Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-12-08

Where sAuf the patri.'t train
h ss.n n.,fs ai.s 'nsis ssss ,ssi 1.n,
To the nsfathomed main.
- FL. ii.sssetb - the Earth
asr s Hss' s sash d, Cd. sons ssmt Nd.
Make rich hei harvest- vain.
She tns.le4h all TIE Throns
--, sIs iocm.th o'.rtse VA c,e.d dis.
xso sesss eth .i' taiss. ss Tis i ~
mY FIRST YEAR OF hOUsEKEEPING.
- -. .prFSsE'S 6, gAfpSxs :. -y5s
II IL no fiction that I sit downrto chronicie
khise vening "a Look buck through the long
vista OF yrars, aad review the early days OF M
married lie, its perpirxitiee and Cares come up
t<fore me N lar more vivid eeiors thaa Its
: Joys; though the fptrospeet often provskes q
laugh where The rvsl experience caused bitter
tears. --r-s-....,-.. -.
, I was just twenty years old when became
Il was a love match, and, with the suai thrift
kssness Of lovers think u did not then occur
10 as that We could not 1--we upon love, or tina.
II would need such vulgar appliances IS roast
BEEF and palatabie buildings 10 preserve in,its
purity the divine @stence OF the grand pass
Everybody said that was totally unit tor
minister's wife was naturally exceedingly
~, ons and mirshful. and without a particle of
a chs staid dignity expected from persons In nay
POSITION; while my husband wae a grave.
thoughtful man, endowed by nature with a
a.s..ss;e, -,nrsrs II -. --..aH -
Dat people could not see the propria,y OF his
~n-rn 1900 $50 rs 49,. I'm; many p"'"Ih
f.viIy- had hut ons a.,..e,i - - -. Up oHn
vas poor, AID had 20 idea of practical house.
Al bov, xva,rf r.nsr,., ,ha a.. ..,
day! My husband, AFTER vainly trying to per-
susde me 70 hire washwoman II knew that
mt hen % heir, hiynse,f W. 80 -, 80
AT first INIT aftsr ruhh;ne "a ii,,,. ,a;;hr ~ -
skin from every knuckIe. snd burnine our a-n-
tiIi they Hooked like ilius,rstsa 49, ~ 49,
unknowu countrv uss Nan 70 fintt -, - paie
vas lttIe poetry and no iuu In the washNuh
Bat the ironing day was wor,s vet Noth;nc
but pride kept me from rolling those sta.che:i
shirts into bundle and taking them across the
NJ Id to my mothers kitchen I forgot TO man.
ton that we had taken up our abode in parish
but one mile distant from my fathers house
mao never frOned any starched clothes OF any
description, but from my brothers At HON. 1 lad
tmo,bed very exalted ideas In regard 70 the i'm
portance Of immac ulat= shirt bOsoms. My hus-
oand toad me All that ne could remember Of his
mothers method, and then betook himself 20 his
study. shall ever forget my feelings when
the nat-iron, heated sew times hotter than iss
Won, ana ssreiuny applied to the glu,inous
fAr same, and when forciOiy separated left its
whole ,mage and supcrscriptiou behind. in
oiscE and brown coiors. have that shirt now.
,,sir ~ 20 ~ :. ~ .hoss wise mothers who are
Hsanhk int IL uduknt-rs LOT future usefulness.
trouble. All my attempts in that line, At the
time commence house keeping had resulted
II spoiiii z feyerai kiLd Of rich cak,, concoct-
ed In accordance with those Impossible recipes
winch I'll cur modern cookery books. had
S Snses mace a ioei o. bread IN my life. Bakers
sIsad ttrxtd US ior tirne-for SO long time,
- u' 'isl we Ionha OUT All ITS GOOD gu .lities,
- A"'e ne' 'eeT" is 72ceiiencies Tor many
.--a,
sorinighi, when, one morning, my husband
<ens III WIN letter IN has hand AID q very
en1Sesf1prestion on his face. sprA2g up
hCm ~ ttai, nearly upsetiing the breakfast
fable, whi,1a as walnng for HIM.
" What is ths mater, Frank Is anybody
ock or deadf Hs,Seyou got bad news ~
mo. AT least il ou,' at NOT to be bad news"
from your looks" ~ -n'"
"Ne, Hattie, nothing of The kind. Only 1
s.aIed It might annoy you. Itis only a note
frUm my eoIisge ehum Fred Knowl - saying
II al he il going to Bo-ton, and viii cal, on US
and-and get his dinner TODAY" said nv has
hand, tnR hing he sentence reluctantly
II WIS my first call to entertain cornn,,v I
srd knowing BY this time INV ianorannayii
thraDk back anrightsd from the nrosnac,
confess, too, feeling or deep mor,ifiratio TIA,
niends without so ssfious drawhs.h ,,an.
bis pis al ure. All my natural energy AMI, nil
~as aroused, and / det,rmineS 80 pIide
rood, practical househeener ~ 49, oeoome
81 time and labor. But the nrs.en, a., ser cost
was fret ~ be att~~-i~s,~
---..--
eel etr6<sp had better get some freah Lot,,>,,
rrcrn thsJ bakery 20 Prank looked At T.
NJ ht sIic.s Cd The breakfast table, >. be 49,
- mink an And sor.> : ne sPok''
That foriorn old roast has E.tsd n sor; hh,tr
|. IN ,ure \ think sho>I. iva Hi'Su
I, I, ,,x, ,h,,,,, an , - ~ IssAiD, rs o'hos
- sro;i . ST.. -. 10 you IaAhk you
-. W., 80, 80 -.
-. 1870, YOU inus' come OUT OF
"a, r'a .or, en- rsss anS ia,,ncs ana you VIII
o III IN, a,.' ,.,s.., a n o.nrF 'rge-
tables, ! 'naH , ger s up famous dinner
-, M "a =, o,,s dio,c-s hotoS. A' "aa
1eaI3 y, NY io.no"s oI,I-'is oei0 e -,
-. -, IN - =. 80 u Ho caIs VA
80. ~ -; i :. ~ 49,, 80 'ueIs VIZ, oo
f.TSS E IL 10. nsis . Gnu coo =,
..,n. u,;r s NsiS Par uiaI sskoo
uanto1f. VII ne houce IL innings go just o
LIE wrong
noa. Dut nc VIII nave natutei
Ssiioy ~ iesau 10 INC capaohiaes OF nis
0Snus VIE But milk we SHALL DO very
We'll
am fure We shan, was my encouraging
IesPohse, nsP6To py otRnt idea tnat sud
ACCORDANCE ~.