Page 4 Advertisements Column 1

Manawatu Herald, 23 June 1898, Page 4

\f. ' ■9™ u »5 -a? — THE QUESTION OF TIDINESS. rts I'rofifc end Loss — Why Some People Remain Untidy All Their IJves. Tidiness is satirized by a hundred writers and despised by millions, but nobody -vor argues against it seriously, unless -we *■ . " tbo allegation that strong men aro t«i. ><ly to bo ° sorioua argument. It would boW P erha P s if Jt * ci * tr «c, but, Then i T\B nofc Qrea * S ° ldlerS aDd BailoM £"&£? invari^ «&*Z.'»* lawyers have been neat C UDicalness, and tlio samo may be said of soiT c S*eat men of business. Indeed as many >? ea^ me ?* are untidy as strong men, and of l*. c la *" tor a largo proportion will be found to be of tbo dreamy or tho reflective tempera* ment. Dreamy people hate tidiness, and the vory roflcctivo aro rarely quito tidy, the reason being tbo same in bpth cases, that such persons, besides feeling the inherent disliko of most persons to small reourrent exertions without immediate end, are annoyed by interruptions to the current of thought. They want, as they say, to be at peace from trifles, and as somebody usually savos them from the consequences of their ways they remain untidy through life?. That they gain anything by their untidiness, except possibly some slight relief from Irritability, is, however, a most rash assumption. They rarely save time, for they never can find anything. They do not think moro clearly, for the materials for thought aro never ready to hand, and it may questioned if thoir habit adds even 10 thoir mental peace. Few people aro wholly unaware of their own untidiness or esoapo from poriodio impulses to correct it, and what with those intermittent fits, whioh never do any good, and their occasional consciousness of tho troublo they give, they are probably ri3 much disturbed as the tidy, who, indeed, in time become blissfully unconscious that they bavo adopted a habit, and in adopting it have materially Inoreased their own readiness for action. A Bit of Home Fnrnfghlnc* A pretty window seat is attainable by using one of those common pine wash benches that may bo purohased cheaply at any houso furnisher's. As usually bought these benches may prove too high A SIMPLE WINDOW SKAT. nnd will require some Inches sawed off the legs, which are only upright boards. A wearable cushion may be found in one, with a denim covering. Make a chain stitchod border around tho edgo and a largo sunflower, or other pronounced design, for the center. This adornment can bo done iv outline in some contrasting colot. Thero may be a valance of silkaline or cretonne to harmonize. Tho same seat without a valanco may be painted in eld ivory and finished off with a coating of enamel, with decoration formed of brass beaded nails arranged in an ornamental design. The result of the work has been delineated by Decorator and Furnisher, as in tho accompanying out. Tbe True Science or Sweeping. Tho truo science of sweeping the mosfc untidy room is to do it with a stout parlor broom and raise not so much as u a enoezo of dust." No matter whether a carpot or matting or a nice wood mosaio is tho floor covering, the work can be accomplished with absolute neatness and dispatch, affirms a writer in tbe New York Sun, by laying a band of well dampened sawdust along one side, of tbo floor and Eweoping this over and over clear acrosa the apartment. The sawdust quietly licks j up every mote and bit of lint which the "broom sots stirring before it has time to lloat off into the air, and so protects furnituro and tbe sweeper as well. Suoh a process can be carried on in a siokroom without tho least inconvenience to the invalid, and in this event, or where nurseries or schoolrooms are oleaned, it is wise to sprinklo a little disinfectant in the sawdust. Whon the work is done carefully, gather it all in a dustpan and toss it into the kitchen fire, burning it between meals. Fairy Pudding. Although a fairy's pudding, it were shame If we less dainty mortals could not claim Tbe privilege of making it to eat For a dessert that queens might call a treat. f Put on one quart of milk to boil. Then Btir One cup of sugar (see you do not err) "With three-fourths cup of butter to a cream. Add twelve well beaten yolks of eggs. Yon deem It is extravagant indeed? Ah, no Not in the lavish summer. Then bestow With these ingredients a heaping cup Of flour. With energy now beat it up And stir into the boiling milk with slow ' And steady hand. Then add the whites, like snow In daintinesg, that to a froth more light Than maiden vanity you've beaten quite Exhaustingly. Now bake it with muoh care !' (In that doth often dwell the virtue rare) 1 In pudding dish, placed also in a pan Of boiling water. Serve it for the man Who calls himself a pessimist. He'll say, «'For this I'd eurely live another day." < —Good Housekeeping. . Fish Salad on Lettuce Leave*. Two cupfulsof picked whiteflsb, a tablespoon ful of capers chopped, a tablespoonful of parsley chopped. Dressing For Fish Salad (without oil). — Half pint of milk, 2 level tablespoonfuls of cornstarcb, yolks of 8 eggs, a teaspoonful of salt, of pepper, butter the size of a walnut. Bring the milk to boil, moisten Btnrch and add, cook till thick and smooth, add yolks beaten lightly, cook a minute, stirring constantly, remove from the fire and add the rest of the ingredients. Set away to cool. Pancake Bolls. Pub in a pan 4 whole eggs, a plnoh of „*salt, 1 of sugar, 3 spoonfuls of flour. Beat with a quart of milk. The preparation must be very light. Make your pancakes in a frying omelet pan, very thickly spread with buttor. Turn them upside down on the table, put some currant or other jelly on one side; roll them. Put them on a plate. Powder thorn with sugar and candy them with a poker, which you have heated redhot.