THE HOUSEHOLD

Manawatu Herald, 9 June 1904, Page 4

THE HOUSEHOLD

THE QUESTION OF TIDINESS. It* Profit ami Loss—Why Rome People Remain Untidy All Their Lives. Tidiness is satirized by a hundred writers and despised by millions, but nobody ivor argues against it seriously, unless wo take tho allegation that strong men are never tidy to bo a serious argument. It would bo ono perhaps if it were true, but, then, it is not. Groat soldiers and sailors pro almost invariably tidy. Many groat , lawyers have boon neat to flnicalnoss, and tho same may bo said of some groat mon of business. Indeed os many weak men ure untidy as strong mon, and of tho latter a large proportion will be found to be ot the dreamy or tho reflective temperament. Dreamy people hate tidiness, and tho very reflective aro rarely quito tidy, tho reason being tho same In both cases, that such persons, besides feeling tho inherent dislike of most persons to small recurrent exertions without Immediate end, aro annoyed by interruptions to tho current of thought. They want, as they say, to be at peace from trifles, and as somebody usually saves them from tho consequences of their ways they remain untidy through life. That they gain anything by their untidiness, except possibly some alight 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 tho materials for thought are never ready to hand, and it may questioned if their habit adds oven to their mental-peace. Few people aro jvholiy unaware of their Owß Untidiness ori oscapo from periodic impulses to correct U, and what with those intermittent fits, Which never do any good, and thoir occasional consciousness of the trouble they give, they aro probably as much disturbed as tho tidy, who, indeed in time become blissfully unconscious that’ they ha\'P adopted a habit, and in adopting it have i ”atorially Increased their own readiness for aoi-J. 011 - A Bit of Home Furnlfflui^S* A pretty window seat is attainaW o by using ono of thoso common pino wfisi benches that may bo purchased cheaply at any house furnisher’s. As usually bought these benches may prove too high

A SIMPLE WINDOW SEAT, and will require some inches sawed off the logs, which aro only upright boards. A wearable cushion may bo found in one. With a denim covering. Make a chain Btltohod border around tho odgo and a large sunflower, or other pronounced design, for tho center. This adornment can be done in outline in some contrasting color. There may bo a valance of silkalino or cretonne to harmonize. The same seat Without a valance may he painted in old Ivoty and finished off with a coating of enamel, with decoration formed of brass beaded nails arranged in an ornamental design, Tho result of tbo work has been delineated by Decorator and Furnisher, as In tho accompanying cut. The True Science of Sweeping. The true science of sweeping tho most untidy room is to do it with a stout parlor broom and raise not so’h.much as “a snooze of dust.” No matter jvhether a carpet or matting or a nice wood is tho floor covering, tho work can he accomplished with absolute neatness and dispatch, affirms a writer in tho Now Fork Bun, by laying a band of well dampened sawdust along ono sido of tho floor and sweeping this over and over clear across the apartment. Tho sawdust quietly licks up every mote and bit of lint which the broom sets stirring before it has time to float off Into tho air, and so protects furniture and tho sweeper as well. Such a process can bo carried on in a sickroom Without tho least inconvenience to tho Invalid, and In this event, or where nurseries or schoolrooms aro cleaned, it is wise to sprinkle a little disinfectant in tho saw!dust. When tho work is done carefully, gather it all in a dustpan and toss it into the kitchen fire, burning it between meals. Fairy Budding. Although a fairy’s pudding, it were shame J( we less dainty mortals could not claim The privilege of making it to oat For a dessert that quccnamight call a treat. ■ Put on ohe quart of milk to boll. Then stir : pno cup of sugar (soo you do not err) Jlth three-fourths cup of butter to a cream, dd twelve well beaten yolks of eggs. You deem It Is extravagant indeed? Ah, no Not in the lavish summer. Thun bestow With these Ingredients a heaping cup Qf flour. With energy now heat It up And stir into the boiling milk with slow And steady hand. Then add tho whites, like snow Tn daintiness, that to a froth moro light Than maiden vanity you’ve beaten quite Exhauatlngly. Now bake it with much care (In that doth often dwell tho virtue rare) |n padding dish, placed also in a pan Of boiling water. Serve it for tho man Who calls himself a pessimist. lie’ll say, “For this I’d surely live another day. ’ ’ —Good Housekeeping. Fish Salad on Lettuce Leaves. Two cupfuls of picked wbitefista, a tablespoonful of capers chopped, a tablespoonful of parsley chopped. Dressing For Fish Salad (without oil). —Half pint of milk, S level tablospoonfuls of cornstarch, yolks of 8 eggs, a toaspoonfnl of salt, of popper, butter tho size of a Walnut. Bring tho milk to boll, moisten Starch and add, cook till thick and smooth, add yolks beaten lightly, cook a minute, Stirring constantly, remove from tho flra and add tho rest of tho ingredients. Set away to cool. Pancake Bella. Put In a pan 4 whole eggs, a pinch of salt, 1 of sugar, 6 spoonfuls of flour. Beat with a quart of milk. Tho preparation must be very light. Make your pancakes in a frying omelet pan, very thickly spread With butter. Turn them upside down on the table, put some currant or other jelly on one side; roll them. Put them on ft plate. Powder them with sugar and candy them with a poker, which you have heated tedhot.