THE HOUSEHOLD

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3689, 26 June 1906, Page 4

THE HOUSEHOLD

THE QUESTION OF TIDINESS,

[ts Profit anil Loss —Why Some Tropic liftmain Untidy Ail Their Lives.

Tidiness is satirized by a hundred writ ers ami despised by millions, but nobody tver argues against it seriously, unless we take the allegation that strong men are never tidy to bo a serious argument. It would bo one perhaps if it were true, but, then, it is not. Great soldiers sailors are almost invariably tidy. Many groat lawyers have been neat to liiucaliiess, and the same may be said of some great men of business. Indeed as many weak men no untidy as strong men, and of the latter a largo proportion will be 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 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 be 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, fof they never can And anything. They do not think more clearly, for the materials for thought are never ready to hand, and it may questioned if their habit adds even to their mental peace.

Few people arc wholly unaware of their own untidiness or escape from periodic impulses to correct it, and whatwith those intermittent fits, which never do any good, and their occasional consciousness of tho trouble they give, they are probably as much disturbed as the tidy, who, indeed, in time become blissfully uncon ;cioua that they have adopted a habit, and irt adopting it have materially increased tlielif 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 bo purchased cheaply at any house furnisher’s. As usually bought these benches may prove too high

A SIMPLE WINDOW BBAT. and will require somo inches sawed off the legs, which are only upright hoards. A wearable cushion may bo found in one, with a denim covering. Make a chain stitched border around the edge and ii largo sunflower, or other pronounced doiign, for the center. This adornment can bo done in outline in some contrasting coliv. There may bo a valance of silkalino or cretonne to harmonize. The same scat without a valance may lie painted in old ivory and finished off with a coating of ■■namel, with decoration formed of brass headed nails arranged in an ornamental design. The ironic of the wori: has becil delineated by Decorator and Furnisher, as *hi> accompanying cut. Tbo True Science of Sweeping. The true science of sweeping the 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 mosaic is the floor covering, the work can bo acconi* plisbed with absolute neatness and dispatch, affirms a writer in tbo Now York Sun, by laying a band of Well dampened sawdust along one side of tbo floor and ! sweeping this over and over clear across ' tbo apartment. The sawdust quietly licks up every mote and bit of lint which the broom seta stirring before it has time to float off into the air, and so protects furniture and tbo sweeper as well. Such a process can bo carried on In a sickroom without the least inconvenience to the invalid, ami in this event, or where nurseries or schoolrooms are cleaned, it is wise to sprinkle alittlodisinfoctantin the sawdust. When tbo 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 Tlic privilege of making it to oat For a dessert that queens might call a treat. Pr.t on one quart of milk to boil. Then stir One cup of sugar (see you do not err) With throe-fourths cup of butter to a cream. Add twelve well beaten yolks of eggs. You deem It is extravagant indeed? Ah, no Not in tho 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, liko snow tn daintiness, that to a froth more light Than maiden vanity you've beaten quits Exhaustingly. Now bake it with much oaro (In that doth often dwell the vh’tue rare) In pudding dish, placed also in a jam Of boiling water. Servo it for tho man Who calls himself n pessimist. Ho’il say, ‘‘For this I’d surely live another day.” —Good Housi keeping. Fish Salad on Lettuce Leaves, Two cupfuls of picked whitoflsh, a tablespoonful of capers chopped, a tablespoonful of parsley chopped. Dressing For Fish .Salad (without oil). —Half pint of mill:, 2 level tablespoonfula of cornstarch, yolks of ii eggs, a teaspoonful of salt, of pepper, butter tho size of a walnut, Bring tho mill: to boil, moisten starch and add. cook till thick and smooch, add yolks beaten lightly, cook a minute, stjrrii:." constantly, remove from the lira and add the rest of tho ingredients. Set away- to cool. x’mu.'ik-) Hulls, i k .-i 4 e. h • •. eggs, a pinch of sal ■. 1 o, ,', S .•qMoM'.dsi'.f flour. Dent v.k'i a ■ f milk. Tbo preparation ' : Make your pam akea very thick*/ Spread ■ * “ 1 i upside ■’ ■■o, cn "... ■ . . e. ce.i'rmt or ><• ii-'v i.-fly : I Tt • . ■ » a ■ 1 wVa sugar and a-dy ; m 1. , il ifiiamOwMiji'a f\ t 'felt l&jk HMrfiaoa*