THE HOUSEHOLD

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3653, 31 May 1906, Page 4

THE HOUSEHOLD

THE QUESTION OF TIDINESS,

tts Profit and Los»—Why Some People main Untidy All Their Live*.

Tidiness is satirised by a hundred writers and despised by millions, but nob' I '’.'? »ver argues against It seriously, unless we take tho allegation that strong men are never tidy to be a serious argument. It would be one perhaps If It were true, but, then, it ia not. Great soldiers and sailor* are almost Invariably tidy. Many great lawyers have been neat to flnicalness, and the same may lie said of some great men of business. Indeed as many weak men are untidy as strong men, and of the latter a large proportion will be found to be of the dreamy or tho reflective temperament. Dreamy people hate tidiness, and the vary reflective ate rarely quite tidy, the reason being tho same in both oases, that such persons, besides feeling the Inherent dislike of most persons to small recurrent exertions without Immediate end, are annoyed by Interruptions to the current of thought. They want, as they say, to bo at peace from trifles, and as somebody Usually saves them from tho consequences of tbclr 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 dot think more clearly, for the material* for thought ore never ready to hand, and it may questioned If their habit adds even to their mental peace. FeW people are wholly unaware of their Own untidiness or escape from periodic impulses to correct it, and what with those Intermittent fits, which never do any good, and their occasional oonsoioutnes* of the trouble 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 their own readiness for action. A Bit of Home Varnishing. A pretty window seat is attainable hr using one of those common pine wash benches that may be 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 legs, which are only upright boards. A wearable cushion may be 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. Thero may be a valance of allkaliae or cretonne to harmonize. The same seal without a valance may be painted in old ivory and finished off with a coating of enamel, with decoration formed of brass headed nails arranged in an ornamental design. The result of the work has been delineated by Decorator and Furnisher, as 1* the accompanying out. The True Science of Sweeping. The trUb science of swooping tha most untidy room is to do it with a stout parlor broom and raise not so much as “a sneeze of dust.” No matter whether a carpet or matting or a nice wood mosalo 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 aide 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 th« broom sots stirring before it has time to float off Into the air, and so protects furniture and tho sweeper as well. Such a process can bo curried on in a sickroom without the least Inconvenience to the invalid, and In this event, or where nurseries or schoolrooms avo cleaned, it la wisa to sprinkle allttlodisiufcctanfein tho sawdust. When the work is done carefully, gather It nil In a dustpan and tots It into tho kitchen Are, burning it between meal*. Fairy Padding. Although a fairy’s puddles, it were shame If wo less dainty mortals could not claim The privilege of making It to oat F'.r a dessert that queens might call a treat. Put on one quart of milk to boil. Then stir 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. Yoo 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 odd the whites, Uk* snow In daintiness, that to a froth more light Thun maiden vanity you’ve beaten quit# Eshauatingly. Now bake It with much oar* (in that doth often dwell tho virtue rare) In pudding dlah, placed also in a pan { Of boiling water. Servo it for tho man , Who colls himself » pessimist. He’ll say, i * ‘ For this I’d surely live another day. ’ ’ | —Good Housekeeping, j Fish Salad on Lettuce Leaves. I Two cupfuls of picked wbiteflsh, a tablespoon ful of capers chopped, a tablespoonful o! parsley chopped. Dressing For Fish Salad (without oil). —Half pint of milk, 3 level tablespoon ful# of cornstarch, yolks of 3 eggs, a toaspoonfnl of salt, of popper, butter the size of a walnut. Bring the milk to boll, moisten starch and add, cook till thick and smooth, add yolks beaten lightly, cook a minute, stirring constantly, remove from the lira and add the rest of the ingredients. Set away to cool. Pancake Bolls. Put in a pan 4 whole eggs, a pinch of salt, 1 of sugar, 8 spoonfuls of flour. Boat with a quart of milk. Tho preparation must be very light. Make your pancake* in a frying omelot pan, very thickly spread with butter. Turn them upside down on tho table, pat some currant or other jelly on one side; roll them. Put them on a plate. Powder them with sugar and candy them with a poker, which yoa have heated redi.ot. lbmberki!$ y s jfSSS tskliU I