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released he does not know but that he has traveled a mile of space, 

 nor is he troubled over to-morrow's churning. He is simply, dog 

 fashion, pleased in the present moment's release. He has churned 

 the butter, but he does not know it. 



Dull routine may he drudgery hut intelligent interest adds 

 pleasure. — A woman spends 365 days getting meals and doing the 

 other work necessary in her home, only to realize that tlie me.nbers 

 of her liousehold are still as hungry as they have been, and that 

 they will 1)e hungry every day of the next year. Her work has 

 become routine, yet she is conscious that unless this same round of 

 labor and each little duty had been carefully performed, there had 

 been a serious interruption to the success and happiness of that 

 home. The dog's work is mechanical ; hers is intelligent. She 

 tinds a pleasure in her effort to conserve time and strength. The 

 pleasure to her family and herself is in large degree her reward. 



Forty-eight hours of worTi crovKled into twenty -f our. ^ One thing 

 is certain, when a woman has crowded forty-eight hours of work 

 into twenty-four, and still finds tlie stove is not polished, the 

 windows are not washed nor the sewing touched, saying nothing of 

 her inabiUty to find time to read or to return calls, she is required 

 to study what she can best leave undone, and how to do the things 

 she must do w^ith least expenditure of time and strength. 



Catch a glimpse of the sunset. — Slie knows her work will be too 

 much like that of the dog on the churn unless she catch a glimpse 

 of the sunset now and then, chat with a friend or enjoy a favorite 

 author. If in the morning slie finds her kindling ready, or the fire 

 laid, her table ready set, the potatoes peeled, and in place of going 

 to the well, priming the pump and wielding i\m handle to get 

 enough water to start her breakfast, she can turn a faucet in her 

 kitchen and get all the water needed, her day is started quite easily. 

 Perhaps tlie water is brought to the barn by a windmill or by 

 gravity system, why not into the house ? 



Have a tile drain for waste liquid. — Does she have to carry all 

 the waste water to an outside door, down a flight of steps and to a 

 safe distance from the house where it is thrown on the ground? 

 Could there not be a sink or hopper constructed in the kitchen with 



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