Mr.Stanton announced to me, in starting, that his business would occupy all his time, and that I must take entire charge of the housekeeping.

So, with two good servants and two babies under my sole supervision, my time was pleasantly occupied.
When first installed as mistress over an establishment, one has that same feeling of pride and satisfaction that a young minister must have in taking charge of his first congregation.

It is a proud moment in a woman's life to reign supreme within four walls, to be the one to whom all questions of domestic pleasure and economy are referred, and to hold in her hand that little family book in which the daily expenses, the outgoings and incomings, are duly registered.

I studied up everything pertaining to housekeeping, and enjoyed it all.

Even washing day--that day so many people dread--had its charms for me.