways.
I am not one of the “suffrag
ettes” —I know perfectly well that
women have the right to vote, if they
want to, but I don’t want to —but
I would like to see every true
woman in the land interested in
politics. There is no other ques
tion that touches our material well
being so vitally as politics. A wom
an ought to know something about
the government under which she
lives, and the laws that affect the
every-day life of herself and her
family. She ought, too, to make her
quiet, refined influence count on the
side of political honesty and right
eousness, but how can she do it if
she knows nothing about political
questions and principles of govern
ment ? <
SALLIE TRUEHEART PARRISH.
