THE HOUSEHOLDS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3654, 2 June 1906, Page 4

THE HOUSEHOLDS.

THE QUESTION OF TIDINESS.

Us i’rciU a;i.T Tos;—VvTjy Some People K*main (r.UUy A!) Their tliv-s.

Tidiness is e.,:ir?z.e:<l by n hundred writers nr::! aespioed by millions, but nob ■■■••? »vur areucs ngainst It seriously, unless »ve lake the allegation that strong men are never tidy to ’no a serious argument. It would lie one perhaps if it wore true, but, then, it ia not. Great soldiers and sailors are almost Invariably tidy. Many great lawyers have been neat to linicalness, and tho same may be aaid of some great men of business. Indeed ns many weak men »ro untidy ns strong men, and of the latter a largo proportion will he found to be of the dreamy or the reflective temperament. Dreamy people hate tidiness, and the very reflective are rarely quite tidy, the reason being the same in both cases, that such per.sons, besides feeling tho inherent dislike of most persons to small recurrent exertions without immediate end, are annexed hy interruptions to the current of thought.* They want, as they say, to U cf ;•(>,) fr'-m trifles, and as soirmh.w i, .. . ;,y saves them from the consequences of their ways they remain untidy through life. That they gain anything by their untidiness, except possibly somo slight relief from irritability, is, however, a most rash assumption; They rarely save time, for they never can And anything. They do not’think more clearly, for tho materials for thought arc never ready to hand, and it may questioned jf their habit adds oven to their mental poaefl. Few people are wholly unaware of their own untidiness or escape from periodic impulses to correct it, mu’! irhfcijwUli thosi intermittent fits, which never do good, aud their occasional consciousness of the trouble they give, they are probably aa 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 theit own readiness for action. A Bit of Home Furnishing, A pretty window seat Is attainable by using one of those common pine wash benches that may bo purchased cheaply at any house furnisher’s. As usually bought these beaches may prove too high

A SIMPLE WINDOW SKAT, fi 'i'! will require somo inches sawed off th* v. iiich are only upright boards. A >■ wahle cushion may bo found in one, !• 1. a denim covering. Make a chain »i lu-.hi’il border around the edge and a !;nsunflower. or ether pronounced dc- • -i. for the center. This adornment can . lime in outline in some contrasting colThem may he a valance of siJkalino •. r cu't.onno to liarnioniza. Tlio same seat without a valance may be painted in old Ivory and finished <,!T with a coating of ■in.niel, with dccnratiiou formed of brass '•■d uaiu .•iiTic'ged in an ornamontal Tar r-M.ilt of tlio work has been Decorator and Furnisher, oa •• l. ..vvnup-tn.ving cut. ,Science of Sweeping, i I wi.i-o of swooping the most hv room i i to do it with a stout par--1... urcKwn and raise not so much as “a «n of du-t.” No matter whether a car' ■. r. or niati ing cr a nice wood mosaic Is 1 ,■ iMor covering, i lie work can bo accom-pli.-hed with nhscliito neatness and diaparch, affirms a writer in the New York j :-nby 1; ing a baud of well dampened sawdust along one side of' the lloor aud ;e,v. spin • this over end over cletu’across ‘ i • apartment. Tho sawdust quietly licks ■ up . -cry um ! - and bit of lint which the j 1 c,.s f. -rring boforo It has time to i I';.:- ~if into the air, and so protects furn -e and iin* sweeper as well. Such a | c. i; 1. 1 carried on in a sickruom >v.h ~;r tnc least inconvenience f i tho Into.-;.!. and In Fob! ev- n., or where nursorh,i or .v luvdriKuiis nre cleaned, it; is wisa ■■ i - .rinkl.i it 1! ttikul i •;! a feet ant in the savvii . t. Whoa the work is done < nrefully, en: ,ut it all in a dustpan and tc ■•■■; it into me kitchen fire, burning it between meals. Fairy I'uddiug. A’.lh -ucU a fairy’s irnddi;:;;, it were •. name I: v ihdnty mortals ow-ld not t iaim VI privilege of jn:d;:n;; it 1i eat r ■ m.-.sei-t that I.ir ; s mi, lit call a treat. I, j ..n <i.:e «i£U.rt of milk to boil. r J". ii h-tir O • iup of .-c-/. •• ic e you Co nut er ■; IV! s hree-I'e;.rdis cup of butt rto a ■■re.mi. A twelve well beaten yolks of i ..-.g.-.. Voo deem It is extravagant indeed? Ah, no Kit in tho lavish Kuuuner. Then bestow With these Ingredients u heaping crp Of flour. With energy' now ‘neat it up And stir into the boiling milk with slow And steady hand. Then add tho whiles, HOT snow Ixl d-.i athuss, that to a froth more light T;:;oi maid n vanity you’ve beaten <je.ire 11x3.. iixtiugly. Now bake it with in tv h care (in that doth often dwell tho virtue rare) In pudding dish, placed also in n pan Of irdling water. Servo it for thu man Who calls himself a pessimist. He’ll say, ■‘p'or this I’d surely live another day.” ! —Good Housekeeping. Fish Salad on Lettncc Leave*. I Two cupfuls of picked whitefish, a tables pool! fui of cap-era chopped, a I tildeSpooiiflil of parsley chopped. Dr .-.sing Tor Fish Salad (without oM). —J lair pintof milk, h’ level tablespoon full of cornstarch, yolks of 3 eggs, a teaspeonful of salt, (d pepper, butter the size <d o walnut. Bring the milk to boil, moisten starch and add, conk I ill thick and sue-, h. add yolks beaten lightly, cook a a in. a. Alin-iitg eoi.stanlly, removo f.. 0. the ia-c r\- I iidd t i;i- )v-,t of the injsr.Mi'nic*. •"«••• a tv ay to < cot. i'auciiko ii'dis. Put in a pe.n !■■ ■ ,-;■■>«, a pi;)ch •■! Hall, i ilf ; :-ir. 3, .sio.f.iiuN of flour. Dm v.hn non of t '-i-;. The prep-./atiMi * liiost. he \ei■ !: ;ii. Make your pa ■main's Ju a ft.', imrot.i-.- t- pan, vorytbi-kiy : P' - d V. ilh I- [tier. 'Jhim tiu.’iu upside m-. .n on the t ;>!;>. cttEo.i.j our-a .«• '.-I .!• h,V on o.ej .-.id';, toil Uitni. But UJx'tii on a pinto. Pouts >r them with nmnrand enre’y ; : -.vlih i.' : ia;..;- i you ha VC liuhtod JV(J hot *J)mbznzi* v s tzhkti i l»hi¥S trh