MAN AS A HOUSEKEEPER

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1835, 8 May 1888, Page 4

MAN AS A HOUSEKEEPER

Man la a creature that haa already elicited oar unqualified admiration j he Is m many capacities useful, and by a judicious arrangement of blua cloth and brass battonß can often be rendered to a certain degree ornamental. In -the sphere of action for whioh his many estimable characteristics have qualified him we accept him without a murmur ; but when It comes to having him foisted upon db as a housekeeper, we indignantly reject him. Wo have wintered and Eummered him In th^t capacity, and he ia an Ignominious failure. For the ornamental part of housekeeper he la peculiarly nnfhted : his soul fa closed and his vislou dim to the t uly beautiful. fle acorns brlc-a-brlc, and Is a not ans captlble to the ennobling and refining irfluence <f that home angel, the tidy. If there were fifteen tidies on the ohalr he would manage to crumple ton under him and get up with the rest on his back. He Is an enemy to all decorative art, and if not watched will go to bad on th.c pillow ehams. Be pulls the bed-olaVhes out by the roots when he gets op; he leaveß water m the wash-bowl, and hangs the towel on the floor. He mukea a hatrack of the piano, and expeots to find his slippers just where he left them last week. Hialdoa of being comfortable is to throw opan every <\oor and window m the houEe, and, aa to becoming arrangement of lights and ehadea, bis mind ia a perfect blank. Be was- nevet koown to make a knot lv a towel t^i «^ 4B e flies out of the room, and if ha does noi. boo what he wanta the minute he opens the bureau drawer, he knows it 1b not there and you oannot convince him to. t'ae contrary. He lacka adroitness and alwaya, drags out the weak-legged chair for a visitor to sit on. Hlb mind h not nimble at taking hints. We have eeen a philosophical man help himself to the last Biles of cake, with company present, and unblushlngiy call fot more, notwithstanding his wife was touching him under the table and bluaking at him for It. It will readily be seen that he is, by nature and education, totally disqualified to aot bB goddess of the home. Hlb occasional presence ia necessary to have him patronize the deserving institution at least three tlmea a day, and it look? well to sco him Bitting around m the evening ;. but it would never do to leave i .him In charge of the dearest Bpot on I earth. He would bankrupt domestic I blljs m a week.