The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-28
HOW l MANAGED MY HOUSE
e2O0 $4,000 A YEAR.
MRS. WARREN.
Published by Loring, of Boston.
PREFACE. .
MRS. WARREN.

PREFACE. .
TOO frequently lght-hearted happy Young wives
suddenly sObered into earnest thoughtfulness,
or into peevish discontent according to their tenn
peIament-withIn perhaps, the first year of their
money beroIe they have taken the ifreyocaole step
which Is to be the lane or the happiness OF their
lives. Two hundred pounds year seem ample
think the inexperienced-and thus thinking they
ms nsibly ermlt small sums to run away with the
greater part OF Their income; and how little can be
spared Tor other than bare necessarles the table OF ex
pendlture gwen in the next column VIII show. How,
ever, If a Young vile be handy with her neede, ana
has had experience under her parents root, she will
find two hundred pounds per annum SUN all sufi-
cient to steer her matrimonial craft safely over
shoals and breakers, provided always that love sits
at the helm. Not passion, not caprice, least of all 6
indifference; tor the rose of summer could as soon
boom in the Arctic zone as love dwell where the
cold heart is reflected IN the chilling aspect or care.
less action
10 be able to sing, to plav, to dance, or paint, is
not actually needed in order to live comfortably,
but all are very desirable acauirements and a home
where these accomplishments can be made subser.
Went 10 social intercourse is 1ar more charming,
and more variedly interesting, than where woman
is a mere household drudge And for tins reason
only, II for no other grl should devote per-
ton of her time to acquire or to retain them But
| TO fit herself TO become a happy wife and mother,
she must not be ignorant OF any household duty,
any domestic art.
TO knotc hotC 60 make and mend clothes, to wash,
! to bake, TO cook-ecOnOmcaly and wen-to clean
and scour, could not be deemed by her uuimportant
matters; on the contrary, thus knowledge is the oil
| by which the domestic machinery effectively and
noselessy revolyes in its daily work 1t Is true she
the present day she must certainly teach her
want or there will be comfort in her house
both her hands -"
"she looketh wei TO the wayof her household, and
eateth not the bread of idleness."
The false pride which leads captive many young
girl wife, whose heart would leap to do that
| which is right but for an imaginary Mrs. Grundy"
who rules over most of us, or less, shOu be
| cast aside as low and vulgar lac mistress with
a modeTa income who thinks 1t beneath her to do
| any household work, is but Initiating q very low
class of servants who, when asked to clean knives,
| or 10 wash, very complacen'lY reply. "Pvo alays
been spectacle and had no call to do sich things"
| and thereupon refuse point-bank to undertake
| situation where such work has to be DONE 1t is
not worth while for any mistress to copy her maid
of.a-woIk Cdelusive term y and think IT is deroga.
toIy to her dignity 10 perform any needful duty.
It is said that the race of good servants ha. died
| may be asked Because their teachers have died
| with them Untaught young mlstTes;es are incapa-
TIE consequences of this lamentaDle ignorance of
household matters are TO be greatly deplOred, for
| tor managing a house YOUNG men cannot marry-it
must not be said will not" IL is lmpo sIoe, with
tine luxurious and idle habirs which have been cher
ished by both sexes that they can do so
| he misery too often attendant upon the married
state where the husband s not ase fl man, Is tre-
quently induced by the wfe's incomnetent MANAGE
ment and the Irrita6lity OF both IN consequence,
ciTcums alone q sicky race perpetuated and
the lives of both husbands and wives soured for all
happy purposes. hese are not ods dispensations;
| they are seli-created But should girl choose a
| selfish husband then her fate Is to be pitied for
none can tell Inc nie'lOng misery WHICH sucn union
| entails.
| In domestic, as in other matters much valuable
| help may be derived tIOm reliable and practical
works of information, but to the theory thence OBJ
J tanned must be carried observation and effort Each
| household with its more or less and very opposite
| requirements, needs a different ordering but the
| great principles for ruling, directing, and acting
must ever remain fixed. These have been insisted
as being Vitally important IN this lite work-"How
Managed my II use on Two Hundred Pounds a
| Year"
This sum is large bv comparison with thousands
| of incomes which are much less But, to ma, Ke the
most of any working mans or clerks income a girl
If she be the of either must be educated to cook
| wash, make, and mend, If she wound have peace,
| comfort, and respectabIllty; also, she must have
| other and more refined accomplishments, ii she
| would make her home socially pleasant or educate
| her children which she must do, or let them
| wild into eYery sin to which vacant mind can
tempt them, thus inviting upon her own head every
| condemnation
| Daughters! diligently and zealouslY learn and
| practise every domestic duty and every feminine
without fortune other adventitious circumstances,
and 10 longer will they say, eve cannot marry !
| our income will n OF suffice"
| WiVes If You would retain your husbands love
with q deeper affection than when IN is youthful
freshness cultivate every winning charm of mind
and manner, every grace OF proper attire; but let
your household management be such "a shall insure
comfort. pleasure Q, and recreation and your own
knowledge of simple cookery that wnioh shall not
only temDt the appetite. but as much as possible
insure health by banishlng indigestion and all the
evils which arise nom IL
LONDON November, 1854.
n.y., 4 Monoo.nd mn UOuCA On W.uO