THE HOUSEHOLD

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3508, 11 April 1905, Page 4

THE HOUSEHOLD

THE QUESTION OF TIDINESS. Its Profit ami Lusk- ■' IV«i>!c Honiara Untidy Ail *■••••*■ Lives. Tidiness is satirised 1 y a hundred writers and despised hy millions, but nobody tver argues against it seriously, unlois wo take tho allegation that strong men are never tidy to ho a serious argument, it would he one perhaps if it were (rue, but, then, it is not. Great soldiers and sailors are almost invariably tidy, alany great lawyers have been neat to liniealnexs, and the same may bo said o! some great men of business. Indeed as many weak men pro untidy as strong men, and of the latter a largo proportion will bo found to bo of the dreamy or tho reflective temperament. Dreamy people hato tidiness, and tho very retloctivo arc rarely quite tidy, tho reason being the same in both eases, that guch persons, besides feeling tho inherent dislike of most persons to small recurrent exertions without immediate end, nro annoyed by interruptions to tho current of thought. They want, as they say, to bo at peace from trifles, and as somebody usually saves 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 thin k-wore clearly, for tho materials for thought are never ready to hand, ami It may questioned if their habit adds oven to their mental peace. Few people are wholly unaware of their own untidiness or escape from periodic Impulses to correct it, am! what with those intermittent tits, which never do any good, and their occasional consciousness of tho troublo they give, they are probably as much disturbed as tho tidy, who, indeed,in time become blissfully unconscious that they have adopted a habit, and in adopting it have materially increased thelt own readiness for action. A Bit of Home Furnishing. A pretty window scat is attainable by using one of those common pine wash benches that may lie purchased cheaply at any house furnisher's. As usually bought these benches may prove too high

A SIMPLE WINDOW SKAT, and will require some inches sawed off the legs, which are only upright boards. A wearable cushion may bo found in one, with a denim covering. Make a chain stitched border around the edge and a largo sunflower, or other pronounced design, for the center. This adornment can be done In outline in some contrasting color, There may be a valance of silkalino or cretonne to harmonize. The same scat without a valance may bo painted in old 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 la the accompanying out. The True Science ef Sweeping. The true science of sweeping the most untidy room is to do it witli a stout parlor broom and raise not so much as “a snooze of dust.” No matter whether a carpet or matting or a nice wood mosaic Is the floor covering, the work can be accomplished with absolute neatness and dispatch,'affirms a writer in the New York Sun, by laying a band of well dampened sawdust along one side 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 sols stirring lief ore it lias time to float off into tho air, and so protects furpi turo and tho sweeper as well. Such a process can bn carried on in a sickroom without the least inconvenience to tho invalid, and In this event, or whore nurseries or schoolrooms are cleaned, it is wise to sprinkle a littlo disinfectant in the sawdust. When tho work is clone carefully, gather it all in a dustpan and toss it into the kitchen lire, burning it between meals. Fairy Fuddlng. Although a fairy’s pudding, it wore shamo If wo less dainty mortals could not claim Tho privilege of making it to cat For a dessert that queens might call a treat. Put on one quart of milk to boil. Then stir Ono cup of sugar (seo you do not err) With three-fourths cup of butter to a cream. Add twelve well beaten yolks of eggs. Yon doom It is ext ravagant 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 tho boiling milk with slow And steady hand. Then add tho whites, Uko snow In daintiness, that to a froth more light Than maiden vanity you’ve beaten quite Exhanstingly. Now bake it with much care (In that doth often dwell the virtue rare) In pudding dish, placed also in a pan Of boiling water. Servo it for tho man Who calls himself a pessimist. He’ll say, •‘For this I’d surely live another day.” —Good Housekeeping. Fish Salad on Lettuce Leaves. Two cupfuls of picked wfiitefisb, a tablespoonful of capers chopped, a tabloepoonful of parsley chopped. Dressing For Fish Salad (without oil). Half pint of milk, 3 level tableapoonfula of cornstarch, yolks of ti eggs, a teaspoouful of salt, of pepper, butter tho sizo of a walnut. Bring tho milk to boil, moisten starch and add. cook till thick and smooth, add yolks beaten lightly, cook a minute, Stirring constantly, remove from tho lire and add the rose of tho ingredients. Set away to cool. Pancake Rolls. Put in a pan i whole eggs, a pinch of salt, I of sugar, a spoonfuls of flour. Beat With « quart of milk. Tho preparation must bo very light. Alako your pancakes In a frying(iiuelot pan, very thickly spread with butter. Turn them upside down on the table, put eonio currant or other jelly on one sido; roil them. Put them on a plate. Powder thorn with sugar and candy them with a poker, which yon have heated redhot.

A Had CasJ. Onco I was assistant to an elderly doctor in Ontario, who also ran a clrng store. He w;i3 as peppery ns a cayenne pod, and from time to time customers and patinas sprung jokes on him just tor the fun of hearing him blow oil. On one occasion ft we.! 'dressed young fellow called at the shop and asked the doctor to prescribe in'.; out and u rash on las left a>.m. Inc doelor examined the laid) and pronounced It to be a bad ease of psoriasis and eczema. “I suppose, doctor, you can cure u? suit, the patient. “Why. certainly,” replied the. doctor. “How Ion" will it take to t;et welli' “Oh, I guess about two months,” said the doctor. “Quite sure, sir—is it a bad ease? “Positively the worst I've .seen.” “Then I will leave it with you and cal! for it again when cured,” solemnly said the patient, slowly unfastening arm, which was an artificial one and painted for the occasion.—Chemist anti Druggist. Pains Taking.

Burns Knew Better* It was the fat o of a practical and patriotic Scotchman of Rochester to assist at a meeting of a certain improvement society, the while a Shakespearean scholar dilated upon the virtues of his, favorite writer. At the close of the meeting the stranger approached the lecturer, and the following dialogue ensued; “Ye think, a fine lot o’ Shakespeare, doctor?” “I do, sir,” was the emphatic reply. “An ye think he was mair clever than Rabbi Burns?” “Why, there’s no comparison between them.” “Maybe no, but ye tell us the nicht it was Shakespeare who wrote the head that wears the crown.’ Now, Rabbi would never hae written file nonsense as that.” “Nonsense, sir?” thundered the indignant doctor. “Aye, just nonsense. Rabbi would hae kont fine that a king, or a queen either, disna gai. ; to bed wi’ the croon on their head. They hang it ower the back o’ a chair!’’—Exchange. Habit. “You have paid me nothing on account of my bill for* six months," wrote a tailor to the editor of a suburban paper recently. “My capital,” he continued, “does not admit of my giving such long credits. Kindly remit at once.” Inclosed in the envelope was a duplicate copy of the bill long past due, which the editor, solely through the force of habit as he maintained, inscribed “respectfully declined,” and then tossed it into the waste basket. —New York Herald.

Foreign Travel Improves. Successful Farmer—Son George got some sense duriu that foreign tour anyhow.- • Wife —I bnin’tseeu it. “I have. You know heapent a good while in Lunnon, as he calls it ?” “Yes.au J’d like to know what good it did.” “Use y’r eyes, Miranda. lie learned to turn up his mints w’en it rains.”—New York Weekly/ A Considerate Debtor. Collector—When arc you going to pay this bill ? I can’t lie coming here every day in the week. Debtor—Well, what day could you cornon conveniently? “I could call on Saturday.” “All right, From now on I shall expect you every Saturday.”—Texas Siftings. An Heirloom. Droper —Do you believe Sprinkler’s assertion that tho stylish umbrella he carries was owned by his great grandfather? Pourer—Oh, yes; he says his grandfather put a new stick in it, his father a now frame, and Sprinkler has had it covered.— Clothier and Haberdasher. No Good. First Colored Gamester—l’ve got free kings. Second Ditto —Dey’s no good. "Watcher got?”. “A razor.” —Binghamton Leader. A Superior Scheme. Airs. Dontkno—Airs. Aluscavado employs none but elderly servants. Mrs. Knowitall—That is to give strangers tho impressiau that they have been in the family for many years.—Truth. TJio Ugly Heiress. Fortune Teller—‘Your husband will be a poor man. . ■ . ; Inquirer—How can you that ? - Fortune Teller—.Weil, tltm" iticsn' don’t/ marry for money.—Life. ” ■ ■ ■ • Why She Objected. • “Mrs. Binks is very bitter iri'her condemnation of poker, ’su’t she?” ss\i<3 thie-caller. . “Yes,” replied ‘‘‘You’ktfow Mr. Binks plays a,wretclmdgamei”-wWash-. lugtoa Star. • " " Information Wanted. , Airs. Gay—Alary, did I see you kissing' my husband this morning? Mary—At what time?—Boston Budget. His Share. Yes, this is her picture, drawn By tho sun’s resistless fiasbl Eyes of hazel lilto a f(Ltvg), Hidden by the drooping lush. Such a nock and shoulders too! Ah, I thought you’d like her anas.Surely artist never drew . Any goddess with such charmsl Flatters her?-Ofr,’no,mot much! Her complexion’s like a peach. And her smile—that soulful touch .. Which tho lens could never reach. Lucky man? Well, maybe, sir. But this picture and ono curl Are all I have left of her. For Jack Stockton got the girl! —Harry Romaine in Vogu#,